X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/53b1c6f559c1d09fbdbc28c8e4d5090dd455cd26..c2575f71e6bd8245749b8c9cd0b2d4b3c5b83f62:/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 59330caa4..6dc9734fe 100644 --- a/doc/tips/Importing_posts_from_Wordpress.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/Importing_posts_from_Wordpress.mdwn @@ -1,9 +1,15 @@ +[[!meta date="2007-10-05 06:59:14 +0000"]] + 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. +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. @@ -11,3 +17,88 @@ I include a modified version of this script. This version includes the ability t -- [[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 ""]] + + + +