Hmm. How do you best switch your blogging tool? I'm currently using Radio, but I want to switch to the Python Desktop Server. Logically, I'm writing it for that reason anyway. Now the question arises: what do I do with the Radio blog? I'm porting the postings, that much is clear. But what about links pointing to the site?
I have several options to choose from. I can park the blog and start fresh at a different address. I can simply wipe everything and start over with a new layout and new links. And I can leave both together in the data pot, since most of it doesn't overlap.
The third option is certainly interesting, but on the other hand also quite absurd - old links continue to point to old layouts and old content, the new stuff is stored alongside. The advantage is that no old links break.
I have a fourth option as well: migration pages. Simply create an HTML page with a redirect to the new page for all old pages. That way all old pages continue to work, but appear in the new layout. You'd have to be able to script it. A bit of fiddling, but in principle it should work.
Hmm. Not entirely simple, this whole thing. If anyone has suggestions, please send me an email. Surely someone has switched blogging tools before with a simultaneous new link structure.