Category: Q Sites

Let the Bitch Lose

There are lots of reasons I’m about to shut up about what’s going to happen, but one of the biggest ones is simply this.

Now this quote’s EXACT FORMS have a very RICH history, but let’s not get distracted by that.

Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat.

Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason.

I want to SEE this historic truth FULFILLED.

I want to deprive Nancy Pelosi, who has already lost her own reason, of ours.

Nancy Pelosi, Mafia BITCH, is headed for defeat. She is headed for justice. She is headed for where she needs to go.

And I’m going to help.

By doing NOTHING. The same power TRUMP is using right now.

Our friend Sauce, or Realsauce, said something which triggered my fascination.

LINK HERE.

AND I QUOTE…..

We need Doomfags….prefer they not be here but maybe this is precisely where they need to be…

Sometimes I think that everyone trying to figure out whats going on COULD be unraveling the plan, exposing it…etc, etc..

No answer to that, its human nature to want to know…

Perhaps we make it a audience participation movie, we can just ALL be Doomspoons and try out doom each other all the while believing what we do to help sell the PLAN…….

…….NAH! 😂

You see, this got me to thinking. Why should we DOOMPOON on ourselves, when we can DOOMPOON on THEM?

The problem with THAT, is that it HELPS THEM. When we figure out THEIR downside, it HELPS them.

Allow me to explain.

There is a reason that the other side watches us. They use OUR brainpower to help them out of THEIR problems.

Why do I say this?

There have been multiple attacks by the left over the last decade, that I am POSITIVE were based on great ideas STOLEN from the articles, comments, images and memes, on both CTH and WQTH.

Well, we have POWER over that. Not much, but enough to make a difference. And particularly RIGHT NOW.

Right now, we are in the ENDGAME. This is like a huge chess game, and while “nothing can stop what’s coming”, I can testify [COUGH] to the fact that mafia bitches like Pelosi are tricky as hell.

She needs every edge she can find to escape justice. So if some joker says “OMG – what about that pawn?”, he might as well lean over and tell Pelosi “Pssst – look out for that pawn.” He could actually help her – just a bit – at the last minute.

Why should we help her?

I say we DON’T.

LET THE BITCH LOSE.

https://youtu.be/EVWQ_JyusoE

I am thus going to no longer comment on what is happening.

I am going to let the bitch lose.

You see, I think that we’ve GOT HER TREASONOUS ASS.

I ain’t gonna say WHY. I ain’t gonna say HOW.

And what I DON’T KNOW, at this point, I don’t WANT to know.

I am just going to let the bitch lose.

We don’t have to argue with the doompooners.

We SHOULD NOT argue with the doompooners.

THEY did that to US to make us “doompoon”. They VICTIMIZED some of us, and those victims show the pathology of victims, who in turn become perpetrators. They “made crazy” those they wanted to destroy.

Well, the CHINAZIS, and the MAFIOSAS, and the TREASONOUS PROGS in CIA, DOJ, and FBI…..

We’re gonna let THEM go crazy, before THEY are destroyed.

SO – radio silence. That’s my new policy. My response to anybody who wants to say THIS, or say THAT, or ban this doompooner, or be that doompooner, is to simply say….

Let the bitch LOSE.

I ain’t even getting popcorn. I’m going to work on the site, take care of business, and watch the endgame play out. I’m not going to get riled up by her CRAP. I’m going to let her FALL HARD.

If I see what’s happening, I ain’t sayin’. I’m keepin’ my mouth SHUT.

I’m gonna let the bitch LOSE.

You all are welcome to join me. Don’t take the bait. If you have to say something, just say

Let the bitch lose.

I will be happy, when that evil woman is “taken care of”, to offer my belated view of things – the HISTORY that was missed – but when I do, it will be TOO LATE FOR HER CROOKED ASS.

Are you with me? Are you man or woman enough to NOT HELP THEM escape THEIR DOOM?

Are you content to STAND BY and watch them SWIRL THE DRAIN?

Good.

“They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.” (Jeremiah 25:16)

W

Can you hear us now? No? Good. And GOODBYE.

Washington DC Pre-Rally Logistics Thread

This thread is ONLY for discussion of the the upcoming rallies and marches in Washington, DC, and in particular the LOGISTICS of getting into and out of the city, staying inside or outside the city, what to bring, etc., etc., etc.

