Importing

To import to WSN from any mysql table you can use one of these processes:

CSV is a simple database format which popular spreadsheet software can read and write. If you have or want to create data in this format, WSN can read it and load articles from it.

If you're importing from Gossamer Threads Links 2.0 or Duncan Carver's Link Management, you can do this directly and simply...

When installing any WSN script, the 'Pre-Load Data' section in the installer gives you the option to give your site the head start of using one of the provided data sets.

Though not available to the general public, real estate agents have access to an MLS IDX database containing real estate listings. WSN can import these listings.

WSN Software Directory comes with the option of installing 60,000+ software listings from the official PAD file repository. Just select this from the pre-load data options during setup.

At Admin Panel -> Listings -> Add Listings you have a 'Page Link Scraper' area. This allows you to scrape URLs from a web page to add them to your directory.

There are several ways to do SQL imports: 1) The simplest way is to use phpmyadmin to export your listings data as a CSV, then use the csv importer to import.

If you wish, you can import an XML file of listings to WSN at Admin Panel -> Listings -> Add Listings -> XML Import.