Well Runnig WP Site 2 Drupal: Tips Needed Regarding Path for Existing Bookmarks
kits - September 14, 2009 - 12:19
Hello, I am a newbie in Drupal. I have been running a news site in wordpress with well nos. of visitors and they are having bookmarks and also a number of text link ads at my site. Now, I want to shift to Drupal 6, to where my the same domain name will point, as a new home page in Drupal. My idea is to install drupal in a fresh Database and to continue the Older wp-site to be working as archive (even live). Do you suggest it a wise decision? What will be the destiny of my ads, bookmarks?
I'm Disappointed.. Nobody has shifted WP to Drupal?
Earlier I had posted my problem. I have been waiting for someone since long time at this forum. But, no response! Not even the Forum Administrator..! Very disappointing.. Is it my fault that I started loving Drupal than anything else..!!
Anyway, I repeat my problem.. I am a newbie. I have been using Wordpress as a News Site, still running with 2000 posts. I want to shift to Drupal6. Tried Wordpress Import and WP2Drupal. But not succeeded. It imported the posts but still the problem of existing Old URLs in search engines and visitors bookmarks!
As a layman understanding, now I don't want to import anything from Old WP site. I want to make it (WP site) as it is like archives. I only want to start fresh Drupal Installation in a separate folder in my domain's root, where wordpress (WordPress Version 2.8.4. ) is also existing in a separate folder (with .htaccess redirect e.g. mysite.com/wordpress -> mysite.com). I want that when a visitor types mysite.com, it go to drupal site, and when a visitor uses his bookmark it go to the old wordpress post (e.g. mysite.com/?p=3657). Is it possible with any .htaccess script OR with any other means!.. ?
KITS
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As with all os forums, these are staffed by volunteers-- including the admins. We do the best we can. There just aren't enough people participating in the forums for everyone to get an answer (most it seems, get what they need and never bother to help anyone else) so we need to prioritize. Overly generic and nonspecific questions like this will frequently go unanswered as we strive to help those with specific problems. See http://drupal.org/forum-posting for some tips on increasing your chances of receiving a response.
As for your question, personally, I wouldn't want the ongoing extra work and overhead of maintaining 2 sites on different apps-- I would bite the bullet up front, and spend the additional time and effort required to properly migrate the content over to a single platform. Obviously, ymmv.
As for your urls and bookmarks, drupal is infinitely flexible in this regard-- i would try and assign the same urls in the new system. If you're using SEF urls you can do this pretty easily in drupal with the core path and contributed pathauto modules.
Apache rewrite questions are more appropriately posed in an apache forum.
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Oblized.. I'll Try Your Tips
WorldFallz, thanks for the reply and guidance. I am obliged. Your reply is the Senior's Tips for me. I'm energized for one more try with the help of your tips.. and come back soon.
KITS
Problem With URL Allias
Dear WorldFallz,
Thx, after your tips I could import one of my wordpress (WP) site to drupal with the help of WORDPRESS IMPORT module.
But, now there is a problem with the url aliases. I am trying to tell it in an example:
A post in WP site had the URL : http://example.com/?p=214
After Import the URL becomes: http://example.com/%3Fp%3D214
While in the Path Aliases list it shows correctly : http://example.com/?p=214
Will you please tell me how to rectify this problem!
KITS
Created issue
Hi, this isn't the first time I've heard of this problem. I created an issue for the Wordpress Import module : http://drupal.org/node/625530
Please post further comments about this problem in the issue tracker.