move old blog posts to new blog site

yes, there is quite a few methods to do it. You can try the xml backup option in the wordpress admin panel under tools. export from the old and import in the new. The file is usually small unless you got a huge blog, and takes just a few minutes and it is done.

make sure to use a re-direction plugin in your old wordpress blog to re-direct the old posts, that way you won’t lose any traffic and some part of the seo value will travel to your new blog.

cheers,

sounds good, but what if i only have all the install files and the .sql file? I do not have a xml unless it is within the install files. My entire old blog is within a ZIP it what i am getting at. Can i use anything from within there? or must i install xampp on my pc to create a local server and import all data and content, and then do an export?

if you have the sql file, then you can open the phpmyadmin of your new blog and import the sql. If you don’t have the control of your old blog, then you can’t get the xml.

i think the best choice is to import the sql file at this stage… you won’t really require any other files, other than the theme files, that is if you have done any customization of your theme files.