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Strict Standards messages should not be displayed on a productive system, they are for developers only.
Switch the error reporting in Joomla to simple.
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you should have got an Email with a download link.
Please check your SPAM folder.
I'm not aware of any mails in the last days that I haven't answered yet.
Sorry if I missed your mail.
Please send it again.
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Did your tool supports cyrylic characters?
Please, can you test this file: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69750527/drb.csv
Thank you!
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what encoding is the file.
For cyrylic characters its best to use UTF-8 encoding
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2.4 is now stable (if you already have 2.4.beta.1 there is no need to update)
2.5.ALPHA.1 includs the possibility to use any PHP command to generate or change the imported values
Check you download link that you have got after purchasing, depending on the amount you have paid and the purchase date it might be still valid, so you can download the newest version for free!
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The original size image ends up in "media/k2/items/src" and the name is an md5 sum of "Image" and the itemID:
md5("Image".$itemId) . ".jpg"
So I only can export that JPG file
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problem 1 is attachment paths are not included in the cvs file
Problem 2: Articles import but the content is only visible when editing not when viewing the site
there are 4 K2 Categories with each containing 10- 18 articles
1. started the K2 import plugin
2. selected 1 K2 Category which has 8 K2 articles
3. clicked the export button
I was saving from an onlie dev site and importing to a local server, figured it had something to do with paths...so I backup the dev site and installed the site on to local server export the the K2 files and imported to the other Local Server site, same issue path to attachments not working
Reviewed the CSV file in Excel and LibreOffice paths are not included for the attachment items
do I need to manual fix the CSV file so that each attachment has the correct path? or what am I doing wrong with exporting
Joomla 3.5 (both dev site and local host)
K2 2.7 with update to the K2.js (there is a known problem with the attachment feature in the original K2.js file
K2 Import 2.5 Alpha
PHP 5.6 (both dev site and local host)
Localhost Xammp
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1. Attachements are not working even when I added the direct path to the CVS file
2. Creation dates are not imported and default to current date this is a problem
what can I do to fix the attachment issue
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thank you for buying the extension (its not a donation)
you are true the attachment path is not exported as they are all in "media/k2/attachments" anyway. So you can easily copy them wherever you need . But I will think about to show the full path there in future.
My guess that your second problem in a date issue. Please check the "Publish Up" and the "Publish Down" dates, specially the format in your CSV file. It has to be yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss e.g. 2014-05-06 00:00:00
Please check the format with a text editor as Excel might show a different format to what it does save.
Feel free just to post a part of your import file.
P.S. the documentation is not a translation from German to English, but simply written by a German ;-)
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My guess that your second problem in a date issue. Please check the "Publish Up" and the "Publish Down" dates, specially the format in your CSV file. It has to be yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss e.g. 2014-05-06 00:00:00
Please check the format with a text editor as Excel might show a different format to what it does save.
The format is correct in excel and libre. The creation date for the article is in the cvs file but was not recognized when importing so all the k2 files order by Publishup DTG is correct . . Pushdown is 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Creatuion DTG looks good as well
The attachment path was no visible in the CVS file and the pdf files are in the correct location in the new site on local server. K2 import could not locate the files so I manual edit the cvs file with th ecorrect direct path for each pdf location and still K2 Import could not find the pdfs
how do I find the if the paths are intact?
I was hoping this would work as I'd pref not to redo each K2 item
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okay so the cats not import I create the 5 categories with the same id 1 through 5
ran K2 import
same problem only 8 articles and no attachments the only positive new is the log file is shorter . I'd like a refund please...I have gone out of my way to resolve this on my own and yes I even tried a downgrade version of K2 Import same problem errors and non imported content
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importing items, please stand by
items were imported, but with some problems:
Unespected ERROR. We cancel the import. If there are just Warnings and Notices try to set your Error Reporting in System->Global Configuration->Server to 'None' or 'Simple'.
