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Apr 10, 2007, 10:13 AM
yobo
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how to set up feeds for link submissions?
Hello board,

I am getting requests from other job boards that want to upload or create a feed for uploading jobs into my directory. How can this be done?
Apr 10, 2007, 10:22 AM
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Hi,

You could do it via a "feed import" plugin (CustomDataImportGen or Data_Import).

You can then do it via CSV, pipe delimited, etc.

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Apr 10, 2007, 10:24 AM
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Ok. Is it possible to do it via xml?
Apr 10, 2007, 10:28 AM
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Hi,

Not with those plugins I'm afraid. You would need a custom XML import script (or a way to convert their XML feeds into a .csv file, which could then be read by these plugins). This is the method a couple of job sites I have done work for before use. Not the most ideal solution, but it seems to work for them Smile

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Apr 10, 2007, 10:53 AM
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When you say pipe delimited do you mean tab delimited?
Apr 11, 2007, 12:08 AM
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Hi,

Well, pipe delimited is:

Code:
field|value|next one|seperated by a|pipe

You could also use any number of formats though - i.e

Code:
field,value,next one,seperated by a,comma
field value next one seperated by a tab

..etc

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