Importing the Files

Applies to: Jamroom 7.0+ Last verified: 2026-10-24

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Import
What you get
After the import
  • Import

    1. Open ACP > Modules > Tools > Importer > Import JSON Files.
    2. Source JSON Files lists the files on the source site, in the order to import them:
      • files marked (Do this/these first): the members
      • the item files
      • files marked (Do this/these last): comments, likes, playlists, photo albums, tags, group discussions and group pages, which belong to other items
    3. Select files and start. A window shows the progress.

    Import the members first: items belong to profiles, and fail if their profile doesn't exist yet. You can select all files at once: they're imported in the right order. If you do, turn off Queue Items, so the queue doesn't run them out of order.

  • What you get

    • New users are normal users, whatever they were on the source. Make admins again by hand.
    • New profiles are active, in the quota given in the JSON (or quota 1 if that quota doesn't exist).
    • Importing the same file twice doesn't create duplicates: each imported profile, user and item remembers its export ID.

    For how names and email addresses already on your site are handled, see How Merging Works.

  • After the import

    Run Tools > Convert Media to convert the imported audio and video. See Importer Tools. Then run an Integrity Check and reset the caches.

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