X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/0e65c007c7ab1b58a8269cfc24467b6aeb55c1a6..84c7d907e85e4500bfb9f8f3203b302d29171eab:/doc/tips/Importing_posts_from_Wordpress.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips/Importing_posts_from_Wordpress.mdwn b/doc/tips/Importing_posts_from_Wordpress.mdwn index 87ef12079..1ea82b862 100644 --- a/doc/tips/Importing_posts_from_Wordpress.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/Importing_posts_from_Wordpress.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,102 @@ Use case: You want to move away from Wordpress to Ikiwiki as your blogging/website platform, but you want to retain your old posts. -[This](http://git.chris-lamb.co.uk/?p=ikiwiki-wordpress-import.git) is a simple tool that generates [git-fast-import](http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-fast-import.html)-compatible data from a WordPress export XML file. It retains creation time of each post, so you can use Ikiwiki's --getctime to get the preserve creation times on checkout. +[This](http://git.chris-lamb.co.uk/?p=ikiwiki-wordpress-import.git) is a simple tool that generates [git-fast-import](http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-fast-import.html)-compatible data from a WordPress export XML file. -WordPress categories are mapped onto Ikiwiki tags. The ability to import comments is planned. \ No newline at end of file +WordPress categories are mapped onto Ikiwiki tags. The ability to import comments is planned. + +The script uses the [BeautifulSoup][] module. + +[BeautifulSoup]: http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/ + +----- + +I include a modified version of this script. This version includes the ability to write \[[!tag foo]] directives, which the original intended, but didn't actually do. + +-- [[users/simonraven]] + +[[ikiwiki-wordpress-import]] + +----- + +Perhaps slightly insane, but here's an XSLT style sheet that handles my pages. It's basic, but sufficient to get started. +Note that I had to break up the ikiwiki meta strings to post this. + +-- JasonRiedy + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Creating + + + [[meta title=" + + "]] + [[meta date=" + + "]] + [[meta updated=" + + "]] + + + + + + + + + + + + $basename + + + + + + + + + + + + + [[comment format=html + + + + + subject="" + content=""" + + + """]] + + + + + [[!tag ""]] + + + +