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Migrating from BlogEngine .NET to Wordpress

So far, there hasn't been a 100% perfect method to migrate from BlogEngine .NET or any .NET blogging platform for that matter to Wordpress easily. The method below has been tested on Wordpress 2.7.1 running under IIS 7.0 and MySQL 5.1.33.

The best method so far is to export posts and comments using blogML . You can download the plugin for Wordpress to import your blogML.xml file into Wordpress from this blog entry about migrating from dasBlog. However, you will notice that you will still need to manually rename the categories and link your old blog posts' URLs to the new Wordpress ones. A CSV file is created during importing to help you do this. But one of the bigger problems is that tags are not exported by the tool.So if you have a lot of existing posts. Good luck on retagging each one of them.

If you're running Wordpress under IIS, don't forget to give full permission to the user NETWORK SERVICE for the directories "wp-content\uploads" and "wp-admin\import" before starting the import process.  

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jeff

Friday, May 08, 2009 5:55 AM

jeff

Thanks, I'm going to migrate soon...

I better do it soon, or suffer a tagging night mare.

Vinyl Banners

Tuesday, May 12, 2009 1:40 AM

Vinyl Banners

well some are going to wordpress right now

Lån Penge Online

Friday, June 19, 2009 2:39 AM

Lån Penge Online

Why would you do that?

Twitter Apps

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:20 PM

Twitter Apps

I'm switching from Wordpress to BlogEngine!

devarajan

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:07 AM

devarajan

I did like the blogengine.net. In-fact my blog was up & worked fine for a year,
all of sudden host provider implemented more restrictions on shared hosting.
which resulted in /application error on httpRuntime, tried to solve, but lost my patience  & migrating
to Wordpress.
Wish  migration & wordpress hosting  will be a nice experience.

Admin

Saturday, July 04, 2009 3:18 PM

Admin

Yes, if your shared hosting does not give you full permissioin then it may be a problem. It gets the job done so until then I'll probably be stuck with blogengine for awhile.

I am using webhost4life and they give full permission even on a shared hosting account, www.WebHost4Life.com/default.asp?refid=seanlinmt

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Laly

Monday, July 13, 2009 4:01 AM

Laly

thanks for the tips

jonny

Saturday, July 25, 2009 12:35 AM

jonny

Im never migration on damn wordpress Smile

Banner Printing

Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:03 AM

Banner Printing

Thanks for the information that you have been shared regarding there hasn't been a 100% perfect method to migrate from BlogEngine .NET or any .NET blogging platform for that matter to Wordpress easily.

Chris

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:31 PM

Chris

Another suggestion is to save the RSS output of your Blogengine posts and then upload them into WordPress using the RSS import option...  Still no tags but most everything else comes across...

Admin

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:01 PM

Admin

That's a good idea.