First of all, you need a .xls, .ooc or .csv file which contains the data you wish to upload. Each row of data will be saved as one article/k2 item/web link/contact in Joomla!. You can download some sample data here. Once you have installed the component you need to set certain parameters before you can upload any data. When uploading articles these parameters are called "First Data Row", "Intro Text Format" and "Content Text Format".
"First Data Row" refers to the first row of data that should be saved as an article. If you have column descriptors in row 1 you should set this value to row 2. "Intro Text Format" and "Content Format" are parameters that allow you to specify how the data will be presented in the articles. At least one of these parameters must be set in order to upload articles and they should contain references to the columns from the Excel workbook in placeholders {A}.
Here is a short video that demonstrates how data is uploaded both as articles and K2 items when the default configuration is used with the shop sample workbook.
Here is another video that demonstrates how web links are uploaded.
Uploading contacts works in the same way.
This next video will show you how to upload Joomfish translations and articles at the same time.
It is also worth noting that it is possible to upload Joomfish translations independently of articles using the Joomfish view in the component.
To see an example of how the Content Uploader has been used please go to our demo site. Here you will find a number of articles containing information on Beatles songs, including videos, release information and lyrics. All of these articles were created using the Content Uploader Pro.
