Category Archives: Manila to WordPress Conversion
Creature comforts for Manila users making the switch to WordPress
I have configured WordPress with a little PHP to provide a few Manila-like features for my conversion clients. ‘Edit this page’ buttons on pages and posts and template modules. Template modules are containers in the page templates that can be … Continue reading
Major improvements made to Manila conversion process
It has been a long time since I have delivered an update here – but the Manila conversion process has had numerous improvements in the last year. Huge numbers of rendering bugs have been squashed. Much more of the original … Continue reading
Manila conversion winners and losers
A posted a page to try to give a summary of exactly happens to each type of data stored in a Manila site as it is converted to it’s similar WordPress counterpart: What is converted and what is left behind. … Continue reading
Manila conversion tool shakedown almost complete
I think I am ready to start the official testing phase – the shakedown is nearly complete. What’s the difference between shaking down new software and testing it? Before the hunt for the real bugs in a semi-biggy process like … Continue reading
Limits encountered on Gems exporting
No one ever told me porting Manila to WordPress was going to be this much fun! I hit a limit on my method of fetching Manila Gems (Files in later versions of Manila) and posting them proper into a WordPress … Continue reading
More pre-testing testing reveals Manila member woes
I have selected another Manila site I host, www.londonpoolscampaign.com as a pre-testing test victim and found quite more than a few of member problems. in addition to the remnants of some sort of mass member creation fiasco (lots of consistently … Continue reading
A re-think on the order of exporting and URLs
Cecil re-enforced the point about not having a good Manila glossary to render new shortcuts from the new WordPress (WP) URLs for each story discussed earlier. He’s right, and this has brought about a major shift in the process here. … Continue reading
Shaking the bush boss, shaking the bush!
I have several good clients waiting patiently to get their Manila sites moved to WordPress – don’t worry I’m smashing forward every night. My latest progress includes getting images and now stories exported with the process. I am also seeing … Continue reading
Another alternative for converting a Manila site
I got a great note this morning from Cecil Coupe introducing himself and pointing me to a site he has set up to promote another means of converting Manila to WordPress – MvManila. This is yet another approach to getting … Continue reading
Charting the process
I have chalked up a quick flowchart depicting the Manila to WordPress conversion process for the soon to be relaunched Weblogger WordPress Hosting service. Manila to WordPress Conversion PDF Enjoy!