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Convert Matrix to Grid

Use the EllisLab Playa & Matrix Importer
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Does anyone know how to create a staging for Expression Engine version 2?

If you know how to create a production or development server for EE2, you can create a staging server... if you don't know how to create a development or production server then go find that out first. ...
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How can I add an ampersand (or similar) following all but the final entry in a Matrix loop?

I think the best way achieve this is to do by adding CSS. For that you just need to create one class pipe containing the + sign (either with an image or with color). Then put that pipe class on ...
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Don't display duplicate column data from Matrix

Sounds like a good use for stash. Capture the matrix (or the entire entry, it's up to you). The following assumes you know how to capure and set a list with stash, ie: {exp:stash:set_list name="...
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Display only unique values from a Matrix column

Well, the query module gives you direct access to SQL querying your database tables, so this seem quite possible. It depends on the complexity: Are you looking to isolate rows based on a unique column?...
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How do I import checkbox field values using DataGrab?

If you are using a normal, EE checkbox, you should just need to supply pipe-delimited values (eg, One|Two|Three). If you are using a Field Pack checkbox, these aren't currently supported within ...
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How to see if a checkbox is selected?

I had the same problem post upgrade from EE 2.8 to 2.10 and found that I needed to change the conditionals as follows to make them work again: {if '{my_checkboxes:selected option="value"}' == '1'}
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Best practices for importing matrix data

A matrix (or native grid field) can become unwiedly with a lot of records so I'd go down the relationship route. Create a new channel for the data, you can then use relationship field(s) to associate ...
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Does anyone know how to create a staging for Expression Engine version 2?

You might want to consider this Bootstrap file from Ben Parizek (originally from Leevi Graham). It allows for Local, Development (Staging) and Production (Live) environments. You can set different ...
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How can I add an ampersand (or similar) following all but the final entry in a Matrix loop?

if you change this {if total_results >= "1"} + {/if} to this {if count != total_results} + {/if} Then you will get the "+" if there are multiple and it will ...
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How can I make dynamic Grid (or Matrix) fields in the control panel?

It is not. The simplest solution is to have all four columns and simply instruct the content manager to use the appropriate 2nd, 3rd, or 4th column based on the value of the 1st.
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EE Matrix filepicker error: Cannot read property 'rows' of null

Have you tried updating to the latest version of Matrix? Perhaps it's a compatibility issue. https://docs.pixelandtonic.com/matrix/changelog.html
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Playa in a matrix column P&T example

Looks like our Playa field tag ({neighborhood_plan}) is missing the prefix - it needs that since it's inside of your prefixed Matrix field: {neighborhood_plans var_prefix="npd" search:...
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Matrix half of the total rows, output code at N row_count

Using grid and native (2.9.2) it’s quite cool, you can now do could do: {if grid_field:count == grid_field:total_results / 2} In our case I wanted to create a two column set of lists :)
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