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Useful examples on how to effectively use the Django-Tagging application (plugin?)

Installation is simple. I believe easy_install django-tagging works.

Django-tagging code and documentation

Introduction to using django-tagging

Use the django-tagging tag cloud

Use django-tagging built-in views

To convert files from windows (or DOS) type line endings to UNIX or Mac flavor use “flip”

Convert DOS or Windows line endings to Unix or Mac

flip -d <filename>

Convert Unix line endings to Windows

flip -u <filename>

To install flip on Mac:

sudo port install flip

To install flip on Ubuntu Linux

sudo apt-get install flip

How do you know your line endings are DOS or Windows flavor? Open your text file with a plain text editor. If you see a “^M” at the end of every line then your line endings are DOS/Windows.

From the flip Usage instructions

Usage: flip [-t|-u|-d|-m] filename[s]
   Converts ASCII files between Unix, MS-DOS/Windows, or Macintosh newline formats
 
   Options: 
      -u  =  convert file(s) to Unix newline format (newline)
      -d  =  convert file(s) to MS-DOS/Windows newline format (linefeed + newline)
      -m  =  convert file(s) to Macintosh newline format (linefeed)
      -t  =  display current file type, no file modifications

For work I need to import a Blogger blog into Movable Type 4.

• Download the BloggerImporter plugin.
• Install to /mt/plugins
• Login to blogger, use menu Tools -> Import.
• Choose “Importing From” field as “Blogger”
• Fill in login information
• Got an error — Error: Can't locate XML/LibXML.pm in INC
• resolved error by installing Perl XML::LibXML. (see below)
• Tried process again, gives processing screen.
• let it run about 10-15 minutes for a few hundred posts.

• Import done. It worked!

If you get the error “Can’t locate XML/LibXML.pm” you need to install the Perl module. On Ubuntu use aptitude.

sudo apt-get install libxml-libxml-perl