Comments on: Haloscan comments to WordPress – the nitty gritty. http://muddledramblings.com/rumblings-from-the-secret-labs/haloscan-comments-to-wordpress-the-nitty-gritty A blog about a geek trying to make a living as a writer Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:28:06 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jerryhttp://muddledramblings.com/rumblings-from-the-secret-labs/haloscan-comments-to-wordpress-the-nitty-gritty/comment-page-1#comment-12566 Jerry Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:02:16 +0000 http://muddledramblings.com/?p=7970#comment-12566 if your comments were exported from WordPress, I don't think you need a script to import them into a different WP install. This script won't do the trick in any case; the way it figures out which post gets which comment thread is pretty specific. It's probably possible to alter it to work for your case, and I'd be happy to help, but there might be a better answer out there already. if your comments were exported from WordPress, I don’t think you need a script to import them into a different WP install. This script won’t do the trick in any case; the way it figures out which post gets which comment thread is pretty specific. It’s probably possible to alter it to work for your case, and I’d be happy to help, but there might be a better answer out there already.

]]> By: Jerryhttp://muddledramblings.com/rumblings-from-the-secret-labs/haloscan-comments-to-wordpress-the-nitty-gritty/comment-page-1#comment-12565 Jerry Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:59:03 +0000 http://muddledramblings.com/?p=7970#comment-12565 I do the shadows in two different ways on this site - the main blog section and the sidebar use graphcs, and looks fine as long as .png alpha channel support is there, which is just about all browsers these days. The comments section uses CSS3 shadows and rounded corners. As long as one accepts that not all users will see the site in all its glory, then there isn't much downside to the CSS approach, though Safari and Firefox do the shadows subtly differently. I do the shadows in two different ways on this site – the main blog section and the sidebar use graphcs, and looks fine as long as .png alpha channel support is there, which is just about all browsers these days. The comments section uses CSS3 shadows and rounded corners. As long as one accepts that not all users will see the site in all its glory, then there isn’t much downside to the CSS approach, though Safari and Firefox do the shadows subtly differently.

]]> By: Cathy Tibbleshttp://muddledramblings.com/rumblings-from-the-secret-labs/haloscan-comments-to-wordpress-the-nitty-gritty/comment-page-1#comment-12564 Cathy Tibbles Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:39:47 +0000 http://muddledramblings.com/?p=7970#comment-12564 And, off topic, is there a down-side to using a text shadow? Other than IE. And, off topic, is there a down-side to using a text shadow? Other than IE.

]]> By: Cathy Tibbleshttp://muddledramblings.com/rumblings-from-the-secret-labs/haloscan-comments-to-wordpress-the-nitty-gritty/comment-page-1#comment-12563 Cathy Tibbles Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:36:28 +0000 http://muddledramblings.com/?p=7970#comment-12563 Hi Jerry, I have all the comments from a (category of )WP.mu blog in an .xml file. and I have your script. The only thing I could figure out to change was the file name, and email address in your script. I'm not exactly seeing anything like comments show up. Heh. Any tips?Thanks, Cathy Hi Jerry,
I have all the comments from a (category of )WP.mu blog in an .xml file. and I have your script. The only thing I could figure out to change was the file name, and email address in your script. I’m not exactly seeing anything like comments show up. Heh. Any tips?

Thanks,
Cathy

]]> By: Jerryhttp://muddledramblings.com/rumblings-from-the-secret-labs/haloscan-comments-to-wordpress-the-nitty-gritty/comment-page-1#comment-12416 Jerry Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:10:39 +0000 http://muddledramblings.com/?p=7970#comment-12416 I would be happy to help. First thing is for her to go to Haloscan and export her comments before the server shuts down. Once those are safely on her system and backed up somewhere else as well, then getting them into blogger will be pretty straightforward (I think). As with mine, the tricky part is getting them connected to the right blogger posts, but if her blogger posts already have links to her haloscan comments, that won't be too hard. I would be happy to help. First thing is for her to go to Haloscan and export her comments before the server shuts down. Once those are safely on her system and backed up somewhere else as well, then getting them into blogger will be pretty straightforward (I think). As with mine, the tricky part is getting them connected to the right blogger posts, but if her blogger posts already have links to her haloscan comments, that won’t be too hard.

]]> By: Carol Annehttp://muddledramblings.com/rumblings-from-the-secret-labs/haloscan-comments-to-wordpress-the-nitty-gritty/comment-page-1#comment-12413 Carol Anne Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:52:27 +0000 http://muddledramblings.com/?p=7970#comment-12413 This is probably too geeky for Bonnie at <a href="http://frogma.blogspot.com/2009/12/please-stand-by-we-are-experiencing.html" rel="nofollow">Frogma</a>, who is lamenting that she has been unable to move her five years' worth of Haloscan comments over to Blogger. When you offered to assist people in implementing the transfer, did you mean <i>anyone</i>, or just anyone who already has somewhat of a handle on the geeky stuff? This is probably too geeky for Bonnie at Frogma, who is lamenting that she has been unable to move her five years’ worth of Haloscan comments over to Blogger. When you offered to assist people in implementing the transfer, did you mean anyone, or just anyone who already has somewhat of a handle on the geeky stuff?

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