Migration projects are always challenging due to their uniqueness and my blog migration was no different. To add to the complexity was the change in domain from pcmspace.com to shishank.info. Here are the steps which needs to be  followed:

1. Installed Wordpress v 2.1 which I was using on pcmspace.com
2. Migrated pcmspace Database making minor changes to the domain/user details
3. Update install path to map domain path
4. Check point 1: Unit test the migration
5. Upgrade Wordpress to V 2.8.2
6. Run migration tasks
7. Check point 2: Unit test the migration again

Its important to come up with the right migration strategy else you can invest lots of time. For example: in migrating my above blog, I started with installing the latest version of Wordpress and tried all sorts of options – just moving content and not database schema, running sqls etc. But in the end, it was too much of work and it doesn’t provide the feeling of doing right.

I have not fully finished the migration, as I need to point my old domain to new. Also changes to my install path means, I need to play around with some of the urls that are not working on the website. I hope I can complete that fast and can be back in blogging  world