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A seamless transfer? I hope so. I used to write and individually format each blog and add it the the pages, and produce a separate XML formatted RSS feed. It was hard work but it allowed the pages to be formatted as part of my website. I’ve been looking for a way to streamline the process for some time. I experimented with Blogger but I had too many problems with the new version. Other blogging software was fine for stand alone blogs but was too difficult to publish as part of my own website. Now I think I have the solution. A combination of three tools. The core of the system is WordPress which set up the database for the blogs in PHP etc. This also allowed the formating of the pages to match my own website and directly produced the RSS feed. Then I used FeedBurner to publish the RSS feed which allows me to collect anonymous statistical information about visitors. Finally I use the new Beta of Windows Live Writer to write the feeds. I can use WordPress for simple posts but it has a habit of tidying up the coding on the complicated posts so it looks wrong. Windows Live allows the posting of more complex formatting as long as I use the HTML options. But, and there has to be a but, it only recognises American spellings for the spellcheck. I’ve converted the blog to the new system and you should now find you can leave com ments. Go on, give it a try and leave me a com ment or two. Please send me an email if there are any other problems with formatting or anything else. Otherwise, let me wish you all a Happy Christmas. Posted on Sunday, 24 December 2006 at 16:36 Comments (3)
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Comment by Paul — On 24-12-06 at 17:53
It would seem that it has been a successful and seamless transfer.
Comment by Andrew — On 24-12-06 at 19:37
Looks perfect to me Paul, clean, fast loading, and succinctly readable. One very minor point, myself I’d stick to the twenty four hour clock. Really do trust you will be properly satisfied with your new ‘toy’ – as I am mine!
See you in January, with a bit of luck. P.S. We took a quick gander over to Switzerland last week!!
[Oops - I’ve updated the format to 24 hours (I don’t like the 12 hour format either, but I missed changing the defaults). Paul 29-12-06 20:50]
Comment by Paul — On 29-12-06 at 20:25