Hi there,
I have a site where a section of it contains various projects my client would like to display. The projects have the same fields required on each one which admin can enter as text:
Project Name:
Overview:
Completed:
etc...
In the past I have achieve this kind of thing with Advanced Content. However, my client has 100+ of these projects. Is there any way to import this content in bulk, say from a csv file? Or, can anyone recommend a module which will allow the same kind of format and import in bulk.
It must be noted that if a project does not contain a certain field, then the field must not display at all on the front end of the site.
Any help much appreciated.
Bulk import or a module that can do... [SOLVED]
Bulk import or a module that can do... [SOLVED]
Last edited by JM6891 on Thu Apr 03, 2014 9:14 am, edited 1 time in total.
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chandra
Re: Bulk import or a module that can do...
The question is what you want to do with the values inside csv.
If you only want a simple output it's possible to do with Smarty 3 and without any additional module. Maybe you only need a simple (and fast) plugin.
Please tell me more about the csv file (fields, values, output format).
If you only want a simple output it's possible to do with Smarty 3 and without any additional module. Maybe you only need a simple (and fast) plugin.
Please tell me more about the csv file (fields, values, output format).
Re: Bulk import or a module that can do...
Hi thank you for your reply.
Each project (or row in the CSV file) will need to display as its own page. We would also need to be able to display some kind of menu for each of the projects so that they can be accessed via a landing page.
The CSV file will contain the following columns:
Project Name
Overview
Completion Date
Then as an example, a row would be something like:
Project Name: Building Project
Overview: Short description of project
Completion date: Jan 2014
There's nothing special about the data as such, it's all just text entry and to be displayed as text on the pages too.
Many thanks again for your response.
Each project (or row in the CSV file) will need to display as its own page. We would also need to be able to display some kind of menu for each of the projects so that they can be accessed via a landing page.
The CSV file will contain the following columns:
Project Name
Overview
Completion Date
Then as an example, a row would be something like:
Project Name: Building Project
Overview: Short description of project
Completion date: Jan 2014
There's nothing special about the data as such, it's all just text entry and to be displayed as text on the pages too.
Many thanks again for your response.
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chandra
Re: Bulk import or a module that can do...
It seems really simple.
You talk about a single page for every project.
In cause of the simple data structure I think pagination done by Javascript would be a good idea.
@Velden : Does LI have a csv import? (Never heard about). If not a manually input is needed
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You talk about a single page for every project.
In cause of the simple data structure I think pagination done by Javascript would be a good idea.
@Velden : Does LI have a csv import? (Never heard about). If not a manually input is needed
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It has CSV export and import option. Never used it myself but it's in there.chandra wrote:@Velden : Does LI have a csv import? (Never heard about). If not a manually input is needed
I think it's the right module for you purpose. Note that you must modify template; check if specific field has value then show the value else don't show it.
Re: Bulk import or a module that can do...
Thank you for your replies. I will take a look at Listit2 and see if it will achieve what I need it to.
Re: Bulk import or a module that can do...
Thank you all once again for your responses. I can confirm that the Listit2 module did achieve what I needed it to.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
