Title: Links Import
Author: datcgi
Published: <strong>April 17, 2012</strong>
Last modified: April 18, 2012

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# Links Import

 By [datcgi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/datcgi/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-links2-import.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-links2-import/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-links2-import/#developers)

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## Description

The plugin can be used to migrate links 2.0 or cvs, text files data as category 
and products to wordpress and to function like that one. That is visitors will then
be able to add/modify their links, browse by categories and search the directory.
And admin can import/re-import and manage the data as prducts/category and comments.

### Todo list

 * Manage products/links/category in admin page
 * internationalize the text at user’s side
 * allow member to add/modify their links/products
 * enable search from directory(products/category)
 * to have css in directory

## Installation

You can install it via wordpress’ plugin interface or install manually as below:

 1. Upload wp-links2-import to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Use the admin function to import data and setup its settings.

## FAQ

### What is the text file should be looked like?

It can be any text files with fields separated as csv or similar like below, the‘
ignxx’ field will be ignored by the import:

id|fullname|ign|ign2|ign3|ign4|ign5|ign6|description|ign7|ign8|ign9
 48|computers_and_internet/
software/web|||||||Web software and other relative issues||2|

id|title|url|adddate|category|description|ign|ign2|ign3|ign4|ign5|ign6|ign7|ign8
|ign9|ign10|ign11|ign12|ign13|ign14
 33|CGI2.NET|http://www.cgito.net|15-Nov-2002
|computers_and_internet/software/web|A web site to go.|dat|xxx|xxx|No|No|0|0|xxx
|xxx|xxx|xxx||xxx|xxx

### Which fields must be had

For category tables:
 fullname

For links or ‘products’ like table:
 title,url,adddate,category

The category will be matched with the ‘fullname’ of category

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Links Import” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ datcgi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/datcgi/)

[Translate “Links Import” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-links2-import)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-links2-import/),
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## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * This is the first release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 * Tags
 * [directory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/directory/)[web directory](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/web-directory/)
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## Contributors

 *   [ datcgi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/datcgi/)

## Support

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