switching cms, database ?'s, SEO

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  • vaxorcist0

    Is the current CMS using mySQL?

    You may be able to script a mass-import into the WP database and keep the article titles being in the URLs the same way...

    1. export data from current site, in a format like tab-separated... you can import into excel, etc... like articleTitle, headline, byline , bodytext,etc

    2.set permalink in your Wordpress admin to be the %postname% field.

    3. write an import script or use a plug-in so that your articleTitle and your %postname% are the same.

    I would try NOT to use the 301's

    I would setup the test server at some other subdomain, like test.client.com/whatever-the-pos...

    and note, if there are a MILLION pages, you may have to use some caching, as some people recommend not using postname as the permalink alone if you're high-volume....

    http://digwp.com/2011/06/dont-us…

    • they may not have to move! or are there other reasons they may have to move?vaxorcist
    • all 2000 articles are sitting top level... shouldn't they move?fourth

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