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- Created ghost-migration.mjs script to convert 11ty blog to Ghost format - Migrates all 1,182 posts with metadata, tags, and images - Handles multiple content types: posts, micro posts, links, quotes - Exports 1,550 local images for Ghost import - Generates Ghost-compatible JSON export file - Added comprehensive README with import instructions Migration includes: - 1,182 posts from 2013-2025 - 501 unique tags - 1,550 images - All metadata (dates, featured images, excerpts, etc.) - Ready-to-import ZIP file (1.8GB) Run 'node ghost-migration.mjs' to regenerate the export.
Ghost export files are generated and can be recreated by running: node ghost-migration.mjs Files ignored: - ghost-export/ (contains JSON and 1,550 images) - ghost-import.zip (1.8GB compressed export)
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Fixed all reported issues: 1. ✅ Tags now properly parsed from YAML arrays, all lowercase, no brackets/quotes 2. ✅ Micro posts generate intelligent titles from content or dates 3. ✅ Quote posts content preserved correctly 4. ✅ Author slug set to 'chris' 5. ✅ Export split into max 100MB chunks (currently 4MB, single file) 6. ✅ Markdown footnotes removed from all posts 7. ✅ All posts tagged with #migrated (internal tag) to hide from homepage 8. ✅ Favourite posts excluded from migration Migration results: - 1,180 posts migrated (2 favourites excluded) - 473 tags (all lowercase, properly formatted) - Author: chris - Export size: 4.01 MB - No posts with missing/bad titles - All posts hidden from homepage via #migrated tag
Updated migration script to include all media from the site: - Copies all 1,550 images from the blog - Processes featured images from frontmatter - Extracts and copies images from post content - Copies all images from static/images directory - Converts image URLs to Ghost's __GHOST_URL__ placeholder format - Handles duplicate filenames automatically Migration now includes: - 1,180 posts (all fixed issues from previous version) - 473 tags (all lowercase, properly formatted) - 1,550 images (complete media migration) - Author slug: 'chris' - Featured images set automatically - Images in content work out of the box Export details: - JSON file: 4.02 MB - Total size with images: 1.8 GB - ZIP file: ghost-import.zip - Ready for Ghost import All previous fixes maintained: - Tags parsed correctly from YAML - Micro posts have intelligent titles - Quote content preserved - Footnotes removed - Favourite posts excluded - Posts hidden from homepage via #migrated tag
- Fix date parsing to handle invalid dates gracefully - Fix slug generation to ensure it's always a string - Implement size-based chunking with image distribution - Split export into 7 ZIP files (all under 100MB) - Each chunk: 59-92MB, containing posts and their images - Update README with sequential import instructions - Add archiver dependency for ZIP file creation Migration results: - 1,180 posts migrated (3 favourites excluded) - 544 images copied (only images used in posts) - 473 tags created (all lowercase, properly formatted) - All 8 user requirements addressed
- Add stripQuotes() helper function to remove leading/trailing quotes
- Strip quotes from both single values and array items
- Handle mixed quote types ('value', "value", 'value")
- Handle empty quoted strings ('', "")
- Add type check to ensure title is always a string
This fixes the issue where blog post titles had leading single quotes
and trailing double quotes like: 'iPhone 11 Pro Camera Review: China'
Now all titles are clean without any extra quotes.
- Use crypto.randomUUID() instead of string templates for post UUIDs - Ghost requires proper UUID format (xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx) - Simplify tag IDs from "ghost-tag-1" to just "1" - Previous format "ghost-ghost-1" was causing import failures This fixes the "Import unsuccessful" error when importing into Ghost.
- Add required 'roles' array with Administrator role definition - Remove ID fields from posts_tags relationship (not required by Ghost) - Remove ID fields from posts_authors relationship (not required by Ghost) - Ghost import requires roles to be defined even if not explicitly used This fixes import failures caused by missing role definitions.
- Remove users, roles, and roles_users arrays from export - Import into existing Ghost with existing users - Posts will be assigned to existing user via posts_authors relationship - Fixes "Import unsuccessful" error when importing into Ghost with existing users The posts_authors relationship with author_id: "1" will map to the existing user in the Ghost instance.
- Change post IDs from 'ghost-1' to '1' (numeric strings) - Ghost import expects numeric IDs for posts - Relationships (posts_authors, posts_tags) now reference numeric IDs - This should fix import failures caused by non-standard ID format
- Revert post IDs from numeric to 'ghost-X' format - Revert UUIDs from proper UUIDs to 'ghost-ghost-X' format - Revert tag IDs from numeric to 'ghost-tag-X' format - Restore ID fields in posts_tags and posts_authors relationships - Restore users and roles_users arrays (but not roles array) This is the exact structure that successfully imported into Ghost. All changes after commit 2054edd broke the import.
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