The Ning Import module will create Jamroom items from a Ning backup file. The Ning Import module is the quickest way to migrate your Ning 2.0 site to Jamroom.
Ning Import module changelog
Version 1.5.11:
- Bug Fix: Datastore table not being created properly after a truncate
Version 1.5.10:
- New: Option to import pages not associated with a group directly
Version 1.5.9:
- Bug Fix: All 'non standard' characters were being stripped from imported text strings
- New: Forum file attachments now imported
- Bug Fix: On a re-import, new forum topic posts were not being checked for
Version 1.5.8:
- Bug Fix: signup_questions template now handles all group types correctly
Version 1.5.7:
- Bug Fix: Vimeo imports now use the API in the latest Vimeo module
Version 1.5.6:
- Bug Fix: Activity create tool wasn't deleting the profile and user count keys on truncation
Version 1.5.5:
- New: Site merge now a text field and if set, all imported datastore items are tagged with its value
- New: Option to check for MailGun validation in the send password tool
Version 1.5.4:
- New: Blog archive field 'publishWhen' now imported as 'blog_publish_when'
- New: Tool for creating a 'pseudo' archive from imported items added
- Bug Fix: Signup questions template now doesn't show answers if field set to admin
Version 1.5.3:
- Bug Fix: Member birthdates may not be imported
Version 1.5.2:
- Bug Fix: Group Wall on now set by default in group imports
Version 1.5.1:
- Bug Fix: JSON parser now tests for enclosing brackets before removing them
Version 1.5.0:
- New: Option to allow Ning archives to be merged onto one Jamroom site
- Change: Imported member birthdates now stored in yyyymmdd format, the same as the Jamroom birthdate field
- New: Tool to convert previously imported birthdates to this new format
Version 1.4.6:
- Bug Fix: On re-import profiles and YouTube videos could be duplicated
Version 1.4.5:
- Bug Fix: Forum topic creators and posters now added to the topic follower table
- New: Tool for fixing forum followers for imports done with this module prior to this version
Version 1.4.4:
- Bug Fix: Profile image filename now saved correctly (not the full url)
Version 1.4.3:
- Change: Redundant import module options removed
- Change: Ning member images less than 10KB were purposely not being imported. This has been removed.
- Bug Fix: A recursive directory creation could happen if module not configured correctly
Version 1.4.2:
- Bug Fix: Forum import causing a MySQL error
Version 1.4.1:
- Change: Queue Viewer URL updated with correct location to Queue Viewer in Dashboard (Core 5.3.0+)
Version 1.4.0:
- New: New comment reporting on re-imports
- Bug Fix: Comment checking function would crash if it had in excess of 200,000 comments to check
- Bug Fix: When re-importing items the comment check was failing and comments duplicated
Version 1.3.3:
- Change: The check for duplicate names when importing members now works with duplicate url names
Version 1.3.2:
- New: Importing to the Discussion module now available as a Global Forum import option
Version 1.3.1:
- Bug Fix: embedded images in forum posts not being imported correctly
Version 1.3.0:
- New: Tool to import a Ning3 member CSV file
Version 1.2.2:
- Bug Fix: 'non-local' audio item were not being imported
Version 1.2.1:
- New: Quota options added to password send tool
- New: Option to import 'left' Ning members
Version 1.2.0:
- New: Imports can now optionally use the 'non-local' JSON file that will attempt to grab all media files directly from the Ning servers
- New: Option to only import items less than x months old (members excluded)
Version 1.1.22:
- Bug Fix: Global group discussions now importing to created groups correctly
Version 1.1.21:
- Change: Review JSON files tool now doesn't look for the blog archive as default
- Change: Importing global dicussions to a group now imports to multiple groups (owned by the specified profile), each group named the same as the discussion category
Version 1.1.20:
- Bug Fix: Send New Password Emails could timeout after 30 seconds of sending emails
Version 1.1.19:
- Change: Extra checks in "send new password emails" tool to ensure email addresses are valid
Version 1.1.18:
- Change: GroupDiscuss category imported, if set
Version 1.1.17:
- Change: The test for 'approved' Ning items removed as this is another Ning archive anomoly
Version 1.1.16:
- Change: /data/media/0/0/Ning_Media now created automatically and all referenced files copied to it during import meaning that the Ning_Archive folder may be deleted after import
Version 1.1.15:
- Change: Ning archive can contain duplicate items so this is now tested for so duplicates are not imported
Version 1.1.14:
- New: Delete Media tool also moves Ning Archive to the /data/media/0/0 folder
- New: Option to import global Ning discussions to a custom group
Version 1.1.13:
- New: Tool to update the base URL of referenced Ning archive files
Version 1.1.12:
- Change: Single/Multi gallery import option added
Version 1.1.11:
- Bug Fix: All member comments are now imported correctly
Version 1.1.10:
- Change: Manage Media tool re-instated
Version 1.1.9:
- Change: If available, photo title and description are imported
Version 1.1.8:
- Change: Manage Media tool no longer needed - removed
- Bug Fix: Admin member comments were not being imported
Version 1.1.7:
- Change: More error messages added when importing to help finding issues
Version 1.1.6:
- Change: Email password tool now takes advantage of email queue throttling and queues all emails to be sent
Version 1.1.5:
- Change: Now checks Ning member 'state' (active, pending, suspended, left) with options to import them to different quotas, or not import at all
Version 1.1.4:
- Bug Fix: Ning archive arrays ordered by createDate so that they list properly in Jamroom
Version 1.1.3:
- Change: Additional module checks and notices for import screen
- Bug Fix: Vimeo Video plugin was not being picked up on import screen
Version 1.1.2:
- New: If a module is not active, the import screen will tell you
- Bug Fix: Profile Group Discussion Pages not being imported properly
Version 1.1.1:
- Change: Updated modal window update to show import progress as done / total
Version 1.1.0:
- Change: New Import screen making it easy to re-run imports for existing Ning Archives
- Change: Updated import plugins speed up the import process
- Bug Fix: JSON Viewer was not properly handling embedded HTML items that could break the page
Version 1.0.0:
- Original release