152: Improve XML import/export - Composr CMS feature tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

152	Composr	import	public	2010-04-10 18:30	2015-12-14 09:32

Reporter	Chris Graham	Assigned To	Chris Graham
Priority	normal	Severity	feature
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed

Summary	152: Improve XML import/export
Description	Implement better tying-in of dependent records, via XML nesting: - meta table records - permissions records Provide special handlers, using hooks, for the following content types: - catalogue structure - CPFs
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Chris Graham 2011-02-01 18:41 administrator ~114	First 50% implemented

Chris Graham 2011-02-02 11:15 administrator ~116	v6 will also be able to export tree structures for the main content types. There's a lot of work that can be done to improve things here. 1) Instead of exporting member ID's, export usernames 2) Merge in sources_custom/relations.php into our future upgraded content_meta_aware API (and hopefully the meta stuff in modules too - as modules should not define data schema). Each hook should be able to list table fields dependant on it's IDs. Any key entities will of course have to have a content_meta_aware hook (E.g. banner types, banners, topic polls, cedi posts, even menu items). 3) Using the dependency references, the XML exporter should be able to computer automatically what order to export in. 4) In addition to the permissions/seo-meta stuff already done there is: attachments (not yet defined in meta_content_aware hooks), awards (ditto), tracking (ditto), ratings, trackbacks, comment topics/reviews, member level permissions (msp, member_category_access), url monikers, point store permissions

Chris Graham 2011-06-03 17:08 administrator ~147	Ideally we want really good staging support, where we can pick an item of content and click for it to be exported from one site, imported directly into another. And to be able to see when something is not in sync, and tables of things not in sync. This is a huge undertaking though.

Chris Graham 2013-03-18 14:42 administrator ~1301	Also handling of custom fields.

Chris Graham 2013-03-20 23:24 administrator ~1317	Optional embedding of binary data, rather than only referencing stuff via URLs.

Chris Graham 2013-05-03 17:33 administrator ~1387	Custom fields partly implemented for Resource-Fs now.

Chris Graham 2013-06-26 12:43 administrator ~1520	Also handling of privacy settings.

Chris Graham 2015-12-13 19:41 administrator ~3248	Implemented, but as Resource-fs. The old XML import/export is getting dumped in favour of this vastly superior technology.