PLEASE – under penalty of deletion – keep all discussion of THE STEAL, THE COUP, or EVIDENCE of such, on the daily threads or any new threads directly concerning the cheating. Only if somebody is scheduled to SAY SOMETHING do I want to hear about THE SCHEDULE of that event.

This is all about the rallies and marches themselves – about Washington, DC and surrounding area – about getting there.

THESE EVENTS ONLY.

Things are changing – this thread will help us react to the changes.

This thread is mostly for the benefit of those going to DC, and those who wish to cheer them on or help them. This thread will soon give way to actual “rally threads”, hosted by Deplorable Patriot, during the week. Our participants ONSITE will TRY to communicate “live from DC”, but due to intense network traffic, most comms will probably be nightly info-dumps.

This builds on our prior discussion HERE, from Aubergine:

OUR GENERAL HAS CALLED US TO DC JANUARY 6TH – LET’S ALL GO!!!!!!!

Addendum by Wolf – Current List of QTreepers Headed To DC Aubergine & Son, Mr. MAGA Mom & Son, Realsauce, grandmaintexas & DH, huskerheart & Patriot Friend, Kalbo & Wife, Wolf Moon (neither confirming nor denying)  Current Total: 12

https://www.theqtree.com/2020/12/23/our-general-has-called-us-to-dc-january-6th-lets-all-go/

Please feel free to contribute, or to communicate publicly with other participants. I recommend discussions by GAB PM between participants, if you are planning on sharing any sensitive personal information like location, travel info, etc., which I am generally discouraging, and particularly PRIOR to arrival in DC. Use your head – be sensible.

Contact me if you have any questions. I am encouraging PRIVACY, SECURITY and AVOIDANCE OF DRAMA, yet with MAXIMUM BADASSNESS AND INFO-WARRIOR DROPPAGE. Note that P_M_T_W comms to me on HERE are private, but are NOT entirely secure because WordPress.com can see them. TRUST GAB. Participants are welcome to test out their Gab comms with me, and to make sure they HAVE Gab comms during their travels. Send me a PM on Gab chat (https://chat.gab.com)!

Thanks!

W

More wpDiscuz Features Coming This Week on TheQTree.com

A quick note.

Please expect more new commenting features from wpDiscuz add-ons to appear rapidly during the next week.

wpDiscuz Add-ons

Addons Support Forum

All wpDiscuz addons are being developed by wpDiscuz developers at gVectors Team. These addons help us to keep top level development of the free wpDiscuz plugin. All essential and even dozens of extra-cool features are already available for free in the core wpDiscuz plugin. There are not any limits, any pro and paid versions of wpDiscuz. We have another dozens of awesome features in our to-do list which will be added for free in the future releases.

Thank you!
Sincerely yours,
gVectors Team 

The full package of add-ons which was purchased for this site includes 18 add-ons, each of which has a full page of features. We have only added 4 of these add-ons. We probably don’t want ALL 18 of them, based on feedback from users here, but we definitely want MORE OF THEM, because some features in some of the add-ons appear to answer requests and complaints from users.

I say “appear to”, because some of these bells and whistles are ANNOYING. Some are “less so”.

Sometimes we have to TRY SOMETHING OUT to see if we like it.

I don’t THINK that top page numbering of comments is possible through these features, but we don’t really know positively until we’ve dug into them. wpDiscuz is full of interesting surprises.

My plan is to – as quickly as possible – install more of the add-ons and tweak the features ON or OFF, etc., to obtain a STABLE commenting system. It is after THAT system is obtained, that I will begin making slower code changes – securely and according to design – that will address any desires not fixable through the add-ons themselves.

Please use this thread as much as possible to register your thoughts, opinions, suggestions, and observations regarding the new features as they roll out. I will sticky this intermittently as I add new features, so that people can find it easily. Don’t be afraid to speak up.

THANK YOU!!!

W

Wolf’s Phony AMA (Ask Me Anything) Which is More Like an SLHO (Super-Limited Hang-Out) But is Actually a Front for an RFC (Request For Comments) Which is Really Both an FFM (Fact-Finding Mission) and a PUHD (Pop-Up Help Desk)

YEAH. You have problems with this wonderful new site. We know that. But you are hesitant to bug THE WOLF any more than you already have.

We respect that. But we need you to tell us what is happening and why, because if we don’t, THIS WONDERFUL SITE may end up being destroyed by WordPress. Errrr – I mean WordPress.com.

Speaking of which, how many people here have been LOCKED OUT for “commenting too fast”?

