Well…the conversion is finally complete. After running on .Text v0.95 since Nov. 2003 (!), I have finally upgrading my blogging software to Community Server 2.0. It wasn’t trivial by any means to get me from .Text v0.95 to Community Server 2.0. First off, there’s no conversion tool to take you from .Text to CS2.0. There is, however, one to take you from .Text to Community Server 1.1 and then there are some scripts found in the install packageto take you from CS1.1 to CS2.0. Therefore, I had to convert all of my .Text content to CS1.1 first, then I had to apply the update from CS1.1 to CS2.0. Then…after all that was said and done, I had to figure out how to get Community Server 2.0 from a great community site portal with Forums and Galleries and User Blogs, etc. dumbed down to just a single blog tool. After fuddling around in some configuration files, I’m finally up and running.

So far, so good. Community Server is certainly a clean environment to move around in. Plus, there’s a *ton* more features available than what was in .Text. That’s obvious when the blogging component of Community Server is a maturation of the old .Text engine. The only complaint I have is I think it’s too much for what I need.I just need a simple blogging engine, however, having the complexity of all of these other great features is just getting in the way of what I need.I’ll put it to the test and see how it works out now that I’m over the upgrade/installation hurdle. The only way to test something out to it’s fullest is to actually use it. Which means I need to start blogging more.