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Drupal to WordPress 2.8.4 Conversion

by Layne Heiny on October 19, 2009

I spent a few hours converting Technology Questions to WordPress 2.8.4. The instructions may be found on the Social CMS Buzz website.

A new database was created for the WordPress installation and six tables from the drupal install were imported into the newly created database.

  • term_data
  • term_hierarchy
  • node
  • node_revisions
  • term_node
  • drupal_comments

    • Once I have the Thesis theme developed for the new installation and several title fixes are completed then I'll move the installation over to the main domain.

    Article by Layne Heiny

    Layne is a high school chemistry teacher and owner of the Tux Reports Network. He enjoys Tablet PCs, UMPCs, Apple iPhone, Amazon Kindle, and Linux. He started writing about technology in 1996. Author's personal website | Other articles from this author

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    { 6 comments… read them below or add one }

    LPH October 20, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    Files were moved to the main domain this morning. The database was changed to the new URL for the WordPress installation and the site is live. This comment is the first on the new WP version of TQ ;)

    socialcmsbuzz October 22, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    Hi Lanye, great to see that our tutorial helped you to convert the site to wordpress, it's always nice to see articles we wrote actually being useful to others :) Good luck with the new wordpress site.

    LPH October 22, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    Yes – your instructions were clear. The biggest challenge was exporting the data from the Drupal database because of the size of the tables. Setting a temporary site up first was the best plan of attack. Thanks again.

    LPH October 25, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    I just fixed the images problem. It turned out that the settings for uploads in miscellaneous was incorrect. This is now fixed and I should be able to add images now. Some article links are still incorrect and this will have to fixed later (I'm tired right now) but at least a new 404 is online to help people understand that some links are bad ….

    Onur October 28, 2009 at 1:44 pm

    Hi Layne, I wonder the reasons for this conversion and your first impressions with the new system.

    LPH October 28, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    Hey Onur. Drupal is a fantastic CMS and I continue to use it on many sites. However, some plugins and ways to expand Drupal are slow to be developed or are not easily installed. Next, the site's theme was getting cluttered and difficult to clean up. Plus, I wanted to improve backup abilities (Wp backup) and improve live statistics. Finally, using thesis provides me with an easy means of changing the php quickly – and testing the changes quickly. Overall, it was a huge internal debate because I love both Drupal and WP but the end result appears to be a cleaner site, better updating, and a potential for greater expansion.

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