Feeds Module - Revision history

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Pre-configuration

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Pre-configuration

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 #To sync data from an rss feed
 #To import or migrate data in the form of a CSV file
 === Pre-configuration ===

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 Feeds is a Drupal module for importing data from feeds or structured content files (ie. csv).
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 ##If you want to change these to all day events (so time doesn't show up in Events view) you have to manually go through each imported event and select the checkbox for "All Day"
 ##Feeds does not have a way of importing data into All Day checkbox, so it appears this process can't be automated

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 Feeds is a Drupal module for importing data from feeds or structured content files (ie. csv).
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 ##If you want to change these to all day events (so time doesn't show up in Events view) you have to manually go through each imported event and select the checkbox for "All Day"
 ##Feeds does not have a way of importing data into All Day checkbox, so it appears this process can't be automated

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	Feeds is a Drupal module for importing data from feeds or structured content files (ie. csv).		Feeds is a Drupal module for importing data from feeds or structured content files (ie. csv).

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	**leave all options as they are, and choose the converted file with the upload form		**leave all options as they are, and choose the converted file with the upload form
	**Click "Import"		**Click "Import"
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		+	==Notes==
		+	*Importing dates can be problematic
		+	#If you don't already have a content type set up, you should change the date field in the content type settings to not alter the time zone in "Time Zone Handling"
		+	#IF you do have a content type set up, you should make sure all the dates you are importing have a time following the date (it should look something like "2012-08-10 07:30:00")
		+	##If you want to change these to all day events (so time doesn't show up in Events view) you have to manually go through each imported event and select the checkbox for "All Day"
		+	##Feeds does not have a way of importing data into All Day checkbox, so it appears this process can't be automated

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 ****In Node Processor Mapping, you can select which CSV fields should be put into each Event Field in Drupal
+===Exporting===
 **To use, place an exported xml file containing data from the old events database into the same directory as the script
 **the script should initially load a form that will ask you for the name of the file -- select it in the drip down menu and press Submit.
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 ***Check to make sure there aren't any semicolons that should not be used as a delimiter
 ***Check to make sure there aren't any new lines wehre there shouldn't be.
-*Once you have converted to csv, on the new ERI site:
 **go to /import
-**select "Events Import"
+**select the Importer you want to use
 **leave all options as they are, and choose the converted file with the upload form
 **Click "Import"

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 #To sync data from an rss feed
 #To import or migrate data in the form of a CSV file
 === Pre-configuration ===
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 *To add an importer
 **Go to admin->modules->Feeds->Feeds Admin UI->Configure->Add Importer
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 **In the feeds configuration settings, there is an option to add more import functions
 **I created an import function specifically for events
-**In Node Processor Mapping, you can select which CSV fields should be put into each Event Field in Drupal
 *For the www-dev eri site, I created a script, which is currently located at http://www-dev.eri.ucsb.edu/sites/all/themes/eriomega/build_csv.php