Will this allow for content synchronization between related websites?

Hi Paul,

I think there are two points on your question:

1.- Share selected content.
Currently you can select import/export a single content entity or the entire site content entities.
Of course you can manually filter the YAML files that you want to import --- one YAML file = one content entity.

After finishing the sync screen, there are plans to add a screen where the content entities to be exported can be selected.

2.- Related Websites
Currently the module is checking the site UUID to make sure that it is the same site even if it is on a different environment (local, dev, stage, prod,..). The site UUID validation mainly is to make sure that the content entities to be imported exist and field types and attributes match the entity configuration.

If your related sites are clones of the same one then they share the same site UUID, and if they still sharing content entities configuration (content type machine names, taxonomies, fields...) then the sync would work.

Now, if the sites don't share the same UUID some workarounds still can be done. I had a similar need not long ago, so I used the module overriding the site UUID validation. The import was successful because the taxonomies and content types had the same machine names and the same fields.

Because the need to move content between different sites is not uncommon and different scenarios can be faced:
1.- field exist in YAML but not in the site entity
2.- field exist in the site entity but not in YAML
3.- field type in the YAML is different that the one in the site entity
4.- content uuid already exist but it is assigned to a different entity type/bundle.
5.- ....
We still looking for the best ways to handle the above and let the user decide if skip the record, save anyway with an empty fields or default values, etc.. But this would be implemented in a future release.

Hi Paul,

If the related sites are clones of the same one (share same site UUID), then yes you can exchange/share content.

Cheers,
Blanca

@MrPaulDriver

The reason the module is restricted to import and export from the same site (or clones), is because it is important that both sites have the same content types and fields. Otherwise, the import may not work properly.

If you have the same content structure across both independent sites, you can alter the export files and trick the module into allowing you import content from one site to another.

With that said, we're going to take your requirement into consideration as a potential future feature for this module.

Hi @MrPaulDriver,

I wanted to let you know that we have just recently released our recommended version of the module, and we have included the ability to synchronize content across multiple sites, as per your recommended.

To do so, install the module and configure it to "Bypass site uuid validation". Once the bypass has been enabled, you will be able to easily import content from across different sites.

Thank you for your feedback and help in the development of this module.

Assigning credit and closing.