Comments on: Typepad Export Options: Congenial Lies from SixApart’s Anil Dash

By: Hello WordPress : Izabael DaJinn: Ramblings of a Renegade Djinn

Hello WordPress : Izabael DaJinn: Ramblings of a Renegade Djinn — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:57:05 +0000

[...] “Typepad Export Options: Congenial Lies from SixApart’s Anil Dash” [...]

By: Embracing Chaos » Blog Archive » Escape from Typepad to Wordpress - Leo Parker Dirac on Business and Technology Trends

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:51:45 +0000

[...] to leave? Actually the answer there is easy. Because by trying to lock in users, they create angry vocal opponents of their service. I’m not angry, but I would advise against anybody considering Typepad as [...]

By: Mark Kaigwa

Mark Kaigwa — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:46:05 +0000

Interesting stuff. You make a couple good points here, guess I might be better off sticking to Wordpress. For now, at least. Haven’t had any problems with it yet.

By: alec

alec — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:57:36 +0000

Hi Peter,

You get a properly set up self-hosted Wordpress site (we host them ours over at Foliopress.net) and the help of a dedicated Wordpress shop who can fix techy things for you, leaving you to handle the fun stuff like choosing the theme and posting.

Typepad might be a good intermediate step if SixApart didn’t cripple the export. What SixApart are doing with image names as well now (long random numbers in a directory starting with a . – WTH is that?) is also atrocious. And I’ve never cared for the way they cut off post URLs mid-word (13 characters I think).

With the crippled export there is no sense going into Typepad as you can never leave when it comes time to. Well you can, but then you have to come and see us and it costs anywhere from $350 to $1000 to get out with your URLs intact depending on the size and nature of your weblog.

After Anil deliberately lied to me about export, I don’t trust SixApart either. As a company, they don’t tell the truth, nor do they treat users fairly.

Hanging onto your URLs is like a girlfriend or boyfriend who tells you: “You are free to leave me any time you want, but I’ll burn down your apartment if you do.”

By: Wordpress SEO and Dedicated IP’s

Wordpress SEO and Dedicated IP’s — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:42:36 +0000

[...] Typepad Export Options: Congenial Lies from SixApart’s Anil Dash [...]

By: Peter McGrath

Peter McGrath — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:52:29 +0000

Alright, I’m a non-geek with 9 days to go on my typepad free offer. I want a working local news blog site that doesn’t need me going into databases, SQL/PHP etc but has more muscle than wordpress.com (free, bless it) gives.

Where do I go?