{"id":746,"date":"2013-04-22T11:47:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T17:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sedcclint.com\/?p=746"},"modified":"2013-04-22T11:47:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T17:47:09","slug":"migrate-your-posterous-blog-space-to-a-google-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedcclint.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/22\/migrate-your-posterous-blog-space-to-a-google-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrate your Posterous Blog Space to a Google Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What you&#8217;ll need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">A backup of your Posterous site. Instructions for this are below the video.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>A Dropbox account: If you don&#8217;t have one, <a href=\"http:\/\/db.tt\/MksKa8k\" target=\"_blank\">create one here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A Google Site: Instructions to create a Google Site are below the video as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: This process will not import individual posts from your Posterous site. I&#8217;m only showing the steps to embed the content of your Posterous site as an accessible archive. If you&#8217;d like to have each post imported, use <a href=\"http:\/\/en.support.wordpress.com\/import\/import-from-posterous\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All you need to know about archiving your Posterous blog\/site\/space in a Google Site:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"480\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3tMJy44JlCY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>If you have not done so already, you&#8217;ll need to request a backup of your Posterous site if you do not want to loose the posts, media and content you&#8217;ve uploaded to it. The steps to do this are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\/#backup\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/posterous.com\/#backup<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Click to request a backup of your Space by clicking \u201cRequest Backup\u201d next to your Space name.<\/li>\n<li><del>When your backup is ready, you&#8217;ll receive an email<\/del>. Each time I&#8217;ve done this and everyone I&#8217;ve talked to have never received an email notification. Just move on to #4 after a few hours.<\/li>\n<li>Return to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\/#backup\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/posterous.com\/#backup<\/a>\u00a0to download a .zip file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Creating a new Google Site is easy. If you do not have a Gmail account, you can sign up for one here. Once you have a Gmail account and are signed in, follow the steps below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In Gmail, look for a black bar of links near the top of the page. Click <strong>Sites<\/strong> in this bar.<\/li>\n<li>Click the red\u00a0<strong>Create<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Blank template<\/strong> option is chosen by default, and I would recommend sticking with that.<\/li>\n<li>Name your site &#8211; this will become the site title or banner text.<\/li>\n<li>Google will automatically give you a <b>Site location<\/b>, but this can be altered or\u00a0shortened\u00a0if you&#8217;d prefer\u00a0(for example, sites.google.com\/site\/yoursite) as well as an optional description of the site. The URL you choose can&#8217;t be changed after you create your site, or used again if the site is deleted.<\/li>\n<li>Pick a theme for your site.<\/li>\n<li>Explore the\u00a0<strong>More options<\/strong> choices and include this information if you wish.<\/li>\n<li>Click the red\u00a0<strong>Create\u00a0<\/strong>button near the top of the window.<\/li>\n<li>Now that you&#8217;ve created your site, you can create a new page by clicking the\u00a0<strong>Create page<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you&#8217;ll need: A backup of your Posterous site. Instructions for this are below the video. A Dropbox account: If you don&#8217;t have one, create one here. A Google Site: Instructions to create a Google Site are below the video as well. Note: This process will not import individual posts from your Posterous site. 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