Yeah. That was a beauty.

Thank you, all who reported that. Please SPEAK UP here and REMIND US if you got that red-box warning – I want to DOCUMENT IT HERE.

OK? Please let me know if you got that pop-up, and particularly if it kept you from commenting.

I want to hear it AGAIN. Right here.

I AM COLLECTING EVIDENCE.

You see, my definition of site security is less about who is watching us or how they are watching us, and more about ARE THEY TAMPERING WITH OUR GOOD THING?

SOCIAL HACKING is what I’m most concerned about.

WordPress.com – which kicked Sundance and CTH off its platform for political reasons, is not as big of a social hacker as Twitter and Facebook, but thanks to their AXEY-METH (Akismet) POST-RANSOM CRIMEWARE / MAFIA-PROTECTION RACKET MALWARE, they are close to it. The WordPress scam works a bit differently from the Twitter scam, but it works.

By my being the ONLY administrator / moderator on this site, and having (at present) ZERO moderation filters other than “PRIVATE_MESSAGE_TO_WLOF” (spelled correctly), I can “see through” all the games and all the con jobs that are foisted on honest patriots by the outside world, OR by the platform itself.

Anyway, a bit more about the “red box scam”. The pop-ups telling people they were posting too fast, and then BLOCKING them from commenting.

This was due to a setting in WordPress, as part of WordPress.com’s “JetPack” plugin, which supposedly prevents brute force attacks on the site. I want to thank grandmaintexas and her DH for helping me out there, with the critical insight that this censorship problem actually stemmed from that very particular setting.

Turning it off – BOOM – problem GONE.

Now – I’m not going to show WordPress.com all my cards here, but trust me – that setting did not initially block people from posting. The censorship SNUCK IN LATER. It was also very specific WHO it went after. I do not believe that it was accidental, either. I believe the targets were INTENTIONAL. But even if I’m wrong about that, it’s a lot like the China Virus. WordPress – and specifically JET PACK – is responsible.

Now bear in mind – JetPack is also responsible for the “bar-bell” notifications. That is primarily WHY we have JetPack installed as a plugin.

I want to ask people here – do you TRUST the notification system? The “black bar, white bell, and orange dot”. Do you trust that it always reports everything to you faithfully and without any kind of bias?

I may or may not be suspicious of JetPack’s notification behavior at this very moment, but it is my job, being in charge of security, to trust it exactly NEVER. I am faithful NOT to the software, nor even to its possibly long and glorious history, but rather to its INTEGRITY OF FUNCTION AT THIS MOMENT – an ephemerally correct thing which may or may not be true, but can never be assumed.

I am faithful to PRINCIPLES and to those who – like me – strive to UPHOLD THEM.

More about trust.

I most assuredly DO NOT TRUST WordPress.com not to #### with us again, via JetPack and WordPress.com authentication (meaning when you log in using your WordPress password and identity).

I want to IMPART THIS SUSPICION on all who enter here. I want you ALL to be my EYES AND EARS – so that not IF but WHEN WordPress.com decides to mess with us again, ALL OF YOU will be prepared. We almost lost some of your BEST FRIENDS HERE to the last scam.

So LOOK SHARP.

And NOW go ahead. Ask me anything!

W

Video Overload! Let’s Celebrate and Test Out the New Embed Plugin

(With a Massive Assault of Videos, Tweets, and Everything Else We Can Throw at the Software!)

Will it do Gab?

Almost!

Will it do a Gab video?

Well, let’s see if that shows up!

What do you think?

I have a great story related to this song, but not now. Some other time!

But if you’re looking for some romance now, how about…..

Or how about some SCIENCE FICTION NOT FICTION?

https://www.bitchute.com/video/PBtAd9MZZgIJ/

Doesn’t work here – try it in a comment!

Will it embed a WordPress post in WordPress?

Dear KMAG: 20201207 Open Topic

WOO-HOO!

Will it embed a site within a site post?

https://wqth.wordpress.com

Nope! Just a link.

How about Vimeo? They’re getting weird and insular, but I found this:

Note that BitChute is being deplatformed!

“BitChute needs your help! We have been deplatformed by service providers and we are in the process of moving providers. If you experience an issue this is likely the cause. Please consider helping at this critical time.“

Another BitChute video about YouTube:

https://www.bitchute.com/video/tBxHOLaMsm0/

Well, try it in a comment!

