Have you ever had more than one blog and then decided you just wanted one? Or have you ever maybe been part of one site and wanted to move something you wrote over to your own personal site? Wish you could combine those blogs into one or move that article over? Maybe you simply want to backup your blog content?

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How to Combine or Merge Blogs or move your Articles from one Blog to another.

It’s easier than you think. It looks like a lot of information, but I’m just detailed in my information providing. It is really is easy.

Remember what you move is still on the old blog. You would need to actually delete it from the other site if you wanted to.

First we’re going to Export whatever it is you want to Export.

Step One.

• Go to the Dashboard of the Blog you are doing away.
• Go to Tools.
• Select Export.

In WordPress.com you will see two options you can select.

• Export-This will create an xml file and it’s Free to do.
• Guided Transfer-This is for where someone working for WordPress will transfer your Blog content for you to a WordPress.org site for a price.

I of course will be explain the Free way.

Step Two.

• Click Export.
• At this point you get to choose what you want to Export.
  • All content.
  • Posts
  • Pages
  • Feedback
• Choosing All content is self explanatory.
• Posts you have the following options.
  • Categories-You are able to choose a category to Export. A good idea if you have a lot and want to try it out at first.
  • Authors-That’s right. Choose just one Author to Export their work.
  • Date Range-It’s a Month and Year to Month and Year range.
  • Status-This things such as Published, Scheduled, Drafts, Pending.
• Pages you will have the following options.
  • Authors-Export just those pages by author
  • Date Range-Again by Month and Year.
  • Status-Just like with Posts. Posts

Step Three.

• You’ve selected what you want to do.
• Click Download Export File.
• A pop up box will open.
• Make sure the Save File is selected and then click OK.

The File will go to your Download folder on your computer.

Now to Import the File to the other Blog.

 Step One.

• Go to the Dashboard of the Blog you are doing away.
• Go to Tools.
• Select Import-Man, are you going to be surprised at the possibilities.
  • You can actually Import from Blogger, Tumblr, and others. (See details for Blogger at the bottom of this page.)
    
  • But we’re going to select WordPress.

Step Two.

• Click WordPress.
• You will be prompted to Browse for the file that was Exported.
• Find it and select it.
• Click Upload file and import.
• Then you will be prompted to select the Author for the Imported items. If that person doesn’t exist, then assign to another Author.
• Then click Submit.
• You will then receive a message on the screen that says you will receive an email with the Import is successful. The Email takes a while at times. I tested it and the Import I did was in the new Blog several minutes before the Email came.
• When the system and WordPress are done the email will say Import Successful in the Subject. And it will be from WordPress.com. I know that last part sounds like a big of course moment but that’s the detail I give and you would be surprised at how many people might ask if I didn’t tell.

You will want to make sure things are as you like them with your tags and things like that. The content will still be in the other Blog but you can do with it what you like at this point.

You can also download Blogger files and then load them to WordPress but you will need to do some changing once the files are loaded. But you still have everything you need. What do you have to do?

• Go to your Dashboard on your Blogger.com site or the Design page if you like to use the name you click on to get there.
• Click on Settings.
• Click on Other.
• Then near the top middle of the page you will see three options in blue text. Import Blog, Export Blog, Delete Blog.
• Click Export Blog.
• Click Download Blog when the window pops up.
• Then select Save File ad OK.
• To Import to WordPress, you do just like Importing from a WordPress Blog.

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