Savannah W-ITS

I have not found a simple way to batch import  image files into Worpdress – I have a few thousand images myself so finding a ‘good solution’ would be welcome.  
The out-of-the box Wordpress image-import solution does allow for ‘batch’ import of images via the Flash uploader; there is a limit to the [...]

As previously posted if you have a small web site (i.e. fewer than 20 pages) then manually copying your pages and uploading your images/media might be the best & simplest solution to moving to a Wordpress solution.  If you have more than pages & media files than you care to manually upload then you might [...]

Unfortunately there is no direct path (I did not find one) to migrate a Drupal 4.x site to Drupal 6.x (current version) – note that most likely you would face the same hurdles with any other CMS where you are making large version ‘jumps’.  Note that I previously explored Drupal and I am not an [...]

I previously posted about migrating static pages to Drupal – in this post I will explore importing/migrating data into Wordpress.
Solution A – a simple approach to import new POSTS from static HTML files.
At this time, Wordpress is one of the best documented (IMO) Open Source solutions – the project’s information sharing model is a great [...]

CMS=Content Management System
Rails = Ruby on Rails – a development framework using the Ruby language, Active Record, and Restful programming.
VDI – virtual disk image (Sun Virtualbox virtual machine solution)
Zena is described as a state of the art CMS “with a focus on usability, ease of customization and web 2.0 goodness (application like behaviour).”  There are [...]

If you have a number of old web sites or even a significant number of static HTML web pages then you may decide that moving them into a web based content management system (CMS) or even a blog might provide a benefit.

First, reasons NOT to migrate:

• not enough time, money, resources
• static pages actually ‘perform’ better (i.e. they will display faster since there are no, or fewer, dynamic components); in fact, many

Made Simple? Let’s see how long it takes before the PSH (problem solving hat) is required.   See minor steps (bottom of page) taken BEFORE starting the install… I am using the 13 step installation guide from the CMSMS web site.

1. check requirements – web server, DB server, ftp or ssh server access
2. download – many options (file version choices – should be a one-click

As noted elsewhere I planned to try Drupal a few months back.  This is actually my third look at it – I found it to be less than ready for my needs during previous views (~2003-2006.)  I will attempt to install and use this solution without putting on my TSH (trouble shooting hat.)

With Open Source projects it is quite common to encounter hurdles with even simple things, like installing the