March 15, 2005
Export From Movable Type Using XML-RPC
After discovering that you could use XML-RPC to interface with MovableType, I wasted no time working on syncronizing my blogs. Phase 1 of the process, exporting MovableType entries to my b2Evolution blog is now complete. I created a PHP script that does the conversion. In order to use it, you might need to download all the files from my Subversion interface.
Next step: importing to Movable Type from b2Evolution. It should be pretty easy.
For those curious, the script is intelligent enough to map authors from MT to b2evolution as well as primary categories. Current limitations are it doesn't do comments, can't handle multiple categories, and is limited to importing one blog at a time. It also won't add the same entry twice (it compares based on the url title, so don't change that). If you are running b2evolution, just add the script as a cron entry and do nothing more.
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sweeeeeeeeeeeet. let me know when you get your b2evolution -> MT script up :)