archaeology dig: how to reconstruct old wp blog?
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I’d just like to know whether I am taking on the impossible. Some years back I had a server with a few wp blogs on it. I still have the mysql db files from that era (approx 2011) though mysql itself is no longer running on that machine. I also have all the wp config files. I no longer have the .sql backup (dump) files.
My question is this: given a running copy of mysql and a little quiet time, will it be possible for me to reconstitute these wp blogs? Or has mysql and/or wp changed so much over the intervening (gulp) 7 years that there is no hope in h*ll of recovering the content? It would be moderately tragic — not life-altering, but melancholy — if I can’t, so I’m hoping someone can give me a roadmap for restoring all these essays and conversations to the light of day.
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if you think that a modern mysql will be able to read the db files from 2010 or 2011, then it’s worth a try. my plan is
1) transfer (ftp or scp) the whole enchilada from the ancient server to a local host
2) get a modern mysql to read the db files
3) install a modern wp and point it at the appropriate databases
4) get it all set up and working again on the local host, then
5) extract the blogs of interest to wp export files, then
6) import those into a new hosting service…it’s not a trivial undertaking. do you think anyone would be interested in a diary or journal about the process, or is it a very rare case (trying to revive a long-defunct legacy blog for historical interest)?
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