After All the Heartache…

I finally… Finally got WordPress installed and working AND got my b2 blog posts converted over with only 5 hissy fits, 3 fresh installations and 7 posts in the wordpress support forum, basically saying “isn’t this supposed to be easy???”

But dammit I succeeded… And for anyone wanting to do the same, here is a few easy steps for you to get up and running…

1. BACK UP YOUR DATABASE!!!!!! This simply cannot be stressed enough
2. Download the latest WordPress release (although I didn’t, but more on that later)
3. change your wp-config-sample so the field prefix says “b2” instead of “wp_”
4. Upload everything to your ROOT directory (again, more on this later)
5. Run the import b2 file, go through each step
6. Login under your old b2 login

The next few steps are mandatory, if not needed skip to step 11

7. Change settings if you have your blog in another directory, like mine is “journal”
8. HOLY SHIT, nothing works…
9. Don’t sweat it kid, delete the WordPress install from the root and reinstall in your blog folder
10. Login again
11. Blog away!

Rough I know but hey, it works…

To make things even more complex, I installed an older version of WordPress and upgraded to the newest one.

So there you have it, after a few aborted attempts I finally come good and have a weblog system thats a bit more up-to-date than the stagnant b2 development

Now just to convert my old template over, that may take a day or so…