Comments on: Migrating from pMachine to WordPress http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/ the web site of kevin williams Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Peter Høvring http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-6965 Peter Høvring Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:57:39 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-6965 Kevin, this looks very interesting to me - my blog is however a very images-based blog. What happens to all the posts with images? I guess they should still be located in the same folder on the server, but will they be included? Best regards, Peter Kevin,
this looks very interesting to me - my blog is however a very images-based blog. What happens to all the posts with images? I guess they should still be located in the same folder on the server, but will they be included?
Best regards,
Peter

]]> By: Kevin Williams http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-6970 Kevin Williams Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:04:25 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-6970 Hi Peter! I'm glad you asked; I should have pointed out that images (and other dependencies, such as relative links) can create additional challenges; but nothing you can't handle, I'm sure. In a nutshell, there are essentially three ways you can have included images in your posts: <ol> <li>By a relative path (e.g. <code>src="images/pic.jpg"</code> or <code>src="../images/pic.jpg"</code></li> <li>By an absolute path (e.g. <code>src="/images/pic.jpg"</code>, or</li> <li>By a complete URI (e.g. <code>src="http://www.mysite.com/images/pic.jpg</code></li> </ol> The good news is that in all three cases, you should have little to no problem keeping the images linked correctly if you keep the images folder in the same location as it is now on your existing pMachine blog on your new WordPress blog. In the worst-case scenario, if you need to alter the links, you can actually do so "in bulk"--Just use a text editor on a .sql file to make the change as required before importing it to the new database. There are obviously other ways of doing this too, but they involve writing SQL queries which is a bit more involved and potentially complicated than just using a text editor. Hopefully that answers your question! If you're still curious/cautious about how it will work out, remember the following: <ul> <li>Back up your existing site content and keep a local copy </li><li>Back up your current database and keep a local copy </li></ul> That way, no matter what happens, if something goes horribly wrong you'll be able to recover from the mistake quickly. As for the pMachine and Wordpress blogs, though, both can nearly co-exist completely with the exception of a couple filenames (i.e. index.php)--so recovering from a disaster will actually be quick and painless. Good luck, and let me know if you have any other questions or need help! Hi Peter!

I’m glad you asked; I should have pointed out that images (and other dependencies, such as relative links) can create additional challenges; but nothing you can’t handle, I’m sure.

In a nutshell, there are essentially three ways you can have included images in your posts:

  1. By a relative path (e.g. src="images/pic.jpg" or src="../images/pic.jpg"
  2. By an absolute path (e.g. src="/images/pic.jpg", or
  3. By a complete URI (e.g. src="http://www.mysite.com/images/pic.jpg

The good news is that in all three cases, you should have little to no problem keeping the images linked correctly if you keep the images folder in the same location as it is now on your existing pMachine blog on your new WordPress blog.

In the worst-case scenario, if you need to alter the links, you can actually do so “in bulk”—Just use a text editor on a .sql file to make the change as required before importing it to the new database. There are obviously other ways of doing this too, but they involve writing SQL queries which is a bit more involved and potentially complicated than just using a text editor.

Hopefully that answers your question! If you’re still curious/cautious about how it will work out, remember the following:

  • Back up your existing site content and keep a local copy
  • Back up your current database and keep a local copy

That way, no matter what happens, if something goes horribly wrong you’ll be able to recover from the mistake quickly. As for the pMachine and Wordpress blogs, though, both can nearly co-exist completely with the exception of a couple filenames (i.e. index.php)—so recovering from a disaster will actually be quick and painless.

Good luck, and let me know if you have any other questions or need help!

]]> By: jenny http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-9276 jenny Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:56:47 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-9276 I followed your guide and it worked perfectly. I've been dreading the move for over two years. I wish I'd thought to search for some help a long time ago. Now I've just got to figure out the new tag system! Thanks again. I followed your guide and it worked perfectly. I’ve been dreading the move for over two years. I wish I’d thought to search for some help a long time ago.

Now I’ve just got to figure out the new tag system!

Thanks again.

]]> By: Kevin Williams http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-9278 Kevin Williams Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:04:51 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-9278 Glad to hear it worked for you, Jenny! Thanks for dropping me a note to say so. Glad to hear it worked for you, Jenny! Thanks for dropping me a note to say so.

]]> By: Steve http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-11693 Steve Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:21:45 +0000 http://www.isolationism.com/2007-03-04/migrating-from-pmachine-to-wordpress/#comment-11693 Question regarding PMachine categories. I suspect it won't import the category designation for each entry? If so, what if I duplicated the categories in WordPress 1.52 before importing in the PMachine database -- would the posts import into their consecutive categories then? Have you tried this? I've got close to 6,000 posts in my PMachine Pro 2.3 site. This page is very helpful and I shall follow it during my conversion to WordPress. I like Expression Engine, but it seems the most popular is WordPress and there are so many templates available for it I've seen that are cool. Question regarding PMachine categories. I suspect it won’t import the category designation for each entry? If so, what if I duplicated the categories in WordPress 1.52 before importing in the PMachine database — would the posts import into their consecutive categories then? Have you tried this? I’ve got close to 6,000 posts in my PMachine Pro 2.3 site. This page is very helpful and I shall follow it during my conversion to WordPress. I like Expression Engine, but it seems the most popular is WordPress and there are so many templates available for it I’ve seen that are cool.

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