Timeout issues are one of the most common questions raised in data access development.
To resolve this issue, the common troubleshooting step is increase the php timeout value to a larger value.
If you can't change the timeout value you can:
export the articles without images. You can export the images later via ftp.
export data in bulk. Select 500 articles at a time http://yourwebsite/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&limit=500&limitstart=1 http://yourwebsite/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&limit=500&limitstart=501 http://yourwebsite/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&limit=500&limitstart=1001 and so on...
With System - Limit 500 plugin you can select 500 items at a time from pagination.
Sending articles from one Joomla! 1.5 website to another one is the most powerfull feature of J2XML. After setting up the source and target site, the sending of articles is as simple as a click.
First of all you must install J2XML 1.5.3 or above on both the source and target website. Then you need to
Enable XML-RPC - J2XML API plugin on target website
Select Components > J2XML > Control panel from the drop-down menu on the Back-end of your Joomla! installation. Open the State panel on right side.
Click on XML-RPC - J2XML API to open the Plugin Manager and Enable the plugin.
Be sure that Web services are enabled. If not, click on Web services from the J2XML control panel and enable them.
Setup website on source website
To send articles from one Joomla! 1.5 website to another you need to record the target data access into J2XML on source website. Select Components > J2XML > Website Manager from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation.
Click on New button to add a new website configuration.
Name is a symbolic name of the site, it helps you to find the right site to send articles.
Enabled indicates whether it is possible to send articles to website.
Remote URL is the entry point of web services on target website. Pay attention to know the correct root path of your joomla installation. In this example Joomla is installed into joomla15 subfolder.
Username and password are the credentials of registered users on the destination site that send the articles.
Send articles
Click the Article Manager icon in the Control Panel, or click 'Article Manager' in the 'Content' menu in the Back-end of your Joomla! installation.
Check the boxes to select the articles you want send. Click the send button. A lightbox comes up with the websites list, click on the name of the web site to send your data
Note
You can also send content from Section Manager and Category Manager.
Select Components > J2XML from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation.
Description
J2XML is an easy to use import/export solution for your Joomla!® powered website.
Toolbar
At the top right you will see the toolbar:
Import. To import articles from XML file. Select the file using browse... button and click on this button.
Parameters. Click this button to open the Global Configuration window. This window allows you to set default parameters for this type of item. See Global Configuration.
Help. Opens this Help Screen.
Export and Send
To export articles or to send articles to others web site you have to use the extra buttons on the Article Manager toolbar, Article Trash toolbar, Section Manager and Category Manager.
To view extra button you have to enable System - J2XML plugin. Before to use the function Send you have to insert website data from the Website Manager.
Global Configuration
Click the Parameters button to open the J2XML Global Configuration window as shown below. These parameters are the default values for Import/export functions.
Save. Press Save to save your settings.
Cancel. Press Cancel to cancel your changes.
Export Images (No/Yes). Whether or not to export images with base64 encode.
Export Users (No/Yes). Whether or not to export the sections and categories related to articles.
Compress (No/Yes). Whether or not to compress output.
Import Articles (Yes, if not exists/Yes, overwrite if exists). What to do if articles already exist.
Import Images (No/Yes, if not exists/Yes, overwrite if exists). Whether or not to import images and what to do if them already exist.
Import Categories (No/Yes, if not exists/Yes, overwrite if exists). Whether or not to import sections and categories and what to do if them already exist.
Import Users (No/Yes, if not exists/Yes, overwrite if exists). Whether or not to import users and what to do if them already exist.
Access Level (Keep the original access level/Public/Registered/Special). Whether or not to keep the original access level and what to do if article does not exists.
State (Keep the original state/Published/Unpublished). Whether or not to keep the original state (publication state, date to start and date to finish publishing the article, hits) and what to do if article does not exists.
Keep author (No/Yes). Whether or not to keepthe userwhocreatedoreditedthe article, the dateandtime thearticle waslast modifiedandtherevision number. Default values are the user who imports the articles and current date and time.
Keep category (No/Yes). Whether or not to keep original category and section. Default is uncategorised.
Keep attribs (No/Yes). Whether or not to keep original attribs. Default is null.
Keep metadata (No/Yes). Whether or not to keep original metadata. Default is null.
Keep frontpage (No/Yes). Whether the articles on the front page will be shown on the front page after the import.
Keep rating (No/Yes). Whether or not to keep original article rating. Default is 0.
Select Components > J2XML > Website Manager from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation.
Description
The Website Manager is where you can existing Websites and create new ones.
Screenshot
Column Headers
Click on the column heading to sort the list by that column's value.
#. An indexing number automatically assigned by Joomla! for ease of reference.
Checkbox. Check this box to select one or more items. To select all items, check the box in the column heading. After one or more boxes are checked, click a toolbar button to take an action on the selected item or items. Many toolbar actions, such as Publish and Unpublish, can work with multiple items. Others, such as Edit, only work on one item at a time. If multiple items are checked and you press Edit, the first item will be opened for editing.
Title. The name of the Website. You can click on the name to open the Website for editing.
Remote URL. The full web address of xmlrpc service on remote server (http:///xmlrpc/index.php).
Username. The user name to use when connecting to the xmlrpc service on the remote server.
Enabled. Whether the item has been enabled or not. You can change the Enabled state by clicking on the icon in this column.
ID. The ID number. This is a unique identification number for this item assigned automatically by Joomla!. It is used to identify the item internally, for example in internal links. You can not change this number.
Display #. The number of items to display on one page. If there are more items than this number, you can use the page navigation buttons (Start, Prev, Next, End, and page numbers) to navigate between pages. Note that if you have a large number of items, it may be helpful to use the Filter options, located above the column headings, to limit which items display.
Toolbar
At the top right you will see the toolbar:
Enable. To enable one or more items, select them and click on this button.
Disable. To disable one or more items, select them and click on this button.
Delete. To delete one or more items, select them and click this button. The selected items will be deleted.
Edit. Select one item and click on this button to open it in edit mode. If you have more than one item selected, the first item will be opened. You can also open an item for editing by clicking on its Title.
New. Click on this button to create a new item. You will enter the New page for this item.
Help. Opens this Help Screen.
List Filters
You can filter the list of items by typing part of the title or the ID number. You can also select an Enabled State.The selections may be combined. Only items matching both selections will display in the list.
Filter by Partial Title
You can filter the list of items by typing part of the title or the ID number. You can also select a combination of Category and Published State.
Filter. In the upper left corner just above the column headings is a Filter field and two buttons, as shown below:
If you have a large number of items on the list, you can use this filter to find the desired item(s) quickly. Enter either part of the title or an ID number and press 'Go' to display the matching items. You can enter in whole words or part of a word. For example, "ooml" will match all titles with the word "Joomla!" in them.
Filter by Enabled State
In the upper right area, above the column headings, there are two drop-down list boxes as shown below:
Select State. Use the drop-down list box to select the enabled state: Enabled or Disabled.
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