In order to arrive at this form a successful connections must have been established. It is from this window where the importing process begins. As of version 1.03 the user now has more options to control how the import should proceed.

The following briefly describes the various options.

Records to get (per Grab)

This figure corresponds to how many records (posts) are retrieved in one hit. The default is 200. The limit is from 10 through to 1000. If attempting to convert a massively huge database, problems can arise with overloading which ultimately, is probably, the cause of program hanging. This setting merely says only grab a small bit a time but keep returning grabbing a small bit until the whole lot is got. For massively huge databases we don't want 10,000 records coming down the line in one go, it simply doesn't work.

If available, import Permalinks

If permalinks are active, it's from here where you can choose to either import them or not. Only choices available are "Yes" or "No". The default is "Yes".

In order to preview the permalinks click the 'Preview Permalinks' button. A separate window appears listing all the permalinks per post. Only published posts will have permalinks.

Filter Format

The values stored in these (node & comment) dropdown controls are retrieved from your Drupal database. By default, the options available will probably be 'Filtered HTML' and 'Full HTML'. If there are other filter format types they will be displayed and available to be selected.

If your posts and comments contain numerous HTML tags, styles and attributes then most likely you will want to select 'Full HTML' as under that mode Drupal will correctly render the pages. That is, the HTML tags are adhered to. If choosing 'Filtered HTML' then some of the HTML tags, styles and attributes might not be recognised and the page not displayed as intended.

Empty Drupal Tables

Clicking this button wipes out all posts, comments, categories and users (except user 1) from your Drupal database. This is useful if you wish to start over again and again.

Import

When all configuration items have been dealt with the 'Import' button will become active and clickable. This button starts the importing routine. Upon successful commencement a pop-up window appears which reports the progress of the Users, Categories and Posts being imported.