[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #7543: Import Movable Type and TypePad data using AtomPub.

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#7543: Import Movable Type and TypePad data using AtomPub.
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 Reporter:  cavemonkey50    |       Owner:  anonymous        
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new              
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.7              
Component:  Administration  |     Version:                   
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:  gsoc needs-review
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 First off, I want to mention that TypePad updated their AtomPub server a
 few days ago, and their server does not seem to be sending comments. With
 a little luck, my current code should work fine once that server starts
 functioning again, but for the time being I would highly recommend not
 committing this into core.

 Instead, I'm hoping people can look over the code and offer suggestions
 for improvement, test results, etc. While the Summer of Code is officially
 over today, I will be working on this until the job is done.

 Alright, now to what this is. As some of you may know, I've been working
 on an Atom Publishing Protocol ([http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5023.txt
 RFC 5023]) based importer this summer for the Google Summer of Code. The
 diff attached is the latest version of my work.

 The advantages of using the Atom Publishing Protocol are as follows:

  * Nothing has to be done in the old blogging software to prepare for
 import (no export files, etc). Users just enter their blog URL, username,
 and password and the importer grabs all of the data using AtomPub.
  * More data is imported compared to the old importers, especially with
 TypePad. Post slugs, comments, trackbacks, tags, categories, excerpts, etc
 are all imported. Everything used for posts in MT/TypePad is imported
 using AtomPub.
  * The Atom Publishing Protocol is an established standard. With the
 exceptions of tag additions (which don't necessarily need updates), the
 importer should not have to be changed and should continue working well
 into the future.

 I should mention there is one drawback to using the Atom Publishing
 Protocol. For the time being, it appears pages can not be retrieved using
 AtomPub. They were retrievable a few weeks ago, and I'm currently talking
 with Six Apart to see what happened.

 I would greatly appreciate any and all feedback. Let me know your
 suggestions, and I'll be happy to incorporate them.

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