About two weeks ago I decided to bring back my blog. And by blog I mean an area to jot down random thoughts that are too long for Twitter and/or Facebook. I started PerfectCr.com in 2005 but got away from it the past few years. I first discovered WordPress when I saw the iPhone app. (iTunes Link) There was only one issue; my “old” blog used the excellent Serendipity Weblog System. Luckily I had performed a back up of the old S9Y SQL database knowing one day I would start back up again. There is absolutely nothing wrong with S9Y. In fact the software is very good, flexible, and open source. The lead developer Garvin Hicking is always on the forums ready to answer questions. However from what I’ve seen WordPress is a bit more user friendly. That paired with the simplicity of creating posts from the iPhone/iPad app was enough to get me to switch.
The next step was to search for a method to import my old S9Y database to WordPress. After performing some Google-fu, I ended up at Snowulf.com. Jon there had taken an earlier version of the importer and updated it to version 1.4. Just let me say Jon was extremely helpful. I bothered him on Twitter for well over a week as well as posting several questions on his site. He was patient and very helpful. Frankly I may not have been able to complete the import without his help. I performed the steps he outlines in his readme and the import went smoothly.
So here we are! I choose a minimalist theme and will continue to update some broken links in my older posts. Glad to be back and I look forward to adding more content as time passes.
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So you got everything up and running? Great to hear!
Yes thank you! I managed to get rid of one of the SQL errors but I still had one related to the following command in your read me: UPDATE `wp_term_relationships` as a SET a.`object_id`= (SELECT b.`menu_order` FROM `wp_posts` as b WHERE a.`object_id`-9000= b.`ID`);
The error I get is: #1062 – Duplicate entry ’0-8′ for key ‘PRIMARY’
Congrats! Jon and I have both been much happier with WordPress, hope you are too!
Thanks John, yes I am really enjoying the flexibility of WordPress!