[solved] import csv products module

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[solved] import csv products module

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hi, somebody know how to import csv data file through the products module.
export csv pretty nice but not the same with import
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If it exports CSV, make a few sample products with everything a normal one would have, price, etc., then export it and see how it is formatted and follow it to make your own...
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Hi, thanks, I tried this. Export to a csv and saw the column headings, then import a csv file exactly the same, with the same headers. Here I had some problems in the encoding (utf-8, ascii) to read in excell
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Try using an editor like PSPad as it may be using excel that is messing with the code/character set...
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