Backup and migration tools

 

Backup and migration tools Please link others to this post if you are finding it helpful [originally posted here at Greatestjournal - RIP] Looking for icon uploaders, thread unfolders, login extensions, or css patches? http://karma-apple.insanejournal.com/8898.html 1) LJ Archive http://sourceforge.net/projects/ljarchive/ http://www.mediafire.com/?twdmz1d2jt2 Lets you download all of your entries and comments; you can then export to xml or html if you so desire. Straightforward. (I uploaded a link since some people were having trouble with the first) Make sure to make a NEW archive for each journal or it will overwrite the last one (It's as easy as 1 - 2 - 3 - 4) I really suggest talkread as the style to use - the rest are damned hideous. DAMNED hideous. 2) LJ Sec http://www.mp3vcr.com/ljsec/ Lets you download all of your entries and move them elsewhere (and community posts, too). + Easier to use than lj-migrate + You can move community posts + You don't have to be a maintainer to move community posts - You have to be subscribed to the community you want to move - No comments - No polls - Does not work with blurty (reference) - All entries will have "originally posted by" with the wrong username link. Not really that huge of an issue. LJ-sec will not let you move comments. No program will. It won't move polls. How-to for windows by me: http://karma-apple.insanejournal.com/9019.html 3) LJ Migrate http://antennapedia.livejournal.com/266462.html?style=mine LJ-migrate (For mac, linux, and windows w/python) - lets you download your entries or transfer to another journal. + Will transfer communities + Works on a mac - Moderately complicated - Will not transfer comments (no program will) How-to for mac by Alter: http://www.greatestjournal.com/users/alter_writes/53118.html How-to for windows by me: http://karma-apple.insanejournal.com/8329.html 4) LJ Dump http://hewgill.com/software/ljdump/ For mac - I have no idea how this works or what it does, but it claims to read/download all entries and comments. 5) LJ --> Wordpress Tutorial http://www.inmostlight.org/2005/12/migrating-from-livejournal-to-wordpress You can move all entries and comments to wordpress. Security and threading is not preserved. 6) LJ --> Blogger Program here: http://linuxlore.blogspot.com/2007/09/livejournal-to-blogger-or-blogger-to.html Instructions here: http://linuxlore.blogspot.com/2006/12/livejournal-to-blogger.html Comments will not be exported 7) Journal --> PDF http://www.ljbook.com/ Will convert your entries and (I assume) comments to pdf format. I personally would not recommend this for several reasons: - when I tried to use it on a large journal it couldn't handle it - putting your UN/PW into a remote site seems like a bad idea - what the hell are you going to do with a pdf? I guess print it. If you want to make a book this could be A+ 8) Migrating your icons --- Open your icon page (edit or allpics, doesn't matter) --- File --> save as --> Web page, complete --- Open the folder it saved to, there will be an image folder with all of your icons --- Use the multi-icon uploader to upload them to your new journal