In planning this big move to WordPress, I was a bit concerned about importing all the existing posts and comments to the new site. The importation itself is no big deal, WP cranks that right out. It was all my self-referencing internal absolute links (and image links) that had me worried.
I did some research and explored some options and came up with a possible solution. I found a search-and-replace plugin, and I thought I could maybe use that to change all the links (anchor and image and audio and whatever) over to reference the new domain.
I ran the theory by my Official Technical Advisor, Hans, in a brief consultatory meeting. He concured that this method was probably my best option.
Further testing has brought very satisfactory results, it looks like this particular dragon has been slewn.
5 Responses
January 20th, 2006 at 9:16 pm
“Slewn”? Ha ha! Good one, senor.
The Baritone
January 21st, 2006 at 2:42 pm
dragons? plug ins? domain? “self referencing internal absolute links” ? I always thought that the reason you used to call your motorcycle a seesoak was for lack of ability to say cycle, now i wonder if you didn’t at an early age have a unfathomably way of losing people with your speech. Are you sure some of those sealed air tents you at times had to reside in were always fully connected to an outside source of oxygen? Love a concerned family member, Douglas
January 22nd, 2006 at 1:15 pm
just checking to see if this commenting thing will work for me now! thank you for the wonderful supper last night!!!!
January 23rd, 2006 at 10:53 pm
Which plugin did you use? Just curious….
January 24th, 2006 at 10:57 pm
This one: http://thedeadone.net/software/search-and-replace-wordpress-plugin/