Add Link to Download Custom Import template

@rhapsody348,

Thanks for your words :), you can always leave a review also if you like it.

Respect your doubt I am not sure about what do you need.

The hook you will need is a simple hook that should display (where exactly) a link to a custom template. You will prepare the code, using this hook, to show the link.

Isn’t it?

Thanks for the reply Javier. I will leave a positive review for you.

I was able to use a plugin called “Show Hooks” that displayed where all the hooks are located. There is a hook called acui_homepage_start that I use to display a message at the top of the Import tab after that hook is fired. I have pasted the code below for anyone else who might want to do similarly. This code is in my plugin functions.php file.

/************************
 * Show link to user import template on Import users and customers from CSV Plugin
 ***********************/
add_action( 'acui_homepage_start', 'cm_show_import_link' );
function cm_show_import_link() {

    echo '<div class="updated"><strong>Crew Manager Import Template:</strong> Download a custom import template to populate with users at this <a href="https://crew-mgr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8" target=\"_blank\" title = "Download link on support forum">Crew Manager User Import Template Link</a> that includes instructions on use.</div>';

}
// end function cm_show_import_link()

@rhapsody348,

I saw the review, thanks again.

So, you need a new hook, isn’t it? Which one do you need and where?

Hello Javier,

I am all set using the hook acui_homepage_start that I found using the Show Hooks WordPress Plugin plugin so do not need another hook.

The link below shows the result of the code I used above with my custom message at the top.
Import Tab – Screen Shot with Custom Message at Top

I do have another item I found. I believe it is a problem with Microsoft Office 365 and how it converts a spreadsheet to CSV. The Excel template that I created for importing users and custom fields has the cells formatted so that dates entered are stored in the proper format. I used the format painter to format cells for 100 rows. Even though there is no input in many of the rows, the CSV file is created with blanks for these rows. There is no user login or user email in those rows. When the CSV file is imported, it creates entries for users with the user name usr_xxxx where xxx is the ID generated by WordPress. The user it creates have no email address or any other information. I need to manually delete them from WordPress.

Would it be possible to check the user email field on import and stop it from being imported into WordPress if there is no email address in the field? Possibly as simple as looking for the presence of “@” in the string.