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date: 2012/09/02 15:22:53
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slug: new-nikola-feature-wordpresscom-importer
tags: nikola, python
title: 'New Nikola Feature: wordpress.com Importer'
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updated: 2012/09/02 15:22:53
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I implemented a first drat of a wordpress.com importer for my 
`Nikola static site/blog generator <http://getnikola.com>`_ 
It's a work in progress but it works well enough that it can turn
`this blog <https://nikolatestimport.wordpress.com/>`__ into `this blog <http://nikolatestimport.ralsina.me>`__

**What works:**

* Posts
* Pages
* Drafts
* Tags
* Personal information

**What doesn't work:**

* Comments
* Links across posts/pages are left untouched
* The output is pretty generic

This needs testing, so feel free to get `master <http://github.com/ralsina/nikola>`_ and
try it. Asuming ``foo.xml`` is your data from wordpress.com::

   nikola_import_wordpress foo.xml
   cd new_site
   doit && doit serve

And point your browser to http://localhost:8000 to see the result :-)

Minor tweaking of the generated ``conf.py`` is generally needed for improved results.