In this section we provide a high level overview of the components of the wiki to Wordpress snapshot process so you are aware of the technical requirements of the snapshot process before you commence with the learning challenge to generate your first snapshot for a published course site.
Components of the snapshot process
The snapshot process requires three major components:
- Outline page - A page in the wiki which is a structured list of the collection of wiki pages to be included in your snapshot that adheres to the technical requirements introduced previously in this section. In this course we will create an outline page as a sub-page of your User page in the wiki.
- Snapshot widget - This is a special category of wiki markup that will insert a "Request snapshot" button on an outline page (see image below). It initiates a web-form for authenticated users to trigger the open source scripts that will publish a snapshot to a WordPress site. The widget contains the URL for the target WordPress site for publishing your outline of wiki pages. The widget also has the ability to incorporate institutional logos in the footer area of the published website and a custom link to a disclaimer page in the site footer if needed. However, in this course you will use a simplified version of the snapshot widget syntax.
- WordPress course site - You will need access with administration rights to a WordPress site with the 'OERu theme' installed. The OERu WordPress theme incorporates the code needed to interpret the snapshot scripts for "converting" the wiki pages into WordPress pages. In this course, we provide learners with administration access to a WordPress course with a URL in the form of:
https://edt4ol.oerfoundation.org/username-course
