If any of your readers want to know how to migrate from TypePad to WordPress, here's my account of how I did it following last week's crash: http://teblog.typepad.com/david_tebbutt/2005/12/moving_from_typ.html
Anil
· 4 years ago
Dennis, you should probably also mention that the platform you're on doesn't have any export feature. So if you're not satisifed in the future with your web host (and I'd welcome a comparison of TypePad's performance, responsiveness, and uptime to whichever web host you prefer, especially now that your current platform requires your database to be running at all times when you want your pages to be viewed) there aren't the same options for getting your posts out.
It is probably technically possible, but you'd need adminstrator access or direct database management access, either of which seems worlds away from, well, being a professional accountant.
David's been fairly active in promoting his post on this topic, but it's an incomplete account without also mentioning that his migration instructions are a one-way trip that could well be seen as a dead end when a new host has downtime or performance problems.
Dennis Howlett
· 4 years ago
I must confess I'm mystified at this. I genuinely don't get it. I now realise I need to modify my About page to reflect the fact I was building Novell networks and Ashton Tate databases in the 1980s so I'd venture to suggest I know something about this stuff?
There was a question earlier today on BL Ochman's site about service providers and I gave her my current experience with FOUR.
Technically it is EASY to move to another platform. It's all SQL. David Tebbutt has demonstrated that and we've talked about refining the process further. I had already checked whether I could readily get data into Drupal for example - the answer is yes. In any event, I don't plan to dump WP anytime soon in part because I have flexibility I don't have in TP or MT and I have now distributed my use of WP to a dedicated ISP whom I can trust.
This is for business use, not consumer. There's a difference in the way business looks at these things. And there's a difference in working with OSS that I fully appreciate. It's something I've discussed in the context of what I believe my community might wish to consider, including the pitfalls and challenges of taking this medium to another level.
David Tebbutt
· 4 years ago
Well Anil (I'm David by the way), it's run on a professionally run hosted platform - Total Choice Hosting. Not sure what your database comment is all about. Export-wise, it is running mySQL, an open, standards-based database which makes it easy for the community to create an export to MT or TP should the demand arise. Or, indeed, should you guys want to do it to make it easier to welcome people into your particular fold.
In fact there are a few solutions around but, since I haven't tried them, I can't advocate them.Re:accountants, you're correct. They won't want to mess with the technology. If they saw my instructions for migration, they'd either run a mile or call someone to help them. The same person that sets up their existing system I would imagine.
David Tebbutt
· 4 years ago
Oh bloody hell, this is getting me down.
Anil: what's this supposed to mean: "David's been fairly active in promoting his post on this topic." ..... I've probably posted comments to five or six blog which were already expressing a desire to migrate. You make it sound like a campaign. Which it isn't.
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It is probably technically possible, but you'd need adminstrator access or direct database management access, either of which seems worlds away from, well, being a professional accountant.
David's been fairly active in promoting his post on this topic, but it's an incomplete account without also mentioning that his migration instructions are a one-way trip that could well be seen as a dead end when a new host has downtime or performance problems.
There was a question earlier today on BL Ochman's site about service providers and I gave her my current experience with FOUR.
Technically it is EASY to move to another platform. It's all SQL. David Tebbutt has demonstrated that and we've talked about refining the process further. I had already checked whether I could readily get data into Drupal for example - the answer is yes. In any event, I don't plan to dump WP anytime soon in part because I have flexibility I don't have in TP or MT and I have now distributed my use of WP to a dedicated ISP whom I can trust.
This is for business use, not consumer. There's a difference in the way business looks at these things. And there's a difference in working with OSS that I fully appreciate. It's something I've discussed in the context of what I believe my community might wish to consider, including the pitfalls and challenges of taking this medium to another level.
In fact there are a few solutions around but, since I haven't tried them, I can't advocate them.Re:accountants, you're correct. They won't want to mess with the technology. If they saw my instructions for migration, they'd either run a mile or call someone to help them. The same person that sets up their existing system I would imagine.
Anil: what's this supposed to mean: "David's been fairly active in promoting his post on this topic." ..... I've probably posted comments to five or six blog which were already expressing a desire to migrate. You make it sound like a campaign. Which it isn't.