Tag: Migration

Ning to BuddyPress Importer

When Ning.com announced they would be going to a premium model, this forced many Ning Network Owners to look for a low cost solution to run their blogs and social networks. BuddyPress, a fork of the popular Wordpress CMS, is becoming the defacto social networking software that people are turning to to migrate from Ning to BuddyPress. Digital Strategy Works is working with the both the Ning Exporter, provided by Ning to back-up all of your network content, as well as the Ning to BuddPress importer, developed by Boone Gorges, a Wordpress/BuddyPress developer in New York City. Read more about the issues related to these tools and how to overcome some of the limitations.

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DSW launches RubyCreatives.com for Creative Career Coach, Anne Hubben

Creative Career Coach, Anne Hubben had published her RucyCreatives.com web site with Google operated, Blogger.com. She faced a conundrum, when the company recently announced it would deprecate its long running FTP service, in favor of migrating its user base to custom domains.

Read how DSW solved Anne's predicament by migrating Anne's site from Blogger to Wordpress on MediaTemple hosting, complete with SEO optimization and social sharing tools.

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