Export from diaryland to Movable Type!

(liberate - version 1.3.2, by clayrhino)

Let me ask you:

Are you feeling the woes of diaryland and its tyranny over you?
Do you want more flexibility over your layout?
Sick of not being able to add an entry when you want?
Do you feel depressed when you think of eeyor?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this liberate script* may be right for your needs to move from diaryland over to MovableType!
If you need a hand, shoot me an email and I'll try to help you out.
* - not FDA approved.

Instructions:

In order to export your diaryland entries with this script, you need to add some custom html tags to your diaryland templates. After you've update them, it may take a couple hours for all your entries to be updated with the tags. In some cases, it can take up to a few days. You can try right away though. Adding these tags shouldn't affect your layout.

Make sure to not include formatting html (i.e. <b>) inside these tags, or they will be exported as well. It is always easier to format your MT blog templates afterwards.

This script is on the house, with the exception of an automatic ping sent to clayrhino.com. If you feel so inclined, you may donate your first-born or a small monetary sum for the time I've spent coding liberate:

Important: If the script times out before the archive is completely exported, you may need to separate your entries into multiple archives. To do this, go to http://members.diaryland.com/edit/archiveentries.phtml.

Note: This script is for exporting individual type diaryland diaries. If you have a weblog type diary, this script probably won't work... (yet).

each entry page template (index.html):

blog All the information you export must be between the blog tags. Required.
- blogtitle The title to your entry. Contains %%short_description%%. Required.
- blogdate The date of the entry. Contains %%date%%. Required.
- blogtime The time of the entry. Contains %%time%%. Required.
- blogentry The main body of your entry. Contains %%entry%%. Required.
- blogcomments The comments of your entry. Contains %%commentsembed%%. Optional (for gold diaryland members)

Example:

<blog>
  <blogtitle>%%short_description%%</blogtitle>
  <blogdate>%%date%%</blogdate>
  <blogtime>%%time%%</blogtime>
  <blogentry>%%entry%%</blogentry>
  <blogcomments>%%commentsembed%%</blogcomments>
</blog>

older.html archive page template:

blogarchive All the archives you wish to export must be between the blogarchive tags. Contains %%older_entries%%. Required.

Example:

<blogarchive>%%older_entries%%</blogarchive>

individual entry on your archive page template:

bloglink Each link to an entry on your archives page should include this tag in order for the script to find it. No text can appear between these tags. Required.
- url Contains the %%page_name%% (URL) of the archive.

Example:

<bloglink url="%%page_name%%"></bloglink>
<a href="%%page_name%%">%%short_description%%</a>

individual comments template:

blogcomment Each comment should include this tag in order for the script to find it. Contains %%comment%%. Optional.
- url Contains %%signerurl%%.
- name Contains %%signername%%.

Example:

<blogcomment url="%%signerurl%%" name="%%signername%%">
%%comment%%
</blogcomment>