Migrate ext_news media and related files to FAL
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Intended audience
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Experienced TYPO3 Integrators and Developers

Status
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Tested on 6.2 with news 3.2.x (2900 news records and 8 GB of files) and on 7.6 with news 4.3.x, feel free to adapt to your needs.

Usage
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**PLEASE make a backup of the database and the folder uploads/tx_news first!**

Run the migration from CLI:

`typo3/cli_dispatch.phpsh extbase mediamigrate:mediamigrate --pid PID_WITH_NEWS_RECORDS --folder fileadmin/WHATEVER`

This command copies the files from uploads/tx_news to the folder and creates FAL references for the media and related file elements of a news record.

After checking the migration you can delete the migrated files and the old references:

`typo3/cli_dispatch.phpsh extbase mediamigrate:mediadelete --pid PID_WITH_NEWS_RECORDS`

Then you will have to enter `1`, if you want to proceed.

All activities are logged in typo3temp/logs/CitkoNewsMediamigrate.log.

That's it. The extension fits our purpose, feel free to modify it!

After migration delete the extension from your system and update your reference index.

Big thanks to my company [Citkomm](http://www.citkomm.de) for letting me publish this.