Hi Guy,

    Could you please tell me how to import and export file using Community Manager. I've got bunch of html file from old website I'd like to import into new website. Is it possible I can simply Add all of them inside? And is it possible I can export the file I created from Community manager into my local file system? Thanks a lot

 Hi,

Did anyone get back to you about this? I don't work for Elcom, but I can try and help.

As far as I know, you can't import HTML pages into CM. The only way you can do it is to create a new article and copy/paste the text/html into the content editor within the article. 

By default I dont think you can export as a static HTML page, but I think Elcom have an addon module that might do that for you. 

Hi Kane,

 We are able to include file types that you can upload into the system or even alternatively grant ftp access to a specified area on the webserver for you to upload the html files to.

For sites hosted externally the relevant people who have access to the server can grant access to allow users to store the HTML files directly on the server or allow the files .html to be uploaded to the site, we can also grant this access or FTP access directly to our servers for sites hosted internally.

You can take a copy of the html code of a page that you create and you are also able to convert a page into pdf, if that doesnt suit please let us know and we can have out developers see how easy it is to include your requirement into the system.

Hi Chris,

   I've looked into IIS sever. However I couldn't find where my aspx files are. Is it inside database? Could you please tell me how to import my aspx file into CM? Thanks

Hi Kane,

The file restrictions are found within the database itself, you can find these under the table called 'UploadedFileRestrictions'

When you query the table you should see something similar to the below screen shot, when allowing a new file type, you must set the 'strContentType' to match the file type you are allowing, this is better know as a mime type.

If you are unsure of the mime type this is a great reference to most known mime types http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/mime-types.shtml

When making any changes to the database Elcom highly recommend that a DBA perform all necessary changes, and the database is backed up prior to performing any changes.

Hi Bradm,

   Thanks a lot for your reply. Yes I'm trying to add some customized aspx file. But I can't found where all my other files are. Could you please tell me what is the default storage location for all the article I've created within CM? Thanks

Hi Kane,

  If your after the content of the aspx file you can find this in the 'ArticleModuleAttribute' table.

When making any changes to the database Elcom highly recommend that a DBA perform all necessary changes, and the database is backed up prior to performing any changes.

Regards

Brad Marsh | bradm@elcom.com.au
Systems Administrator

Elcom Technology | Australian Technology Park | Sydney
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