Now don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with Wordpress. It’s just that I like to play with stuff, so I thought it would be fun to create a blog in Django, copy all my Wordpress posts across, and add at least some of the functionality that Wordpress has built in.
Open Source
Throughout this process, so that you can follow along, I will be storing the code in a GitHub repository. Click here to view the BeardyGeek repository
A Few Considerations
There are a few things to think about before getting started:
- Data Conversion – getting the data from Wordpress into my Django models. Do I want to keep the same database structure as Wordpress, or create my own? If I create my own, how will I get the data across?
- Services – how much do I try and implement? The main ones are comments, tags, pings, anti-spam.
I’m sure more will come to mind as I go through this
Conclusion
Well, I’d better stop jabbering and get on with it then! Keep an eye on the blog, or watch the Git repo for updates. I’ll get done whatever my current workload allows.
