Forum Activity for @paul

paul
@paul
01/09/15 02:19:08PM
4,335 posts

Delete redundant archive media files
Installation and Configuration

soaringeagle:Does this do what I think it does? Does this delete like if you have multiple files that are identical? I think I must have 30 gigs of the same file over and over and over again.
If it does delete the redundant files does it change the reference to every copy of the file to point to one file?

No. The way jrNingImport handles archived files that are referenced in texts and comments has changed.
Originally any referenced files were copied to the Ning_Media folder so that ultimately the whole of the Ning_Archive folder could be deleted.
The most recent jrNingArchive does not create the Ning_Media folder but accesses references files directly in the Ning_Archive folder meaning that folder and its contents need to be kept. But the majority of files there have been imported (copied) to Jamroom, so the Delete Redundant Archive Files tool deletes only these files that have been copied to Jamroom, leavened behind just the referenced files and saving a ton of disk space.
Hope that makes sense.
paul
@paul
01/09/15 06:47:12AM
4,335 posts

Some Migrated Blogs Missing Pictures
Installation and Configuration

The 'Manage Media' part of the import searches all imported Ning item texts and comments for referenced images, and if found, copies that image from the archive to the NingMedia folder (and changes the reference in the text accordingly). It does this so that all that is needed is ultimately copied from the archive so the archive can be deleted. (NOTE that this is not the way that the most recent versions of jrNingImport work).
Its possible that some Ning archived items are not imported due to invalid data, archive errors etc. so if these items had referenced images would be copied. For instance, if a Ning member wasn't imported because his archived email address was invalid, say, and that member had lots of blogs with lots of comments that referenced images, all of those images would be missing from the NingMedia folder.
paul
@paul
01/09/15 06:28:17AM
4,335 posts

Some Migrated Blogs Missing Pictures
Installation and Configuration

Its likely that we'll never get to the bottom of this!!
I know that the import process doesn't delete any files in the archive and the Manage Media process only copies them.
At least you can re-upload the missing ones. To be sure, you could upload the entire blog section to the NingMedia folder but then you would have unused files taking up server disk space.
paul
@paul
01/09/15 05:29:59AM
4,335 posts

Some Migrated Blogs Missing Pictures
Installation and Configuration

You say they were missing from the uploaded archive so something must have happened whilst they were being uploaded.
It might be worth checking Filezilla (or whatever is being used) for 'Failed Transfers' when doing this.
paul
@paul
01/09/15 05:06:15AM
4,335 posts

Some Migrated Blogs Missing Pictures
Installation and Configuration

Yeah - If the files were missing, for whatever reason, from the server version of the archive they will not have been copied to the NingMedia folder. Uploading the missing ones to their correct folders in NingMedia should do it.
paul
@paul
01/09/15 02:42:20AM
4,335 posts

Some Migrated Blogs Missing Pictures
Installation and Configuration

Does the missing image exist in the original Ning archive? It will be in the same sub-folders that it is in /NingMedia - /blogs/1-1000/768-CoverCropped.jpg
paul
@paul
01/08/15 12:48:31PM
4,335 posts

Form Designer - Setup? Initialize?
Design and Skin Customization

Strumelia:I'm ok until I get to the part of:
"use the form designer to set the same fields in the user account view."
At that point I'm a little lost at the crossroads.

Paul are you able to give a couple more step by step details for getting to these locations and doing this? Otherwise I'll just have to ask someone the same question later when preparing to go live. I definitely need to check and update my signup questions so that I see the new member's answers before approving them (it's been my most effective way of blocking spammers on Ning)
But if you are too busy or can't go into such detail, I'll understand.

Checkout the Ning Import docs under 'Ning Signup Questions' - Its covered there.

https://www.jamroom.net/ning-to-jamroom/documentation/ning2jamroom/2073/step-4-importing-the-ning-archive-to-jamroom
paul
@paul
01/08/15 12:43:18PM
4,335 posts

Sending the New Passwords Ning Members
Installation and Configuration

Quote:If I set the New Profile Quota at "Premium Members" will it mess anything up with sign-ups or just allow the 50 remaining emails to go out and all those guys to be "Premium Members"?

Doing that should be ok to send the last 50 out.

That's actually a 'gotchya' that I didn't think of. I'll flag it in the module's docs. as advice for others.
Thanks
paul
@paul
01/08/15 12:01:38PM
4,335 posts

Sending the New Passwords Ning Members
Installation and Configuration

AndyF:I'm attempting to send the email from Ning Import -> Tools -> Send Passwords and after I click send, it's saying "0 emails have been sent".

What I'm I doing wrong?

In the jrNingImport config, is 'New Profile Quota' still set to the same quota that profiles where imported to?
The email script uses that so as to only send passwords to imported users.
paul
@paul
01/08/15 04:49:49AM
4,335 posts

Merchandise Store
Suggestions

You mean store items in rows of four, say?
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