Sharing Tips I got from Tech-Savvy 20-somethings

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   iijuan12posted 2 months ago

   I asked my nieces and nephews for help. I'm sharing some of the ideas they suggested in case it could help you:
   
   1. “Here’s the techy way to do it: Given you presumably don’t want to spend weeks doing manual copy/paste:
   • Use a site-scraping / download tool like HTML Import 2 to grab all pages + images at once.
   • Use HTML Import plugin (or equivalent) in WordPress to bulk import those downloaded HTML pages.
   • Then go through and clean up formatting, re-upload images to WP Media Library, fix internal links, and set it up with a WordPress-friendly theme.
   
   2. If you'd like someone else to do it for you for a significantly smaller amount, try https://www.fiverr.com . Be very clear with your needs: "I just need someone to use an HTML scraper to export 500 webpages with text/photos and upload them to WordPress." Afterwards, you may need to go through your new webpages on WordPress to reformat things or relink photos.
   
   3. How to copy, paste, and export individual pages to WordPress: https://youtu.be/N3Lx8ZwyjOo?si=SF5qowULjkmJePCa

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      Kenna McHughposted 2 months agoin reply to this

      I am manually moving my articles (copy and paste) to my WordPress site. It's time-consuming but worth it. I can see the end is near.

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   Shesabutterflyposted 2 months ago

   I would caution against using any type of scrapping programing as that is a violation of The Arena Group's Terms of Service.
   
   "Use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods designed to scrape or extract data from our Platform, including any application that reads areas of RAM used by the Platform to store information;
   Bypass or ignore instructions contained in our robots.txt file;"
   
   5. User Conduct and Content https://thearenagroup.net/terms-of-use/
   
   Keep in mind, it's also possible they will block your efforts based on Jodah's experience with the website Authority trying to import articles. You can read about it in this forum post.
   
   https://hubpages.com/community/forum/36 … vey?page=2
   
   It seems HP/TAG are catching on that people are trying to extract their articles in their entirety. Whether it was the removal of the HubPages logo they had an issue with, or the importing in general, it is impossible to know. However, I suspect others might run into similar issues.

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   CYong74posted 2 months ago

   Fiverr is full of people with varying skill levels and integrity. While there are genuine workers, I feel it is a very dangerous idea to hand over admin access of your WordPress site to some stranger you have never met, even if you change the access right job completion.

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      OldRosesposted 2 months agoin reply to this

      I did it with a web designer.  I had my hosting company, HostGator, create a user for her on my account, I assume without full admin rights and when she finished, I deleted the user.  Easy peasy.

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         Kenna McHughposted 2 months agoin reply to this

         It is easy with HostGator, though, I am hiring the support system package for six months to tutor me through. It cost less and the learning curve is based on who you work with in support. So far, it's pretty good.

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         CYong74posted 8 weeks agoin reply to this

         That has long been the workflow for web design and there's no avoiding it in many case. But scammers nowadays don't want your website for what it is worth. Rather, they want it as a conduit to scam others. I.E., a temporary identity.
         
         If I had to do web design now, I would only work with a traceable, legal company. Not some unknown person on the net.

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