Comments on: wetpixel.com Migration Project http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project Alex King, Denver Web Developer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alexking.org: Blog http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project#comment-8815 alexking.org: Blog Wed, 26 Oct 2005 05:51:56 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project/#comment-8815 <strong>Eric’s Annual Visit</strong> Eric is in town for his annual “work on Wetpixel” trip to Denver. Last time, we migrated the site to a new CMS and integrated the CMS and the forum; this time, we’re building some new features. ... Eric’s Annual Visit

Eric is in town for his annual “work on Wetpixel” trip to Denver. Last time, we migrated the site to a new CMS and integrated the CMS and the forum; this time, we’re building some new features.

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]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project#comment-4511 Alex Fri, 11 Mar 2005 04:20:20 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project/#comment-4511 It's definitely nice to start from scratch and make your own playground, but it's important to see what else is going on too. :) You're better off asking Eric about EE - I didn't really play with the actual product. It’s definitely nice to start from scratch and make your own playground, but it’s important to see what else is going on too. :)

You’re better off asking Eric about EE – I didn’t really play with the actual product.

]]> By: Andrew http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project#comment-4509 Andrew Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:14:39 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project/#comment-4509 Excellent writeup. As a contractor and general developer I've done this quite abit. Time and again its finding solutions quickly. Applying generic logic and learning what you need on the fly. Its the privileged few who get to write systems from scratch nowadays. Excellent writeup.

As a contractor and general developer I’ve done this quite abit. Time and again its finding solutions quickly. Applying generic logic and learning what you need on the fly.

Its the privileged few who get to write systems from scratch nowadays.

]]> By: Ian Landsman http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project#comment-4508 Ian Landsman Fri, 11 Mar 2005 01:14:34 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project/#comment-4508 I love posts like this, nice job. Always good to see you're not the only one hacking around :-). How is EE? I've used pmachine but I haven't heard much about it or EE in awhile. I can relate to the ldap stuff. One of the first things I built into the <a href="http://www.userscape.com/products/helpspot/">help desk software</a> I'm building is LDAP SSO capability. If it's not baked in it's a big pain in the butt to put in later. I love posts like this, nice job. Always good to see you’re not the only one hacking around :-) . How is EE? I’ve used pmachine but I haven’t heard much about it or EE in awhile.

I can relate to the ldap stuff. One of the first things I built into the help desk software I’m building is LDAP SSO capability. If it’s not baked in it’s a big pain in the butt to put in later.

]]> By: [ECHENG.COM] Web Journal http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project#comment-4507 [ECHENG.COM] Web Journal Fri, 11 Mar 2005 01:06:43 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project/#comment-4507 <strong>Wetpixel design and migration</strong> Alex has posted a summary of our coding efforts resulting in single-sign-on between Exhibition Engine and Invision Power Board 2.0, and content migration between the old and new Wetpixel designs. Wetpixel design and migration
Alex has posted a summary of our coding efforts resulting in single-sign-on between Exhibition Engine and Invision Power Board 2.0, and content migration between the old and new Wetpixel designs.

]]> By: echeng http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project#comment-4506 echeng Fri, 11 Mar 2005 01:04:29 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/10/wetpixelcom-migration-project/#comment-4506 Thanks, Alex. your services and company were invaluable for timely design and migration of the new site! I was pretty impressed with our version of extreme coding. Specifically, it's very cool to have domain expertise and coding expertise side by side to handle any unforseen issues. A couple notes about the design: 1) once logged in via IPB, users are fully functional as EE users and are able to publish and change EE articles, if they have permission 2) the PNphpBB2 -> IPB migration was... relatively undocumented, and I was pretty surprised that it worked. Specifically, there is no good way to get from PNphpBB2 to phpBB2. I moved a few of the tables from the PNphpBB2 install to a fresh install of phpBB2, and then ran the Invision-supplied phpBB2 -> IPB converter, which seemed to work well. A few of the older posts have embedded HTML issues, but editing and re-saving the problem posts fixes the problem because IPB seems to clean each entry upon submit. Anyway, like Alex, I was surprised and impressed by how smoothly it all went. That doesn't mean that I haven't had plenty of 5am nights; it just means that there were fewer of them than there could have been. :) Thanks, Alex. your services and company were invaluable for timely design and migration of the new site!

I was pretty impressed with our version of extreme coding. Specifically, it’s very cool to have domain expertise and coding expertise side by side to handle any unforseen issues.

A couple notes about the design:

1) once logged in via IPB, users are fully functional as EE users and are able to publish and change EE articles, if they have permission

2) the PNphpBB2 -> IPB migration was… relatively undocumented, and I was pretty surprised that it worked. Specifically, there is no good way to get from PNphpBB2 to phpBB2. I moved a few of the tables from the PNphpBB2 install to a fresh install of phpBB2, and then ran the Invision-supplied phpBB2 -> IPB converter, which seemed to work well.

A few of the older posts have embedded HTML issues, but editing and re-saving the problem posts fixes the problem because IPB seems to clean each entry upon submit.

Anyway, like Alex, I was surprised and impressed by how smoothly it all went. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t had plenty of 5am nights; it just means that there were fewer of them than there could have been. :)

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