Operation Migration: Migrating static content into Cascade Server with our new Universal Migration Tool

Ryan Griffith, Support Engineer @ Hannon Hill

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What is the Universal Migration Tool?

● CMS-agnostic

● Migrates content from static web pages into existing Cascade

Server Sites

○ Archive of news releases

○ Faculty/staff profile pages

○ Course catalog

● Links between imported pages and files are automatically

tracked

● Files are automatically uploaded

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6 Easy Steps

● Enter Cascade Server information

● Upload your Zip file

● Assign root level folders

● Select a Content Type and file extensions

● Map content to Cascade Server fields

● Migration summary & overwrite settings

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XPath Overview

● Used to navigate through XML elements and attributes

● Expressions look like paths in a computer file system○ e.g: /User/ryan/Desktop

● Types of nodes: root, children, siblings

● Includes built-in functions: strings, numbers, etc.

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XPath Syntax

● nodename Select nodes with name “nodename”

● node() Select contents of the current node

● / Select from the root node

● // Select at any level

● . Select the current node

● .. Select the parent node

● @ Select an attribute

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How about a demonstration?

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Tips: Planning the Migration

Questions to ask while planning the migration:

● Are there multiple page layouts/templates?

● What Content Types should they be matched to?

● What content do you want to map to Cascade Server

fields?

● Do you need to map any links to external URLs or

internal paths?

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Tips: Before the Migration

● Universal Migration Tool must be able to access your

Cascade Server instance

● Cascade Server Sites must be created and configured

● For the cautious, create a backup of your Site by

copying it, or backup your database

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Tips: Creating your Zip

● Download directly from web server

● Use a copy tool such as HTTrack (http://www.httrack.com)

● Folder structure should mimic structure of Site

● Remove files that are not necessary

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Tips: Running the Migration

● Log out of Cascade Server

● If for some reason the migration process fails, try

restarting (or starting from the beginning)

● If you need to upload additional Zip files, use a different

name each time

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Resources

● Universal Migration Tool

○ Hosted: http://migrate.cascadeserver.com/

○ Open Source: https://github.com/hannonhill/Universal-Migration-Tool

○ Serena/Luminis

○ HTML w/ Blocks

● XPath Help:

○ http://www.w3schools.com/xpath

○ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms256115.aspx

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Let us help you

● Let us know if you run into issues by posting them on

Github, or emailing support@hannonhill.com

● Our Services team would love to help you!

○ http://www.hannonhill.com/services

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Questions?

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