Change From Typepad To WordPress - Easy Job?

Both Typepad and WordPress are blogging platfomrs. TP&WP give you the freedom to design any kind of web, from your parrot's personal blog to commercial mortgage page with 600 000 unique readers per month. Some time ago, number of Typepad subscribers considered jump to WP. Any idea why?

WP moved ahead of Typepad, that's the reason! Both are customizable, but people at WP did better job in the last few years. WP leaves the design of improvements in users' hands so public today may harness around 11 000 widgets, which are ready to enhance any part of your site you can think about – without any expense.

Typepad dcomment system was overwhelmed by spam; meanwhile WordPress took over the battlefield with Akismet addon. There are more, much more examples in favour of WP, like instinctive implementation of multimedia. Sure, Typepad enables you to customize your page too, but you need (not trivial) knowledge of CSS and HTML.

The main dilemma remains – is it possible to transform your blog from Typepad to WP easily? To tell the truth, SixApart Typepad did not make it easy for you. Unfortunately, SixApart Typepad doesn't have working export function, that would help you. Yes, fans are able to use its poor export option, giving you different permalinks and asking for heavy manual labour to transform your pictures. Administrators are able to try Atom exporter, but this will transform only a limited set of your posts and no discussion posts at all.

Today, jump from Typepad to WP is far from being easy. Either you have to to throw away couple dozens of hours of your valuable time to finish the move, or you have to cash out some Typepad to Wordpress professionals...