Aug 12 2011
From Drupal to WordPress | WordCamp SF 2011
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#wcsf Migrating Drupal to #wordpress Presenter is Austin Smith
The New York Observer – Migrating from Drupal to WordPress
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Showing the evolution of New York Observer #wcsf
Why WordPress? The other site was un-maintainable. Decided not to do a Drupal upgrade.
It became a network of sites: BetaBeat PolitickerNY and New York Observer
It is not run on multi site they are run separately
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All three sites have there own data base server. #wcsf
Content creation was the big issue for moving over from Dupal to WP
He said Drupal became a bad word.
Added custom elements to WP
Syndication is totally custom, that is one of the biggest customizations
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Custom plugins to manage HomePage features #wcsf
Use the article image or change the image
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Alec Baldwin was his second WordPress project that he built. #wcsf
If you also want to change from drupal to wordpress, please check our http://wordpressdrupal.com/ migration services (and if you are only interested in a very basic migration and have the time and the interest to try it yourself check http://modeling-languages.com/migrating-drupal-6-to-wordpress-3/ )