As discussed on the docs list, a feature to move multiple book pages to another place in the book is pretty essential. Marked critical because we'd like to see it for the new handbook. :) Please see the docs list discussion for more details. (somewhere around here: http://lists.drupal.org/archives/drupal-docs/2005-03/msg00295.html)

Anisa.

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killes@www.drop.org’s picture

killes@www.drop.org commented

I may be confused but think that this feature is already there. If I have a page A that is parent to B and child to C, B will still be child to A after making A child of D instead of C. Please re-open if I am wrong.

rivena’s picture

rivena commented

I may be confused but think that this feature is already there. If I have a page A that is parent to B and child to C, B will still be child to A after making A child of D instead of C. Please re-open if I am wrong.

Your situation is this:

Original:
>C
>>>A
>>>>B

After making A child of D:
>C
>D
>>>A
>>>>B

What we would like to be able to do is:

Original setup
>A
>>1A
>>2A
>B
>>1B
>>2B
>>3B

We think that really, 2B and 3B really belong in A, not B, so, in one operation, we want to move those two pages to go under A.

After change:
>A
>>1A
>>2A
>>2B
>>3B
>B
>>1B

In Drupal now, you would have to do it seperately.

I am pretty sure this is true, other wise someone would've said something when we discussed it originally. :)

Anisa.

jose reyero’s picture

jose reyero commented

I think this would be a nice feature but I don't agree with setting it as a "critical feature". I mean many people would like to see Drupal 4.7 out and could live without this one.
In addition, a more general feature, like a few filters for the admin>content>book page and a drop down to change each page's parent individually would be more useful

puregin’s picture

puregin commented
Title: moving pages en masse » Add ability to move book pages en-masse
Assigned: Unassigned » puregin
Priority: Critical » Minor

Marking this as priority 'normal'.

Bulk editing functionality will be available in 4.7 using export_dxml module, followed by off-line/desktop editing and re-importation using bookimport module.

If someone can create a mockup of a UI for bulk-moves of pages, or even just have a clear description of how this might actually work in detail, this would still be a nice thing to be able to do in Drupal.

Djun

ricabrantes’s picture

ricabrantes commented
Version: x.y.z » 5.x-dev

I thinks this is active, No??

scoutbaker’s picture

scoutbaker commented
Version: 5.x-dev » 7.x-dev

Feature requests go against the current development version.

After 2 years, this doesn't seem high on anyone's list. The export_dxml module mentioned is available for D4.7.x and D5.x. The Book import module is only available for 4.x. There may be replacements for either or both of these modules.

@ricabrantes: Perhaps you could research some of the contrib modules to see if this functionality is is already present. There are a couple of export modules, and the Google Summer of Code 2006 produced the Import/Export API. If there are modules that perform the requested function, this issue could be closed out.

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jody lynn
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Primary language English
commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

This has long been fixed with drag and drop and book joining the menu system.