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Adding the Content Porter button to Content Manager Explorer

To enable Content Porter users to install the Content Porter client software from a browser, and later to launch the Content Porter wizard, run the Content Porter installer, which adds a Content Porter button to the Content Manager Explorer user interface of SDL Web 8.5.

Procedure

  1. From your SDL Web 8.5 Content Manager server machine, access the SDL Web installation media.
  2. Navigate to the Content Porter\ subfolder.
  3. Run Install SDL Web Content Porter 8.5 and follow the instructions.

Results

The installer adds a new Content Porter button to the Tools tab of the Content Manager Explorer Ribbon toolbar. This has the following effects:
  • If a user clicks the button for the first time while in Internet Explorer, it launches the Content Porter client installer, which the user can then use to install the client software on their machine.
  • If a user subsequently clicks the button (in any browser), it launches the Content Porter client, which the user can then use to export and import content.