In a previous post, I wrote about exporting data from Bare Bones Software’s Yojimbo and using Tomboy as an alternative. My migration script scraped the content from Yojimbo Sidekick and wrote XML files in Tomboy Note format. Though there were some drawbacks, such as tags being unavailable in Yojimbo Sidekick, I thought Tomboy’s search feature… [more]
Drupal to WordPress migration: user table mapping
This is part four of a series of posts documenting the table mappings for a site migration from Drupal 6 to WordPress 3. For more information, please see the first article in the series. Table mapping for WordPress users This maps Drupal user export to WordPress. Drupal 6.x WordPress 3.x Notes users wp_posts uid ID… [more]
Drupal to WordPress migration: comments table mapping
This is part three of a series of posts documenting the table mappings for a site migration from Drupal 6 to WordPress 3. For more information, please see the first article in the series. Table mapping for WordPress comments Drupal 6.x WordPress 3.x Notes comments wp_posts cid comment_ID nid comment_post_ID timestamp comment_date Converted from UNIX… [more]
Drupal to WordPress migration: terms table mapping
This is part two of a series of posts documenting the table mappings for a site migration from Drupal 6 to WordPress 3. For more information, please see the first article in the series. Table mapping for WordPress terms This table mapping exports the Drupal terms into WordPress. Drupal 6.x WordPress 3.x Notes term_data wp_terms… [more]
Drupal to WordPress migration: posts table mapping
Following on from Drupal to WordPress migration explained, I will create a series of posts documenting the table mappings for a site migration from Drupal 6.x to WordPress 3.x. To read the mapping, you look up the Drupal table on the left listing the fields we use for a migration. Directly to its right is… [more]
Drupal to WordPress migration SQL queries explained
In this post I will give a step-by-step explanation of my Drupal to WordPress migration SQL queries. For general information about migrating from Drupal to WordPress, please see instead my Drupal to WordPress Migration Guide. Since I offer site migration as a paid service, readers might be wondering why I’m giving away some of my… [more]
Drupal to WordPress migration notes
These Drupal to WordPress migration notes are intended for clients who are handling some aspects of the migration themselves. Users of the Drupal to WordPress Migration Tool or MySQL queries might also find information here to resolve some problems. Admin account password and email address Your content management system (CMS) administrator password and email address… [more]