Migrating blog from external platform to internal hosting

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Hey everyone,

Our marketing team just dropped a bombshell. They want to ditch our current blog platform and host it in-house. Now I’m scratching my head trying to figure out how to make this work.

Here’s the deal:

  • We need to redirect blog.oursite.com/coolblog to www.oursite.com/blogs/awesomeblog
  • www.oursite.com is up and running, but blog.oursite.com doesn’t exist yet

I’m wondering if I need to set up the blog.oursite.com structure first, then use URL Rewrite in IIS to forward traffic to the new subfolder. The kicker is, we’ve got 50 blog sites to move!

Anyone dealt with something like this before? What’s the smartest way to tackle this mammoth task? I’m all ears for any tips or tricks you’ve got. Thanks a bunch!

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hey claire, been there done that! first things first, set up blog.oursite.com as a new site in IIS. Then use URL Rewrite module to redirect traffic. for bulk migration, consider scripting the process - saves time bigtime. dont forget to update internal links and test thoroughly before going live. good luck with the move!