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How to Access

Select Components > J2XML > Website Manager from the drop-down menu on the back-end of your Joomla! installation.

Description

The Website Manager is where you can existing Websites and create new ones.

Screenshot

Details

• Title. The name of the Website. You can click on the name to open the Website for editing.
• Enabled. Whether the item has been enabled or not. You can change the Enabled state by clicking on the icon in this column.
• Remote URL. The full web address of the joomla installation on the remote site (http://<website>/<joomla_root>/). It is very important the slash "/" at the end of the remote url.
• Version. The Joomla! version installed on the remote site.
•  Username. The user name to use when connecting to the xmlrpc service on the remote server.
• Password. The password to use when connecting to the xmlrpc service on the remote server.

Toolbar

At the top right you will see the toolbar:

• Save. Save it and return to the main screen of the Manager.
• Apply. Save it, but stay in the same screen. If you have been working on a screen for a long time and don't want to risk losing your work, pressing Apply saves your work and lets you continue working. If, for example, you lost your Internet connection, your work will be saved up this point.
• Cancel. Go back to the main screen of the Manager, without saving the modifications you made. 
• Help. Opens this Help Screen.

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.