Here is the procedure I use:
1. Install a WordPress site in http://wp.mysite.com in the same server as www.
2. Install and activate the FG Joomla to WordPress Premium
3. Modify the permalink in the WordPress settings
4. Configure your media sizes in the WordPress settings
5. Empty the WordPress database
6. Configure the plugin settings
7. Run the import
8. Click on “modify internal links”
9. Test your site on http://wp.mysite.com
10. You can customize your site by adding a theme and plugins
11. Export the WordPress database as SQL.
12. Edit the SQL file and replace http://wp.mysite.com by http://www.mysite.com
13. Import the SQL file
14. Move your Joomla files (wherever you want, as a backup)
15. Move your WordPress files to http://www.mysite.com
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spiros
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Thanks. Some comments:
1. Install a WordPress site in http://wp.mysite.com in the same server as www.
Would it be ok if installed WP to folder rather than subdirectory? I.e. http://www.mysite.com/wp instead of http://wp.mysite.com?
3. Modify the permalink in the WordPress settings
Modify to what?
Yes, it will work in a subfolder.
For the permalink, you can choose whatever you want except the default one and except the %post_id% one.
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spiros
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Another issue is how to get the Joomla “Read More” (i.e. break between Intro Text and Main Text) as WordPress <!–more–>
Otherwise I will have to do it manually through 100s of posts.
Using a search & replace plugin may help with that – eg: http://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/search-and-replace/
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spiros
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The problem is the resulting posts do not retain that break information in Joomla. In effect it is not easy to replace it in the Joomla table either as Intro Text and full text are different fields.
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spiros
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I found out how. It does it by default when “Import the text above the “read more” to the excerpt” is not checked. The only issue remaining is how to import joomla links.
