Procrastinate, that's my middle name.

[layne67]

Each time LJ is down, I'd say to myself, I *will* transfer all my fics to DW but each time it's up, I'd dilly-dally. Again.

But do it I must since it seems quite impossible that I'd be able to write anymore ( there's nothing left in my head it seems ) so I must save what I had, to remind me that once upon a time I could do it!

I'm only thinking of copy-pasting my fics from LJ to here but what's this "import" thing that people are talking about here and there? Can I transfer the whole of my LJ ( old posts I mean, not the cross-posting thing )to DW, even the comments? Is it very difficult to do and is it time-consuming?

Comments

[munibunny]

It's totally worth it to import everything from LJ, isn't it? And so easy too. :)

[layne67]

What about our privacy settings? Are they imported in as they were in LJ - public/flocked/private - or do I have to set them all over again once they're in DW? Heheh, wouldn't do for people to read some of my flocked/private posts!

[munibunny]

I'm pretty sure it keeps the same settings but you can also just change all of them to private using the "mass privacy tool" at http://www.dreamwidth.org/editprivacy.

[layne67]

One more thing ( sorry! ). Do I really need to change and re-change my LJ password for the transfer?

[munibunny]

Oh, that's only a security precaution because you're essentially telling DW what your LJ password is, right? They suggest you make a temporary password just for the transfer and then change it back afterward.... or you can change your password permanently to keep your account secure. It's not really a big deal. I mean, I'm sure some people are worried about their accounts getting hacked but I really doubt anyone would be interested in little old me, for example. :)