Forum Activity for @claygordon

Looking to very migrate soon - process and json and media files

Ning To Jamroom

Paul:

I have created the account with a Jamroom install on Arvixe using the hostname for my current site. I need to get an alternate URL to access the account until I change the DNS settings.

Once I have that I will purchase the Jamroom Ning bundle and custom install package and install the bundle and start becoming familiar with the Jamroom admin console and doing some design and coding customization (coding customization is mostly adding scripts to the to support external services I am using).

Once that's all taken care of I will re-archive my Ning community. I am thinking of just deleting the .json files and starting over with them. Hopefully it will then ask me to retry to download the media so I don't have to start from scratch there. I can then put my Ning site in maintenance mode.

When I upload the content by FTP I notify you when it's done and give you access to my hosting account?
updated by @claygordon: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

Looking to very migrate soon - process and json and media files

Ning To Jamroom


@Michael

Thanks. The idea for the name came from the Ricky Martin song Living La Vida Loca. That became (in my mind) Living La Vida Cocoa (I also own lavidacocoa.com) and that became Living The Chocolate Life. The Ning community I am looking to migrate is TheChocolateLife.com.
updated by @claygordon: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

Looking to very migrate soon - process and json and media files

Ning To Jamroom


@Paul

Thanks for the quick response. I did read the docs on the migration process. I am kind of compulsive that way.

It's not that I am intimidated by the process, but it's a value of time evaluation. Based on everything I've seen so far I think I am going to get the hosted install over at Arvixe and ask you guys to do the import for me. It's worth what you're charging to have you do it

Final question (maybe); I want to schedule the install so I can put my Ning site into maintenance mode so that no changes happen to the Ning site while the xfer is happening. What's the normal lead time for scheduling the import and how long is it likely to take given the size of things I mentioned above? The image library is about 7.9gb of the overall total of 11.35gb.
updated by @claygordon: 12/29/14 09:23:54AM

Looking to very migrate soon - process and json and media files

Ning To Jamroom

I have a decent-sized Ning network -- started January 2008 on a custom domain the entire time, and now about 10,000 members, 9500 images, 20 groups, 3500 forum discussions, 650 blogs, 269 videos (most embedded).

I tried migrating over to grou.ps but they have not returned one of my emails asking for help and their support forum is moribund. So I am actively looking for an alternative. Want to move by the end of the year. Need to move before March.

I will probably go with the Arvixe hosted option as I don't want to be responsible for maintaining this myself (on Bluehost where most everything else is).

Where do I put the .json files and media for the import? Keep them on my local machine or FTP them up to the host? Total file size is about 12gb.

Also, during the export, not all of the media files could be downloaded for some of the content areas, what sort of problems are the missing files likely to cause?

Thanks in advance,
:: Clay
updated by @claygordon: 07/09/16 09:21:02AM