[Using Sakai] Import/export wiki?

[Adam Marshall]

I had not thought of using import from site to copy wiki pages.

As a side note, we have done a whole heap of work here at Oxford which addresses the search and replace of site IDs when material is copied from one site to another, this includes the wiki tool (& of course resources etc).

adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-user-
> bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Regan, Alan
> Sent: 16 August 2011 21:41
> To: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Import/export wiki?
> 
> Hello, all!
> 
> My thanks to Mathieu Plourde who forwarded me Dr. Heard's message.  (I
> use the digest, so the message didn't come through until this morning.)  I was
> able to contact him and we worked through the process.
> 
> To tie up loose ends on the list, in case anyone else was interested in the
> answer --
> 
> Yes, it is possible to copy wiki content from an older site into a new site.
> There is a trick to the process, though.  The key step is making sure the "Wiki"
> tool is enabled in both sites.  That is the most common issue reported by
> users when attempting to copy information from one site to another.
> 
> 1.       Make sure the "Wiki" tool is enabled in both sites (turn on via Site Info >
> Edit Tools if necessary)
> 2.       Next, go to the destination site
> 3.       Site Info > Import from site
> 4.       Click "I would like to merge my data"
> 5.       Select the site with the wiki content you want to copy
> 6.       Click Continue
> 7.       Check the box for Wiki
> 8.       Finish
> 
> This process copies all of the content from the old site into the new site.  If
> only one page was needed, then copy/pasting the code would probably be
> the easiest process.
> 
> Out of curiosity, has anyone developed a modification to the "Import from
> Site" tool that checks which tools the source site has and compares them to
> the tools in the destination site?  It's so easy to forget to turn on the tools
> before you try to import materials -- it would be great to save professors
> time and reduce support calls if the process simplified the steps for them.
> "The site you selected has other content available in tools that you have not
> currently enabled.  Would you like to turn on those tools so you can copy this
> content?"
> 
> If someone has already developed such a modification, please let me know.
> Else, would this feature request benefit other universities?  Thoughts?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Alan Regan, MFA
> Manager, Technology and Learning
> Information Technology
> Pepperdine University
> (310) 506-6756
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:55:31 -0700
> From: Christopher Heard <cheard at pepperdine.edu>
> Subject: [Using Sakai] Import/export wiki?
> To: <sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org>
> Message-ID: <67B3F3E0-5724-43C4-A9C0-BE4FEDA06D84 at pepperdine.edu>
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> 
> Dear Sakai users,
> 
> Is it possible to import wiki content from one course site into another? Thank
> you!
> 
> Chris
> --
> Christopher Heard
> Associate Professor of Religion
> Pepperdine University
> Malibu, CA 90263-4352
> http://drchris.me
> 
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