scriptygoddessRecently I decided to stop using Live Journal and decided to move all my writing, comments, and links to my own website. Previously, I had just linked to my journal at the LJ site, but I needed a way to convert my old LJ content to MT.
Searching on this topic, I found a PERL script that could do the trick. However, I didnt want to install perl on my server and didnt want to mess around on the web server. So I took apart the script and found out what to put in a MT import file.
From there, I enlisted the skills of my brother and we fiddled around with a way to do this transformation from XML export to MT import. I wanted a method that would work given tools anyone should have. This was cured by my brother rewriting the script as a javascript file.
Now, all you need to do is drag the XML for the month you want onto the .JS file and it will output the MT file you need.
Needless to say, I now have all my LJ content on my MT site and I can do what I want with it now. Now, I just need to work on the layout and design of the site.
