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Merry Xmas from Nigeria sorry got no pix except me playing Skyrim. 

Ignore what i wrote it imported also without the comment, am still going to look at it again in the morning take care

Any finally got it to import my contents but i had to comment the following

if(empty($fp)){



                $this->error("Missing required ZIP or JSON Source");
                if($this->session->migratorFilesDir && file_exists($this->session->migratorFilesDir)) $this->recursiveDelete($this->session->migratorFilesDir);
                //$this->session->redirect('./'.$this->session->type);
                return $form->render();
            }

Am not importing a JSON its a wordpress.xml am trying to import to Processwire using Nico's MigratorWordpress. wow that was a fast response

Everytime i try to Migrate from Wordpress to Processwire this is what i get:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0Ai3JEarq31U0F6dWtfU3NrQ2M/edit?usp=drivesdk

For now due to time will work with this, but might have to create a different module that allows control over the template. sadly no free time.

Thanks @Knight we are both asking the same question but it seems we might have to create a function in our init.php and paste the same code from MarkupBlog in order to change the structure from the code. I want to reformat the markup, because i have a template for the blog and i want it to follow that template structure. 

I need to ask a question i need to reformat the content but i don't want to modify the core because when there's an update it would be overwritten and that's bad practice what are my options. I want to be in control of the template without having to hack it. 

It's not a bad idea, but at some point PW would get bigger and a large amount of plugins could be sent for review, that could be the downside of approval. sadly i have no recommendation on how to achieve this. 

Sorry for the late reply, my work and Skyrim takes alot of my time. Thanks all so i started using it fully and went in and out and look at people's code now I understand Processwire better, I don't need a Module to manage menus anymore, like Joss said everything is a Page, with that i simply just get the children of the page and that's it. This is so awesome because i decided to switch from Impresspages (which was switch from Wordpress) to Processwire and it took me a night (few hours) to achieve a lot. Now I am interested in creating modules as a way of support I created plugins,themes for ImpressPages so is there a forum where ideas of modules are thrown I've gone too technical so ideas don't come to me easily anymore. Thanks guys.

There are usually 2 menu types on most sites. Let me generalise here a bit.

• You've got the top navigation which tends to be global. It's on every page and usually accompanies the company logo.
• Then you've got the side navigation which is contextual or based on the section the user is currently within.

I'm assuming you're asking how you your client can pick which links / pages are used on the top navigation?

1. Create a field called top_navigation or something meaningful to you and your clients
2. Set it to Type=Page type (Basics Tab)
3. Make it Multiple Pages (Details Tab)
4. Assign it PageListMultipleSelect+ win the Input field type (Input tab)
5. Finally, associate this naviagtion tab with a template. You can just assign it to the homepage or you could create a new page called Site Settings or Navigation. Just tell your client this is the place to manage their top menu.

Here's a screengrab of how it should look.

navigation.png

Oh Lord this is exactly what i was gaming for, and your explanation is correct. I will sit on it tonight and read the codes after work, it seems i have to research heavily on Fields as that's where the main concept lies around. 

Wow am so happy about the feedback, hi the name "kongondo" was in the blog module but am gonna look at it again, also yeah you are right i keep thinking about Pages literally rather than the context used in PW. Hopefully am gonna get WordPress style outta my system i will start gradually and research more and update this thread so others can learn from this also. thanks alot.

Hi guys am a complete Noob to Processwire and i have spent the past two weeks reading codes and understanding the structure and concept around it. So i am the type of dev who obesseses about architecture structure before getting to work, and i think my mind is broken due to my limited knowledge on PW. So i will expain my goal.

I intend to rebuild http://styljunki.com from Wordpress to Processwire because of two reasons.

1. PW has no templating system meaning no hacks like shortcode or mundane template conventions.

2. Modules dependency meaning i can leverage on existing modules (easily) e.g wire('moduleName')->method this really appeals to me alot

However there are certain tasks i want to achieve.

Concept of Blog vs Pages

There are some contents which are Post and some which are pages, is there some such dinstinction in PW, I know PW manipulates pages and adds fields but what of Blogs which just take entry and nothing special, I tried my hands on the Blog Module on PW 2.5.8 but it threw some errors.

Menu Management

My Client intends to manage menus and from what i have seen ; PW lists all the pages, we were looking for something where we  can simply create menus for the front page and we simply pick those. But if there's a module around I am willing to use/ contribute code if it is neccessary.

Custom Post

In Wordpress you can create a custom post and query that, is there any similar thing to that ?

Unit testing

PHPUnit Testing in WordPress was a big joke, is there any link to unit test processwire while we work

Thanks this are my questions

NOTE:

Also i'd really like to say congrats because, I have spent the 4 years of my life developing with CMS from Joomla,WordPress,ImpressPages and really this is the first time i am really excited about a CMS.

Working with WordPress as a CMS is a pain in the ass, esp for someone used to MVC frameworks like Zend and Yii. I have searched and searched till i came across your site on CMSCritic and Joss Salinger 's post the rocker blogger (rock on) on how easily he could use it despite no coding experience. I intend to contribute in my way. Keep up the good work guys. Love from Nigeria