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Tag Archives: migration
Ning 2 WordPress
Just for the record, migrating content and member accounts from Ning to WordPress/BuddyPress is not that easy. Two attempts and still have less than anticipated results. It’s not that the membership features on BuddyPress are not capable, but that the data export/data import methods are sparsely documented.
We’ve been able to set up membership (multiple types actually) for a week now, but getting more than about 1,180 members imported is turning into a small issue. Regardless, additional work continues on the site to enable both… Continue reading
Adventures in building a membership site
It shouldn’t be a secret that SMBMSP is building a new website, and I thought it might be interesting to capture a few fun items along the way. Well, fun or not a big portion of a membership site is accommodating the members. Logical, right? Simple? No.
There only seems to be two Ning to WordPress/BuddyPress conversion tools that I’ve found. Of the two only one was an open-source tool that didn’t cost us anything but our time to use. Great, I… Continue reading
