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  • Peter Van Tienen added a new discussion topic Export all discussions in the group Elgg Technical Support
    I hope this is the right forum to post, sorry if not. I have been managing an Elgg site for a few years now, going well. We have just over 600 users. Our corporate office has a tool that they would like us to move our community over to. Is there a...
    • Not sure of there is a pre-existing plugin that does exactly this. There's only one group migration plugin i have seen here which migrates contents and/or members from one group to another. However it should not be all that difficult to use the Elgg API calls to do more detailed export/import --> extract group discussions, perhaps ordered by unique group guid/title, all the details for group info, all discussion comments` details --> Actually - once all this *has been done, we will be able to practically choose *any format (xml,csv,txt,etc) we want, not just html ;-) Caveat = *some decent level of Php/Elgg-Know is obviously needed for coding..;-oO

       

       

  • Peter Van Tienen replied on the discussion topic How to add another tab
    The best method I have found is to buy Vazco's topbar plugin. It has worked well for me.   http://elggdev.com/vazco_topbar I use {$url}pg/groups/world/?filter=active to point to the latest discussions. Hope it helps. view reply
  • Peter Van Tienen replied on the discussion topic Moving from 1.6.1 to 1.7.x
    Thanks guys. So, I have created a plugin so i am good to go for the upgrade. I have installed MAMP on my local server to test the migration. I exported the database and installed MAMP. I have changed strings in the DB to point to the right site... view reply
  • Peter Van Tienen added a new discussion topic Moving from 1.6.1 to 1.7.x in the group Elgg Technical Support
    Good morning everyone. I currently manage an Elgg site running on 1.6.1 hosted by Arxive. It is interesting what you learn along the way. When I initially deployed this site I didn't create a new plugin theme, I just made my mods to the existing...
    • @ Peter First of all make sure what changes have you made in your current installation, the best practice is not to ever modify the core.. If you have done it, The Upgrade process is going to be a tough job for you. But If you have only the Pluings and Themes Intalled.. .Then it is very easy instead.. Just install the new 1.7.x Elgg to new Domain and Copy your coustom Pluings there.. AND Enable the Plugins..

      That's it and you are done...(Let me know if there are other issues... I'll Try to find answers :))

      Thanks

    • Which core files did you modify?  you can save all the changes you made to views by copying the modified views into a plugin.

      i.e. if you changed:

      /views/default/
          view/one.php
          view/two.php

      Copy those files into a plugin like so:

      /mod/my_customizations/views/default/
          view/one.php
          view/two.php

      You can do the same with any language files that you edited.

    • Thanks guys.

      So, I have created a plugin so i am good to go for the upgrade. I have installed MAMP on my local server to test the migration.

      I exported the database and installed MAMP. I have changed strings in the DB to point to the right site URL and dataroot. It seems like everything should be good to go.

      I just can't login into the new instance on my local server. I ran the upgrade, I get the login page, I disabled all plugins.

      I get the login page, put in my username and password and it just loops me back to the login page.

      I even tried to create an account and that worked, but I can't login with that account either.

      Any suggestions?

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  • Peter Van Tienen replied on the discussion topic RSS subscribe to feed
    that was my suspicion, thanks again Cash! view reply