Import Question

oddcarl · Post by **oddcarl** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:13 pm

Hello, I'm a new user. Was wondering if I can import a Wordpress blog contents that are on a different server than Serendipity?

(can Serendipity access the Mysql DB on the other server?)

Thanks..oddcarl

azel · Post by **azel** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:46 pm

I would think so. I tried an experimental import from Wordpress on a "different" server, meaning my root domain and a subdomain, and it worked fine for me. I use Dreamhost, so localhost was not the host for my databases.

oddcarl · Post by **oddcarl** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:02 am

OK, thanks, the part I can't figure out is, how the Serendipity importer knows where the old server and Mysql DB is because the importer does not ask for the URL of the old blog.

oddcarl

azel · Post by **azel** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:17 pm

It should ask you, however, for your WP database host, user, pass, name, and table prefix. It probably won't ask you for the URL, because it won't need it. Just the posts & comments will be imported into your s9y blog.

oddcarl · Post by **oddcarl** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:48 pm

Thank you. Yes, I tried RSS importing and that worked great and fast too.

oddcarl