Movable Type Importer

This importer depends on the following third-party gems:

  • mysql2
  • pg
  • safe_yaml
  • sequel
  • sqlite3
You may either install the gem(s) individually by running a command with syntax gem install GEM_NAME or install the required gems in a batch by running the following snippet: 
gem install mysql2 pg safe_yaml sequel sqlite3

Invocation

Sample snippet to invoke the importer: 

jekyll import mt --dbname DB --user USER --engine ENGINE --password PW --host HOST --port PORT --blog_id ID --categories --src_encoding ENCODING --dest_encoding ENCODING --comments

Option <PARAM>Description
--dbname DB

Database name.
--user USER

Database user name.
--engine ENGINE

Database engine (‘mysql’ or ‘postgres’).

 Default: 'mysql'
--password PW

Database user’s password.

 Default: ''
--host HOST

Database host name.

 Default: 'localhost'
--port PORT

Custom database port connect to.

 Default: null
--blog_id ID

Specify a single Movable Type blog ID to import.

 Default: null (all blogs)
--categories

When true, save post’s categories in its YAML front matter.

 Default: true
--src_encoding ENCODING

Encoding of strings from database.

 Default: UTF-8
--dest_encoding ENCODING

Encoding of output strings.

 Default: UTF-8
--comments

When true, output comments in _comments directory.

 Default: false
Highlighted row(s) in table above indicate required options.

Posts will be generated and placed in _posts directory.

comments, which defaults to false, control the generation of comments. If comments is set to true, posts will be generated and placed in _comments directory.

All of the posts and comments will include post_id in YAML front matter to link a post and its comments.

You can use the fork of mt-static-comments to include statically generate comments in your post.