So, I finally got off my ass and converted to Word Press. (Thanks for the help, Tom!) The export/import didn’t go as smoothly as hoped, and I had to drop a couple of posts. I have a text file with those entries that I will be using to repopulate those posts in the near future.
I didn’t want to do a huge visual overhaul, because I think the current look has a bit of equity left in it. I actually did a pretty diligent job of customizing the theme. Instead of simply replacing images (like kubrickheader.jpg), I went through all the PHP code and updated all the references with my new file names. Instead of simply deleting the blog title and descriptions, I just hid them in CSS, so the structure is still sound and accessible. I want this site to be less “hacky” than my old Moveable Type site.
There are a few posts that I’m missing, so, I’ll be replacing them over the coming weeks.
7 responses so far ↓
Tom // March 30, 2006 at 9:48 am
Nice job. The theme looks great.
Linc // March 30, 2006 at 12:44 pm
And this change was needed because…?
lantzilla // March 30, 2006 at 1:35 pm
There are tons of reasons. Here are some top of mind reasons:
-My old moveable type blog was not dynamically updated, so everytime I made a change to a template or a style sheet, I’d have to manually rebuild the site. Since WordPress is written in PHP, all site changes happen automatically.
-WordPress is free.
-Tom already suffered the pain of moving to WordPress, so I always have someone to bug if something goes wrong.
-Gives me an excuse to learn (or at least be able to recognize) PHP.
-The Yahoo! UI Blog runs off of WordPress, so anything I learn here will benefit some of my professional responsibilities.
-Comment spam sucks. Sure, Moveable Type has some plugins to assist in fixing this, but (since my version was not dynamically publishing) they are a pain in the ass to implement.
-Lots of really useful plugins that are simple to install and configure. The Worpress developer community is also really active.
Tom // March 30, 2006 at 6:14 pm
It’s all peer pressure… which means Ted can’t be far away from a WP blog…
Q! // March 30, 2006 at 9:08 pm
Looking good, Lance!
erin // March 31, 2006 at 8:55 pm
hey lance - so now that you are an expert at the migration, can you help me convert?
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Linc // April 3, 2006 at 7:23 am
Thanks Lance…you had me at “WordPress is free”. Nuff said.
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