We have an installation running on 3.05 with approx 11000 members, and a lot of custom controls. The custom controls do not have much integration with the umbraco core, apart from logging in members etc. We are now needing to do a take 2 on the design. I thought this would be an ideal opportunity to move the site to v4 and master pages.
I am happy to re-implement the macros/xslt and document types manually, and then do the re-design directly in a "beta" version of the site. What I am concerned about is that when we do the switch over - I am going to need to transfer all the members to the new site. Added to that, my custom controls write and interact with a separate database. I am linking this database to the umbraco members via the umbracomemberid, so when I do the transfer I need to bring this across, or alternatively write a sql script that will replace the memberid with the new member id.
Sorry if I have not explained this properly, but could someone give me the best option to transfer:
1. Members with their member Id 2. If possible document types/macros/xslt. I am not worried about the templates as we will redo these
Why not just do an upgrade of the current site to 4.0? I did that a few weeks back for a large site, works like a charm. The old templates where converted as masterpages. My advise is to do the upgrade on a test site and then deploy it to the live server when you tested it.
Hi thanks for the reply. The only problem with this is that wen need to have a beta site up so we can do the redesign. I could do that initially, but we would still need to transfer the members after the fact. What i would then like to do is copy my site to a beta site - upgrade to 4, then look at a way of transferring the member or synchronising the members. I am sure there is a tool to do this???
You could use your DBMS to export the users and their details to a CSV file, install the UmbImport package on your new setup and then import the users.
It's a really good package - I highly recommend it! I'm not sure how it would work with the user IDs that your custom controls use though. Might be worth a look?
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We have an installation running on 3.05 with approx 11000 members, and a lot of custom controls. The custom controls do not have much integration with the umbraco core, apart from logging in members etc. We are now needing to do a take 2 on the design. I thought this would be an ideal opportunity to move the site to v4 and master pages.
I am happy to re-implement the macros/xslt and document types manually, and then do the re-design directly in a "beta" version of the site. What I am concerned about is that when we do the switch over - I am going to need to transfer all the members to the new site. Added to that, my custom controls write and interact with a separate database. I am linking this database to the umbraco members via the umbracomemberid, so when I do the transfer I need to bring this across, or alternatively write a sql script that will replace the memberid with the new member id.
Sorry if I have not explained this properly, but could someone give me the best option to transfer:
1. Members with their member Id
2. If possible document types/macros/xslt. I am not worried about the templates as we will redo these
Thanks in advance
Andrew
Hi Andrew,
Why not just do an upgrade of the current site to 4.0? I did that a few weeks back for a large site, works like a charm. The old templates where converted as masterpages. My advise is to do the upgrade on a test site and then deploy it to the live server when you tested it.
Cheers,
Richard
Hi thanks for the reply. The only problem with this is that wen need to have a beta site up so we can do the redesign. I could do that initially, but we would still need to transfer the members after the fact. What i would then like to do is copy my site to a beta site - upgrade to 4, then look at a way of transferring the member or synchronising the members. I am sure there is a tool to do this???
Andrew
Perhaps the UmbImport package would help you?
http://www.richardsoeteman.net/PermaLink,guid,189035af-bbc0-4d3f-8d54-9782c06794e7.aspx
You could use your DBMS to export the users and their details to a CSV file, install the UmbImport package on your new setup and then import the users.
It's a really good package - I highly recommend it! I'm not sure how it would work with the user IDs that your custom controls use though. Might be worth a look?
thanks will give it a try
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