[info]shusu in [info]07refugees

tags question

I have a question. I'm toying with the idea of starting a comm on LJ to *actively* help people move (provide tech support, correct misconceptions, and move people *anywhere*, not just InJ, but Wordpress, etc). Sort of like popping a six-pack and getting your friends over to help move.

Anyway, I can wrap my head around everything (icons, commenting, setting up feeds) ... except tags. When I moved, the tags didn't move with me. At 4,000 LJ entries, that's no small thing. Is there a method of moving that will take the tags along too?

BTW if you'd like to form this kind of comm, please do. I have little tech knowledge myself. And increasingly the people left are not hold-outs, they're *stranded*. Also someone who speaks Russian might be an idea -- it seems silly to be separated from a population of bloggers who're living in an even more dire political situation.
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Posted on Mar. 15th, 2008 at 08:36 am | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]shusu

Does it work for InJ? There was also some trouble getting Semagic to recognize that InJ was using tags, as well.

If we could find someone who could test it out and adequately explain the process, then I'll put my money where my mouth is. Tags are a dealbreaker.
Posted on Mar. 15th, 2008 03:40 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]codyne

That I don't know... I'm trying to think of anyone I know who used ljmigrate to move to IJ... if I can find anyone, I'll ask.

Since Squeaky just did a big update, it would be worth trying again, even if tag transfer didn't work before.
Posted on Mar. 15th, 2008 05:23 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]mordyn4

Yep. I did it for my comm and journal to IJ and GJ.

It requires a mac, though. ;)

It's command line but very easy.
Posted on Mar. 15th, 2008 11:09 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]mordyn4

Actually, I think all it needs is python, so I don't know if it's mac-only.... huh.
Posted on Mar. 15th, 2008 11:14 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]ratcreature

It works fine for me on Linux, it's not mac-specific.
Posted on Mar. 16th, 2008 11:50 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]shusu

Thanks! I'm really most interested in making this as step-by-step as possible.

At this point, everyone who's got enough tech know-how has probably left. So at this point the guys left need real hand-holding, with really detailed FAQs.
Posted on Mar. 17th, 2008 03:00 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply

[info]mercurychaos

LJ-migrate works for any and all Livejournal clone sites. There's a tutorial her for Windows and here for Mac.
Posted on Mar. 19th, 2008 01:39 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Reply