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  • Kevin Jump 2309 posts 14673 karma points MVP 7x c-trib
    Aug 20, 2013 @ 11:21
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    uSync.ContentEdition - Known issues

    uSync.ContentEdition is still experimental.

    I've been using ContentEdition quite a bit with projects on github. So I have some known issues. hopefully these will be ironed out over time, but for reference.

    as ov v.06 the following issues are known and down to be addressed

    Delete

    Deletes of content and media are not yet handled. so if you delete a bit of content, the file disappears from your local installation, but it won't trigger the deletion of the content on anyone elses installation (yet)

    I'm a bit nervous of this, automatic deleting of content could not be what you want, i will probably make it a configuration option.

    ID Mapping

    In general ID Mapping (changing the id's of content as it traverses installations) works quite well, but there are a few areas it doesn't (yet)

    • Dropdown lists,
    • Checklists
    • Radio Lists

    basically lists - When you export lists the ID isn't written out the value is, but when you import that into another installation, the value isn't mapped to the ID.

    Publish

    When content is imported and is set to publish, uSync attempts the publish but the content doesn't end up in the cache.

    on the property tab for a content item you will see.

    Oops: this document is published but is not in the cache (internal error)
    

    just clicking publish will fix this.

    It would appear to be because uSync does a saveAndPublish with trigger events set to false, i am looking into the impact on imports of changing this - but i'm not sure if it's a 6.1.3 bug.

    &

    when importing and exporting content, ampersands '&' are getting converted to & as this happens every time next time &amp becomes & because it only happens on some property types, it isn't fixed yet.

  • Martin Griffiths 826 posts 1269 karma points c-trib
    Sep 20, 2013 @ 12:17
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    Hi Kevin

    I was wondering if you had any news on when the next version will arrive? Maybe with some fixes to the issues mentioned?

    Kind regards

    Martin

  • Kevin Jump 2309 posts 14673 karma points MVP 7x c-trib
    Sep 20, 2013 @ 12:26
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    Yeah - in the code the & & issue is resolved

    I just haven't had time to test it on the latest umbraco versions yet so i can't confirm some of the others (i am hopeful the publish one is an umbraco thing).

  • Martin Griffiths 826 posts 1269 karma points c-trib
    Sep 20, 2013 @ 12:35
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    What about the ability to handle all datatypes, you mention lists and media items? Support for uComponents would be good too as it's probably one of the most used packages for Umbraco.

    M.

  • Kevin Jump 2309 posts 14673 karma points MVP 7x c-trib
    Sep 20, 2013 @ 12:42
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    it supports uComponents now (i've been using them they seem to work) it just doesn't work with those in-built list datatypes (dropdown, checklist, radio) due to the way they export the data. (at the moment these are the only three types i don't think it works with)

    So it works fine for Multi Node Tree Pickers and DAMP stuff and content pickers and all them type of things - you need to use uSync to bring the actual datatype definitions across but assuming they are there then ContentEdition will bring the content data across fine.

    It also moves Media Items across and does the mapping so they are still linked in content and pickers when they are imported into another umbraco install.

  • Kevin Jump 2309 posts 14673 karma points MVP 7x c-trib
    Sep 20, 2013 @ 12:47
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    Yeah, i've updated the project page now - hadn't realised i didn't do that when i put 0.6 on.

  • Martin Griffiths 826 posts 1269 karma points c-trib
    Sep 20, 2013 @ 12:49
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    Ahh great stuff thanks Kevin.

    So is it just the lists left to sort out? Is there anything else it wont transfer?

    M.

  • Martin Griffiths 826 posts 1269 karma points c-trib
    Sep 20, 2013 @ 12:51
    Martin Griffiths
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    You also mention issues with delete and publish (cache). Will these be fixed any time soon?

  • Kevin Jump 2309 posts 14673 karma points MVP 7x c-trib
    Sep 20, 2013 @ 12:59
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    with uSync + uSync.ContentEdition you can in theory move everything that has a db element

    the uSync folder would contain

    • DocumentTypes
    • DataTypes
    • DictionaryItems
    • Languages
    • Macros
    • MediaTypes
    • Stylesheets
    • Templates
    • Content
    • MediaItems + Files (the item is one bit the actual files are in files)

    You need to copy the file based bits of umbraco (so the templates,stylesheets,scripts,views,etc) but you get everything else.

    i suppose it doesn't do packages (i've tried but it's not currently possible with the package installer)

    it doesn't do Contour either - something someone has has suggested today (that would probably be another package)

    as for the other bugs.

    • publish - need to test on 6.1.5 hoping that will help
    • Delete - in theory the bits are there but i want to make it a bit safer before it is released.
  • Martin Griffiths 826 posts 1269 karma points c-trib
    May 12, 2014 @ 13:18
    Martin Griffiths
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    Hi Kevin

    Is there any news on the content edition supporting..?

    • Dropdown lists,
    • Checklists
    • Radio Lists
    I have my local build running pretty sweet on Umbraco 7.1.1 the only Caveat being I need to manually set these items after import. Bit of a pain but bearable!
    Would be great to hear if there's any progress
    Thanks
    Martin
  • Mike 10 posts 73 karma points
    Mar 05, 2015 @ 19:43
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    Hey Kevin,

    Did you ever implement delete?

    I checked the web.config and couldn't find any options for it, I noticed you posted a while back that the feature was there

  • Kevin Jump 2309 posts 14673 karma points MVP 7x c-trib
    Mar 06, 2015 @ 11:38
    Kevin Jump
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    Hi,

    Just looking the code, no i don't think delete has made it in yet. it requires a bit more work around tracking the deletes, and making sure they map properly, bit scared of one day deleting someones entire site

    K

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