If you want to export the data from one instance of MW and import it to another instance of MW then XML Dumps will do very well. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Importing_XML_dumps ----- Yury Katkov, WikiVote
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 6:40 AM, Ryan Rick Acta <rie...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Do you know what file formats will be used for the processes below > especially with importing/exporting from one MediaWiki to another MediaWiki? > > Again, you're help is greatly appreciated. > > If there is anything else, please let me know. > > Thanks! > > > > From: Yury Katkov <katkov.ju...@gmail.com> > To: Ryan Rick Acta <rie...@yahoo.com> > Cc: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > <mediawik...@lists.wikimedia.org>; "wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org" > <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 10:11 AM > > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Importing/Exporting Wiki > > There are some tools to convert one wiki markup to another. > Confluence->MediaWiki conversion there is this tool: > http://www.infinality.net/blog/confluence-to-mediawiki-converter-2/ > It's good enough if you don't need to transfer a lot of pages. Moving > pictures will be a pain. > > If you need MediaWiki->Confluence conversion you can use Universal > Converter by Atlassian: > https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.uwc > > ----- > Yury Katkov, WikiVote > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 6:00 AM, Ryan Rick Acta <rie...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hi Yury, >> >> Thanks for the email. >> >> How about importing/exporting the MediaWiki content to/from Confluence? >> >> Do you have any idea about this? >> >> If there is anything else, please let me know. >> >> Thanks! >> ________________________________ >> From: Yury Katkov <katkov.ju...@gmail.com> >> To: Ryan Rick Acta <rie...@yahoo.com>; MediaWiki announcements and site >> admin list <mediawik...@lists.wikimedia.org> >> Cc: "wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org" <wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 9:55 AM >> Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Importing/Exporting Wiki >> >> Hi Ryan! >> >> Yeah, you can use Special:Export and Special:Import to move your >> content from one wiki to another. If you can command-line access to >> the wiki server you can also use maintenance/importDump.php script as >> described here. >> It doesn't work this way with images though. For importing/exporting >> lots of images you NEED a command-line access to run this script [2]. >> That sucks but to the best of my knowledge we don't have a better tool >> yet. >> >> Finally i'd recommend your company to consider using professional >> support: there are lots of independent specialists as well as >> consulting companies that can help if you feel that your case is >> difficult [3] >> >> [1] >> >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Restoring_a_wiki_from_backup#From_an_xml_dump >> [2] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:ImportImages.php >> [3] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Professional_development_and_consulting >> ----- >> Yury Katkov, WikiVote >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:15 AM, Ryan Rick Acta <rie...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> I am a technical writer and I have a lot of questions. >>> >>> >>> Our company has been using MediaWiki for their documentation. >>> >>> >>> We have a new client that recently bought our products and now needs help >>> in their documentation. Our product documentations are posted in our wiki >>> site. The clients are now requesting that they have copies of our >>> documentation. >>> >>> I am also proposing that the create/build their wiki site on MediaWiki to >>> have an easy transition with regards to the documentation. Now the >>> process >>> of transferring the documentation will be exporting and importing wikis. >>> >>> >>> I have found the following articles regarding importing/exporting wikis: >>> * Help:Export: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Export >>> * Help:Import: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Import >>> Can you confirm that these are the articles that i need regarding >>> importing/exporting wikis? >>> >>> >>> Is it possible to import/export our wikis to a new MediaWiki for the >>> client? >>> >>> One more thing, we also have some documents in Confluence >>> (Atlassian Confluence 3.5.3). Is there a way to import/export them to >>> our MediaWiki page (we call them Docs Wiki)? It also needs to completely >>> replicate the Confluence page including the codes, images and links. >>> >>> >>> Hope you can help me on this. I would really appreciate this. >>> >>> >>> If there is anything else, please let me know. >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> PS. I am unsure if i should directly name our company and the client. >>> This >>> is regarding the confidentiality clause. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MediaWiki-l mailing list >>> mediawik...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
