UPDATE: Kevin Harder has posted his converter, which I have Used to convert my old blog over to this one.
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Robert McLaws has Posted A Converter to transform a blog from .Text 0.95 to Communnity Server 1.0. He's also listed some notes to remember when doing the upgrade process:
- Right now, the source and destination databases need to be on the same server. If enough people need to move between separate servers, I can add it later.
- You need to run the wizard on a machine where the CS web application is installed. This is because the temporary web service we use to create users and blogs needs to run in the HttpContext of the application (more on my feelings about this later).
- You will need to set up CS and change the web.config file to point to the destination database you will use to complete the migration. Again, this is because the web service will use those settings to create blogs, users, and blog groups.
- Depending on the number of users, blogs, posts, referrers, etc, this process can take SEVERAL HOURS. DTS is rather fast, but it still took over seven hours to migrate LonghornBlogs.com
- You may need to use the CS admin UI to change the blog theme after the migration. I'm looking into why this isn't working, but it's not a showstopper, so I'm releasing it anyway.
Unfortunately, the item i bolded makes it impossible for me to upgrade my old blogs over to my new blogs here. I don't have acess to the actual server that runs my website.
Any chance that we can get the source code to this tool, Robert? Or add in support directly, for running the process from a different machine? I need to be able to run the process from my home computer, and have it upgrade the database that is being hosted by WebHost4Life, for me. I'd also like to see the code account for me already having the same username in my new blog, and having existing posts in my new blog. Perhaps the tool could allow me to specify what username to transfer from / to? i.e. move from user "myname" to user "old-myname" or something like that?