I direct you to the list of possibles:

Description

wpDiscuz Embeds supports lots of content providers. Video, audio, photos, products, and more—embed the content your users crave.

Video Embed

Embed full videos anywhere. Let your users on your discussion area watch content from dozens of video providers. Video providers include: Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Rutube, Vevo, Vesti, Metacafe, Liveleak, Funnyordie, Dotsub, Scribd, Citytv, Snotr, Wat, Novamov, Youku, Putlocker, Veoh, Zappinternet, Dalealplay, Zkouknito, Allocine, Break, Vzaar, 4shared, Movshare, Shiatv, etc…

Image Embed

A picture is worth a thousand words. Don’t just tell users what you are talking about; show them. Image providers include: Flickr, Instagram, GettyImages, Mobypicture, ymlyFrog, etc…

Audios, Social Networks and others

SoundCloud, Twitter, Facebook, WordPress.com, Reddit, PollDaddy, etc…

So give some a try, and let’s see if they really work.

Cheers!

W

OUR FIRST VIDEO!

Prepare For Historic Times

I just read a post on Gab that pulled together several visions of the BIG PICTURE. I think it’s worth getting ALL OF US on this page!

Look through this stuff, but the ESSENTIAL THINGS are the following:

(1) a YouTube video by Thomas Wictor / Carlos Osweda

(2) an article by retired intelligence officer J. E. Dyer

Mark Smith

@markzilla··QAnon and the Great Awakening

https://libertyunyielding.com/2020/12/04/in-trumps-campaign-to-save-the-republic-we-havent-seen-the-key-supporting-effort-yet/

I don’t care if you think #ThomasWictor is out of his mind or not.

This four minute video is a *work of art.*

“NOW will you believe?”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=DVGt0Dhs8ZA
THIS IS THE VIDEO! WATCH IT!!!

Link to great thread from Bruno Barking:
https://gab.com/markzilla/posts/105337497146895692

That link:

Outstanding thread related to my last post.

http://twitter.com/Bruno062418/status/1335778252464525314

http://nitter.net/Bruno062418/status/1335778252464525314

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1335778252464525314.html

https://libertyunyielding.com/2020/12/04/in-trumps-campaign-to-save-the-republic-we-havent-seen-the-key-supporting-effort-yet/

https://gab.com/markzilla/posts/105337458532584121

Now – THIS is that article that you need to read – first a LINK:

https://libertyunyielding.com/2020/12/04/in-trumps-campaign-to-save-the-republic-we-havent-seen-the-key-supporting-effort-yet/

And then a complete screen capture (to prevent deplatforming):

Note that this article references the now-classic Trump speech given just recently!

If you have not watched this, as well, then I urge you to take the time to watch and understand it.

SO WHAT IS THE BIG POINT?

We live in HISTORIC TIMES. Trump is going to have to do HISTORIC THINGS to save the nation from destruction. We must promise ourselves to support him, whatever form the battle takes.

Joe Biden – the Chinese puppet – will not be allowed to become President. This is not a mere Constitutional “crisis”. We are now engaged in a truly HISTORIC BATTLE.

We must be prepared to SUPPORT in all possible ways the SIDE OF LAWFUL PROCESS AND PRESERVATION OF THE NATION, THE REPUBLIC, AND EVEN THE MOST BASIC RULE OF LAW. We do not know all forms that this battle will take, but we have been PREPARED.

At the HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE, we must TRUST THE PLAN – and SUPPORT IT when the time of its full flourishing arrives.

Two Q posts will show you the PRIMER of the CARTRIDGE.

(1)

Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: 1a89fd No.8957175 
 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1129343742748569601

Be ready.
Q

(2)

Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: 518aba No.11621106 

Durham.
Q

Note the significance.

Trump tweets ALWAYS age well.

The first is clear.

The second VALIDATES IT.

Q’s last post.

One theater, one movie on the screen, two movies in people’s heads, because of FAKE NEWS.

Understand WHY it has to be this way. Understand the REALITIES of what is going on – NOT what is in the Soviet Fake News.

REALITY will be a cold bitch-slap for the COVID communists, addicted to their fake news. Be ready to support OUR side – the side of reality – no matter how much the communists scream and cry.

Here is my position. What it YOURS? I hope that it is the same.

We do not accept this fraud of an election. We will accept whatever FAIR and HONEST solution is found for it. We will TRUST THE PLAN to take us there.

SIMPLE.

