I have an update about our little problem of missing about 10 years of archives from our site. Since leaving College Publisher in December, we have been patiently, eagerly, relentlessly waiting for our archives and users databases. This past Saturday College Publisher provided the archive database to us. Yea... don't get excited yet.
We have contracted CoPress to
convert our CP5 data to something we can use, namely WordPress WXR
format. CoPress seems to be the go-to place for refugees of College
Publisher. I looked into them but have a fond liking for Movable Type,
if you have not noticed.
Once I get our data in WordPress WXR and have it running in a WP site, I have a lot of manual data manipulation ahead of me. While CP4 had Sections, CP5 did not. While CP4 had both Author Names and Author Positions, CP5 did not. Not to mention there is over 4 years of data in there from before we partnered with College Publisher!
Once I can combine Authors and Categories in WordPress, I can export another WXR and then do the final import of my sanitized archive - from mid-2000 - into Movable Type. Then it will be time to have a geek dance.
Once I get our data in WordPress WXR and have it running in a WP site, I have a lot of manual data manipulation ahead of me. While CP4 had Sections, CP5 did not. While CP4 had both Author Names and Author Positions, CP5 did not. Not to mention there is over 4 years of data in there from before we partnered with College Publisher!
Once I can combine Authors and Categories in WordPress, I can export another WXR and then do the final import of my sanitized archive - from mid-2000 - into Movable Type. Then it will be time to have a geek dance.