Warning: getimagesize(\): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 3011
Warning: copy(): The first argument to copy() function cannot be a directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 5151
Warning: getimagesize(\): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 3011
Warning: copy(): The first argument to copy() function cannot be a directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 5151
Warning: getimagesize(\): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 3011
Warning: copy(): The first argument to copy() function cannot be a directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 5151
Warning: getimagesize(\): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 3011
Warning: copy(): The first argument to copy() function cannot be a directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 5151
Warning: getimagesize(\): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 3011
Warning: copy(): The first argument to copy() function cannot be a directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 5151
Warning: getimagesize(\): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 3011
Warning: copy(): The first argument to copy() function cannot be a directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 5151
Warning: getimagesize(\): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 3011
Warning: copy(): The first argument to copy() function cannot be a directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\administrator\components\com_k2\lib\class.upload.php on line 5151
{"finish":false,"absolute_row_num":10,"error_message":["row: 1 there is no user with the ID: 657 I'm using the ID:665","row: 2 there is no user with the ID: 657 I'm using the ID:665","row: 3 there is no user with the ID: 657 I'm using the ID:665","row: 4 there is no user with the ID: 657 I'm using the ID:665","row: 5 there is no user with the ID: 657 I'm using the ID:665","row: 6 there is no user with the ID: 657 I'm using the ID:665","row: 7 there is no user with the ID: 657 I'm using the ID:665","row: 8 there is no user with the ID: 657 I'm using the ID:665","row: 8 - save attachments -
Local file doesn't exist. \\CPAJanuraryV712015.pdf<\/li><\/ul>","row: 9 there is no user with the ID: 657 I'm using the ID:665","row: 9 - save attachments -
Local file doesn't exist. \\CPAFebruary2014.pdf<\/li><\/ul>","row: 10 there is no user with the ID: 657 I'm using the ID:665","row: 10 - save attachments -
Local file doesn't exist. \\CPAFebruary2011.pdf<\/li><\/ul>"],"memory":"7.75 MB"}
Row: undefined / memory peak: undefined
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with a wee bit more experimenting
1. export each category as stand alone cvs file 1 has 7 itmes file 2 has 8 items and file 3 has 27
it was the loop setting that was causing the problem the default is 10 / loop and the 2 smaller files installed no problem (creation dates in tact!!!!! woohooooo better documentation would be great one more ready easy to understand from a newbie point of view
the 3rd file only import 10 file sand erred out .....deleted those files and increased Loop to 30 and presto all 27 files imported
so no money back reequired!!! :) :) :) though the time more time figuring this out I could have written each out over agian hahaha
the remaining problem is attachments they are NOT added to the k2 item
can this be fixed please :)
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If I understand correctly you manage to import the most of the data, glad to hear that.
- I strongly encourage you to switch off the Error Messaging. The Warnings should not be displayed on a production environment anyway. So please go to System->Global Configuration->Server and set Error Reporting to 'None' or 'Simple'
- setting the amount of items imported per loop is a very important step if your server runs out of time or memory during import
- On the screen " K2 Import Tool - configure the import" (the screen just after the upload) you have a setting saying "Root of files (images/attachments)" The default is "/", please try to enter the root directory of your attachments/images here.
E.g. If your attachments are in C:\htdocs\attachments\ and your images are in C:\htdocs\images . The root of files should be "C:\htdocs\" and in the CSV file the image path should be given as "images\img.jpg" and the attachments path like "attachments\file.pdf" - You are totally true, I'm not a great documentation writer. Nor I'm an English native speaker. Any chance you could help with fixing the documentation?
- if you are disappointed with the extension, no question I will send back the money. Also you should write a honest review at JED
Please tell me if you still have troubles.
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images/PDFs/
Articles
Publications
Newsletters
I've tried different paths and none are adding the pdf in each of the sub folders the log wants to find all pdf files in
PDFs folder
local file doesn't exist \images\PDFs\CPAJanuaray2010.pdf
tried dirct path C;\xampp\htdocs\Dona\images
this did not work either.
logfile: local file doesn't exist C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\imagesCPAJanuaray2015.pdf
Tried again with direct path C:\xampp\htdocs\Dona\images\PDFsCPAJanuaray2015.pdf
the import is not recognizing the 3 subfolders only the main PDFs folder as you can see th eabove log it's not drilling down to the next folder plus there is not separator in the logfile between the PDFs and the PDF name?
where in the cvs file do I find the path for each file?
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using the /images/PDFs/Publications/
K2import could not locate the files in that folder but the files are there
ran the same import for single PDF folder (Publications) the other day I had exported each folder individually
this time used direct path to the publication folder and the attachment's position were recognized and the attachments are link in the K2 item
wow painstakingly painful exercise
now that cleared up I have no suggestions on how to make the process less complicated but clearly truing to import multiple folder is not working be case K2import is not recognizing sub folder...the only solution is one folder a time in my case if I had known this in the beginning I would have not wasted a good 8 hours trying to figure this out.
anyways hopefully the nextg update will address something the things I've posted because imo this is a must have Joomla plugin.
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could you please post what you have put in the "Root of files (images/attachments)" field and what in the CSV file when it finally worked
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