How to Access
Select Components > J2XML Importer from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation.
Description
J2XML Importer is an easy to use import solution for your Joomla!® powered website.
Toolbar
At the top right you will see the toolbar:
- Import. To import articles from XML file. Select the file using browse... button and click on this button.
- Options. Click this button to open the Global Configuration window. This window allows you to set default parameters for this type of item. See Global Configuration.
- Help. Opens this Help Screen.
Global Configuration
Click the Parameters button to open the J2XML Importer Options window as shown below. These parameters are the default values for Import function.
- Save & Close. Saves changes and then closes the Options window.
- Save. Saves changes and keeps the Options window open.
- Cancel. Closes the Options window without applying changes.
- Import Articles (Yes, if not exists/Yes, overwrite if exists). What to do if articles already exist.
- Import Images (No/Yes, if not exists/Yes, overwrite if exists). Whether or not to import images and what to do if them already exist.
- Import Categories (No/Yes, if not exists/Yes, overwrite if exists). Whether or not to import sections and categories and what to do if them already exist.
- Import Users (No/Yes, if not exists/Yes, overwrite if exists). Whether or not to import users and what to do if them already exist.
- Access Level (Keep the original access level/Public/Registered/Special). Whether or not to keep the original access level and what to do if article does not exists.
- State (Keep the original state/Published/Unpublished). Whether or not to keep the original state (publication state, date to start and date to finish publishing the article, hits) and what to do if article does not exists.
- Keep author (No/Yes). Whether or not to keep the user who created or edited the article, the date and time the article was last modified and the revision number. Default values are the user who imports the articles and current date and time.
- Keep category (No/Yes). Whether or not to keep original category and section. Default is uncategorised.
- Keep attribs (No/Yes). Whether or not to keep original attribs. Default is null.
- Keep metadata (No/Yes). Whether or not to keep original metadata. Default is null.
- Keep frontpage (No/Yes). Whether the articles on the front page will be shown on the front page after the import.
- Keep rating (No/Yes). Whether or not to keep original article rating. Default is 0.