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"The FeedBurner Migration Manual: Migration Checklist" from "FeedBlitz News"

This week we begin a new series, and will be sharing our FeedBurner Migration Manual with you for the foreseeable.

Follow along with us here each Thursday, or download the entire manual for free here.

We might as well start at the beginning, so let’s venture into the FeedBurner Migration Checklist.

These are all the things you have to do. And if you haven't done them all, it won't all work!

Give Yourself Enough Time

The setup process at FeedBlitz takes 5-15 minutes, depending on whether you already have an account, PLUS the time needed to import email subscribers.

You will also need to be logged in to your blog's control panel; allow 5-10 minutes there for configuration changes if it's your first time through. Finally, allow 15-30 minutes for verification and testing, switching out subscription forms etc.

It sounds a little daunting, but we need to be thorough so you don't lose your readership.

Step 1: Create Feeds and Email Lists in FeedBlitz

1. Register for an account at FeedBlitz.com.

2. Log in to FeedBlitz.

3. Start a trial if necessary.

4. Go to "Add Site".

5. Click the FeedBurner Login button.

6. Sign in.

7. Pick the FeedBurner feed/email list to migrate.

8. Choose your feed monetization options.

9. Start the migration process.

10. Integrate with your website, validating with the FeedBlitz test buttons.

Ok, so now you have set up FeedBlitz, but it is not integrated with your traffic yet. You've put the building blocks in place to enable full migration.

Step 2: Update Your Web Site to Use the New FeedBlitz Feeds and Lists

1. Go to your site's admin panel.

2. Disable and clear all theme settings that refer to FeedBurner. Be thorough.

3. Disable and clear all plugins that handle redirects.

4. Disable feed caching.

5. For WordPress users:

a. Remove sections of .htaccess that refer to feeds and FeedBurner.

b. Download and activate the FeedBlitz FeedSmart plugin.

c. Configure it to use your new FeedBlitz RSS feed.

6. For Blogger users:

a. Go to Settings | Other and update the Post Feed Redirect URL.

b. Go to FeedBurner and update the feed's "Original Feed Details" to point to the new FeedBlitz feed (The migration will still send subscribers to your feed on your site).

7. If you use a CNAME entry for your feed, update it to point to feeds.feedblitz.com.

8. Check autodiscovery tags are not referring to FeedBurner.

Go to your site's native feed URL – it should redirect to FeedBlitz.

FeedBlitz will now see and track all your RSS feed traffic. Metrics will start to update nightly. All traffic not subscribing directly to the FeedBurner feed URL will be served by FeedBlitz.

If the FeedBlitz feed stops updating OR the metrics suddenly change that’s an indicator your traffic is not being redirected properly to FeedBlitz. Repeat the above steps.

Step 3: Migrate Remaining FeedBurner RSS Subscribers to FeedBlitz

Ensure third party services (e.g. Network Blogs, iTunes, TwitterFeed, FriendFeed etc.) are updated to use your blog's native RSS feed URL.

Enable the FeedBurner Migration Message in your FeedBlitz feed's settings.

Remaining traffic will steadily migrate to FeedBlitz over time. It will take at least 7-10 days of new posts for the bulk of subscribers to come over if you post daily.

For traffic that does not migrate, use FeedBurner's reports to determine the aggregator or service responsible.

Check out the Troubleshooting chapter at the end of the guide if you don't see the numbers you're expecting.

Step 4: Optionally Delete Your FeedBurner RSS Feed

But it's not required. If you don't want to, don't! We’ll be touching on deleting your FeedBurner feed later in the series (and it’s in the manual if you have it already) for reasons you might not want to delete your FeedBurner feed – and what to do if you already did.