Now that I have moved off of Wordpress, I started looking for a way to archive the old posts in case I ever wanted to read through things again. Maybe it will be good bathroom reading.
To keep track of my personal journal, I use Day One which is a fantastic piece of software. It has high design values, lets you keep track of pictures and even will store geo-location and weather data.
Because Day One is such a great piece of software, I found out that it can import text files as entries. Up until today, I was trying to find a way to translate the XML file that Wordpress exports into text files so I could keep everything in one program. However, I think I’ve found a better solution.
Doing some quick searching, I found a great site called Blog Booker. It will take the XML export from your site and uses LATEX to typeset the book. It does a very good job of taking all your blog posts including all the links.
You can even take your book over to Lulu and have it professionally printed. I’ll do this at some point.
So, as a result, I have a nicely formatted PDF file of the old posts that I can now read through at my own leisure and I don’t have to worry about compatibility with Day One and importing all my old posts into there.
comments powered by Disqus