I must be the only one with a flat file blog(?)

[mccormicky]

I admit it. Mine is flat file.I set it up back when I had a crap host that couldn't do the mySQL thing. Now I have a host with one click intalls of WP,Drupal and Joomla and yet I stick with Simple PHP Blog. I have done 2 WP installs and customizations for clients and I am hooked. I think Wordpress is the best.I've tried out Mambo and all the ones mentioned above and a bunch of others.
Having a simple blog like mine was ok for awhile.But I do want to make the switch.I want to be cool like you guys.How do you take all your existing content and load it to a new blog app? Do you just manually copy and paste?
I'm a little intimidated by the thought.I guess it's not that big a risk for me because I don't have many readers or followers. Anyone have some advice on how to migrate your files the right way?

[goldfries]

wow. damn. flat files. :D i think you could just copy and paste and set the date to what it was. :)

perhaps writing a script to write to the database as it reads from your flat file?

btw i don't know why you mentioned Drupal, Joomla and Mambo along with WP - they're of different purpose. WP is a blog engine, while the others are CMS. of course arguable WP could be made to a CMS but it wouldn't be as great a CMS as those. :)

[ses5909]

you definitely need to upgrade woman! If you need help, let me know! It would be best to write a script, but if that is challenging, it might be just as easy to copy and paste and then modify the timestamps.

[aussietico]

Ideally you'd have a database and then flat files published as/when the data changes. The database is the weakest point on most blogs and any significant traffic kills them if they're interacting too heavily with it.

WordPress blogs are famous for not surviving being featured on digg.

[ses5909]

WordPress blogs are famous for not surviving being featured on digg.

Isn't that more because of the host rather than WP? But yes, you can set up cacheing to save on the hits to the DB.

[mccormicky]

btw i don't know why you mentioned Drupal, Joomla and Mambo along with WP - they're of different purpose. WP is a blog engine, while the others are CMS. of course arguable WP could be made to a CMS but it wouldn't be as great a CMS as those. :)
'cos I am dum.

[mccormicky]

you definitely need to upgrade woman! If you need help, let me know! It would be best to write a script, but if that is challenging, it might be just as easy to copy and paste and then modify the timestamps.
I know! You are right. Flat file is shame. If I mess up so bad that I get a stomach ache I will zip over here and cry for help.

[ses5909]

Ok.. and ultimately you can retrieve your posts from google cache. I speak from experience (http://www.ilovecode.com/2005/12/14/a-moment-of-silence/)!