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#1 2007-07-10 07:05:43

anoke

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Registered: 2006-04-15

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what is article uid?

$thisarticle[‘uid’] to be exact. Is it from past or is it from future? It’s for feeds, right?

(could there be a separate “ask a dev“subforum?)

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#2 2007-07-11 03:14:53

Mary

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Re: what is article uid?

1. Current/future, and yes, it is for feeds.
2. Just ask in the “How Do I…? & Other Questions” forum. If we start getting a lot of questions we can make a forum for them later.

#3 2007-07-11 06:53:25

anoke

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Re: what is article uid?

(k, thought the separation was a bit “under the hood” and “these are the pedals”.)

Thanks. There’s two things I’m thinking of..

• If I import/generate articles from non-TXP source I generate an a-ui.
• If I import articles from TXP should I keep the a-ui? I can’t see reason why. (I only read feeds – I don’t do them..)

Care to advice on exporting? I was first going MT-esque way but the format feels a bit awkward for txp2txp transfer.. The plugin installation way is a tempting idea – what if I serialise+base64? That would open some nice possibilites IMHO. I wonder if there’s some scaling problems with that +30% extra data – prolly not many with under 50 articles. (moving articles is a chore. I’m thinking stretching this to forms aswell..)

I haven’t thought about comments, categories or authors yet. 200 articles I need transfering don’t use them and are by single author. Then again, if I shift focus from “1:1 articles backup” to “moving content” this export/import ad hoc is taking a plugin twist soon.

I’ve taken zem’s (?) mt_import.php as sort of starting point as I find it most elegant of import scripts.

Last edited by anoke (2007-07-11 07:09:43)

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#4 2007-07-12 02:30:02

Mary

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Re: what is article uid?

Care to advice on exporting? …a bit awkward for txp2txp transfer… The plugin installation way is a tempting idea…

I’m confused, are you asking about importing from an MT blog to Textpattern or something else?

#5 2007-07-12 05:13:53

anoke

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Registered: 2006-04-15

Posts: 152

Re: what is article uid?

Exporting data from TXP to import it in another TXP.

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#6 2007-07-14 03:49:09

Mary

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Re: what is article uid?

Er, that’s kind of redundant, why don’t you simply export/import the database?