I've got an idea ...
I've been trying to get a large number of articles ported into my new fusion installation (about 150 printed pages of material spread over many categories and articles).
The online article editing options are less than satisfactory. I've never been a big fan of any wysiwyg html editors because they tend to doo-doo up your pages ... orphaned tags, bloat, etc. And the non-HTML editor isn't too inspiring either. The bummer for me is that these pages are already HTML ready to go. I hand-coded the HTML to my own expectations and I love they way they look "under the hood" so to speak.
Here's my thought, and I'd like to know if it's a bad idea before I try it:
Create a series of dummy articles using the admin/content panel. I'd have the correct titles, but I'd just put "dummy" in the snippet and main body windows. Then I'd go into phpMyAdmin and edit the actual article entries by pasting my pre-prepared HTML pages directly into the appropriate tables. I'm thinking this would replace all of those "dummy" entries I had made. Theoretically, everything should look exactly like I want it to look and I'll be a happy camper.
But I'm worried that fusion might insert unique tags for housekeeping purposes or some other unanticipated condition. Once I get the massive import finished, I would feel okay using the standard editing process to tweak my articles.
Will this work? If I don't hear something, I might just try it anyway to see what happens.
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