I’m totally switching to WordPress as my blogging software. Well, I mean, I’ll test it out first and all, but b2evolution is just getting on my nerves, especially when I look and see that WordPress has things that I want, it updates far more often than b2evo, and every blog I look at is using it or has recently switched to it from b2evo. What I hope to achieve with WP is easier administration, specifically with regards to preventing the seemingly weekly spamming of my blog. Also WP has a junkload of plugins, and you know I’m just a feature whore…
I hadn’t used WordPress originally because of some bad comments I heard somewhere, but maybe those were just a figment of my imagination – I haven’t really run across any recently. The one I did find, I jumped on for details, but his response seemed more concerned with items that are for me minor and uninteresting feature details, so I plan to move forward with exploring WordPress.
Edit: Well, just discovered a new frustration with b2evo, as I was unable to make this post for some time because of the links to sneeu.com, which were registering as blacklisted URLs because of an “eu.com” in the blacklist. Bloody annoying.
Tags: development
Hey, I’m moving over to WordPress as well, and I’ve made some changes to the import script so that I can keep the functionality that I have with my b2evo blog.
These are the changes that I’ve made, in a nutshell:
1. Removed option to change the Image URL, since you’ll most likely keep the images where they are.
2. Added option to import your b2evolution blogs as top-level categories.
3. Added option to import just the blog(s) you want. (No way to select from a menu at this point, but that would have required putting back the step 2 that MRT removed.)
4. Corrected a bug where a ‘ in the category name would fry the thing.
5. Got rid of all the hard-coded “evo_”s, and replaced with the $b2_prefix variable.
6. Added the option to import the linkblog into “Links” in WordPress.
7. Since WP posts don’t have a “url” attribute by default, it will now create a Meta ‘URL’ with the post URL, or import the post url into the contents, both, or neither.
8. Changed stat mapping to hide deprecated posts.
9. Import chops up post_contents to create an excerpt for posts with a <!–more–> or <!–nextpage–>
10. Imports ALL users, and comments from registered users get denormalized properly.
Still Todo:
Import any posts with ANY category in an included blog, not just main cat.
I made a plugin to show the URL meta attribute, which I’ll be publishing once I get everything up and running right. I tweaked my template to show the contents of the “links” category (the name of my linkblog, imported as a top-level category) in the sidebar, linking to the URL meta attribute, so that I can keep everything the same way it was before. I’d like to work that into a plugin, but I need to learn a bit more about WP’s way of doing things before I can manage that.
Last but not least, I highly recommend the topcat plugin, which will let you keep the b2evo-esque “main category” functionality.
Let me know if you have any suggestions. I’d like to be able to pack all this up into a “WP for former b2evo users” package/tutorial.
Hey, that’s terrific! It’s great when people contribute like this when they need something more out of a program; that’s what it’s all about! I’d love to get your updated version of the script to try it out, if you could send it to me. Also, it sounds like your fixes/additions are things that other people might be able to use as well, so you might consider updating the link to the script in the codex (if you’d like to host it on your site) or if you’d prefer I’ll just replace the one that I’m hosting with yours.
I found your script to import from b2evolution on wordpress.org. I started out with b2b about a month ago, but now want to switch to wp. WP states that the current script is not compatible with the newer version (I am using WP 2.7 and B2B 2.4.5): “This script has currently not been updated since September 2006 and is incompatible with the current (v1.9) b2evolution database structure. ” Is it possible to get an updated script?
No, I have not updated it since then and have no plans to do so.