Jan 17, 2003 | Weblogs
It’s nice to see that Glenn Fleishman chose Movable Type for his newest wireless technology weblog; his first site, WiFi Networking News (which recently changed names from 802.11b Networking News), still merits a daily visit from me, and I’d hope it’s just a matter of time before it makes the switch to MT. (If you’re reading, Glenn, I’d be happy to convert your Manila database for you; it’s a painless process!)
The problem with switching to MT for the Wi-Fi blog is that the URL belongs to the lovely weblogger.com folks who have been incredibly helpful. Although, I suppose with the rates they charge, they might be willing to redirect for me rather than host.
How easy is this, anyway? Do I need to capture the Manila database?
• Posted by: Glenn Fleishman on Jan 17, 2003, 10:12 AMYou could always use the redirectPage macro:
http://macros.weblogger.com/redirectPage
But do tell us the details, Jason. Inquiring minds want to know!
• Posted by: Nurse Al on Jan 17, 2003, 1:09 PMJason was kind enough to switch me to MT from my weblogs.com site. Thanks to Jason!
• Posted by: Gen Kanai on Jan 17, 2003, 4:34 PMGlenn (and Al), it’s easy cheesy, or at least it is once you have the export script that I wrote when I finally got sick to death of Manila.
Getting your Manila database is easy to do, or at least it is on the Userland-hosted sites — there’s a URL that will return your whole database as a file to you. (I’ll find it in a little bit — I’m at work right now.) Then, the script does the entire conversion to a file that Movable Type can import. Then, there are a series of redirection rules that need to be put onto the server running the new site, so that the old Manila-style URLs (e.g., http://q.queso.com/2002/10/01) can be redirected to the appropriate new MT URL. Two sites that do this are mine and Gen Kanai’s.
Redirecting from weblogger.com to your new site shouldn’t be a problem, although if it is, it’s easy enough to just post a final post there redirecting to a new URL — that will mean that people actually change their bookmarks!
And, of course, I’m happy to do the conversion for you.
• Posted by: Jason on Jan 18, 2003, 1:45 PMThe instructions are here:
http://manilanewbies.userland.com/stories/storyReader$1019
• Posted by: alwin on Jan 19, 2003, 10:24 PMOkay, I’ve downloaded my site root from Manila. Can I send it to you for a test conversion?
• Posted by: Glenn Fleishman on Mar 28, 2003, 4:20 PM