Difference between revisions of "Convert a dokuwiki to mediawiki"

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* install mediawiki. In this example we assume you install to /srv/www/htdocs.
 
* install mediawiki. In this example we assume you install to /srv/www/htdocs.
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* convert the syntax of every dokuwiki page to Mediawiki's syntax. [http://www.staerk.de/thorsten/mediasyntax MediaSyntax] has a converter for this.
 
* copy every file in dokuwiki's data/pages folder to mediawiki's maintenance folder
 
* copy every file in dokuwiki's data/pages folder to mediawiki's maintenance folder
 
* cd to the maintenance folder of your mediawiki, e.g.  
 
* cd to the maintenance folder of your mediawiki, e.g.  

Revision as of 09:37, 4 February 2012

To convert a dokuwiki installation to a mediawiki installation:

  • install mediawiki. In this example we assume you install to /srv/www/htdocs.
  • convert the syntax of every dokuwiki page to Mediawiki's syntax. MediaSyntax has a converter for this.
  • copy every file in dokuwiki's data/pages folder to mediawiki's maintenance folder
  • cd to the maintenance folder of your mediawiki, e.g.
cd /srv/www/htdocs/maintenance
  • import all text files:
for i in *.imp; do php importTextFile.php $i; done

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