[Using Sakai] Import/export wiki?

[Regan, Alan]

Cool!  Then, again, a big thank you to your team at Oxford!

-- Alan
________________________________________
From: Adam Marshall [adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 9:07 AM
To: Regan, Alan; sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
Subject: RE: [Using Sakai] Import/export wiki?

Some of the work is in KNL-737 the rest we will commit back over the next few weeks. Personally I'd like to see it all in 2.9.

It's a boon. And well overdue!

adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Regan, Alan [mailto:Alan.Regan at pepperdine.edu]
> Sent: 17 August 2011 16:57
> To: Adam Marshall; sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Subject: RE: [Using Sakai] Import/export wiki?
>
> 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
>
> ________________________________________
> 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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