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Need script to convert XOOPS 2.0.16 to Drupal
I have a website based on Xoops with many modules installed, and I need a script to transfer my database over to drupal. I have set up my drupal installation already, including the taxonomy, modules, etc. I just need a script that will transfer the info from the Xoops database into the Drupal database appropriately.
My website is http://sundrania.com that currently runs on XOOPS 2.0.16
My drupal installation, (which will get moved to the root directory when the database is done) is at http://sundrania.com/dev/. The core and modules will need to be updated to the latest versions before this starts, currently 6.2, I can do that.
My current XOOPS installation includes the following Modules with database info that will need to be migrated:
myalbum (pictures - this is the big one)
newbb (forum - not much there, not very active at all)
weblog (jokes - also a big one)
wordpress (user blogs - not much to move from here)
My current Drupal Installation includes the following Modules:
fckeditor
feedapi
get_content_type
image
imce
imceimage
img_assist
nice_menus
pathauto
recipe
taxonomy_breadcrumb
taxonomy_image
taxonomy_list
token
views
I'll need a script that will copy information over to the drupal database, but leave the Xoops database intact afterwards. There are hundreds of images and hundreds of jokes entries, as well as several hundred members that will need to be moved. To do this manually would be a major pain in the behind. Possible, but deathly tedious, lol.
Being as how I'm not a coder, I don't know what kind of work this request entails, so please post price offers for what you can do this for, thanks :)
There is a
There is a http://drupal.org/project/xoops_import module, currently only for Drupal 5, which means that you would need to migrate to Drupal 5 and then upgrade to Drupal 6.
It is not clear whether you will be able to migrate the content created by all the additional modules without writing custom code.
You will probably need to try several times with a testing Drupal site to find out where there are difficulties. You may find the http://drupal.org/project/demo module useful for this.
These are just some thoughts. Maybe the guys who maintain the xoops_import module can help you.
That module doesn't address
That module doesn't address the "jokes" section of my site, which is in the top two largest sections of my site that needs to be migrated. So If I used that module, I would lose all of my jokes altogether, I can't do that. This part of of the reason I'm migrating off Xoops, because their system is so disjointed, it makes the site difficult to keep unified, either theme-wise, or database-wise.
update...
I ended up using the node_import module to import users and jokes, and bulk import within the image module. I still had to manually assign each node to it's author, and manually assign each node to it's category terms, but it still saved me a lot of time :)