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Adding new stories: In Bulk


johnnyc

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I am new to GeekLog and I am creating a site about antiques.

I would like to be able to upload to table gl_stories, several hundred stories (or in my case info about a specific antique) with a CSV file which I can create, via phpAdmin.

I would also need to upload images for the stories.

What are the minimum fields I need to include other than the story detail fields.

What values would I need to include in the housekeeping fields and are there other tables that need to be updated.

Thanks

johnny
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beewee

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I'm no sql expert, but you also need the topics tables. Why not put in your topics, make a few test stories for each topic, download the database and have a look at it?
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Dirk

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Hmm, let's see ...

At the very least: sid, uid, tid, date, title, introtext, owner_id

Well, technically uid/owner_id aren't necessary but then all your stories would be owned by "Anonymous".


Converters from other systems are always a problem. People use them once and then don't need them again, so they don't get updated - or even written in the first place. I would hope that changes now that we have out neat "internal API", at least for stories and static pages ...

bye, Dirk
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