migrating HTML into WP issue

  • Resolved mzimmers

    (@mzimmers)


    18 years, 6 months ago

    Hi, all –

    I have a bunch of HTML files that I’d like to migrate into my WP database. The first one I tried gave me an undesired result: wherever a line wrapped around in the original file, it seemed to get an invisible “<p>” tag. As a result, I’m getting line breaks all over the place where I don’t want them.

    I was just doing a cut and paste from my original file. Is there a preferred method of bringing code in that might obviate this problem? And…is there a way of dealing with this problem automatically, or do I need to just bite the bullet and fix it by hand?

    Thanks.

    Oh: an example of what’s happenening can be seen at:

    http://www.scopedin.com/wordpress/?page_id=22

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  • moshu

    (@moshu)

    18 years, 6 months ago

    I was just doing a cut and paste from my original file.

    Into what? Directly to the DB? Or into the wysiwyg editor? Or into the plain html editor?

    Next Q: where are you copying from? The source code of the html file or the output… or something else?

    Thread Starter mzimmers

    (@mzimmers)

    18 years, 6 months ago

    1. I was using the Write Pages facility and pasting the code into the Page Content box. I wasn’t aware there was a WYSIWYG editor.

    2. I was copying from my .html file, edited by DW CS3.

    Thanks.

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    18 years, 6 months ago

    1. Good that you don’t know about wysiwyg… it should be hidden from everybody 😉

    2. Maybe it keeps the “formatting” from the source code, i.e. line breaks. When you paste something into WP’s Write text input area, if there is one line break in it – WP will insert a br; if there are two line break – WP will insert a p (paragraph).

    When you are writing posts/Pages – it is convenient, however, when transferring from other sources you need to make sure that the breaks (wrap) are not transfered.

    Thread Starter mzimmers

    (@mzimmers)

    18 years, 6 months ago

    2. Hmm…well, that’s not the answer I was hoping for, but…such is life. It doesn’t look like DW has an option to disable the paragraphs, so I guess I’ll be doing this by hand.

    Thanks for the information, though…I’ll mark this resolved.

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