wikiMigrate

Migrate from MediaWiki to Wikidot

This is a little script that will help move your files from a MediaWiki site (MW) to a Wikidot site (WD).

What it does:

• Downloads your MW files.
• Converts basic MW markup to WD syntax.
• Lets you preview the WD versions.
• Uploads the final WD versions to the wikidot site.

Configuration:

Comes with a sample_config.rb file. You'll need to rename it to config.rb and edit the values with your wikidot and mediawiki info.

Usage:

ruby wikiMigrate.rb <download|convert|preview|upload>
- Run each phase as many times as you want, but do them in order

Disclaimer:

This script is provided as-is with no warranty. It is not a silver bullet for migration, and has several limitations described in more detail below.

Details:

The 'download' phase will grab everything from:

• The root namespace (what you see when you go to the 'All Pages' special page)
• The uploaded files
• The template namespace

It does NOT do anything with Help, Talk, or Nav pages.

The 'convert' phase will convert basic wiki syntax to wikidot format: Bold, italics, lists, links... that sort of thing. See markup_converter.rb source for a complete list. It does NOT do more complicated items like tables, special div/styles, etc.

The 'preview' phase will upload each page one by one to a page named "preview" on your wikidot site. This gives you a chance to preview and tweak the wiki markup (on DISK!) before finally committing.

The 'upload' phase will upload all page and files to the wikidot site.

To get a Wikidot API key, see: http://developer.wikidot.com/

Credits:

Thanks to:

• Jani Patokallio for the Mediawiki Gateway gem (https://github.com/jpatokal/mediawiki-gateway)
• Michal Frackowiak for the Wikidot API gem (https://github.com/michalf/wikidot-api)
• Cameron Sanantonio for the starting point of a MW->WD markup converter (http://autodmc.org/wikimedia-to-wikidot.php)
• The folks at both MW and WD for awesome wiki software.