The Perfect Migration to Wordpress: Why and How

by Jérôme Paradis and Kim Vallée

Two viewpoints

Branding

Toolset

My Needs

Redesign

New Features

BEFORE

Subtext

3-column layout

AFTER

2-column layout

Advertising

AFTER

Flexibility

1 brand, 2 blogs and a community

Saving Time

Designing a WP Theme

What loads first

Bookmarks

How it looks like in FB

Migration Methods

WordPress Import

Database to database

Changing the URL

blog.kimvallee.com -> athome.kimvallee.com

Branding

Impacts

Structure

New URL Structure/about.aspx -> /about/

Categories/category/100.aspx -> category/dining/dishing-tips

Tags/tags/anniversary/default.aspx -> /tag/anniversary/

Posts/archive/2008/10/27/asparagus-risotto.aspx-> /2008/10/asparagus-risotto/

Migrating Images

Other Migration Details

Tags

Categories

Comments

Open Source ConverterDeveloped in .Net, C#subText to Wordpress DB

needs modifications to support other source databases

Plugins supportComes with Live Writer tags stripper

FeaturesMoves posts, comments, tags and categoriesGenerates .htaccess 301 redirectsUpdates URL and image linksCan merge and/or rename categoriesCan extract first image file as a variable

Contributors interested?

External Tools

StatisticsAdvertisingMust

Our Favorite Plugins

WordPress Related Post Images

Customization of WordPress Related Posts

Top 10

WP Twitip ID

Add to Any: Share/Save/Bookmark

Add to Any: Share/Save/Bookmark

Flexo Archives

Other Plugins

Search UnleashedCustomize search results

Google XML SitemapTiny Contact FormWP-Cache

Needed adaptations for Akismet

Results

Increased Page Views

More Engagement

More Flexibility

Future of KimVallee.com

Mash-up HomepageFacebook ConnectLifestream CuratorBackType ConnectVideo reports

Thank You!!!Jérôme Paradis

@jeromeparadisfacebook.com/jeromeparadishttp://paradivision.com

Kim Valléehttp://kimvallee.comfacebook.com/kimvallee@kimvallee