This is a bit of a faff, I will admit, but it works. There's normally a slightly easier way to do this within the programme, but the same thing that broke the import tool here on DW also broke the history browser in Semagic. In order for this to work, you have to delete your LJ post by post, but you're also creating a back-up, should you want to ever restore it. Doing this will automatically copy time stamps, tags, icons, icon keywords, title, and content of the entry. The only thing it DOES NOT save is comments, unfortunately.
- Download Semagic (I've been using this for years; it's completely safe)
- The default settings are for LJ. Sign in as you wold normally (DW is a bit different; we'll do that in a bit)
- Click on Journal > Edit Last Entry
- Click Save Entry to File. Save it in the default location.
- Click Delete Entry, and confirm the operation.
- Repeat as necessary.
To upload to DW:
- Log out of Semagic.
- Click on File > Server Settings.
- Change Server to Dreamwidth.org. Click OK
- Enter your username and password and log in
- Click the 'open file' icon, just beneath Journal (icon of a folder on the far left of the screen)
- Select the file you want to post. It will auto-populate everything in the composition box.
- Make sure it looks right and that the entry is backdated (by clicking the 'Backdate Entry' box under post options). NOTE: if your icons are not the same on DW and LJ, or if your icon keywords are different, it will not be able to match the icon to what it was originally.
- Click Post.
- Repeat as necessary.
If you have any questions about this process, let me know.
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