Better Blog

[Steph Jensen]

My wordpress blog just got hacked AGAIN!

So not i am considering moving by blog over to my IPS site, but i don't feel the blog feature is enough.

There are many limitations that I was hoping others in here have solved

• limited formation options
• use custom domain directly to a blog, so that i can host blogs under the IPS site
• no draft options
• categories/tags

I am sure that there are many more things to consider, but has any of you worked around this and successfully moved their blogging activities over to IPS?

[Daniel F]

14 minutes ago, Steph Jensen said:

My wordpress blog just got hacked AGAIN!

So not i am considering moving by blog over to my IPS site, but i don't feel the blog feature is enough.

There are many limitations that I was hoping others in here have solved

• limited formation options
• use custom domain directly to a blog, so that i can host blogs under the IPS site
• no draft options
• categories/tags

I am sure that there are many more things to consider, but has any of you worked around this and successfully moved their blogging activities over to IPS?

Depending on the use case you could also use IP.Pages which brings most of your suggested stuff out of the box.

And last, but not least, converter includes a Wordpress pages import step:) 

[Steph Jensen]

@Daniel F would i be able to create a section through pages, that could have its own domain? I run the IPS site on domain A, but would love if the Pages section could be included in domain A but at the same time have its own custom B domain.

Does the Wordpress tool import WP blog posts and convert them to IPS pages or can it only import WP pages?

[Ryan Ashbrook]

2 hours ago, Steph Jensen said:

@Daniel F would i be able to create a section through pages, that could have its own domain? I run the IPS site on domain A, but would love if the Pages section could be included in domain A but at the same time have its own custom B domain.

Does the Wordpress tool import WP blog posts and convert them to IPS pages or can it only import WP pages?

From the same installation, no. You could redirect domain B to domain A, but it wouldn't be possible to have Pages exist on both unless you got another, separate, Invision Community license with only the Pages app, then linked them via OAuth. In that scenario, though, the content still wouldn't exist on both domains, just the domain the Pages instance exists on.

[Steph Jensen]

Thanks for this

Where do i find the converter tool?

[Ryan Ashbrook]

2 minutes ago, Steph Jensen said:

Thanks for this

Where do i find the converter tool?

When downloading the software, there will be a checkbox to include the converters in the download.

[Steph Jensen]

Thanks @Ryan Ashbrook

I've redownloaded the software, and uploaded the converter folder in the apps.
Can you point me to where i can read about how i can use the converter? I did a quick search but couldnt find much about it

 

[Ryan Ashbrook]

It's in the Guides - you can start here. 🙂

 

 

[Joel R]

I agree with @Daniel F above that you want to strongly consider IP.Pages as your community blog.  It's how IPS manages its company blog, and does give you the power of categories, tags, customized templates, etc.  IP.Pages is perfect as a CMS in this regards.  There are several template options in the Marketplace too.