Bulk quote import

  • Up above, user buddhatunes said:
    New user, don’t see an import quote feature. Am I overlooking it, or is there a suggested way to import multiple quotes into database rather than entering one at a time?

    He then said:

    buddhatunes
    Member
    Posted 1 month ago #

    figured it out

    Then user Ellis said:

    Ellis Benus
    Member
    Posted 2 weeks ago #

    Would you care to explain what you did?

    And I echo Ellis B. I have roughly 300 quotes I’d like to enter into my rotation, but I surely don’t want to cut and paste them one-by-one into the “add quote” box. If buddhatunes sees this, please explain how you did it. If he or she does not, Srini, can you explain how to do it please?

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/quotes-collection/

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  • @linkmeister

    I know how frustrating it is when folks do not post a solution. I investigated the plugin for myself and wanted to let you know what I found:

    Yes you can mass import quotes; but it seems like it would have to be done by importing a csv to the database. The plugin creates a database table named ‘quotescollection’ with 8 columns.

    If you would like a sample csv file for import, I can email you the one that I made for myself.

    Doug

    Thread Starter Linkmeister

    (@linkmeister)

    Doug, thanks. I got tired of waiting and did what I said I didn’t want to do. I spent a couple of hours cutting and pasting about 100 quotations into the “add quote” box.

    I’m happy enough with that, but I am a little annoyed that there was never a response, even one saying “No, you can’t do that easily.”

    Oh well. I like the theme Srini wrote and I like the functionality of the add-in now that I’ve got some verbiage in it.

    Thanks for the thought, though.

    PS: My quotes are from Will Rogers, Isaac Asimov, Carl Sagan, Heinlein, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Edward R. Murrow, Samuel Johnson, Archie Goodwin and Nero Wolfe, Travis McGee, Ernest Hemingway, Bill Clinton, Shakespeare, Robert Service, Kipling, RL Stevenson, and Sherlock Holmes.

    Who have you quoted?

    My quotes are from various Preachers through the years. Sorry you had to spend so much time doing tedious entries.

    Again, to anyone needing a sample csv for import to this plugin, let me know. If I get some free time (not likely) I would love to throw up an import plugin that would allow you to choose a table to manually add rows to in the wordpress database with a CSV file.

    HI dagtuts,
    I’d love to have a copy of your sample csv. Could save me hours!
    Thanks, Charles.

    Hey Dagtuts,
    I’m in the same boat that Linkmeister was in. I have many quotes that I’d like to upload in a single file. Can you help me out too? Please and thank you.

    Have a blessed day.

    Shane

    Hey Guys,
    I was also wondering … is there a way to set up a “library” of quotes by topic, author, etc…?

    I’m VERY new at this. Sorry if it’s a stupid question but I’m struggling a little bit (well, a lotta’ bit). Thanks guys.

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