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I'm upgrading a site from 4.7.x to 5.x. I want to convert to book type nodes to story type, How I can do that?
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vito_swat commented

Upgrade page as is than use Nodetype module to change type of a node. After change you may want to uninstal Nodetype.

Vito

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Christefano-oldaccount commented

I would first upgrade to D5 and then install the Node type module. With Node type, nodes can be switched from one type to another.

http://drupal.org/project/nodetype

If you have too many book page nodes that you don't want to switch each one individually, you may be able to look at how Node type works so you can run an SQL query to do it.

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nancydru
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It's amazing what you can find when you browse the core modules. Try this:

node_type_update_nodes('book', 'story');

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sharique commented

I want to keep taxonomy as it is.
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All this does is run an update against the database; there's no reason for the taxonomy to be changed. You might, however, want to edit the vocabulary to change the content types to which it applies.

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sharique commented

for mass conversion.
I have more that 10000 nodes, I can't edit every node.
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nancydru
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The only thing you have to edit is the vocabulary to have it apply to the content type that you're changing to. "node_type_update_nodes" will get every node. But your taxonomy says it applies to book pages and you will need it to apply to stories.

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garym commented

(never mind, I neglected the php tags. Full scale conversion worked! Thanks Nancy...)

I want to convert "forum" postings to a new basic content type I created called "discussion" (which will only be used in Organic Group discussions). So how do I run "node_type_update_nodes" function? Do I put it in a page? I'm using 5.1 Thanks in advance....

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klcthebookworm commented

I have upgraded to 5.1, installed nodetypes, and want to change story nodes to books/book pages so users can better navigate through different books and chapters.

Nodetype is working fine making the story node a book page, but when I go to Administer -> Content Management -> Books those pages are not listed. When I tried to associate the next book page with what should be the parent, it's not listed in the drop down to do that. I don't know if this makes any sense, but I don't seem to have a link to "add a child page" on the ones I switch using nodetype.

And a mass conversion would probably be nice too, as long as you explain to me how to use it. I'm not too good with the database stuff.

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tm commented

might have to use one of these solutions in the future.

mass-update modules for non-coding site admins would be a nice "feature," but the potential for disaster is mind-boggling.