Exporting RSS Source from a Blog

Hello All,

We're attempting to migrate our java-based Blojsom blog to
the more
user-friendly WordPress software. WordPress has built import
wizards for
many popular blog platforms; but there isn't one for Blojsom
which is
different from *bloxsom* which does have an import wizard.
Blojsom does have
an export blog plugin; but the data is not in RSS 2.0 and
would require more
Perl than I know to convert.

WP can import data in RSS 2.0, and I can grab the RSS source
of some posts
by simply viewing/copying the source in my browser. But I
need to migrate
more than the limited number of posts that can be extracted
by viewing the
RSS source in the browser.

Does anyone know of a tool or hack to extract - export the
entire contents,
or a large fixed number of posts from a blog as RSS 2.0?
Google Reader and
some others will grab a large number of posts; but I can't
view the RSS
source.

Thanks in advance for any tips or pointers.

-- 
Carlton Brown
Associate Director & IT Services Manager
Ford Library - Fuqua School of Business
Duke University
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I can't vouch for whether it works, but a Google search for
"blojsom to 
wordpress" nets this blog post about a conversion
tool:

http://blog.steamshift.com/developing
/importing-blojsom-data-into-wordpress
or
http://tinyurl.com/4dcz9o

Hope this helps!

Rick

The Ford Library at Fuqua wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> We're attempting to migrate our java-based Blojsom blog
to the more
> user-friendly WordPress software. WordPress has built
import wizards for
> many popular blog platforms; but there isn't one for
Blojsom which is
> different from *bloxsom* which does have an import
wizard. Blojsom does have
> an export blog plugin; but the data is not in RSS 2.0
and would require more
> Perl than I know to convert.
>
> WP can import data in RSS 2.0, and I can grab the RSS
source of some posts
> by simply viewing/copying the source in my browser. But
I need to migrate
> more than the limited number of posts that can be
extracted by viewing the
> RSS source in the browser.
>
> Does anyone know of a tool or hack to extract - export
the entire contents,
> or a large fixed number of posts from a blog as RSS
2.0? Google Reader and
> some others will grab a large number of posts; but I
can't view the RSS
> source.
>
> Thanks in advance for any tips or pointers.

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Thanks Rick,

I've actually done quite a bit of googling and looked at
this already. Its
in PHP which isn't deployed in the server environment where
our old blog
lives and it also requires Pear DB which isn't there either.
I don't have
the rights to deploy them and doing so to convert a blog is
more overhead
than our IT group wants to expend.
Thanks again for googling.
-- 
Carlton Brown
Associate Director & IT Services Manager
Ford Library - Fuqua School of Business
Duke University


On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Rick Mason <rcmasonrsproductions.net>
wrote:

> I can't vouch for whether it works, but a Google search
for "blojsom to
> wordpress" nets this blog post about a conversion
tool:
>
>
> http://blog.steamshift.com/developing
/importing-blojsom-data-into-wordpress
> or
> http://tinyurl.com/4dcz9o
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Rick
>
>
> The Ford Library at Fuqua wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > We're attempting to migrate our java-based Blojsom
blog to the more
> > user-friendly WordPress software. WordPress has
built import wizards for
> > many popular blog platforms; but there isn't one
for Blojsom which is
> > different from *bloxsom* which does have an import
wizard. Blojsom does
> > have
> > an export blog plugin; but the data is not in RSS
2.0 and would require
> > more
> > Perl than I know to convert.
> >
> > WP can import data in RSS 2.0, and I can grab the
RSS source of some
> > posts
> > by simply viewing/copying the source in my
browser. But I need to
> > migrate
> > more than the limited number of posts that can be
extracted by viewing
> > the
> > RSS source in the browser.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a tool or hack to extract -
export the entire
> > contents,
> > or a large fixed number of posts from a blog as
RSS 2.0? Google Reader
> > and
> > some others will grab a large number of posts; but
I can't view the RSS
> > source.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any tips or pointers.
> >
>
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Hi-

Try looking for a good website scrapping tool. Most will
follow ever
link on a website and convert to RSS or XML.  I haven't used
it but,
there's Grouper by GeckoTribe at
http://www.gec
kotribe.com/rss/grouper/ otherwise, I'd search on
Website Scraper RSS

