Save The Blogs!

gallusrostromegalus:

shadow-spires:

Okay, folks. So. Tumblr’s jumped the shark in a big way, and I’m not even just talking about indiscriminately blocking all “adult” content on a platform that IS, in fact, primarily 18+.

Many blogs, like the wonderful @blackkatmagic , that are not especially NSFW have vanished.

(And I for one LIKE being able to go to curated porn blogs run by actual people and have a chance of finding stuff to my taste, it was one of the things that kept me on this hellsite, but that’s another issue entirely.)

I know lots of people are talking about migrating, but none of us are sure to where yet. Pillowfort seems to be an option, some people are talking about Twitter. But for now, it’s a mess, and even if we knew where we were going, it’s often a huge process, and a lot of us have stuff on tumblr that ONLY exists there.

One possible quick solution to save your blogs, both NSFW and personal, is to import it to WordPress. I found this solution through from frantic googling on how to save an entire blog, text posts an all. There are several apps for downloading all the pictures from a tumblr, (Plently for Windows, but only a few paid ones for mac, of which Tumbelog Picture Downloader is working for me so far) but this is the only solution I’ve seen so far that allows you to save EVERYTHING. I downloaded my NSFW blog in like 10 min. My regular blog, which is significantly larger, is in the process of importing, but I don’t anticipate any problems. I will, of course, update you if I have any.  

This tutorial I found worked really easily. http://quickguide (.) tumblr (.) com/post/39780378703/backing-up-your-tumblr-blog-to-wordpress

I put parenthesis around the .’s like we’re back in FF-Hell, just in case tumblr’s new thing about outgoing links kicks in. You know what to do. 

To break it down, just in case:

 Sign up for a WordPress.com account at wordpress (.) com/start

You’ll have to create an account, with your email, a username, and a password. They should send you a confirmation email immediately, check it, activate it, and you’re good to go.

On the site, it will ask you for a site name. That page asks you a bunch of other information too, but you only have to fill out the site name.

Then you have to give your site a URL. If you’re lucky, your tumblr URL is still available, if not you’ll have to come up with another one, sorry.

It will tell you if that option is still available for free.

Then it will ask you to pick a plan. Free is really good enough, I swear.

Now you’re set up! You can import your tumblr!

The only differences from the linked tutorial are that the Import button is now on the first level menu, not in tools.

Hit Import, then you have to follow the link for “other importers”  at the bottom, to find the option for Tumblr.

Then you’ll have to sign in with tumblr, using your normal tumblr credentials. You’ll be redirected there automatically.

You’ll have to allow WordPress permissions on your blog.

Then your blogs, including all your sideblogs, will show up in wordpress.

Hit import, wait a WHILE depending on the size of your blog, and you’re done!

ALSO!!

I made my NSFW blog private for now, since I don’t know WP’s policy on NSFW.

This means that to access it, someone has to have an account and request access. But hey, part of our problem on this hellsite has been people going places they aren’t wanted, so I don’t personally see this as a bad thing. They can send a request from the landing site on your blog, you get an email, click a link in the email, and PRESTO, they have access.

To make it private, go to Settings > Reading > Site Visibility. Go back and check, it took me changing the setting twice for it to actually stick.

tl;dr, you can import your entire blog to wordpress in just a few steps. 

I’m going to tag the hell out of this, in no particular order. PLEASE reblog this and spread the word so people know it’s an option. If you’re having trouble, PM me, and I’m happy to help.

@gallusrostromegalus @kaciart @lena221bee @deadcatwithaflamethrower

@norcumi @deandraws @morn-art, @thebisexualmandalorian @kristsune @marloviandevil @punsbulletsandpointythings @protagonistically @cris-art @elfda @fish-ghost @godtierwonder @heartslogos @haekass @iesika @incogneat-oh @itispossibleihaveissues @jaegervega @jhaernyl @the-last-hair-bender @kleine-aster @latenightcornerstore @lectorel @medievalpoc @mgnemesi @me-ya-ri @myurbandream @peskylilcritter @cywscross ,@cheshiresense @varevare @victoriousscarf @whatsmeantobe @swpromptsandasks @gabriel4sam @stonefreeak @brighteyedbadwolf @pumpkin-lith @puzzleshipper @suzukiblu @myurbandream @lacefedora @jademerien

There are a whole bunch more, but that’s a start. Please reblog the hell out of this, so people are aware of this one simple option.

For people asking how to backup thier blog

I dont think my blog is in trouble, but Im going to backup just in case.

This is for anyone who feels like your blog is at risk.

3, 5, and 15! (For the ygo fandom ask)

3. Dub or Original

In my opinion, Yu-Gi-Oh is one of the better dubs by 4kids (yes, it did have a lot of problems, but it wasn’t One Piece levels of bad).  I did watch the sub, and it was pretty good as well.  Both the dub and sub have aspects I like, so I’m going to say that I like both!

5. Favorite opening/ending

I like the English theme.  And as for the Japanese, Shuffle (season 2) is my favorite opening, and my favorite ending is The Afternoon of that Day (Also season 2)

15. How did you get into Yu-Gi-Oh?

I’ve known about yugioh for a while, but I didn’t really get into it until around 4th-5th grade.  Since I was into Pokemon, and I collect the cards, I saw Yugioh cards with the pokemon cards, but I never really bought them.  I knew yugioh was the one show with the crazy-hair character, but I didn’t know much about other than that.

One day, I had just turned on the tv, and yuigoh gx was on.  Jaden was in the middle of a duel, and he had just used Winged Kuriboh.  I think that’s when I started to become interested, because Winged Kuriboh is cute, and it reminded me of pokemon.  Eventually, I started to collect the cards, and it all kind of went from there.  I started learning about the game, I started watching the older anime, and now here I am in the fandom today, answering questions like these!

Yu-Gi-Oh! fandom meme – ask away!

this-wreckage:

  • 1. Favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! series
  • 2. Anime or manga?
  • 3. Dub or original?
  • 4. Favorite season/story arc
  • 5. Favorite opening/ending
  • 6. Favorite character
  • 7. OTP
  • 8. Favorite antagonist/villain
  • 9. Favorite minor character
  • 10. Favorite Duel Monster
  • 11. Favorite spell card
  • 12. Favorite trap card
  • 13. Favorite deck archetype
  • 14. How long have you been in the fandom?
  • 15. How did you get into YGO?
  • 16. Have you made a friend through shared interest in YGO?
  • 17. Have you ever cried over YGO and why?
  • 18. A random headcanon
  • 19. Least favorite series
  • 20. Least favorite season/story arc
  • 21. Which Millennium Item would you want and why?
  • 22. Least favorite character
  • 23. NOTP
  • 24. Unpopular opinion?
  • 25. Do you play the TCG and if so, what type of deck do you use?
  • 26. Favorite YGO music (aside from openings/endings)
  • 27. Favorite YGO video game?
  • 28. Something you love about the fandom
  • 29. Something you would change about the fandom
  • 30. Favorite episode
  • 31. Favorite duel (because they are often a series of episodes)
  • 32. Favorite voice actor
  • 33. Favorite quote from a YGO character
  • 34. If you met Kazuki Takahashi, what would you say to him?