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  • February 20, 2018 at 10:16 am #418383

    Felicia Felicia
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    Post count: 140

    Hi,

    I exported the listing csv file, added the email information and uploaded them back into geodirectory.

    I have done this a few times, but some items always cannot be updated “8 / 90 item(s) could not be added due to blank title/invalid post type/invalid characters used in data.”

    And it is frustrating because there is no report, and I will need to go back and check which items are not updated and manually update them.

    Appreciate your help thanks

    February 20, 2018 at 10:20 am #418384

    Felicia Felicia
    Buyer
    Post count: 140

    And when i went in to check, 13 out of 90 items were actually not updated

    February 20, 2018 at 10:34 am #418388

    Felicia Felicia
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    And also the dates will get jumbled up – the months and dates and year will interchange and result in scheduled listings

    February 21, 2018 at 2:28 am #418507

    Kor
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    Post count: 16516

    Hi Felicia,

    Thanks for your message. Please share Wp admin access in private reply and also the CSV file in question so that we could check it out again. Please make sure you followed the instructions here to edit the CSV https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-export/

    Thanks!

    February 21, 2018 at 2:38 am #418509

    Felicia Felicia
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    February 21, 2018 at 3:07 am #418511

    Felicia Felicia
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    Oh I’ve seen the instructions – i used excel, maybe that’s why. But if you could do a check for me – that will be good too!

    Thanks!

    February 21, 2018 at 7:48 am #418536

    Kor
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    Post count: 16516

    Hi Felicia,

    Thanks for your reply. You can’t use Excel for this. Please send us a copy of the CSV file and I’ll check on it.

    Thanks!

    February 26, 2018 at 2:54 pm #419277

    Felicia Felicia
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    February 26, 2018 at 8:58 pm #419323

    Alex Rollin
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    Post count: 27815

    Hello,

    The post id is missing, so these records cannot be updated, only added as new records.

    Posts are also missing lat/lon

    Please review the required fields here:

    https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-export/#import

    February 27, 2018 at 12:19 am #419357

    Felicia Felicia
    Buyer
    Post count: 140

    so do i need to manually search for lat/lon to add in? How do I populate the values? Or do I leave the fields empty?

    February 27, 2018 at 1:06 am #419360

    Felicia Felicia
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    February 27, 2018 at 1:10 am #419363

    Felicia Felicia
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    How do I know which are the 92 added? And I don’t think any of the data was added because there were no new post ids (im adding new data)

    February 27, 2018 at 5:15 am #419386

    Felicia Felicia
    Buyer
    Post count: 140

    Will the database be full? because when i upload the same item (as a new entry), it was declined.

    February 27, 2018 at 12:16 pm #419463

    Alex Rollin
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    Post count: 27815

    Hello,

    there aren’t any logs in GDV1 importer, so, you will have to check to see which new posts show in your list of posts (in Places – Show all places, for example).

    Please see here for all required fields. If left empty the row will be skipped.
    https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-export/#import

    I doubt the database is full. Earlier you had mentioned wanting to update listings, and if there is no post-id, then it will be added as new, not an update.

    There are many tools available to lookup lat/lon based on address like https://www.latlong.net/

    February 27, 2018 at 12:23 pm #419464

    Felicia Felicia
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