W

Welcome to TheQTree.com Techmania Stand-Up

As much as I utterly DESPISE “process over people”, I always found MEETINGS OF ACTUAL GEEKS WITH MINIMAL MANAGEMENT useful when there were too many people to look over one person’s shoulder comfortably in a GEEK CUBICLE. So – “declared meetings” have their uses. Here, if only to consolidate suggestions so I can find them later.

My mission in moving us to a WOKE-FREE SITE was so I could quickly get back to WAR in the immediate future. That is where my next posts will be going – back to POLITICS and away from I.T.

*** WAR ***

However, right now, we do have a lot of good geeky thoughts flying around. I want to capture them, even if I am going to INFO-GUNS right away (because THE BUSINESS is ultimately WHY WE ARE HERE).

Thoughts can go here. Including:

  • whether we want to STICK WITH THE NEW COMMENTING SYSTEM
  • whether I should get the tweet and video plugin extensions NOW (answer to above being YES)
  • features that we absolutely need NOW to FIGHT
  • features we need to add – but which will probably be LATER
  • tips and tricks for others to get online and FIGHTING
  • anything GEEKY

OK? GOOD! Have at it! Just remember – we FIGHT FIRST and repair the broken weapons LATER, when there is a break in the fighting.

So we STAND NOW!

W

Actors Henry Fonda and James Coburn on the set of Universal Studios movie ” Midway” in 1976. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

The Q Tree Member Roundup! Calling All Q-Treepers!

THE Q TREE CALLS ALL ITS TRUTH WARRIORS TO COME HOME AND ASSEMBLE FOR BATTLE!

Come inside!

Relax! Have a seat!

Or sit out on the deck!

Please check in and let your friends know that you FOUND our new home. Lurkers, former members, old friends from CTH, and everybody else – you are welcome to make that first post right here! Introduce yourselves!

W

We just ask that you BE-HAVE!!!

New Site Status Report 20201201

OK – here is an update on the new site. I’m putting it here ON the new site, so people can start getting used to commenting over here.

I have decided to go for SMOOTHNESS OF TRANSITION rather than CLEAN FAST BREAK.

PATIENCE. It’s a virtue.

Most of the posts transferred. We only have about a week at the end of November, plus whatever days in December before we move, to be moved later. Almost all our images have transferred. If we’re not OCD and/or perfectionist about things, the copying of the sites has been 99.9% successful.

On the PLUS side, we can use more modern commenting systems that use modern technologies like REST and AJAX to avoid reloading entire pages for EVERY SINGLE COMMENT. In particular, we are now using the wpDiscuz plugin, which is a bit like Discus for WordPress.

https://wpdiscuz.com/

The main NEGATIVE, however, is that we are having a LOT of trouble getting comments to integrate with the WordPress-dot-com notification system which is part of their “JetPack” – what most of us refer to as “The Bell” or “The Bell Icon”, located in the “WordPress.com Menu Bar” – a.k.a. “The Black Band”.

While I was able to get SOME notifications about replies on the new site to propagate in the “bell notification system”, most people saw either spotty or no performance this way. This may be a function of whether individuals have properly identified themselves to JetPack on the new site – something that is frankly too tenuous to be trusted. We cannot count on this to communicate.

Bottom line – we no longer have “bell icon notifications” on this site. I will keep trying to get them, but they’re not likely to happen soon.

I do have some good workarounds that I’ve been using. The WordPress-dot-com comment page is actually a pretty good ticker of posts as they are happening. I’m not sure if everybody can see it, or how much they can see, but it may be a start.

https://wordpress.com/comments/all/www.theqtree.com

I did get the “Home” and “Contact” links to appear in the top menu. See above!

I will have the sidebar updated to match – ROUGHLY – the sidebar on the old site, very soon.

All our categories and key words transferred. All our old comments. I *MAY* lock the older posts, but not yet committed to this. WordPress has a setting for closing commenting after 14 days. It’s something I plan to consider.

During testing, we ran into some interesting capacity for EDITING OF COMMENTS that looked like a bug. Turns out that this capability has always been there for AUTHORS on their own posts. Daughn actually found and used this capability to deal with a flame war on one of her posts, once, in the early days of this blog. Otherwise, she followed my preferred practice of NOT editing things, but rather letting the record stand – 100% sunlight – no deletions except under extreme circumstances – KEEP THE EVIDENCE – DON’T DESTROY IT.

This is why we count on authors to show EXTREME integrity, and not everybody is an author here!

