Improvements to Site Archive tool

Currently, the Site Archive tool allows you to export individual sites and import sites individually or in a batch.

However, it requires that you have access to the filesystem in order to drop off or pick up these files.

These patch files create the following new features:

• batch export sites via the Site Archive tool based on term

• download zips of those exports via the Site Archive tool

• Create a new course with a export zip

Screencast: http://screencast.com/t/mQUmh7Kb3

More info:

• Only administrators can create the exports right now

• Users' site creation permissions are still in effect - if you can't create a site, then you can't create one from an archive

• Admins need some other process (cron) to clean up the archive storage folder

• I've added a realm permission to control which users see this permission (which requires a kernel patch). No one gets it by default.

You'll need to make sure the following are set in sakai.properties:
archive.storage.path=${sakai.home}/archive/
archive.unzip.path=${sakai.home}/archive/

To test improved archive creation:

• Go to Admin Workspace > Site Archive

• Enter in the site id to export

• Check 'Download Archives' and you should see a link to a zip file for this site - may take a few minutes if its a large site

• You can also batch export by term, and those links will show up under 'Download Archives' too.

To test importing an archive:

• Download a zip archive file

• Go to Worksite Setup > New

• Select 'create site from archive' (The realm permission 'site.import.archive' controls if you see this option.)

• Select the type and semester

• Go through the normal site creation workflow - should select all tools you will want content for

• At the end, you will be asked to select a zip file from your computer to upload.

• Create the site