WirdPro synchronisiertversion. This feature is part of the Pro version of Fileshelf. What the Free version does is
covered under Free version and Pro version.
The page Fileshelf → Import takes over categories, downloads, files and download counts from
another download extension of the same site. The old extension stays as it is and keeps working: Fileshelf only reads,
files are copied. Super Users see the page.
SourceWhat is taken over
Phoca Download 6Categories with image, downloads, counts, version, tags, license
jDownloads 4Categories, downloads, counts, version, tags, license, passwords; optionally the same
file in several categories becomes one download
Dropfiles 6Categories with image, files, counts, version, tags, several categories per file
Membership ProThe documents of the plans, bound to their plans (see Memberships with Membership
Pro)
If a source is not installed or its tables differ from the known version, the page says why and imports
nothing.
How an import runs
Choose Preview and import for the source. The preview shows the category tree and the first
downloads with what will happen to them – nothing has changed yet.
Choose where the categories go. By default a new, unpublished category "Import from …" keeps the import together.
Leave Take over the download counts ticked if the counts should go on.
Start the import. It runs step by step; keep the page open until the report appears. You can
cancel at any time; starting again continues.
The preview before the import.
An import can be repeated: what was taken over is skipped; a taken-over download deleted since then comes back.
What is not taken over
Files Fileshelf does not accept: every file is checked like an upload (allowed file types, size,
content). Refused files are listed with the reason in the report; adjust the options if needed and start the import
again.
Files outside the site: links, files in a cloud (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive). Fileshelf only
delivers its own files.
Passwords stored only encrypted: such downloads and categories arrive unpublished; set a new
password and publish them.
Single download records: only the count is taken over.
Access levels that do not exist on this site become "Special". License texts go into the field
License, which the import creates once.
The report
The report says what was taken over and what was skipped, and leads through the next steps.
The report with aftercare and checklist.
Publish the import: Joomla keeps categories below an unpublished category unpublished. The
button publishes the category of the import and every category that is published in the source.
Replace shortcodes: articles and custom modules with shortcodes of the old extension get those of
Fileshelf. Articles keep the old text in their versions. What cannot be replaced is listed under "By hand".
Create redirects: old addresses of downloads and categories lead to the new ones once the old
extension is uninstalled. The plugin "System - Redirect" must be switched on.
Switch menu items: menu items of the old extension then show the matching page of
Fileshelf.
Uninstall the old extension only after you have checked the report.
