Quote Originally Posted by simon1066 View Post
This is probably blindingly obvious but I am struggling to include a category description on import.

I have a number of new products (unique model numbers) which I am importing into sub categories (also created on import) with a
'v_categories_name_1' for the first four products looking like this:

Existing Category1^New Category1
Existing Category2^New Category1
Existing Category3^New Category1
Existing Category4^New Category1
......

There is no 'v_categories_description_1' column (which granted may not be of use) so I can't see how to include a description for the newly created New Category1

Any suggestions?
Hi Simon,

The Full products import doesn't allow you to set the categories descriptions. I may not even do that in the near future from the sheer complexities of multi-lingual categories.

However, here is a solution! You will use the "Categories Only (with Metatags)" download. BUT YOU MUST BE CAREFUL! This code works off the categories_id, so you have to make sure you do not add, delete or change categories between download, editing and uploading your categories descriptions AND meta-tags. You can also specify your categories_image!
I thought that would be a good addition to the program. You just have to be careful how you use this tool.

Please let me know if you run into any snags. It has been some time since I've tested that code, so please be sure to use Dr. Byte's MySQL backup tool between updates and carefully check your updated info for accuracy.

-chadd