How to Import data into Zope or Plone.

Zope Hosting Instance and Plone Hosting Instance.

With Zope hosting instance or Plone hosting instance you will have full control of your own Zope server instance, with personal linux account. In this case more import/export options are available for you:
  • QuickImporter:  .zexp import (!!! usable if source instance and target instance have the same Zope products versions)
  • WinSCP: to upload data.fs or Zope/Plone products
  • Putty  
  • ssh  
  • Ftp: to upload photos, PDFs, mp3, and other files  into ZODB. You can't access to filesystem via FTP.
  • WebDAV:  upload content,  photos, PDFs, mp3, and other files into ZODB.

Plone Shared Hosting, Trial hosting

With Plone Shared Hosting you can export the entire Plone site or some folder using .zexp import/export. We have QuickImporter installed on our servers, which greatly simplifies import operations.

How to import/export all Plone site

  1. Suppose your site is located at http://localhost:8080/Plone
    Go to the ZMI  http://localhost:8080/manage
    To export local Plone site you have to select it (the Plone object) in ZMI and press Import/Export button. 
    plone zexp export
  2. Don't change the id.
    Select "Download to local machine"
    Click Export button and save *.zexp file to local computer.
    If your site id is Plone then the filename should be Plone.zexp file.
    plone zexp export Step2
  3. Suppose your Quintagroup Plone site is available at: http://plone03.quintagroup.com/demoplone/www
    Go to the  ZMI of your Zope root where plone site (www) is located http://plone03.quintagroup.com/demoplone/manage
  4. Use QuickImporter product to import you zexp file via http.
    Select it in the ZMI - dropdown list near add button (top right corner). Plone quickimporter, Step1
  5. Browse to to select *.zexp file.
    Click "Do Quick Import" button

    plone quickimporter
  6. Now you have two Plone sites  inside http://plone03.quintagroup.com/demoplone/manage
    old http://plone03.quintagroup.com/demoplone/www
    and new http://plone03.quintagroup.com/demoplone/Plone
    http://plone03.quintagroup.com/demoplone/Plone can be mapped to your domain http://mydomain.com

How to import/export some folders in Plone site

The procedure is the same as above.
  1. export some folder from your local Plone site to some *.zexp file.
    http://localhost:8080/Plone/manage
  2. import *.zexp file to your Plone site located on Quintagroup's server.
    http://plone03.quintagroup.com/demoplone/www/manage

Notes:

  • Import folder exists on filesystem and is accessible only through filemanager WinSCP or ssh. Plone Shared hosting,  Zope Shared hosting, Trial hosting have no access to filesystem and the access is not needed to import zexp files. QuickImporter adds this feature through the web.
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