Say Goodbye To Old Blogger

The migration to New Blogger 2006 is in its final stages. If you haven't gotten the monolithic demand, you will any day.

Move your account to use the new Blogger

No "Please", no "Soon".

You may, for a limited amount of time, have one last chance.

There are two possible web site addresses, to login from.

• http://www.blogger.com/home, where you are forced to migrate.
• http://www.blogger.com/, where, if you have an unexpired cookie, appears to still lead to your Classic dashboard.

Let's see how long the latter remains operational. And don't logout, or you're done.

If you have a blog with team relationships, you would be very much better off migrating NOW, while you can plan the migration properly.

But before you get to this point, please organise your accounts - make sure that all account names and passwords are up to date. You won't even be able to migrate your blog to WordPress, if your account / password isn't up to date.

Now, some of you who read this might think that I'm a shill for Blogger. But you're wrong. I haven't been a fan of Blogger, blindly, since March 10, 2006 - the day that I (my blog) joined the 403 Club. That was not the happiest day of my life, and it marked the beginning of my (unpaid) career as a Blogger critic.

But, even as a critic, I know that we're going to have to move forward. We're stuck here in Oz, Dorothy. You can't click your heels and go back - Kansas isn't there any more.

• Think about what you're doing - plan the migration.
• Learn how to diagnose your problems.
• Learn how to report your problems.
• Learn how to discuss your problems.
• Learn how not to solve your problems.
• And please, learn how to keep your computer (and your blog) safe from malicious attack.

And welcome to K-Mart, where the customers provide their own support.

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