[Using Sakai] Import/export wiki?

[Regan, Alan]

Hi, Adam.

My thanks to y'all for working on the issue of updating links when materials are copied from site to site.  We see these issues when images are referencing old sites, so the professors can see them fine, but new students (who aren't members of the old sites) can't see anything.

Is your work a custom project or something that will find its way into future releases?

Thanks again!

--Alan

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From: Adam Marshall [adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 3:57 AM
To: Regan, Alan; sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
Subject: RE: [Using Sakai] Import/export wiki?

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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