MunkyTube CSV

Posted by admin on May 20th, 2010

What is MunkyTubeCSV?

Basically this plugin will take a csv file and turn it into scheduled posts, you can schedule the
posts in the past now or in the future. It gives you the option to create 1-5 posts every 1-7 days
as well as generates tags from the posts info.

Click here to download MunkyTube CSV

If you wish to support the author of this plugin you can do so by donating $5.


Features

  1. Create Replacement Lists that contain Keywords / Phrases that will be replaced with  Keywords / Phrases of your choosing.
  2. Randomize CSV lines prior to creating your WordPress Posts. This allows Random generation  of your Posts.
  3. Supports pipe, comma, and semicolon delimited CSV files.
  4. Ideal for YouTube-like sites that need to import affiliate feeds into WordPress
  5. Generates posts from a user-defined start date. (defaults to your last post date)
  6. Allows users to define relationships to easily point the data to the right place
  7. Allows user to generate posts using a set interval of days (1 to 7).
  8. Allows user to specify how many posts per interval of days specified. (1 to 5)
  9. Automatic category generation for posts.
  10. Automatic tag generation for posts.
  11. Imports file from server or from your local machine.
  12. Has a tool to remove posts from past MunkyTubeCSV Imports.

Limitations

MunkyTubeCSV is limited to normal PHP / Apache settings that deal with script execution time and request
timeouts. If these settings are low, CSV files will not be fully imported. It will help if you split your
csv files into smaller dumps like 5-600 at a time.

Compatible Themes

  1. Tubetheme – http://www.tubetheme.com
  2. Free WP Tube – http://www.freewptube.com/
  3. Comes with pre-defined relationship column names for the above themes to help when importing sponsor data.
  4. Just select a pre-defined list on the relationships page and assign the appropriate field names to each
  5. column of data.
  6. **NOTE** Will support other themes as long as you are able to define the appropriate relationships during
  7. the import process.

Installation

  1. An installed and configured copy of WordPress version 2.x. (Tested in 2.8) (MunkyTubeCSV will also work with the equivalent versions of WordPress MU.)
  2. FTP or SFTP access to your web host

New Installations

  1. Download the MunkyTubeCSV archive and extract the files on your computer.
  2. Create a new directory named `munkytubecsv` in the `wp-content/plugins` directory of your WordPress installation. Use an FTP or SFTP client to upload the contents of your MunkyTubeCSV archive to the new directory that you just created on your web host.
  3. Log in to the WordPress Dashboard and activate the MunkyTubeCSV plugin.
  4. Once the plugin is activated, you will find MunkyTubeCSV in the main Admin navigation.

Getting Started (Usage)

If you wish to setup Replacement Lists (New Feature), Choose the MunkyTubeCSV -> Word Replace menu link to
do so now. These Lists can be used during the CSV import to replace Keywords / Phrases of your choosing.

Choose Import CSV File under the MunkyTubeCSV menu item to the left and follow the directions to import your CSV file.

Version Info

v1.1 – Modified MunkyTubeCSV to allow users to Randomize the CSV lines prior to building WP Posts as well as
implemented a new Word Replace feature allowing users to add Lists of Keywords / Phrases to replace WP Post data.

v1.0 – Initial creation of MunkyTubeCSV

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