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  • 06/23/2014 at 6:53 am #294811
    Koen Lijnkamp
    Participant

    Hi,

    Since I understand that I need to create both WordPress users and Connection users I would like to know which value is the unique identifier to use Link.

    Therefor I would like to do a batch import for WordPress with basic information, including firstname, lastname, username, password and email address so they are registered as subscribers.

    How do I import the contacts within Connections? Do I need to buy another plugin for this? And how do I make sure the both adressbooks are linked?

    Many thanks!

    06/23/2014 at 11:55 am #294830
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Koen

    re: which value is the unique identifier to use Link
    The WordPress user is linked to the Connections entry ID and is stored in the usermeta with the key name of connections_entry_id with the value being the entry ID.

    re: How do I import the contacts within Connections? Do I need to buy another plugin for this?
    Actually, there is no way of doing this without writing an extension to do it.

    re: And how do I make sure the both addressbooks are linked?
    That’s what Link does.

    Does that help?

    06/26/2014 at 10:40 am #295182
    Koen Lijnkamp
    Participant

    Hi Steven,

    Ok, so I need the CSV importer, no probs.

    But I still am unaware of the process, if I import new connections with the CSV importer does that create WordPress users? Or vice versa? I need to import over 400 users (employees) in a client intranet and do not looking forward to do this multiple times or even worse, do it one by one.

    Thanks

    06/27/2014 at 10:25 am #295265
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Koen

    No, the CSV Import only adds entries to the Connections database, no users are created as they are completely separate. The Link extension for Connections creates a “symbolic” link between the two for users such as yourself that need the two to be linked to each other.

    You can likely use the same CSV file you imported into Connections with one of these plugins to import them as WP users:
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/members-import/
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/import-users-from-csv/

    Hope that helps!

    08/17/2014 at 7:09 pm #301118
    Jeanne Biggerstaff
    Guest

    What is the preferred order for importing – WP users first then Connections listings or vice versa or does it matter?

    08/18/2014 at 11:15 am #301169
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Jeanne
    Doesn’t matter but I’d guess if I were doing it, I’d import users first. The only way it would matter is if your users starting logging in before they were imported into Connections. Even then, that is not all that bad because they will be searched for a link on their next login.

    I hope that helps!

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