Migrating from Wordpress and other platforms to 4.0?

[Ryan Thomas]

Hey guys, will we be able to migrate from Wordpress to IP Blog/Pages when IP Suite 4.0 launches?

I can see the complete list of platforms that can migrate to the existing IP Board here:
http://www.invisionpower.com/convert 

Will these all be able to migrate over to 4.0?

[eshayem]

I hope it. I want too migrate from wordpress.

[Murmel]

 

But Wordpress is a Blog and IP Booard is a forum ;-).

You should be more specific what do you want to migrate :-).

[embies]

Wordpress nowadays is a CMS/Blog, Pages and Blog are respectively CMS and Blog, so it's not a weird question.

I would assume you can move the same stuff if not more, but let's see what the Staff says, I would be interested too.

[The Jimmo]

 

But Wordpress is a Blog and IP Booard is a forum ;-).

You should be more specific what do you want to migrate :-).

​He said Wordpress to IP.Blog and IP.Pages

IP.Board is a forum and I am not aware that Wordpress has a forum.

[Murmel]

upps you both are right ...Reading helps :-) ... I didn't see the he mentioned the pages/blog module.

[Ryan Ashbrook]

We will review all currently available converters and determine which ones we need to keep. I'm fairly certain that WordPress to Pages will be one of them.

[opentype]

So I guess you only start with the converters once 4.0 is out and people wanting to start a 4.0 site but with converted data need to wait a little bit longer?

[Murmel]

BTW: I use both systems in different projects and compared WP with IPB. I think in IPB are some important features missing.

[Ryan Thomas]

We will review all currently available converters and determine which ones we need to keep. I'm fairly certain that WordPress to Pages will be one of them.

​Okay, this is great news and even if it's not available at launch, I can temporarily put my Wordpress site in a sub directory as it impatiently waits to be converted over cuz I'm going 100% in with IP suite 4.0 since I believe it will create a consistent experience as users jump from IP forums to IP blogs and pages.

[Stuart Silvester]

So I guess you only start with the converters once 4.0 is out and people wanting to start a 4.0 site but with converted data need to wait a little bit longer?

​The option is there to convert to 3.4.7 and then upgrade to 4.0 ( this can be done now ) -- Not that we recommend using Beta releases on a live site though.

[Ryan Thomas]

Ok, I may actually consider doing this then...converting Wordpres to 3.4.7 first and then converting the entire Suite over.  Great idea for those who need to immediately move over to 4.0!

[The Jimmo]

Ok, I may actually consider doing this then...converting Wordpres to 3.4.7 first and then converting the entire Suite over.  Great idea for those who need to immediately move over to 4.0!

​Well 4 is not released at the moment. Only the Beta is. You can test it but it is not meant to run a production site on.

[Ryan Thomas]

​Well 4 is not released at the moment. Only the Beta is. You can test it but it is not meant to run a production site on.

​Sorry, I was actually referring to when final build is released in case the migration tools are not available when the stable release is launched.  Right now, I am only testing IP 4 in its own environment so I definitely agree to wait for the final build!