Comments on: Movable Type to WordPress without losing your permalinks http://tbotcotw.com/2008/04/movable-type-to-wordpress-without-losing-your-permalinks/ The Blog of the Century of the Week Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:13:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Michelle http://tbotcotw.com/2008/04/movable-type-to-wordpress-without-losing-your-permalinks/#comment-5371 Michelle Tue, 20 May 2008 06:27:26 +0000 http://tbotcotw.com/?p=1776#comment-5371 Yup, I'm sort of that person in the middle - I'm able to follow detailed instructions and fairly willing to hunt stuff down, and until recently this was enough for me to do what I wanted with Movable Type. Somehow I'm finding Wordpress much harder and more time-consuming to figure out. Anyway, I look forward to your forthcoming update of this post with things you learnt on preserving permalinks - with 8 years' worth of blog posts, getting this right is a huge priority for me! Yup, I’m sort of that person in the middle - I’m able to follow detailed instructions and fairly willing to hunt stuff down, and until recently this was enough for me to do what I wanted with Movable Type. Somehow I’m finding Wordpress much harder and more time-consuming to figure out.

Anyway, I look forward to your forthcoming update of this post with things you learnt on preserving permalinks - with 8 years’ worth of blog posts, getting this right is a huge priority for me!

]]> By: Matt Moore http://tbotcotw.com/2008/04/movable-type-to-wordpress-without-losing-your-permalinks/#comment-5370 Matt Moore Tue, 20 May 2008 04:00:46 +0000 http://tbotcotw.com/?p=1776#comment-5370 I've totally bought into the hype (as you can tell). But I have a high tolerance for difficulty in setup... figuring these things out is actually one of the things I really enjoy. Wordpress, to me, seems like a great product for the extremes. You can use it out of the box and it'll work great (if you're not picky), and it's also very configurable if you like to make things perfect. But if you're in the middle, and want things just so, but also don't want to hunt down a bunch of hacks and plugins, it could be a nightmare. I’ve totally bought into the hype (as you can tell). But I have a high tolerance for difficulty in setup… figuring these things out is actually one of the things I really enjoy.

Wordpress, to me, seems like a great product for the extremes. You can use it out of the box and it’ll work great (if you’re not picky), and it’s also very configurable if you like to make things perfect. But if you’re in the middle, and want things just so, but also don’t want to hunt down a bunch of hacks and plugins, it could be a nightmare.

]]> By: Michelle http://tbotcotw.com/2008/04/movable-type-to-wordpress-without-losing-your-permalinks/#comment-5367 Michelle Tue, 20 May 2008 01:55:38 +0000 http://tbotcotw.com/?p=1776#comment-5367 Thanks anyway, I just had to ask. :) Moving from Movable Type to Wordpress and redesigning there has been way more difficult than setting up my Movable Type blog ever was! (I decided to try WP after MT 4.1 screwed up some stuff, but so far I'm not understanding the WP hype, sadly.) Thanks anyway, I just had to ask. :) Moving from Movable Type to Wordpress and redesigning there has been way more difficult than setting up my Movable Type blog ever was! (I decided to try WP after MT 4.1 screwed up some stuff, but so far I’m not understanding the WP hype, sadly.)

]]> By: Matt Moore http://tbotcotw.com/2008/04/movable-type-to-wordpress-without-losing-your-permalinks/#comment-5348 Matt Moore Mon, 19 May 2008 14:28:45 +0000 http://tbotcotw.com/?p=1776#comment-5348 That sucks. Sorry, I didn't use keywords or tags in MT (just categories). Someone is going to have to figure out a way to make the newer MT import script respect post IDs, and that someone will not be me. I tried and the code is just too convoluted. That sucks. Sorry, I didn’t use keywords or tags in MT (just categories). Someone is going to have to figure out a way to make the newer MT import script respect post IDs, and that someone will not be me. I tried and the code is just too convoluted.

]]> By: Michelle http://tbotcotw.com/2008/04/movable-type-to-wordpress-without-losing-your-permalinks/#comment-5339 Michelle Mon, 19 May 2008 07:13:27 +0000 http://tbotcotw.com/?p=1776#comment-5339 Hello, I've been trying to migrate an old MT blog with numerical permalinks to Wordpress, and am aware about using the old version of the import script. My problem is that this old version won't import MT tags or keywords. Did you have this problem, and if so, how did you get round it? I'm a bit at my wits' end - the old version of the import script lets you keep your MT postIDs, the new version (WP 2.5) converts your MT keywords to tags, but I don't know of any version that lets you do both! Hello, I’ve been trying to migrate an old MT blog with numerical permalinks to Wordpress, and am aware about using the old version of the import script. My problem is that this old version won’t import MT tags or keywords.

Did you have this problem, and if so, how did you get round it? I’m a bit at my wits’ end - the old version of the import script lets you keep your MT postIDs, the new version (WP 2.5) converts your MT keywords to tags, but I don’t know of any version that lets you do both!

]]> By: Matt Moore http://tbotcotw.com/2008/04/movable-type-to-wordpress-without-losing-your-permalinks/#comment-5069 Matt Moore Wed, 07 May 2008 01:35:19 +0000 http://tbotcotw.com/?p=1776#comment-5069 Come back soon, I'm going to update it with some things I learned helping asuh.com implement this. Come back soon, I’m going to update it with some things I learned helping asuh.com implement this.

]]> By: rik http://tbotcotw.com/2008/04/movable-type-to-wordpress-without-losing-your-permalinks/#comment-5068 rik Wed, 07 May 2008 01:20:21 +0000 http://tbotcotw.com/?p=1776#comment-5068 Excellent post. I'm sure this will save me some time in the future. Excellent post. I’m sure this will save me some time in the future.

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