How to get started with using Transmogrifier to transfer content to your new Plone site

1. INTRO TO
TRANSMOGRIFIER
CHRISSY WAINWRIGHT
@CDW9
@SIXFEETUP

2. PROBLEM
• Getting started with Transmogrifier is difficult
• Documentation is spread out
• Documentation is very in-depth
• Lack of introductory documentation

3. SOLUTION
• New training available on training.plone.org

4. PROBLEM
• Getting started with migrations is not easy
• Create an add-on or use existing custom package?
• Starting a pipeline from scratch
• Easy to forget necessary pieces

5. SOLUTION
• New bobtemplate for a migration package!
$ pip install bobtemplates.migration
$ mrbob -O ploneconf.migration bobtemplates.migration:jsonify
• Provides an initial pipeline, which automatically works from a
collective.jsonify export

6. DEMO!
LET’S LEARN ABOUT TRANSMOGRIFIER