Ning to BuddyPress http://ningtobp.org Helping you make the move Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:21:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20762 Commercial Solution from Premium WPMU Dev http://ningtobp.org/2010/04/19/commercial-solution-from-premium-wpmu-dev/ http://ningtobp.org/2010/04/19/commercial-solution-from-premium-wpmu-dev/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:19:59 +0000 John http://ningtobp.org/?p=28 The guys over at Premium WPMU Dev have updated their Ning to BuddyPress user importer to include an avatar scraper, a better UI, and a few other odds and ends.

You’ll need to pay at least $79 to get it, but you’ll also get access to the rest of their commercial plugins.

Check it out on the WPMUDev.org site

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Read more about it on Boone’s website!

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Drop us a comment here, or send me a PM over on BuddyPress.org if you’d like to remain anonymous. I know there’s quite a few freelance BuddyPress developers out there, and maybe we can partner you up with someone to help you get started.

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On his blog, he says:

As of right now, it does not have any BuddyPress-specific functionality. But the data that it does import – display name, username, email address – are enough to populate at least the beginnings of a BuddyPress profile. The next thing to add is the auto-import of certain profile fields. I might try to do this tomorrow.

To stay up to date with the progress of this plugin, be sure to check back here or to his blog for more details.

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David Bisset from Dimension Media is also offering to help with anything that you might need regarding BuddyPress.

C. Murry Consulting is a full service technology consulting firm offering to help guide you on your path to migrating from Ning to BuddyPress.

Paul Gibbs from Bring Your Own Terms of Service is a BuddyPress Support Forum moderator and custom plugin developer, who’s available as a resource to help you out as well.

Of course there’s me, and my feelings won’t be hurt if ping one of those guys first.

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Brad Williams and company from WebDevStudios are thinking of making an RSS scraper, to assemble a Ning site’s information in chunks and turn that into an importable WordPress data file.

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In light of today’s announcement on the Ning website, several volunteers have stepped up to start coding tools to help transition your existing Ning data to a BuddyPress powered WordPress installation.

I’m going to stay on top of things as they develop so there is an unofficial resource for everyone that’s looking for help transitioning.

Keep it locked!

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