After installing wordpress three different times (do I want it in a subdirectory or the main root? What should the subdirectory be called? Do I want a static page as index, or the blog?) I’m now on to the mind numbing chore of importing about *five years* worth of hand coded blogging.

My solution? Open up my LJ XML export file and reverse-engineer enough of the schema (the LJ schema is a lot simpler than the wordpress native format) so I can slug the old posts into a ready for auto import XML file. (The only headache here is correctly coding the date/time tags) Then go though each post manually and set the category. For me, this is a lot simpler than just posting the content and trying to backdate.

It’s been noted in the past that I will, without fail, find the most complex method to do anything. I seem to be wired that way.

Still trying to figure the most convenient method for cross posting…