AW: [opencms-dev] Using DB Import instead of "the hard way"

[Michael Goodwin]

When people say XML format, it is a little bit deceptive.
In the body file what it really is is one or more blobs of html rapped
inside one or more xml tags. Each blob for different parts of the pages
content. So all you need to do is read your files (perhaps all of it) and
insert it into the xml. Then the page file is just some information about
templates used.

>After they're already in OpenCMS is
>there a way to convert them to XML?
I found it best to export, then modify, then reimport, but if there is a
module to do it then...

>Did everybody create their sites in OpenCMS from scratch?  How many
>people had existing sites that they moved into OpenCMS?
Me for one.




From:  Thomas Gagné <tgagne at wideopenwest.com>@opencms.org  on 11/02/2004
       10:32 EST

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Most of the files are graphics, but many are html.  So having uploaded
most of the directories using the zip upload is useless to me because I
won't be able to edit the HTML? After they're already in OpenCMS is
there a way to convert them to XML?

Did everybody create their sites in OpenCMS from scratch?  How many
people had existing sites that they moved into OpenCMS?

Michael Goodwin wrote:

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>My understanding is,
>It probably won't be as simple as just using the synchronise. The files
>(presumably mostly html) need to be changed into the xml format of opencms
>('page' file and 'body' file) before you can edit them.
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>From:  "Alexander Kandzior" <alex at opencms.org>@opencms.org  on 11/02/2004
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>Sorry I thought your import already was in OpenCms export format.
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>If you just have lots of files to import, use the "Synchronize" feature of
>OpenCms (it's one of the icons on the Administration screen). Not the
>import, this is only for files that have been already exported out of
>OpenCms.
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>Best Regards,
>Alex.
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>Alexander Kandzior
>Alkacon Software - The OpenCms Experts
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: opencms-dev-admin at opencms.org
>>[mailto:opencms-dev-admin at opencms.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Gagné
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:14 PM
>>To: opencms-dev at opencms.org
>>Subject: Re: AW: [opencms-dev] Using DB Import instead of
>>"the hard way"
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>>The system I want to import has 17,334 files and directories.
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>>How simple can a manifest be?  If I look at an existing
>>manifest is that
>>as simple as they get, or can they be simpler?
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>>Andreas Zahner wrote:
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>>>Thomas,
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>>>To learn how an import file must look like simply make an
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>>export of an
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>>>existing folder of OpenCms (e.g. the "release" folder). Check the
>>>created zip file. In the root folder of the zip file has to
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>>be a file
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>>>"manifest.xml" which contains all necessary data about the exported
>>>files and folder.
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