Move Pages to Posts (and vice versa)

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  wykenseagrave · Member · Jun 12, 2008 at 5:07 am

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  I am using pages to show the latest versions of chapters of a book, and copying them to posts as an historical archive of how the book developed over time. It would be extremely useful if I could copy or move a page, with all of its comments, into a new post. (I guess it might be useful to do it the other way round for some folks too.)

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 12, 2008 at 5:16 am

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  You can; you just copy/paste. You can include the comments.

  But have you read the FAQ on using WP.com to write a book?

  How to write a book

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  wykenseagrave · Member · Jun 12, 2008 at 6:00 am

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  I’m not sure what you mean when you say “you can include the comments”. I’m copying the text of the page and creating a post, then copying each comment and pasting it into a new comment on the new post. It’s all pretty fiddly.

  The post you referred to does not address the issue of archiving old versions as a work is edited, but thanks for the suggestion.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jun 12, 2008 at 6:47 am

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  Copy the entire thing, including the comments. And paste the whole thing in the Write box. It looks fine:
  http://raincoaster.com/2007/01/01/would-you-watch-saddam-hussein-die/

  And yes, the FAQ I referenced is not a way to do the same thing you’re doing: it’s a completely different way to organize a book. I thought I’d present a less fiddly alternative.