wow... I might be able to save my Blogger blogs

As I've threatened many times before, I'll be migrating over to Squarespace sometime in July. One option, perhaps the most obvious one, would be for me simply to start afresh and to leave all of my Blogspot/Blogger blogs right where they are, allowing them to fade into obscurity. Or—and this might be a better alternative—I can migrate my blogs over to Squarespace. Now, I don't know how plausible this will be, but based on a consultation with the local Google AI god, it's at least possible. To wit:

Q: is it possible to migrate my Blogger archive to Squarespace?

Yes, it's possible to migrate your Blogger archive to Squarespace. Squarespace provides a direct import tool specifically for this purpose.

Here's a general overview of the process:

Export from Blogger:

• Sign in to your Blogger account and navigate to Settings.
• In the Manage blog section, select Back up content and download the XML file.

Import to Squarespace:

• Log in to your Squarespace account and either create a new site or select an existing one.
• Go to Settings > Advanced > Import/Export.
• Click Import, choose Blogger as the source, and upload the XML file.
• Click Begin Import and allow time for the process to complete.

Post-Import Steps:

• Review your Squarespace site to check that content, images, and comments have imported correctly.
• Adjust formatting and styling as needed.
• Set up 301 redirects from your old Blogger URLs to the new Squarespace URLs.
• Verify and update internal links.

Important Considerations:

• Images should generally import, but you might need to manually move externally hosted images.
• You will need to reconfigure SEO settings like meta descriptions and titles in Squarespace.
• Some formatting, especially custom HTML or CSS, might not transfer perfectly and may require manual adjustments.
• Embedded scripts, forms, or iframes might not import directly and will need to be re-embedded.
• The import process includes comments, but if you used a third-party comment system like Disqus, you might lose them.
• There might be limitations on the number of posts you can import during a Squarespace trial.
• This is a one-time import; new content added to Blogger after the import will not automatically sync with Squarespace.

But can I do this with more than one blog? I asked AI:

Q: is it possible to import multiple, distinct Blogspot blogs to Squarespace?

Yes, it's possible to import multiple, distinct Blogspot blogs to Squarespace, but with some considerations. (lists of procedural steps and considerations follow)

So I may be good to go, but moving this main blog over to Squarespace is going to be a huge project that will inevitably experience many fits and starts. Well, I'll just add multiple blog importation to the pile of my other projects. When I do start importing, I'll probably start with my walk blogs first: they're all relatively small since each blog contains only about a month's worth of material, and I'll get to see firsthand whether the importation of photos (the walk blogs are photo-heavy) happens smoothly. As for my main blog... I expect this not to go smoothly because the blog is, at this point, titanic in size (it's existed since July 4, 2003), and images not hosted on Blogger itself (roughly 2016 and before) will need to be imported manually. That's a hell of a lot of images. I'm not even sure I have the originals anymore. We'll see how it all goes. Expect updates.