George Rebane
Readers have noticed that RR has again become a target for spam comments; they appear to be mostly ads from different services/vendors. In an attempt to fight this intrusive nuisance I have limited comments to a thirty day period following the date of my post.
Several readers have suggested that I leave TypePad for a more capable blog server (e.g. Wordpress), and I’m prepared to do that. But, given other ongoing projects, I have not found a sufficiently easy way to make the switch. Since RR is a substantial body of work over a seven year period (almost 2,000 posts and over 37,000 comments), my plan would be to leave the TypePad blog intact and simply shut off the commenting. From the new blog I will still want to link to TypePad entries, and give my readers the ability to do the same.
In any event, things would probably move faster in this direction if I could find a service to scrape RR of its contents and put it on a DVD in a searchable format. I would even make this material available on/from the new blog. Ideas/thoughts?
Finally, I take this opportunity to thank all RR readers for frequenting these pages, commenting and contending, and putting up with the inconveniences. It’s the readership and their use of this forum that keeps my putting the hours into this enterprise, hours that, no doubt, could be more productively used elsewhere. Again, thank you.
Readers have noticed that RR has again become a target for spam comments; they appear to be mostly ads from different services/vendors. In an attempt to fight this intrusive nuisance I have limited comments to a thirty day period following the date of my post.
Several readers have suggested that I leave TypePad for a more capable blog server (e.g. Wordpress), and I’m prepared to do that. But, given other ongoing projects, I have not found a sufficiently easy way to make the switch. Since RR is a substantial body of work over a seven year period (almost 2,000 posts and over 37,000 comments), my plan would be to leave the TypePad blog intact and simply shut off the commenting. From the new blog I will still want to link to TypePad entries, and give my readers the ability to do the same.
In any event, things would probably move faster in this direction if I could find a service to scrape RR of its contents and put it on a DVD in a searchable format. I would even make this material available on/from the new blog. Ideas/thoughts?
Finally, I take this opportunity to thank all RR readers for frequenting these pages, commenting and contending, and putting up with the inconveniences. It’s the readership and their use of this forum that keeps my putting the hours into this enterprise, hours that, no doubt, could be more productively used elsewhere. Again, thank you.
Catherine Scholtz was leading leading workshop in how to transition to WordPress. I never got around to taking them, but based on here free emails with "how to's" she might be a good person to consult:
Principal at BecomeaWebWeaver.com ~ Live Wordpress training in Nevada City, CA, Wordpress Web Weaver at Cat's Web Weave and Singer/Songwriter/Recording Artist at Catherine Scholz Music
Wish list: commenting system just like the one at SFGATE.com where you can yea or neigh a post, sort posts 4 different ways, and see all the numbers. In addition, commenters should be able to post images, and the ideal size file size wise and dimension-wise should be posted in an FAQ. Btter yet, display images small, but be able to click on image to enlarge, or click on link to commenter's site for whatever size they are willing to post.
I suspect Michael Anderson should have some ideas as well. BTW, something that would bypass the captcha for known to be good emails would be nice. I keep cookies erased after every session.
Posted by: Douglas Keachie | 15 September 2013 at 08:54 AM
This guy might be a better (cough) ideological fit: http://www.mongoosestudios.com/
Posted by: Michael Anderson | 16 September 2013 at 07:32 AM
Thanks Doug and Michael. A correspondent also recommended https://tp2wp.com/ .
Posted by: George Rebane | 16 September 2013 at 09:59 AM
Googling "convert typepad wordpress" returns thousands of hits :-).
Posted by: Wayne Hullett | 16 September 2013 at 01:04 PM
WayneH 104pm - Yeah, I know and am appropriately embarrassed.
Posted by: George Rebane | 16 September 2013 at 01:08 PM
You shouldn't be, George. Yeah, 5 thousand hits and 4,992 of them could be junk. Just because they're on the Google doesn't mean they're worth a darn.
Your seeking recommendations was entirely appropriate.
Posted by: Michael Anderson | 16 September 2013 at 02:42 PM