Leaving MT

After all this time with MT, I've decided to go my own way. If you've ever come to the same decision, then you know that MT's export is a pretty lame format that doesn't include all of the information you might need if you migrating to another system.

The solution I've come to is to create a MT template that exposes everything as a single xml document. Here's what I'm using so far:

  
    
      
    <$MTBlogID$>
    <$MTBlogName$>
    ]]>
    <$MTBlogURL$>
    <$MTBlogArchiveURL$>
    <$MTBlogRelativeURL$>
    <$MTBlogSitePath$>
    <$MTBlogHost$>
    <$MTBlogTimezone$>
    <$MTBlogEntryCount$>
    <$MTBlogCommentCount$>
    <$MTBlogCCLicenseURL$>
      
    
  
  
    
      
    <$MTEntryID$>
    <$MTBlogID$>
    
    <$MTEntryStatus$>
    ]]>
    ]]>
    ]]>
    <$MTEntryLink$>
    <$MTEntryPermaLink$>
    <$MTEntryKeywords$>
    <$MTEntryAuthor$>
    <$MTEntryAutherNickname$>
    <$MTEntryAutherEmail$>
    <$MTEntryAuthorURL$>
    <$MTEntryAuthorLink$>
    <$MTEntryDate$>
    <$MTEntryModifiedDate$>
    <$MTEntryCommentCount$>
    <$MTEntryTrackbackCount$>
    <$MTEntryTrackbackData$>
    <$MTEntryTrackbackLink$>
    <$MTEntryTrackbackID$>
    ]]>
    
      
        
          <$MTCategoryID$>
        
      
    
      
    
  
  
    
      
    <$MTCommentID$>
    <$MTCommentEntryID$>
    <$MTCommentIP$>
    ]]>
    ]]>
    <$MTCommentEmail$>
    <$MTCommentURL$>
    ]]>
    <$MTCommentDate$>
    <$MTCommentOrderNumber$>
      
    
  
  
    
      
    <$MTCategoryID$>
    ]]>
    <$MTCategoryArchiveLink$>
    ]]>
    <$MTCategoryCount$>
    <$MTCategoryTrackbackLink$>
      
    
  

posted: 2006-02-26 19:19:58 111 comments Read More

Someone's having the best week ever

Originally, we feared that the little ham was born too close to christmas to be able to enjoy his birthday. Instead, he gets a bountiful christmas, a birthday party with his mom and dad the first week of January, another party thrown by our neighbors the second week of January, and a third out of town party the last week of January. It's no wonder he's always smiling.

posted: 2006-01-16 10:14:49 243 comments Read More

Breaking news

This just in ... the internet is for porn.

posted: 2006-01-08 02:33:34 122 comments Read More

Walking

I guess I've been a little lax about posting pictures of Ben for freinds and family. As you can see here, he's walking. He just keeps us so busy now. I guess I'm going to have to get a video camera for christmas so I can record more moments like that one.

posted: 2005-12-12 22:10:23 7 comments Read More

Reset

I just finished round 1 of resetting my office -- categorizing and boxing up all of my technical books. That took some time. In the end, I'd guess there's about eight to ten thousand dollars worth. I moved all but about a thousand dollars worth to public storage. Come spring, I guess I'm going to get rid of them.

I haven't decided whether to just give them to the library, try to sell them individually on ebay, or try to sell them by the box. Considering I ...

posted: 2005-12-04 21:34:12 7 comments Read More

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