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Once installed, the Bulk Uploader has its own series of admin pages which walk you through the upload process in an easy to follow, step-by-step format. If you make a mistake with the upload, or simply need to cancel and reupload a new spreadsheet every couple of days, no problem. The bulk uploader maintains a history of recent uploads and allows you to simply ‘undo’ an upload. All listings created by that upload are automatically removed from your site. | Once installed, the Bulk Uploader has its own series of admin pages which walk you through the upload process in an easy to follow, step-by-step format. If you make a mistake with the upload, or simply need to cancel and reupload a new spreadsheet every couple of days, no problem. The bulk uploader maintains a history of recent uploads and allows you to simply ‘undo’ an upload. All listings created by that upload are automatically removed from your site. | ||
- | <tip c n>Note that there is a max upload size configuration within | + | Follow these links for [[Addons: |
- | <tip c n>Note that there is a max execution time configuration within the php.ini php configuration file that may affect very large bulk upload files. | ||
- | ===See also=== | + | ===== Multi-category Uploads ===== |
- | * [[Addons: | + | |
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- | ===== New Feature: Multi-category Uploads ===== | + | Typically, we recommend |
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- | Beginning with Bulk Uploader v2.4.0, it is now possible to bulk upload into multiple categories from a single file. To do so, select the " | + | |
* A new column type, **Category > Category ID#**, will be present. Create a column in your CSV file that holds the numerical category ID numbers for each listing, and assign it to this new column. Numerical category ID numbers may be found in the admin, on the Categories Setup page -- look for the number in (parentheses) by each category name. | * A new column type, **Category > Category ID#**, will be present. Create a column in your CSV file that holds the numerical category ID numbers for each listing, and assign it to this new column. Numerical category ID numbers may be found in the admin, on the Categories Setup page -- look for the number in (parentheses) by each category name. | ||
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- | ===== New Feature: Category-Specific Checkbox List ===== | ||
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- | This is a quick way to set multiple " | ||
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- | The Checkbox List accepts a comma-separated list of questions that should be marked as on. For example, if you're using the default questions packaged with the Automobiles category, and you want to upload a car that has GPS, OnStar Technology, and Air Conditioning, | ||
- | ===== Do you have a large CSV file or lots of images to import? | + | ===== Multi-Part Uploads |
- | You can break up the processing of an individual | + | You can break up the processing of an individual |
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- | Set the max number of listings to load with each attempt and the time between each attempt. | + | Set the max number of listings to load with each attempt and the time between each attempt. |
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