The imminent closing down of Google Pages might not be news, but the efforts that Google are taking in order that users get a smooth transition, once Google Pages closes down, is great! Firs there was the ‘download all your content‘ campaign, and now it is offering blogger (blogspot) users a chance to backup all their scripts (or for that fact any references to googlepages) on to a new server @ bloggerhosting.appspot.com
If your template makes any reference to google pages (like scripts or css), you would notice the message immediately once you log in to your blogger dashboard:
The message reads as follows:
Update your templates
Your templates include links to files hosted on Google Page Creator, a service that is soon migrating to Google Sites. Do you want Blogger to update those links now? Learn more
There is a ‘Update and review‘ link at the bottom of the message. Once you click it the new domain,’bloggerhosting.appspot.com’ would ask you to allow permissions to access your account. Just approve it.
Once done, you will be redirected to a page that will show all your blogs and check which one’s have references to googlepages (in their template.)
If any of your blog has a reference to googlepages in it, just click on the ‘Update References >>‘ link. It will now ask you to download (and backup) your template.
After clicking on ‘Next‘, all your references (like the scripts or css files or images) will be automatically uploaded to bloggerhosting.appspot.com. For eg. my script, that was previously hosted on http://myfreehouse2.googlepages.com/lightbox.js would now be moved to http://bloggerhosting.appspot.com/serve/myfreehouse2.googlepages.com/lightbox.js
Now all you need to do is click the ‘Update‘ button at the bottom, and your template will be modified with all the new links. Pretty neat!
So don’t wait much, as it seems the Google will now hurry up the closing of GP, and you wouldn’t want to lose any of your data, eh?
Richie is a Computer Engg. student and the founder of techwithric.com. He blogs on softwares, wordpress, web-design, start-ups and random thoughts! He's also a author at 
Hello. I’d not used yet this tool to migrate the files. Do you know haw work with the links to files hosted in Pages when the Page isn’t our Page? There are a lot of templates whit JS scripts, CSS and others link that are hosting in Pages of the template designer or bloggorized, not in the Pages of the blog admin. These users see the notice on their deshaboards but they don’t have any Page in Page Creator. I figure out that this archives can’t be migrated using the migration tool but it’s only a presumption.
If you have more info about this, thanks in advance for sharing.
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@leo
First of all, welcome to this blog, hope your having a good time!
As for your query, even I had files that were on the pages account of the designers or the developers and not on my (blog admins) pages account. But still the above mentioned method did work. So I think it might as well work in your case as well.
Richie Sajan, Thanks for your reply and the welcome. A pleasure.
I can’t use the tool yet just because the message at top on my dashboard dissapears !? I’ve no changed nothing, simply dissapears, and I’m sure I’m not click on Dismiss. Other users have the same rare issue…
I aprecciate if you know something about this.
Thanks so much.
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Hmm, not heard of anything like that, but would let you know if there’s some word on it.
The message returns !? But the tool don’t works fine, it not notice about references in some blogs when I’ve linked to my own Pages Creator and no makes the migration.
Thanks for your attention.
I didn’t see a button anywhere but do you allow advertising? I have a few in related niche and I would like to add my banner somwhere on your page.
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Just go to the Contact Us page for any advertising related queries.
I don?t usually reply to posts but I will in this case. WoW