blogging for fun and profit

Few weeks ago I was switching from blogger to wordpress, I felt there is no significant changes since 2 years I’ve been using Blogger.

After I managed to import all my posts to wordpress, I was having a problem to transfer all my friends who was joining me through Google Friend Connect, I couldn’t find any suitable guide helping me with that matter, until just few hours ago I managed to solve it by my self.

Actually the trick is very simple, take my situation for an example. I had a blog called keghahpalo.co.cc with blogger and my new blog domain name called thenone.nexusbox.biz.

To be able using your old google friend connect widget on newly installed wordpress blog all you have to do is follow these simple steps below:

1. Login to your Blogger account, go to Settings > Publishing > Advanced Setting > Your Domain. Change your current domain name to the new domain name that you are using for your WordPress blog. For example my previous domain name with blogger is “keghahpalo.co.cc” then I changed it to “thenone.nexusbox.biz”, and then save your setting.
2. Login to your Google Friend Connect at “http://www.google.com/friendconnect” without quote, click on your blog name with blogger and then click “Gadgets” > on Featured Gadgets tab look at Members gadget and click Get this Gadget. Set all of you gadget setting and click the “Generate Code” button, copy this code and paste it to your WordPress press “Text” widget, and then all done.

If you are using WordPress plugin such as GFC plugin for WordPress, you don’t have copy the code, after generating the code all you need to do is find out your site id :

google.friendconnect.container.renderMembersGadget(
{ id: ‘div-228402638716412346′,
site: ‘16968002536886617683‘ },

copy the site id on your WordPress GFC plugin setting and save it, then add the GFC widget to your sidebar and finish.