I have migrated to WordPress
April 18th, 2008
And frankly, I’m impressed. This was the easiest software migration I have ever had. To import my DotClear blog into WordPress, all I did was this:
1. Install WordPress, including a new MySQL database.
2. Browse to the admin dashboard and click Manage->Import->DotClear.
3. Input the details for the old database, eg. location, password, etc.
4. Wait a minute.
That was it. It imported all my posts, categories, comments, and even my images. All I had to do was put the posts into categories by hand. I still need to update the blogroll/links and re-theme the site, but that was expected, and I need to do that anyway.
A huge shoutout to WordPress. I am completely impressed!!
(PlanetUbuntu readers: I apologize if there is a flood of my posts on the feed…I had to change the feed url.)
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1. matthew | April 19th, 2008 at 12:03 am
I will have to do a little bit of editing to fix some internal links within a couple of blog posts, so if you find a broken link, I’m planning to fix it…
2. Jonathan Carter | April 21st, 2008 at 6:47 am
There’s a KDE tool called klinkstatus, that checks your site for broken links and give you a report, I’ve found it quite handy. And yes, Wordpress rocks
3. matthew | April 21st, 2008 at 8:19 am
Jonathan: thanks! I’ll check it out.
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