Migrating old data into C5
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One of the requirements of my work is to migrate old news data from the current sites into C5.
I've managed to write some simple code to add the pages and tested it successfully with a local installation:
This is great. I just have to connect to the DB where I have my old data and loop through the records and add them under this section.
The question is, where is the best place to place such a code, especially if I have many sites I need to migrate?
Also, am I doing the right thing with this code? :-) Thanks! (concrete/controllers/install.php was a great help!)
I've managed to write some simple code to add the pages and tested it successfully with a local installation:
<?php $pt = CollectionType::getByHandle('full'); $data = array( 'uID' => 1, 'cName' => 'Automatic Test Page', 'cHandle' => 'news-' . date(time()), 'cDescription' => 'This is a sample test page added automatically through code'); $Section = Page::getByPath('/news'); $newPage = $Section->add($pt,$data); $bt = BlockType::getByHandle('content'); $data2 = array('uID' => 1, 'content' => 'This is a test page added using code.'); $newPage->addBlock($bt, 'Main', $data2);
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This is great. I just have to connect to the DB where I have my old data and loop through the records and add them under this section.
The question is, where is the best place to place such a code, especially if I have many sites I need to migrate?
Also, am I doing the right thing with this code? :-) Thanks! (concrete/controllers/install.php was a great help!)
