Migration from 5.6: Data from custom block will not import
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Hello,
When running Andrew's data import from 5.6 to 5.7, data from a custom block does not get imported into the page areas. According to the popup dialog all import steps are processed just fine. No errors shown. Pages will be created in 5.7 with correct Metadata (like page titles, attributes), but content from the custom block is not transfering.
5.7. Install is untouched, just a custom theme installed. The 5.6 uses a custom build block called "btZpTextbild", which just represent a combination of text+image.
So I setup the mapping of page types, areas and attributes. Composer Content, Page Templates and Users are not mapped (because not relevant I believe).
I tried various mappings on the block type "btZpTextbild". Mapped it to content and also tried html, but there is no content appearing in the 5.7 pages. Then I changed the mapping of areas (just to make sure that I'll fill content into a visible area). However, all attempts did not succeed.
I did work through Andrew's tutorial vid a couple of times, but I cannot make the content appear in the 5.7 pages. Do I have to rebuild the entire custom block in 5.7 to make the transfer work? Have a look at the example export code below. Contains two pages with mainly the block type described.
Apprechiate any help.
Cheers from Frankfurt.
When running Andrew's data import from 5.6 to 5.7, data from a custom block does not get imported into the page areas. According to the popup dialog all import steps are processed just fine. No errors shown. Pages will be created in 5.7 with correct Metadata (like page titles, attributes), but content from the custom block is not transfering.
5.7. Install is untouched, just a custom theme installed. The 5.6 uses a custom build block called "btZpTextbild", which just represent a combination of text+image.
So I setup the mapping of page types, areas and attributes. Composer Content, Page Templates and Users are not mapped (because not relevant I believe).
I tried various mappings on the block type "btZpTextbild". Mapped it to content and also tried html, but there is no content appearing in the 5.7 pages. Then I changed the mapping of areas (just to make sure that I'll fill content into a visible area). However, all attempts did not succeed.
I did work through Andrew's tutorial vid a couple of times, but I cannot make the content appear in the 5.7 pages. Do I have to rebuild the entire custom block in 5.7 to make the transfer work? Have a look at the example export code below. Contains two pages with mainly the block type described.
Apprechiate any help.
Cheers from Frankfurt.
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Yes, in order for the same block to show up on the pages that same block with the same structure needs to exist on the new site, so you will need to recreate the block and install it for 5.7 before doing the import.
Hi hutman,
thanks for your answer. Not what I wanted to hear. I wished I could've imported the data somehow into a clean 5.7 install and start fresh (without custom blocks).
greetz
thanks for your answer. Not what I wanted to hear. I wished I could've imported the data somehow into a clean 5.7 install and start fresh (without custom blocks).
greetz
This is probably a dumb suggestion, but could you delete the custom blocks (and uninstall the block type) from the 5.6 install, and then import? If it worked, you'd get all your current stuff except for the custom blocks. You'd then be closer to your goal.
Hello Gondwana,
thank you for your suggestion, but about 99% of all content is wrapped in custom build blocks. From what I understand I have to either rebuild the blocks or copy & paste my way through (or transform the export xml so it matches standard blocks) - all pretty ressource demanding solutions just to keep up with the dev of c5.
Cheers.
thank you for your suggestion, but about 99% of all content is wrapped in custom build blocks. From what I understand I have to either rebuild the blocks or copy & paste my way through (or transform the export xml so it matches standard blocks) - all pretty ressource demanding solutions just to keep up with the dev of c5.
Cheers.
