IF YOU HAVE ALREADY A BLOG ON BLOGGER ( BLOGSPOT ) AND YOU WANT TO TRANSFER IT ON WORDPRESS THEN IT IS VERY EASY .
INSTALL WORDPRESS ON YOUR WEB SERVER
SETUP PERMALINKS
IMPORT YOUR BLOGGER BLOG VIA WORDPRESS IMPORT OPTION
DELETE YOUR BLOGSPOT BLOG NOW
INSTALL WORDPRESS ON YOUR WEB SERVER
After getting a webhost .You will need to install worpress .It can be done by two ways
1.Manually wordpress upload and install
2.Using Script installers such as Fantastico
Manually
It is time consuming and difficult method but if you are using free webhosting you may have to use this method because most of free webhosts do not provide auto script installers .
Download wordpress zip package from wordpress.org
Extract files to a folder
Upload these files via any ftp client to where you want to install wordpress on your web space ( e.g. in root directory or in any sub direcotory as you want )
Create a mysql database
open file wp-config-sample.php on notepad and make changes and then save it as wp-config.php. (enter database name ,database host ,and password )
Type yourdomain.com/wp-admin/install.php into your browser.
Now run the installation and it is very easy and quick now.
Using Script installers such as Fantestico
It is very easy and fast and every paid webhost provides this service in its control panel .The interface of most of web hosts is similer and looking like this
Click on Fantastico and select wordpress from list
Then select new install
Then select domain name and folder ( do not name an existing folder because fantastico creats folder itself )
Then select admin username and passowrd and click ok
On next screen fantastico will tell you the mysql database created.You should note the name of database and press finish installation .
SETUP PERMALINKS
After installing wordpress login to your wordpress (www.yourblog.com/wp-admin/)
You will be redirected to your wordpress dashboard
See the left sidebar and see the settings
You will find the option permalinks
Select permalink custom structure and enter the following structure here
/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.html
IMPORT YOUR BLOG FROM BLOGSPOT VIA WORDPRESS IMPORT OPTION
On your dashboard go to the tools and select import
Then choose blogger from the list
You will see the authorise option on nest screen
Click here and grant access to your blogger account via login
WordPress will show your blogspot blog and now you can import your blog with one click .
DELETE YOUR BLOGSPOT BLOG NOW
You should delete your blogspot blog to avoid duplicate content problems so that google and other search engines exclude your old blog from their index .
