Wednesday, January 14, 2014Author: Hector Iribarne @hectoriribarne

Drupal Content Automation with Migrate 2.6

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Main Topics

Clean D7 install w/ Migrate module

Demo content import

Walkthrough the code

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Install D7

and the

Migrate Module

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Get Acquia Dev Desktop 2: https://docs.acquia.com/dev-desktop2

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Name your site:

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Open the new site:

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Finish intallation of Drupal 7:

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Configure new site:

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Open console:

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Hector’s base Drupal 7 configuration:

● cd sites/all/modules

● mkdir custom

● drush dl module_filter admin_menu pathauto views token ctools entity migrate;drush en -y module_filter admin_menu pathauto views views_ui token ctools entity migrate migrate_ui;drush en -y module_filter admin_menu;drush dis -y overlay toolbar

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Add custom migrate 2.6 modules:

● Place custom modules migr8csv2article and migr8csv2page in the sites/all/modules/custom directory and enable the modules

● Create a data directory under the files folder

● Place CSV files article.csv and page.csv in the sites/all/default/files/data directory

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Content Import

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Start out without content or migrations:

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Enable Content Automation Migrate 2.6 modules:

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Select Groups and Execute Import:

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Post Import (Success):

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Content post import (Success):

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Walkthrough

the code

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CSV file:

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Info file:

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Module file:

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Include file:

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References:

● https://www.drupal.org/project/migrate (migrate_example)

● http://www.kedrovsky.com/blog/2011/10/13/bulk-loading-

content-drupal-migrate-module/

Questions?

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