Alnisa




On 5/6/08, The Ford Library at Fuqua <fordlibwebgmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Rick,
>
> I've actually done quite a bit of googling and looked
at this already. Its
> in PHP which isn't deployed in the server environment
where our old blog
> lives and it also requires Pear DB which isn't there
either. I don't have
> the rights to deploy them and doing so to convert a
blog is more overhead
> than our IT group wants to expend.
> Thanks again for googling.
> --
> Carlton Brown
> Associate Director & IT Services Manager
> Ford Library - Fuqua School of Business
> Duke University
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Rick Mason
<rcmasonrsproductions.net>
> wrote:
>
> > I can't vouch for whether it works, but a Google
search for "blojsom to
> > wordpress" nets this blog post about a
conversion tool:
> >
> >
> >
> http://blog.steamshift.com/developing
/importing-blojsom-data-into-wordpress
> > or
> > http://tinyurl.com/4dcz9o
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> > Rick
> >
> >
> > The Ford Library at Fuqua wrote:
> >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > We're attempting to migrate our java-based
Blojsom blog to the more
> > > user-friendly WordPress software. WordPress
has built import wizards
> for
> > > many popular blog platforms; but there isn't
one for Blojsom which is
> > > different from *bloxsom* which does have an
import wizard. Blojsom does
> > > have
> > > an export blog plugin; but the data is not in
RSS 2.0 and would require
> > > more
> > > Perl than I know to convert.
> > >
> > > WP can import data in RSS 2.0, and I can grab
the RSS source of some
> > > posts
> > > by simply viewing/copying the source in my
browser. But I need to
> > > migrate
> > > more than the limited number of posts that
can be extracted by viewing
> > > the
> > > RSS source in the browser.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a tool or hack to extract
- export the entire
> > > contents,
> > > or a large fixed number of posts from a blog
as RSS 2.0? Google Reader
> > > and
> > > some others will grab a large number of
posts; but I can't view the RSS
> > > source.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any tips or pointers.
> > >
> >
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Sorry, just notice Grouper is PHP. What programming
languages besides
Java are on your server?

Another option is to use the Export Plugin and export to
XML
http://wiki.blojsom.com/wiki/display/blojsom/Expo
rt+Blog+Plugin

I would assume there is a plugin somewhere that will allow
you to
import xml files into WordPress.  I'm an Expression Engine
girl
myself, and I use FeedGrab, CVSGrab, and XMLGrab to pull in
data to my
site and clients sites all the time.

If your not tied to WordPress, you could just grab the free
or
nonprofit version of Expression Engine  (free is free,
nonprofit is
$99).

Alnisa

On 5/6/08, Alnisa Allgood <alnisanonprofit-tech.org>
wrote:
> Hi-
>
>  Try looking for a good website scrapping tool. Most
will follow ever
>  link on a website and convert to RSS or XML.  I
haven't used it but,
>  there's Grouper by GeckoTribe at
>  http://www.gec
kotribe.com/rss/grouper/ otherwise, I'd search on
>  Website Scraper RSS
>
>
>  Alnisa
>
>
>
>
>
>  On 5/6/08, The Ford Library at Fuqua
<fordlibwebgmail.com> wrote:
>  > Thanks Rick,
>  >
>  > I've actually done quite a bit of googling and
looked at this already. Its
>  > in PHP which isn't deployed in the server
environment where our old blog
>  > lives and it also requires Pear DB which isn't
there either. I don't have
>  > the rights to deploy them and doing so to convert
a blog is more overhead
>  > than our IT group wants to expend.
>  > Thanks again for googling.
>  > --
>  > Carlton Brown
>  > Associate Director & IT Services Manager
>  > Ford Library - Fuqua School of Business
>  > Duke University
>  >
>  >
>  > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Rick Mason
<rcmasonrsproductions.net>
>  > wrote:
>  >
>  > > I can't vouch for whether it works, but a
Google search for "blojsom to
>  > > wordpress" nets this blog post about a
conversion tool:
>  > >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > http://blog.steamshift.com/developing
/importing-blojsom-data-into-wordpress
>  > > or
>  > > http://tinyurl.com/4dcz9o
>  > >
>  > > Hope this helps!
>  > >
>  > > Rick
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > The Ford Library at Fuqua wrote:
>  > >
>  > > > Hello All,
>  > > >
>  > > > We're attempting to migrate our
java-based Blojsom blog to the more
>  > > > user-friendly WordPress software.
WordPress has built import wizards
>  > for
>  > > > many popular blog platforms; but there
isn't one for Blojsom which is
>  > > > different from *bloxsom* which does
have an import wizard. Blojsom does
>  > > > have
>  > > > an export blog plugin; but the data is
not in RSS 2.0 and would require
>  > > > more
>  > > > Perl than I know to convert.
>  > > >
>  > > > WP can import data in RSS 2.0, and I
can grab the RSS source of some
>  > > > posts
>  > > > by simply viewing/copying the source in
my browser. But I need to
>  > > > migrate
>  > > > more than the limited number of posts
that can be extracted by viewing
>  > > > the
>  > > > RSS source in the browser.
>  > > >
>  > > > Does anyone know of a tool or hack to
extract - export the entire
>  > > > contents,
>  > > > or a large fixed number of posts from a
blog as RSS 2.0? Google Reader
>  > > > and
>  > > > some others will grab a large number of
posts; but I can't view the RSS
>  > > > source.
>  > > >
>  > > > Thanks in advance for any tips or
pointers.
>  > > >
>  > >
>  > _______________________________________________
>  > Web4lib mailing list
>  > Web4libwebjunction.org
>  > http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>  >
>  >
>  >
>


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Thanks to everyone on both WEB4LIB and CODE4LIB who
responded -- especially
to those who sent step-by-step procedures.

