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Clone Blogs Without Entries and Comments

Selective Cloner is plugin for Movable Type that enables administrators to clone (copy) existing blogs. Unlike the blog cloning tool that comes with MT, Selective Cloner only clones Blog Settings, Permissions, and Templates. This plugin enables you to quickly create new blog with all of the same settings and templates as an existing blog -- in seconds you can have a new blog up and running, with the same look and feel. This is handy for blog networks or organizations who have more than one blog with the same templates.

Installation

Upload the contents of the 'plugins' directory to the 'plugins' directory of your MT install.
Go to "Manage Blogs" at the system level, click the checkbox beside the blog you want to clone, and choose "Clone Blog (Perms,Settings,Templates)".

License: GPL

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Posted by Mark on October 22, 2008 1:58 PM |

Comments (4)

Mark Carey Author Profile Page:

For those interested in the specifics of what gets cloned and what doesn't, here is a breakdown:

The following objects are cloned:

  • Blog settings (MT::Blog object, with the exception of the publishing paths)
  • Permissions (MT::Permission and MT::Association objects)
  • Templates (MT::Template objects)
  • Template Publishing Maps (MT::TemplateMap objects)

The following objects are NOT cloned:

  • Entries and Pages (MT::Entry and MT::Page objects)
  • Trackbacks and Pings (MT::Trackback and MT::TBPing objects)
  • Categories (MT::Category objects)
  • Comments (MT::Comment objects)
  • Category and Tag mappings (MT::Placement and MT::ObjectTag objects)

Posted by Mark Carey Author Profile Page | October 22, 2008 2:29 PM

Posted on October 22, 2008 14:29

rm_blogger Author Profile Page:

That's going to come in very handy when I'm experimenting with new plugins and stuff. Thanks!

Posted by rm_blogger Author Profile Page | October 22, 2008 7:37 PM

Posted on October 22, 2008 19:37

شات صوتي:

That's going to come in very handy when I'm experimenting

Posted by شات صوتي | March 30, 2009 8:41 PM

Posted on March 30, 2009 20:41

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