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[FR] Question - How to migrate from matrix layout to vizy? #138

Closed tomkiss closed 1 year ago

tomkiss commented 2 years ago

What are you trying to do? I'd like to move existing content held in matrix fields to a Vizy field, but unsure how to achieve this.

Websites I build in Craft traditionallu use matrix blocks to achieve maximum editing options, but Vizy offers a much better author experience. I'd essentially like to port matrix fields over to a Vizy layout. I've never done anything like this before so am not sure where to start. Perhaps an import/export process using FeedMe? Is there any additional functionality within Vizy that might help to do this?

What's your proposed solution? I don't have one, but am curious if anyone else has done this or can offer advice in some way. I couldn't see any related issues on github so wanted to ask the question, incase discussion over time is helpful to others.

engram-design commented 1 year ago

At the moment, there aren't any plans to include migrations to/from Matrix/Neo/Super Table/others, sorry. If there's enough interest, we can maybe implement something, but it'll be difficult, as they're not 1-for-1 compatible.

tomkiss commented 1 year ago

Thanks for your response. This is entirely understandable, but I do think having any sort of import/export ability could be critically helpful for Vizy. If the node structure itself could be exported and re-imported, as a working process, then it would be a great starting point for users to build on top of, with more specific requirements. Though I appreciate it's no small feat!

engram-design commented 1 year ago

We're probably going to introduce an import/export of sorts via https://github.com/verbb/vizy/issues/142 where you can import and export raw HTML. This will at least help getting to/from other editors like Redactor, CKEditor, etc.

Where it gets really tricky is trying to migrate Vizy Block data, which is far down the todo list. But I agree, we want people to be able to come and go with Vizy as a WYSIWYG editor at the very least.