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Migrate Your Aggregator From Leech to FeedAPI This Weekend
A Migration Script to Make the Transition Easy
A Migration Script to Make the Transition Easy
After a lot of hard work, we've released FeedAPI 1.0. But what does this mean for Leech users? Simply put, in most cases it means a better aggregation option is now available - and with the ready-to-use migration script explained below the transition is easy.
As most active users know, Leech isn't being further developed. On the other hand, FeedAPI is actively maintained and constantly improved. This alone means that in most cases, the obvious move is to migrate to FeedAPI. You probably don't want replace Leech if your site is running nicely, doesn't need new features, and has no performance problems. But if that isn’t the case, then migrating to FeedAPI is a good idea. If you're still in doubt, try FeedAPI out at feedapi.novaak.net. (Note: The site can be snail slow, but that's not because of FeedAPI - it's on shared hosting :) )
Follow these instructions to upgrade to FeedAPI from Leech:
Requirements: Leech 1.9 installed, MySQL, PHP4-5 (Note: The migration script does not work with PostgreSQL)
1) Download the migration script.
2) Go into maintenance mode offline (admin/settings/site-maintenance). Copy the leech2feedapi.php script to Drupal's main directory. This is the directory where Drupal's index.php can be found.