Now – one more point.

What would you think about actually becoming a FORUM? Or just ADDING ONE?

I found a plugin that we may REALLY like. It is a plugin for WordPress that creates a FORUM.

https://wpforo.com/

This is open source software, and is featured on WordPress-dot-org, too.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/

There is even a forum USING the software, for discussion OF the software!

https://wpforo.com/community/

SO – if we wanted to actually become a FORUM – we could do it. We could even ease into it, by keeping our current model, but creating a “forum next door” with a link on our main page.

Something to think about.

Bottom line – there are MANY possibilities awaiting us. My first step is simply to get the new house ready for occupancy! From there – who knows?

Have a great week!

W

American actor James Coburn (1928 – 2002) smoking a cigarette. (Photo by Harry Benson/Getty Images)

A Technical Discussion of Our New Website

OK – gather round.

This discussion is PRIMARILY for the GEEKS, but not exclusively. Non-geeks are welcome to comment, but I ask that you keep your comments 100% on topic – the features, functions, content and security of the new website. Our migration per se – not the long train of abuses which led to it.

This discussion will get long, and I don’t want to sort through ANY news about the election, The Steal, etc. Words of encouragement, prayer, blessing and spiritual protection are welcome, but keep them lean and mean.

This thread is 100% business.

If you’ve made prior comments on tech on other threads, that you feel are still relevant, feel free to REPOST THEM HERE. I don’t have time to do this myself.

NOW – down to business.

I have obviously rescinded my prior request that we not upload new header images – and as the first to violate that request, I invite other authors to follow suit.

Not only that, I am going to let authors begin following Flep’s latest posts, and just post all their images in the site media bucket. We have 50% left. I think that gives us plenty of time to move the site.

I REPEAT. Authors no longer need to store their images elsewhere. Use this site’s media bucket, as much as you want. This applies to ALL images – header and non-header.

I will reimpose the moratorium on new pictures when we do the final transition to the new site – not before then.

This process will be longer than expected, so I’m giving up on a SHARP transition, in favor of a SMOOTH transition.

The header image I have used on this post is a screen capture of the new site, which is actually functional right now. Here is a bigger picture of the home page.

The new site is:

https://theqtree.com

Our new site is a WordPress site much like here, except none of YOU ALL are members yet, because I have not yet approved your first comments.

If you – as a currently approved commenter on this blog – want to spin the wheels, please feel free to visit, leave a comment, and let me approve it.

There are technical reasons why I’m limiting this to currently approved posters for the moment.

I am not guaranteeing that this test site will remain, but we will see. I am hoping that what I have there now is sufficient. Obviously I haven’t even modified the “Sample Page” stuff in the corner, but no biggie.

Don’t leave any “essential information of historical import” on the new site – it may not be saved. Better to leave it on THIS THREAD, which will be saved if at all possible.

Our current theme here is called Independent Publisher 2. I ended up using this theme for The U Tree, too, because it is a great theme and people HERE love it. Sadly, that theme was “deprecated” even back then, and now it appears to be GONE from what is available to me on our new host, which is very close to or exactly “latest version” WordPress.

Instead, the new site is currently using something called Draftly.

We will deal with THEME stuff later. Right now, we need to get MIGRATION and IMPORT to work.

It is important to understand that a WordPress administrator on WordPress.com is only an ADMIN inside the WordPress framework. On this site, I have NO POWERS outside the WordPress API. I can even delete the site, as part of the API, and I can create new sites, but I have no powers outside what WordPress.com allocates to me though THEIR IMPLEMENTATION of the WordPress software.

Now – that is still a LOT of power, but it gives me only one choice in terms of exporting the old website.

Exporting our site from WordPress.com creates XML files of data – in our case an astounding 1.5 GB of XML data, broken into 8 huge XML files, between 67 MB and 388 MB. All of this was received in a ZIP archive of about 167 MB.

Note that the unpacked XML data is about the same size as our media bucket – roughly 1.5 GB.

The exported XML files include a lot of private data from our users – they will not be shared. HOWEVER, the beginning of the first one is interesting:

I am still working on importing this data via the new WordPress API – which is not exactly as described in the XML above. Things are thus not working exactly as specified in the XML above. I will be more specific in comments below – it’s an active mess.

BUT – bottom line – we have a new site up, and it will be wickedly hard for us to be deplatformed from it. Our first boats are on the shore of the New World.

Say a prayer of thanks!

W