Copying a discussion group to another discussion group

Hi,

I have 2 WSS sites they are not connected in a portal in any way one is a
test and the other is live. We recently decided to recreate the structure of
our site. The new structure was built entirely on the test site. We intend to
wipe the live site and upgrade the hard drives etc... once done we are going
to backup the new structure and restore on the upgraded server.

I can download all the documents stored in the Shared Documents folder as
versioning was not turned on, then upload them to the new site. There are
however some items that are in a particular discussion group on the old WSS
site that I need to keep along with all its threads.

Is it possible to backup just the discussion group and then restore to a new
rebuilt site?

If what I have written does not make any sense, let me know and I will try
to elaborate further...

Thanks

david
Tue Aug 16 16:26:01 CDT 2005

this may be a long shot.....
go to modify settings and columns
save discussion board as template
put a tick in 'include content'
click ok.

THEN...go to the list template gallery and copy the list to your hard drive

"socaprice" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have 2 WSS sites they are not connected in a portal in any way one is a
> test and the other is live. We recently decided to recreate the structure of
> our site. The new structure was built entirely on the test site. We intend to
> wipe the live site and upgrade the hard drives etc... once done we are going
> to backup the new structure and restore on the upgraded server.
>
> I can download all the documents stored in the Shared Documents folder as
> versioning was not turned on, then upload them to the new site. There are
> however some items that are in a particular discussion group on the old WSS
> site that I need to keep along with all its threads.
>
> Is it possible to backup just the discussion group and then restore to a new
> rebuilt site?
>
> If what I have written does not make any sense, let me know and I will try
> to elaborate further...
>
> Thanks

socaprice
Wed Aug 17 08:41:15 CDT 2005

Thanks, that worked, the only issue is, it thinks all the discussion topics
including the replies are by me. lol

I know this may be difficult if not impossible, but is there some way to
save the names of the members that created the threads originally along with
the date/time they were created?

Thanks again for the original advice.

"dave nixon" wrote:

> this may be a long shot.....
> go to modify settings and columns
> save discussion board as template
> put a tick in 'include content'
> click ok.
>
> THEN...go to the list template gallery and copy the list to your hard drive
>
> "socaprice" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have 2 WSS sites they are not connected in a portal in any way one is a
> > test and the other is live. We recently decided to recreate the structure of
> > our site. The new structure was built entirely on the test site. We intend to
> > wipe the live site and upgrade the hard drives etc... once done we are going
> > to backup the new structure and restore on the upgraded server.
> >
> > I can download all the documents stored in the Shared Documents folder as
> > versioning was not turned on, then upload them to the new site. There are
> > however some items that are in a particular discussion group on the old WSS
> > site that I need to keep along with all its threads.
> >
> > Is it possible to backup just the discussion group and then restore to a new
> > rebuilt site?
> >
> > If what I have written does not make any sense, let me know and I will try
> > to elaborate further...
> >
> > Thanks

david
Wed Aug 17 08:56:04 CDT 2005

i'm not sure if that possible

"socaprice" wrote:

> Thanks, that worked, the only issue is, it thinks all the discussion topics
> including the replies are by me. lol
>
> I know this may be difficult if not impossible, but is there some way to
> save the names of the members that created the threads originally along with
> the date/time they were created?
>
> Thanks again for the original advice.
>
> "dave nixon" wrote:
>
> > this may be a long shot.....
> > go to modify settings and columns
> > save discussion board as template
> > put a tick in 'include content'
> > click ok.
> >
> > THEN...go to the list template gallery and copy the list to your hard drive
> >
> > "socaprice" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have 2 WSS sites they are not connected in a portal in any way one is a
> > > test and the other is live. We recently decided to recreate the structure of
> > > our site. The new structure was built entirely on the test site. We intend to
> > > wipe the live site and upgrade the hard drives etc... once done we are going
> > > to backup the new structure and restore on the upgraded server.
> > >
> > > I can download all the documents stored in the Shared Documents folder as
> > > versioning was not turned on, then upload them to the new site. There are
> > > however some items that are in a particular discussion group on the old WSS
> > > site that I need to keep along with all its threads.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to backup just the discussion group and then restore to a new
> > > rebuilt site?
> > >
> > > If what I have written does not make any sense, let me know and I will try
> > > to elaborate further...
> > >
> > > Thanks

socaprice
Wed Aug 17 10:26:27 CDT 2005

Yeah, did not think so... but "without dreams the people perish" lol - thanks
for the help though.

I really appreciate it.

"dave nixon" wrote:

> i'm not sure if that possible
>
> "socaprice" wrote:
>
> > Thanks, that worked, the only issue is, it thinks all the discussion topics
> > including the replies are by me. lol
> >
> > I know this may be difficult if not impossible, but is there some way to
> > save the names of the members that created the threads originally along with
> > the date/time they were created?
> >
> > Thanks again for the original advice.
> >
> > "dave nixon" wrote:
> >
> > > this may be a long shot.....
> > > go to modify settings and columns
> > > save discussion board as template
> > > put a tick in 'include content'
> > > click ok.
> > >
> > > THEN...go to the list template gallery and copy the list to your hard drive
> > >
> > > "socaprice" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have 2 WSS sites they are not connected in a portal in any way one is a
> > > > test and the other is live. We recently decided to recreate the structure of
> > > > our site. The new structure was built entirely on the test site. We intend to
> > > > wipe the live site and upgrade the hard drives etc... once done we are going
> > > > to backup the new structure and restore on the upgraded server.
> > > >
> > > > I can download all the documents stored in the Shared Documents folder as
> > > > versioning was not turned on, then upload them to the new site. There are
> > > > however some items that are in a particular discussion group on the old WSS
> > > > site that I need to keep along with all its threads.
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to backup just the discussion group and then restore to a new
> > > > rebuilt site?
> > > >
> > > > If what I have written does not make any sense, let me know and I will try
> > > > to elaborate further...
> > > >
> > > > Thanks