{"database": "pelican", "table": "content", "rows": [["ryan", "musings", "This weekend I migrated my site from [Square\nSpace](https://www.squarespace.com \"Spare Squace!\") to\n[WordPress](https://www.wordpress.com \"WordPress!\"). I had been planning to do\nthis for a while (ever since a [Hover](https://www.hover.com \"Hover!\") ad read\non [ATP](https://www.atp.fm \"Accidental Tech Podcast\") earlier this summer).\nThis weekend was the last weekend before my [Square\nSpace](https://www.squarespace.com \"Spare Squace!\")subscription was set to\nexpire so I finally made the switch.\n\n## Why I did it\n\n[Square Space](https://www.squarespace.com \"Spare Squace!\") offers a beautiful\ninterface and great templates to get you started. They make everything about\nsetting up a blog, portfolio or online store as easy as it can get. But ...\nthat\u2019s kind of where it ends for me. While the set up is amazingly easy, the\nactually content posting (for me this means my writing) was more difficult\nthan I would have liked.\n\nIn order to get something posted to my [Square\nSpace](https://www.squarespace.com \"Spare Squace!\") site I would write\nsomething in anyone of a number of Plain Text Editors\n([BBEdit](https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/),\n[Drafts](https://agiletortoise.com/drafts/), [Editorial](http://omz-\nsoftware.com/editorial/), [Ulysses](https://ulyssesapp.com)). Then I would\npreview the generated `HTML` to verify it looked the way I wanted it to.\nFinally, I would post my `MarkDown` to the [Square\nSpace](https://www.squarespace.com \"Spare Squace!\") Blog App on iOS and do it\nAll. Over. Again.\n\nTo say that it was frustrating is a bit of an understatement. I looked really\nhard to see what `API`s existed and found that there _used to be_ an API but\nthat Square Space removed them for some reason. So no direct posting to my\nblog by my favorite text editors.\n\nSo, with Hover having a discount on domains, and me getting an\n[AWS](https://aws.amazon.com \"Amazon Web Services\")account where I could host\nWordPress and a rich set of WordPress `API`s to post directly from some of my\nfavorite text editors, it seemed like a no brainer to make the switch.\n\n## How I set up my Wordpress Install\n\nThe AWS ecosystem has some amazing documentation on how to do just about\nanything that you want. So, instead of laboriously taking screenshots and\nwriting up what I did, I\u2019ll just link to [Amazon\u2019s Launch a WordPress Website\ntutorial](https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/tutorials/launch-a-wordpress-\nwebsite/ \"Launch a WordPress Website\")\n\n## Exporting from Square Space to Wordpress\n\nFor all the pain it was to get content into SquareSpace, it was a breeze to\nget it out. Again, no need to get screenshots or write it up if I can just\n[link](https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206566687-Exporting-\nyour-site \"Getting my stuff from SquareSpace\") to it instead!\n\n## What I hope to gain from it\n\nAs I wrote earlier my main reason for leaving Square Space was the difficulty\nI had getting content in. So, now that I\u2019m on a WordPress site, what am I\nhoping to gain from it?\n\n  1. Easier to post my writing\n  2. See Item 1\n\nWriting is already _really_ hard for me. I struggle with it and making it\ndifficult to get my stuff out into the world makes it that much harder. My\nhope is that not only will I write more, but that my writing will get\n**better** because I\u2019m writing more.\n\n## Ulysses integration\n\nWith all of that, what has my experience been with writing my first post to my\nWordPress site?\n\nThis entire post was written and edited in Ulysses. I was able to preview my\npost in Ulysses. I was able topost my content to the site with Ulysses.\nBasically, Ulysses is a kick ass app and on day one of the conversion, I\u2019m\nabout as happy with a decision that I can be given the short amount of time\nsince I\u2019ve made it.\n\n", "2017-10-01", "migrating-from-square-space-to-word-press", "This weekend I migrated my site from [Square\nSpace](https://www.squarespace.com \"Spare Squace!\") to\n[WordPress](https://www.wordpress.com \"WordPress!\"). I had been planning to do\nthis for a while (ever since a [Hover](https://www.hover.com \"Hover!\") ad read\non [ATP](https://www.atp.fm \"Accidental Tech Podcast\") earlier this summer).\nThis weekend was the last weekend before my [Square\nSpace](https://www.squarespace.com \"Spare Squace!\")subscription was set to\nexpire so I finally \u2026\n\n", "Migrating from Square Space to Word Press", "https://www.ryancheley.com/2017/10/01/migrating-from-square-space-to-word-press/"]], "columns": ["author", "category", "content", "published_date", "slug", "summary", "title", "url"], "primary_keys": ["slug"], "primary_key_values": ["migrating-from-square-space-to-word-press"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7269950583577156}