Bulk Upload Listings – Categories

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  • August 24, 2019 at 11:16 pm #504764

    Ethan Rocker
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    Hello,

    I am trying to bulk import listings, but when I try import the listing categories it doesn’t work with the category titles. The only way I was able to get it to work is by using the category ID in the upload file. This is very frustrating because it requires a few extra steps. Is this my only option?

    Note, I created all of the categories ahead of time.

    Thanks,
    Ethan

    August 25, 2019 at 12:25 am #504775

    Guust
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    Yes, that is the only option in V2.
    Exporting your listings, will give you the correct format.
    Thanks

    August 25, 2019 at 2:02 am #504787

    Ethan Rocker
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    Okay, how do you format these category IDs in excel? For example, many of my listings have more than 1 category and so SHOULD they show up as xxxx,xxxx,xxxx,xxxx all within the same cell. However, this is not the case – Excel treats this as a very large number and changes the position of the commas as a result.

    August 25, 2019 at 3:03 am #504792

    Guust
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    You should not use Excel exactly for that reason.
    x,y,z is the correct format.

    From https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs-v2/geodirectory/settings/import-export/

    Note: You can only edit the file with OpenOffice or LibreOffice Calc. Other editors leave artifacts in saved files that make them unreadable.

    Thanks

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