Typepad to WordPress…Wow man
So I was a facebook junkie for a while there, gathering up a lot of friends, especially from highschool. One girl I knew who had married a guy I was friends with in HS, asked me a computer question based on my really technogeeky status updates. She figured I would know the answer to her dilemma. Long story short, she asked if I could migrate her blog from Typepad to her own hosted site, make it easier for her to control everything and lay it out better.
I’m happy to say that her photography site, bSquaredphotography is up and running. I love the template we found, and it’s easy to make her blog look good because she’s really talented. If you live in the NYC area, let her know, she does great work.
What I did learn – DO NOT USE TYPEPAD! Holy crow it was impossible to get all the pics because the directories are so messed up. Lots of hours later, a sitesucking program, and 5G of pics later, and she’s almost all set. I had a lot of work come up that I had to have done before tomorrow AM so I haven’t finished her galleries, but that shouldn’t be too bad.
If you’re on Typepad and thinking of switching, talk to me first. If you want to pay me to do it for you? Even better 
February 17th, 2009 at 3:11 am
I’m making a move soon from Blogger to WordPress…i’m scared, very scared.
February 18th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
The lesson is that you must do your research first before starting your blog. I knew WordPress was the way to go by reading every article I could find. I know, it doesn’t help if you’ve already been setup.
Mikes last blog post..This Doesn’t Suck…
February 18th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Jen – please let me know if you need some help, I’m available and cheap
Mike – You know that, I know that, but a lot of people don’t think about moving to a bigger better place – it’s the AOL syndrome all over again
February 20th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Matt, thank you for everything—you are the best! Lesson learned on the whole typepad debacle. The thing is that when I started the blog on typepad I didn’t even know if the photography business was even going to be a business. Lo and behold, it is (and a super fast growing one too!) and I just grew out of the typepad blog. Live and learn and all that!!
Thank you again for all your help. I know you worked so hard!!! I’ll be back from Florida next week and will be in touch then. I love love love my new blog (did I say thank you!?) and have gotten so many compliments on it. I’ll send everyone your way! beth
February 20th, 2009 at 10:13 am
That’s what I mean tho, I’m going to start trying to look for similar stuff – people who started on a whim, something took off, and now they’ve outgrown Typepad/Blogger/Yahooblogs. I just moved things over, you did a lot of the creative stuff
And thanks, I’ll take all the business I can get.