<p>Howdy!We’re about to begin the process to import all of your Movable Type entries into WordPress. Before we get started, you need to edit this file (<code>import/mt.php</code>) and change one line so we know where to find your MT export file. To make this easy put the import file into the <code>wp-admin/import</code> directory. Look for the line that says:</p>
<p>Ifyou've done that and you’re all ready, <a href="<?php echo add_query_arg('step', 1) ?>">let'sgo</a>!Rememberthattheimportprocessmaytakeaminuteorsoifyouhavealargenumberofentriesandcomments.Thinkofalltherebuildingtimeyou'll be saving once it'sdone.:)</p>
<p>Theimporterissmartenoughnottoimportduplicates,soyoucanrunthismultipletimeswithoutworryif—for whatever reason—it doesn't finish. If you get an <strong>out of memory</strong> error try splitting up the import file into pieces. </p>
//function to check the authorname and do the mapping
functioncheckauthor($author){
global$wpdb;
//mtnames is an array with the names in the mt import file
$md5pass=md5(changeme);
if(!(in_array($author,$this->mtnames))){//a new mt author name is found
++$this->j;
$this->mtnames[$this->j]=$author;//add that new mt author name to an array
$user_id=$wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login = '$this->newauthornames[$j]'");//check if the new author name defined by the user is a pre-existing wp user
if(!$user_id){//banging my head against the desk now.
if($newauthornames[$this->j]=='left_blank'){//check if the user does not want to change the authorname
$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->users (user_level, user_login, user_pass, user_nickname) VALUES ('1', '$author', '$md5pass', '$author')");// if user does not want to change, insert the authorname $author
$user_id=$wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login = '$author'");
$this->newauthornames[$this->j]=$author;//now we have a name, in the place of left_blank.
}else{
$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->users (user_level, user_login, user_pass, user_nickname) VALUES ('1', '{$this->newauthornames[$this->j]}', '$md5pass', '{$this->newauthornames[$this->j]}')");//if not left_blank, insert the user specified name
$user_id=$wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login = '{$this->newauthornames[$this->j]}'");
}
}else{
return$user_id;// return pre-existing wp username if it exists
}
}else{
$key=array_search($author,$this->mtnames);//find the array key for $author in the $mtnames array
$user_id=$wpdb->get_var("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login = '{$this->newauthornames[$key]}'");//use that key to get the value of the author's name from $newauthornames
array_push($temp,"$thematch");//store the extracted author names in a temporary array
}
}
//we need to find unique values of author names, while preserving the order, so this function emulates the unique_value(); php function, without the sorting.
$authors[0]=array_shift($temp);
$y=count($temp)+1;
for($x=1;$x<$y;$x++){
$next=array_shift($temp);
if(!(in_array($next,$authors)))
array_push($authors,"$next");
}
return$authors;
}
functionget_authors_from_post(){
$formnames=array();
$selectnames=array();
foreach($_POST['user']as$key=>$line){
$newname=trim(stripslashes($line));
if($newname=='')
$newname='left_blank';//passing author names from step 1 to step 2 is accomplished by using POST. left_blank denotes an empty entry in the form.
array_push($formnames,"$newname");
}// $formnames is the array with the form entered names
foreach($_POST['userselect']as$user=>$key){
$selected=trim(stripslashes($key));
array_push($selectnames,"$selected");
}
$count=count($formnames);
for($i=0;$i<$count;$i++){
if($selectnames[$i]!='#NONE#'){//if no name was selected from the select menu, use the name entered in the form
<p><?php_e('To make it easier for you to edit and save the imported posts and drafts, you may want to change the name of the author of the posts. For example, you may want to import all the entries as <code>admin</code>s entries.');?></p>
<p><?php_e('Below, you can see the names of the authors of the MovableType posts in <i>italics</i>. For each of these names, you can either pick an author in your WordPress installation from the menu, or enter a name for the author in the textbox.');?></p>
<p><?php_e('If a new user is created by WordPress, the password will be set, by default, to "changeme". Quite suggestive, eh? ;)');?></p>
