ClonePortal will Clone
- All tabs from another Portal on the same database
- All Modules on those tabs
- All contents from Core Modules on those tabs
- All Dir/Files from the portal being cloned from.
- All Users & Roles
- Content from all other modules, supporting a CloneContent method.

When the clone page opens, you must select the Portal to clone from and the Portal to clone to.

- Host login
The host account can select from all portals as the source. By default the Current Portal is selected as the source.

- Admin login
The admin login can Clone all WebSites/Portals he/she is related to (Administrating). The WebSite/Portal to clone from will always be the current portal.

When you select the WebSite/Portal to clone to a list of all modules on the selected portal will be shown. In this list you can select the modules that you want to copy content from.

It is possible to copy all users and Roles. But in DNN 2.1.2 it is no longer possible to clone a user, so only roles can be copied.

You can select to copy all files and images from a portal; this is relevant if you also clone content to make sure you get all images copied too.

The following Core modules and there content can be cloned
- Documents
- FAQ
- Announcements
- Events
- Text/HTML
- Contacts
- Links
- Discussion

NOTE. Be sure to have emptied the Recycle bin on the portal being cloned to, before cloning. Deleted modules and tabs will be treated as tabs or modules already there if they are still in the recycle bin.

- How to Clone Content from all other modules?
It's possible to clone content from modules other then Core modules, if the module implement a method called ClonContent. Then CloneContent method will be called during cloning process and will receive 4 parameters newPortalID, oldPortalID, newModuleID, oldModuleId. These parameters can be used by the module developer to clone content related to their module. One example could be cloning content for the Events module.

Public Sub CloneContent(ByVal newPortalID As Integer, ByVal oldPortalID As Integer, ByVal newModuleID As Integer, ByVal oldModuleId As Integer)
Dim evtCont As New EventController
Dim evtInfos As ArrayList
Dim evtInfo As EventInfo

evtInfos = evtCont.GetModuleEvents(oldModuleId, Now.AddYears(-1), Now)
For Each evtInfo In evtInfos
evtInfo.ModuleId = newModuleID
evtCont.AddModuleEvent(evtInfo)
Next

End Sub

The CloneContent() method for the events example could be placed in either the EditEvents.ascx, EditEventsViewOptions.ascx or Events.ascx, but only in one of them, and should be defined as public.

Can be downloaded from here http://www.objecta.dk/Default.aspx?tabid=57

Objecta

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I love it! Thank you!!!!

"You can select to copy all files and images from a portal"

I found a slight problem with this. All my sub folders, skins, containers, TTTGallery, etc & it's children all all placed in the portal root.

Thanks again,
Dave

By default all dir and files will be copied from the "Portals" folder. If You use file manager to upload new images or other files they will be placed in the Portals folder under the portal number folder. So that's why it's done this way.

How do you define where all files are placed if they are not placed in the default folder?.

I could change the code so it would be possible to provide an alternative source and destination folder. But I think this will interfere with the way the size is calculated and controlled for each portal.

Objecta

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<snip>How do you define where all files are placed if they are not placed in the default folder?. </snip>

Other modules define this. For instance TTTGallery creates a folder under the root portal e.g. Portals/1/TTTGallery I also have a module that does something simular to this as there are others also. Peter's fine MHTML module, Steve's Repository, etc.

<snip>I could change the code so it would be possible to provide an alternative source and destination folder. But I think this will interfere with the way the size is calculated and controlled for each portal.</snip>

It would be appreciated! You are correct, the size does not calculate children currently. This looks to be changing in 2.2 though. See this view post 705342


Thanks again!
Dave

ClonePortal has manage to clone foldes and files located like this:

Portals\0\StoreImages\thumbnails

It looks like it is located the same way as TTTGallery or I'm I mistaking ?

Objecta

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It cloned my Initial Portal, not the one I selected. It did put it in the correct target. It didn't clone/copy the skin.

Objecta,

Yes, it looks that way to me also. It took all my child folders and tossed them in the root. Skins/Containers also. If I go into these folders now they are bare. To help clairify I am hitting this in a virtual directory as Http://localhost/DNNSQL The target I am cloning to is a Child ... Http://localhost/DNNSQL/Clone

Dave

ClonePortal don't clone the skins only the items described in the help.txt files.

Objecta

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There is an error in the code copying the images and files, causing all child folders to be created in the root. I'm working on fixing this now.

Also I'm making changes in the list that show all the modules on the portal being cloned, so deleted modules/tabs don't show in the list.

Objecta

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www.objecta.dk

An updated Version of ClonePortal is ready for download

- Fixed copy of folder and files, child folders/files is now created at the right level.
- The modules content selections no longer shows modules that?s deleted (Recycle bin).
- Added logging
- Added file Synchronize when Files is copied/cloned.

Download from here: http://www.objecta.dk/Default.aspx?tabid=57

Objecta

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www.objecta.dk

Objecta,

That problem is solved for me now, thank you!! I did notice though there are 2 recycle bin's in any portal that you clone though.

Thanks,
Dave

Yes this is very strange, I have not been able to figure that one out Yet, but still working on it.
I would exspect more that the Recyle Bin to duplicated if there was an error, but it's only that one

hmmm

Objecta

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Source code for ClonePortal is now availible at http://www.objecta.dk/Default.aspx?tabid=57

This is not my module but Klause at Objecta was nice enough to post it for free at my request. .

So far it seems to work really good; copying/cloning all my tabs and users and ruser roles and modules into a new portal, even the non-core aftermarket modules, very impressive.

Please people post it back as open source with improvements or as a low cost module we all need it. I just can't afford to buy anymore high cost modules.
Thanks

Got this error:

"Could not load type DotNetNuke.Logging.EventLogController from assembly DotNetNuke, Version=2.0.4.19154, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null."

does this mean that i cannot use it with my version of DNN?