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diff --git a/doc/tips/Movable_Type_to_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/tips/Movable_Type_to_ikiwiki.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..28fdc6a5e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tips/Movable_Type_to_ikiwiki.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +this script can be used to convert your existing Movable Type blog/database to a ikiwiki blog. + +First, go to your MT Admin panel and purge all spam comments/trackbacks. Then use this script: <http://anti.teamidiot.de/static/nei/*/Code/MovableType/mtdump_to_iki.pl> + +If you wrote your posts with markdown already you're pretty much ikiwiki compatible :-) + + DATABASE_NAME=your_mt_database + DATABASE_USER=your_mysql_user + + mkdir -p conv/posts + + mysqldump $DATABASE_NAME -v -nt --compatible=ansi,postgresql \\ + --complete-insert=TRUE --extended-insert=FALSE --compact \\ + --default-character-set=UTF8 -u $DATABASE_USER \\ + | perl mtdump_to_iki.pl + +the script will spit out one file for every post into the conv/posts directory. you can manually clean them up or however you like. next, you must set the output directory where your ikiwiki resides: + + export OUT=$HOME/my_ikiwiki_blog + +make sure there is a 'posts' subdirectory inside (default if you start with the blog-setup script) + +now you can import one or all posts and comments by running the post file through zsh: + + zsh ./1__my_first_post.mdwn + +or to do it all: + + zsh + for import (<->__*.*) { zsh $import } + +the files will be created in your $OUT directory and committed onto git. now the **important** last step: run + + ikiwiki --gettime --setup your.setup + +only with the gettime flag will ikiwiki reread the file dates as recorded in the git. Enjoy! + |