Uhhh, fancy ... I'd like to look as well ... care to contribute that to the sandbox?
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:33 +0200, Will Scheidegger wrote: > From where did you upload this data? And what kind of meta data are > you talking about? > > We've build an import mechanism which fetched files from a WebDAV > server. Each file had additional info (title, description) stored in > the WebDAV repository which had to be imported too. So for importing > from a WebDAV repo I think we might be able to help you. > > -will > > On 24.09.2009, at 15:27, Benoit Segaert wrote: > > > > > I am also very interesting with the import. > > I have to upload a lot of documents with multiple metadata into > > Magnolia. > > Then the zip import is not an option because no metadata will be > > imported. > > > > Benoît > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:user-list- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan Haderka > > Sent: mercredi 23 septembre 2009 10:56 > > To: Magnolia User-List > > Subject: Re: [magnolia-user] Importing static content > > > > > > > >> What are the options for bulk importing data into the DMS while at > >> the > >> same time adding the necessary references to the original data nodes? > > > > To do the bulk import, you can zip the images and upload the zipfile. > > Magnolia will extract the resources from the zip and also recreate the > > folder structure that is in the zip file. > > > >> Since this process takes a while (about 30 minutes) and still needs > >> fine tuning, I would much rather be able to do this through a > >> stand-alone process (ant task at present). Is it possible to update > >> the DMS repository directly (while magnolia is shut down) and then > >> bring it up and have all the content available? Does the DMS expose > > Yes, you can update the repo while magnolia is shutdown provided that > > the structure and node types used you create will conform with the one > > used by Magnolia itself. > > > >> any API for performing these types of operations? > > > > You can use beanshell or groovy to script any kind of bulk operations > > using all Magnolia API and of course you can also use the API for > > importing the documents in DMS. > > > >> > >> One option is to store the images as static files within the web app, > >> but am not sure if they can be managed easily via magnolia (that is > >> without writing a custom file upload dialog). Another is to learn > >> the > >> pattern of the static dms link URL and store them as path references > >> in the data nodes, and then bulk upload (zip file) all the images > >> into > >> the DMS. > > > > the pattern for the links is > > http:/<server>:<port>/<contextPath>/dms/<path/to/the/document>/ > > <filename>.<extension> > > Of course you can also store files as a static resources in the web > > app, > > but then you won't be able to manage them via admin interface anymore. > > All that you would be able to do would be to change the link from one > > file to another. > > > > HTH, > > Jan > > > >> > >> I am interested in learning about how other users have dealt with > >> importing content from other systems into magnolia. Any suggestions > >> and tips would be most welcome. > >> > >> Thanks > >> Rakesh > >> > >> > >> ______________________________________________________________________ > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For list details see > >> http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html > >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > For list details see > > http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > For list details see > > http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > For list details see > http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> > ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
