Description
A plugin for SOBI2, to import and export data.
You always wanted to edit your SOBI2 entries in spreadsheet program like OpenOffice or Excel?
Do you need to import a large database into to your SOBI2 directory?
You want to migrate from another directory to SOBI2?
Or you want to make a backup of your directory including configuration, templates and style files?
Then this add-on is exactly what you’re looking for.
The Import and Backup Plugin for SOBI2 is basically a tool which allows to export and import SOBI2 entries, categories and fields into a CSV file, the most common export/import file format. This kind of file can easily be edited in spreadsheet programs like OpenOffice or Excel or any other program which is able to read CSV files.
CSV Import allows easy data transfer of spreadsheets data in your directory. It is a very time saving tool for each Joomla!/Mambo site using SOBI2 component.
But this plugin isn't only a simple Import/Export script. The Import and Backup plugin for SOBI2 allows you also to create an internal SOBI2 database backup. This backup can be restored every time with one click.
Features:
- Import and export of SOBI2 categories, including all category images, icons and the category relations.
- Import and export of SOBI2 entries, including all basic data, custom defined fields content, category relations and logos and icons.
- Import and export of the SOBI2 fields defined in the Fields Manager, including the basic field definitions and important data.
- Import and export of the SOBI2 configuration settings. This includes all important SOBI2 settings, the SOBI2 CSS file, the Registry Editor settings (config.ini file) and your customized template files.
This function is very useful if you upgrade SOBI2. Save and restore these files with one click. - Internal backup function to make a copy of your SOBI2 tables within your database. Use this feature for better and simpler backup operations.
No fixed structure must be observed. Select which information of an entry, category or field you want to import or export. Also the ordering of the fields (spreadsheet columns) can be defined freely. Also basic export information like the CSV value separator and multi-value separator can be adjusted individually.
The exported data can be cleaned of HTML tags.
You want to import the same data you have exported? Use the copy settings function to copy export settings to import settings, or vice versa.
Because of implementation of a special algorithm it is no problem to import or export data on servers with low memory limit, limited script execution or limited access to MySQL server. No problems like "allowed memory size exhausted", "MySQL server has gone away" or "maximum execution time of xx seconds exceeded".
Integrated reporting function. Each import or export operation is logged in a separate logfile where you can investigate if there were some problems during the operation.
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