Backing Up Content

[Diego]

Please see the Backing Up Content Page on our Documentation for more details.

[Phil McCluskey]

Hi Jerry,

There is a problem with the first couple of lines of content in the file. The first line is butting directly up against the <?php so if you move it onto a separate line, things will work correctly.

Thanks,
Phil

[Jerry]

Hey thanks it works fine now. By the way thats the way it is on in your example.

So is there a way to restore into the website when I need to?

[Phil McCluskey]

Hi Jerry,

No, this is purely an export function; there's no restore option. You can use the Ning API to push content into Ning, but various object attributes are read-only and are set at creation time (most notably the createdDate and contributorName), so those would be lost.

Thanks,
Phil

[Jerry]

Ooooook thanks. Ok last question. I noticed that when i view my source code there is no backup feature like the older group site ning had before. Also, when I try to do a search(for something in the code) I get an error. It is just me?

[Phil McCluskey]

Hi Jerry,

We've removed the backup feature due to incompatibility with symlinks for centralized network code, but you can always store a snapshot of your code locally or write a script to zip the code up in order to have backups of it.

The code search error sounds like a problem. Can you report it to the help center and we can investigate?

Thanks,
Phil

[Jerry]

Ok thanks Phil.

[ur]

The backup file gets saved in notepad. but how to view it? its in xml format.

[Ben Munoz]

I created an instances/page directory to use the "add pages" features. I meant to delete "/instances/page" directory, but I accidentally deleted "/page" top directory instead. What are the implications and can I restore?

[Phil McCluskey]

Hi Ben,

There is no top level directory at /page in the default installation, so I don't think this will have any effect. If you deleted /widgets/page then you won't be able to use the Pages feature on your network, but you could always add the directory back from the latest release.

Thanks,
Phil

[Web Chief]

Phil

Does the backup include all of the members relationships? Such as their friends list, etc?

Dave

[j green]

Hey guys, every time I try to go to the first link:

http://www.ning.com/?view=apps&appUrl=YOURNETWORKSUBDOMAIN&...

with my subdomain, i get an error page that says this page does not exist or I get rerouted to the ning home page.

Please help.

Jason

[Phil McCluskey]

Hi Jason,

Please make sure that you're replacing YOURNETWORKSUBDOMAIN with the correct subdomain for your network, and that you have permission to edit the files; only the network creator can access the files via that address.

Thanks,
Phil