Title: Text to database? Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Text to database? * [phaishazamkhan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phaishazamkhan/) * (@phaishazamkhan) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/) * Short of updating everything manually, how can one migrate a site that’s mostly text to WordPress? Is this thing on? Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/) * (@cypher) * [20 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317521) * What kind of information did you have in the text site? Post title, text, category and timestamp? * If so, code could to be written to parse it. * Regards * [abhic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhic/) * (@abhic) * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317906) * hello, I would like this type of text in a massive text file tobe converted to wordpress * Johns Pizza NYC, New York 24/7:1-800-555-4138 Direct:212-555-3202 Web site: [http://www.joeschmo.com](http://www.joeschmo.com) * i would want a certain formatting and tagging to go in with it. Is this possible? * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317907) * Well… anything’s possible. 🙂 * Do you have some programming skills — or have a helpful coder nearby? One approach would be to write a little program that would go through your text file and re- write it in an RSS format. * WordPress has a RSS importer that could then potentially pick that up and load it. * [abhic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhic/) * (@abhic) * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317908) * HandySolo, Thts the solution I figured out. So I have setup the text file from the results from the web search. But I need it to be converted to RSS with specific formatting and tagging. * I have no idea how to do this. Do you think you could help? * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317909) * Give this a read through: [http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/](http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/) * That will at least let you see what an RSS feed looks like. * [abhic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhic/) * (@abhic) * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317910) * I know a little bit about it. But I have a text file with 437 entries with 3- 5 pieces of info each and i need to convert it to rss with formatting. I am working on a community blog WPMU for a social cause and I dont have the resources right now to take time away and learn how to code this script. I really wish I did. * If somebody can help me out, thank you. * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317911) * For a one shot deal, I wouldn’t be writing a script. I’d spend the few minutes it would take with a text editor doing search/replaces and produce an RSS from that. * [abhic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhic/) * (@abhic) * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317912) * Yeah thats what I had to do to set it up and clean it from the results I got. But now there are things which I cant search/replace. 430 different names, 50 + different cities etc. * I think this needs a script. * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317913) * If you can’t search and replace it, then a script probably can’t do it either. It’s not magically more intelligent than you are. * [abhic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhic/) * (@abhic) * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317914) * uh ok. it seems you are having a long day or something. * dont have to get personal. dont respond if you dont want to. * scripts automate. they are not only for search/replace. they take away the monotony of a repeat task. thats what this script would do. * thank you very much. * [abhic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abhic/) * (@abhic) * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317915) * bump.. * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317916) * _I am working on a community blog WPMU for a social cause and I dont have the resources right now to take time away and learn how to code this script. I really wish I did._ * 2 suggestions: * 1. rentacoder.com 2. wp-pros list * and a friendly reccomendation that most things related to wpmu prolly belong in **their** forums. Especially since in your case, the database bits are apt to be different. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Text to database?’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 12 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * Last activity: [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-to-database/#post-317916) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics