Wordpress to Posterous: The Missing Guide
Swtiching from Wordpress to Posterous is fairly straight forward and made easy by folks at Posterous. And if you are still looking for a reason to switch, read: Top 5 Reasons to Switch to Posterous
The import is actually pretty simple, export content from wordpress, upload the XML and posterous does the job. That's it. But here is something you might want to know/fix during the process.
- Media: Ensure there is no missing media on your existing blog. Posterous imports everything permanently - any missing images, files will not get imported.
- SEO: If you were on a custom domain earlier (self-hosted wordpress) you don't have to worry about SEO, Posterous will retain the URLs after import. Newer posts will only follow posterous convention.
- Pages: The importer does not import your wordpress Pages, you still have to do it manually.
- Comments: Make sure you clear your spam before import. Bulk spam detection and deletion is easier in wordpress.
- Large Blog: If your wordpress blog is fairly large, export in batches. The importing at Posterous couldn't complete my 250+ post imports at once, so I had to break it to have it successfully import everything.
- DNS: If your DNS is not managed my Domain Registration Service, you would need to make a A record change at your existing web host where your wordpress site is hosted. A good reason to retain your current web host is for the email service.
Enjoy the switch.
