Category import with CSVI Advance TUTORIAL

[naldjb]

I just want to make this post for other users who's using CSVI advance which is a commercial plugin however they're free version works fine for me.

Example VirtueMart Category import Tutorial - note the import product works differently when it comes to image path, it's a bit confusing to understand it took me almost 2 hours of getting the Category import to work with images..

1st Its necessary to export a csv category template so you have something to base from, the export fields should have these:
category_name
category_path
category_description
file_url
file_url_thumb
published

for the file option, 1st tab.. make sure the Use headers/nodes as configuration is set to YES,

tip: if you labeled your top level categories with forward slash, just like on mine.. i advise you to change the category separator on the 3rd tab options to a back slash \

now your ready to proceed with the export, and process it!

So now you have a category csv template file, file your category_name, category_path, category_description, file_url = thats the full image of the category, and file_url_thumbl = the resized thumbnail.. also the published 1 = active and 0 = to disabled or unpublish

before you can fill up your file urls, upload your category images 1st to images/stories/virtuemart/category, i really advise you to use this location since i tried a couple of times using a diff location like images/stories/virtuemart/category/subcategory and it wouldn't work so i just transfered all my category images to the category location... also i would advise you too to manually resize your images.. i tried the auto create thumbnail and it didn't work also, if you have it work from your end please let me know..

for image resizer you can use this: http://download.cnet.com/Multiple-Image-Resizer-NET/3000-2192_4-10186287.html its free, light and fast.. very easy to use

So now you should have your category images on the  category location and also your category thumbnail images on the category/resized location, go to virtuemart/shop/media files/ and Synchronize media to VirtueMart, and now your are ready to import your category csv with correct file_url location and thumbnail location..

I have attached a csv template sample file that i'm using, NOTE! 1st two rows are top level categories and 2nd two rows are sub level categories notice the back slash..

Goodluck





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