Even if I couldn't use what you shared for this problem, I
learned some
things which could help in the future, and which motivated
me to dig deeper
myself.

After digging around some more in the Blojsom wiki, I
located a plugin
called fetcher-helper<http://wiki.blojsom.com/wiki/display/
blojsom/Fetcher+Helper+Plugin>which
lets you (re)set the default number of posts served as RSS
2.0 from
your blog. Once that was deployed that in the correct file
and mapped in the
Blojsom Admin GUI, I was able to retrieve the posts I needed
in valid RSS
2.0!

All that's left now is some category clean-up, and uploading
to WordPress to
complete the migration.

Thanks again!
-- 
Carlton Brown
Associate Director & IT Services Manager
Ford Library - Fuqua School of Business
Duke University


On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Alnisa Allgood
<alnisanonprofit-tech.org>
wrote:

> Sorry, just notice Grouper is PHP. What programming
languages besides
> Java are on your server?
>
> Another option is to use the Export Plugin and export
to XML
> http://wiki.blojsom.com/wiki/display/blojsom/Expo
rt+Blog+Plugin
>
> I would assume there is a plugin somewhere that will
allow you to
> import xml files into WordPress.  I'm an Expression
Engine girl
> myself, and I use FeedGrab, CVSGrab, and XMLGrab to
pull in data to my
> site and clients sites all the time.
>
> If your not tied to WordPress, you could just grab the
free or
> nonprofit version of Expression Engine  (free is free,
nonprofit is
> $99).
>
> Alnisa
>
> On 5/6/08, Alnisa Allgood <alnisanonprofit-tech.org> wrote:
> > Hi-
> >
> >  Try looking for a good website scrapping tool.
Most will follow ever
> >  link on a website and convert to RSS or XML.  I
haven't used it but,
> >  there's Grouper by GeckoTribe at
> >  http://www.gec
kotribe.com/rss/grouper/ otherwise, I'd search on
> >  Website Scraper RSS
> >
> >
> >  Alnisa
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  On 5/6/08, The Ford Library at Fuqua
<fordlibwebgmail.com> wrote:
> >  > Thanks Rick,
> >  >
> >  > I've actually done quite a bit of googling
and looked at this
> already. Its
> >  > in PHP which isn't deployed in the server
environment where our old
> blog
> >  > lives and it also requires Pear DB which
isn't there either. I don't
> have
> >  > the rights to deploy them and doing so to
convert a blog is more
> overhead
> >  > than our IT group wants to expend.
> >  > Thanks again for googling.
> >  > --
> >  > Carlton Brown
> >  > Associate Director & IT Services
Manager
> >  > Ford Library - Fuqua School of Business
> >  > Duke University
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Rick Mason
<rcmasonrsproductions.net
> >
> >  > wrote:
> >  >
> >  > > I can't vouch for whether it works, but
a Google search for
> "blojsom to
> >  > > wordpress" nets this blog post
about a conversion tool:
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  >
> http://blog.steamshift.com/developing
/importing-blojsom-data-into-wordpress
> >  > > or
> >  > > http://tinyurl.com/4dcz9o
> >  > >
> >  > > Hope this helps!
> >  > >
> >  > > Rick
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > The Ford Library at Fuqua wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > > > Hello All,
> >  > > >
> >  > > > We're attempting to migrate our
java-based Blojsom blog to the
> more
> >  > > > user-friendly WordPress software.
WordPress has built import
> wizards
> >  > for
> >  > > > many popular blog platforms; but
there isn't one for Blojsom
> which is
> >  > > > different from *bloxsom* which
does have an import wizard.
> Blojsom does
> >  > > > have
> >  > > > an export blog plugin; but the
data is not in RSS 2.0 and would
> require
> >  > > > more
> >  > > > Perl than I know to convert.
> >  > > >
> >  > > > WP can import data in RSS 2.0, and
I can grab the RSS source of
> some
> >  > > > posts
> >  > > > by simply viewing/copying the
source in my browser. But I need to
> >  > > > migrate
> >  > > > more than the limited number of
posts that can be extracted by
> viewing
> >  > > > the
> >  > > > RSS source in the browser.
> >  > > >
> >  > > > Does anyone know of a tool or hack
to extract - export the entire
> >  > > > contents,
> >  > > > or a large fixed number of posts
from a blog as RSS 2.0? Google
> Reader
> >  > > > and
> >  > > > some others will grab a large
number of posts; but I can't view
> the RSS
> >  > > > source.
> >  > > >
> >  > > > Thanks in advance for any tips or
pointers.
> >  > > >
> >  > >
> >  >
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> >  >
> >  >
> >
>
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