[Using Sakai] Import from Site

[John Leasia]

Every site has a role defined as the 'maintain' role. You can see it 
when editing a site with the admin sites tool. There is a field for the 
role name that is the 'maintain' role. So whatever that role is, that's 
the role a site creator gets. You have to be that role to be considered 
an 'owner' of the site. Being an owner in the from site lets you import it.

Check what the maintain role is in the site you want to import, and make 
sure you are that role in that site.

John

Sean Keesler wrote:

> What makes someone a site "owner" in Sakai 2.5? My understanding is 
> that there is a site contact, but that it doesn't carry any special 
> capabilities. I have read that some schools have a special "maintain" 
> role called an owner and I wonder if there is a mixing of meanings.
>
>  I am the user who created the original site and the new site and I am 
> unable to import anything from my original to my new site in this 2.5 
> instance (Even if I do it after the site has been created). I get the 
> message:
>
>
>       Re-use Material from Other Sites
>
> You do not own any other sites to re-use material.
>
>
> Why would that be?
>
>
> Sean Keesler
> 130 Academy Street
> Manlius, NY 13104
> 315-663-7756
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Rico, Jimmy <rico at txstate.edu 
> <mailto:rico at txstate.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Yes, this is a bug but it only happens when you import Assignments
>     at the time of site creation.
>     It appears to import fine when you choose to "Import from a site"
>     after the new site has already been created.
>     This also affects attachments in Announcements just as an FYI.
>
>     Jimmy Rico
>
>
>
>     On 6/6/09 3:02 PM, "Sean Keesler" <sean at keesler.org
>     <mailto:sean at keesler.org>> wrote:
>
>         I don't know if that is a fix applied to the CLE, but their
>         appears to
>         be a bug (SAK-14758 and SAK-15746) that keeps you from importing
>         assignments with attachments.
>
>         Sean
>
>
>
>         On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Josh
>         Baron<Josh.Baron at marist.edu <mailto:Josh.Baron at marist.edu>> wrote:
>>
>> We're running 2.5.4 (rSmart CLE)...our experience is that as
>         long as you are
>> an instructor in a course site you can import content from it
>         into another
>> site (in which you are also an instructor).
>>
>> -----------------------------
>> Joshua Baron
>> Director, Academic Technology and eLearning
>> Marist College
>> Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
>> (845) 575-3623 (work)
>> Twitter: JoshBaron
>>
>>
>> From: Sean Keesler <sean at keesler.org <mailto:sean at keesler.org>>
>> To: Sakai User <sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
>         <mailto:sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org>>
>> Date: 05/28/2009 05:19 PM
>> Subject: [Using Sakai] Import from Site
>> ________________________________
>>
>>
>> I am noticing something unexpected.
>>
>> I create a site (Site X) and add some resources to it.
>> I create another site (Site Y) and attempt to "Import from
>         Site" in Site
>> Info.
>> The message I receive tells me that "You do not own any other
>         sites to
>> re-use material."...
>>
>> What determines which sites you can import stuff from in
>         Worksite Setup?
>>
>>
>> Sean
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