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Is it common for people to migrate to Drupal from Wordpress? I want to add some custom/advanced functionality to my website and I think it would be much easier to do with Drupal. However, I have already spent a lot of time/money on Wordpress so it's hard to make the decision. If you have done this before, was it worth it?

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

I actually ran a test scenario, using my personal weblog (Wordpress) as source with >600 posts, >600 tags and about 2000 comments. The import into Drupal went flawlessly and everything behaved as it should. I just didn't relaunch on Drupal because I lacked the time to do the theming.

If you're familiar with Drupal you'll love the flexibility you gain. There's so much more you can do with Drupal without any hacks than with Wordpress. Question is whether or not you want evolution to happen to your blog. Do you have the need for new features that'd be easier to add with a Drupal module or are you more like me, a lazy blogger who wants to login and do only what's needed (write your text, upload an image) inside your blog and instead saves his precious time for clients' Drupal projects.

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zazinteractive commented

My website isn't a blog. It's more of a social network/community focused around articles/reviews and I'm currently using Buddypress

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

I'm not familiar with BuddyPress. Has it any sorta "content type" besides users, tags, posts, pages and comments that could not be imported by the wordpress2drupal module?

While I don't know your site in detail and what you plan for the feature I'd definitely advise to give Drupal a test ride, maybe an a local installation or different domain. You'll have a hard time finding a system that is more capable of buiulding social communities than Drupal.

Then again as I don't know your specific needs and how good you are in building Drupal sites it's hard to give an advice.

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zazinteractive commented

Thanks for the comments. I will definitely give Drupal a try first.

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portait commented

Eventhough drupal is a cms with lots of possibilities you will have to hire a php developer to get a social site like buddypress. There are some social drupal modules but they are not frequently updated and often cause errors. If you really want a social site, stick with a pure social script like dolphin, elgg or buddypress. Or pay a php developer to code a drupal module. Check out the drupal 7 user profile site, and see for yourself if it looks social. Even with the module advanced profile 2, the profile looks still years behind.

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zazinteractive commented

The user profiles I see on drupal.org are already sufficient for what I want to do. Anyways, I tried drupal and there's no way I'm going back to wordpress now. Drupal is too flexible and easy to use

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moosh101 commented

Hi,

Drupal 6 has some great social networking modules, and properly configured, you can create a very good social network. Modules such as, CCK, Panels, Views, Content Profile, Heartbeat, QTChat, Facebook-Style Statuses, User Relationships, Private Messaging, ImageCache, etc are very effective in providing the essential social networking capabilities to Drupal.

While Drupal 7 may appear to the best choice for a fresh Drupal installation, many modules are still being updated to support Drupal 7. In the meantime, however, have a look at what you can do with Drupal, you will be amazed. The DrupalFun website demonstrates how you can develop a social network with Drupal, and my own site LambsNest is a fully functional Christian Social Network powered by Drupal.

All the best,

Shane.

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ithacaindy commented

If you want to retain your BuddyPress social-networking site with Drupal, I seriously suggest you investigate Drupal Commons. This profile offers a fantastic social-networking platform which blows BP out of the water - and I am a WordPress and BuddyPress user.

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ckeck commented

What did you use for this import? I would love to convert to D7 from WordPress as I simply prefer the Drupal system even though its not as polished or easy to work with in some areas.

My needs are fairly simple, but I don't want to spend hours upon hours on an import. I only have about ~50 posts or so and a few pages. Would really appreciate if you could let me know how you ran your import (module, etc?). Thanks!

-Chad

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mahnster commented

Alexander,
Great to see you were able to do this flawlessly, but read your message hoping to find out how. Do you have any tips or modules you used? Would be great to hear how others did it as I venture on starting to do this for a Wordpress blog.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Back then I used the Wordpress import module: http://drupal.org/project/wordpress_import

The import doesn't cover everything, but it works for all your posts, comments, tags and pages which should make >99% of your content. Other limitations can be found in the notes in the project page.