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    1 === CIO Bulk Importer ===
     1=== CIO Custom Fields Importer ===
    22Contributors: VisualData
    3 Donate link: http://vipp.com.au/
    4 Tags: custom fields, custom fields import, wp all import, csv import, pods csv import, xml import, pods xml import, pods custom content types and fields, pods, relationship fields, bi-directional relationship fields, multiple select relationship fields, multiple select bi-directional relationship fields, custom post types, CMS migration, website migration, website update, data feed, data import, data update, automatic update, cron import, automatic import,bulk import, bulk edit, fast import, quick import
    5 License: GPLv2 or later
     3Donate link: http://vipp.com.au/cio-custom-fields-importer
     4Tags: WooCommerce customer import, user import, comments import, taxonomy import, high performance, products import, product import, excel import, spreadsheet import, custom fields, custom fields import, wp all import, csv import, pods csv import, xml import, pods xml import, pods custom content types and fields, pods, relationship fields, bi-directional relationship fields, multiple select relationship fields, multiple select bi-directional relationship fields, custom post types, CMS migration, website migration, website update, data feed, data import, data update, automatic update, cron import, automatic import,bulk import, bulk edit, fast import, quick import, content upload, content import, bulk upload, WooCommerce product variation import, database optimisation, performance optimisation, cron import, ultimate cvs importer, ultimate xml importer, CMS development
     5License: GPLv2
    66License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
    77Requires at least: 4.1.0
    8 Tested up to: 4.2.2
    9 Stable tag: 1.0.0
    10 
    11 Simple, easy, fast and flexible, CIO Bulk Importer processes large data sets from any XML or CSV files to enable efficient update of websites and databases.
     8Tested up to: 4.2.3
     9Stable tag: 1.0.1
     10
     11Simple, easy, fast and flexible, this add-on to WP All Import processes large data sets from any XML or CSV files to any contents.
    1212
    1313== Description ==
    1414
    15 Are you planning a new website with many records to update, or have you got a good looking website but spent too much time keeping the content accurate and updated? CIO Bulk Importer is part of the efficient solution to improve work flow and make website updating simple and easy.
    16 
    17 CIO Bulk Importer is an add-on linking the following two powerful tools together in delivering an efficient and affordable solution for small and medium businesses.
    18 
    19 1. [PODS](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/). PODS is a free, simple, flexible and powerful CMS framework designed for high performance with large data sets. You can use PODS to extend content types with custom fields, or create custom content types of your own. PODS unleashes the power of Wordpress in creating highly customised CMS.
    20 
    21 2. [WP All Import](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-all-import/). WP All Import is a well developed tool to handle imports from larger XML and CSV files. The free version comes with logging, detection of duplicate records, and templates for future imports and updates. 
    22 
    23 Together with Pods and WP All Import, CIO Bulk Importer provides a simple and easy way to build a high performance website, import large data sets and manage ongoing updates from external data sources. 
    24 
    25 Accurate and timely website information is crucial to some professions, such as property developers and real estate agents. Mistakes are costly. With CIO Bulk Importer, the principal or person in charge can review information before uploading to the website reducing chances of errors.
     15Are you a business owner looking for an affordable high performance database solution to bring your business to the next level?
     16
     17Have you got a good looking website but spent too much time keeping the products, articles, blogs, contents accurate and updated?
     18
     19Are you a developer planning a new high performance website with many records to update frequently, or migrating many contents to Wordpress?
     20
     21CIO Custom Fields Importer is part of the solution you are looking for. It is possibly one of the most useful plugins that business owners, managers, website owners and developers should keep in the tool box, and it can help to create high performance heavy duty content management system (CMS) with automatic data feeding.
     22
     23CIO Custom Fields Importer is an add-on plugin linking the following two powerful tools together in delivering an efficient and affordable high performance solution for small and medium businesses.
     24
     251. [PODS](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pods/). PODS is a free, simple, flexible and powerful CMS framework designed for high performance with large data sets. You can use PODS to extend content types with custom fields, or create custom content types of your own. PODS unleashes the power of Wordpress in creating highly customised and optimised CMS.
     26
     27One of the distinct features of PODS is multiple select bi-directional relationship. Suppose you have two custom post types ("author" and "book"), with some books written by a few authors together. You set up multiple select bi-directional field, and in the "book" custom post type you update authors. When you open the "author" custom posts of each author, the books written by the author are automatically displayed. This feature is cool, isn't it? Especially this is done using a graphical user interface to set up fields and templates without any programming, even by people without programming experience.
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     29
     302. [WP All Import](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-all-import/). WP All Import is a well developed tool to handle imports from larger XML and CSV files. The free version of WP All Import comes with logging, detection of duplicate records, and templates for future imports and updates, and allows you to import to standard Wordpress fields (title, content, slug, categories etc).
     31
     32The free version of CIO Custom Fields Importer allows you to import to custom fields in custom posts created or extended with PODS. The pro version of CIO Custom Fields Importer enables you to import to all PODS content types (including PODS advanced content types), and content types (objects) created with other plugins, such as
     33
     34* Wordpress users (importing meta fields and assigning role by each usesr)
     35
     36* WooCommerce customers with meta fields
     37
     38* Wordpress comments
     39
     40
     41CIO Custom Fields Importer pro version uses WP All Import for data parsing, and PODS API and/or native APIs to import data to fields created by other plugins. Once data has been imported, the import plugins can be deactivated until the next update or import, if the custom fields are created with other plugins. There is no overhead to website performance.
     42
     43CIO Custom Fields Importer (free and pro version) uses native PODS API to save data, and supports all PODS field types. The free version supports single select relationship fields with known item ids.  The pro version handles multiple select fields, and auto matching items on a live site.
     44
     45
     46Together with Pods and WP All Import, CIO Custom Fields Importer provides a simple and easy way to build a high performance website, import large data sets and manage ongoing updates from external data sources. 
     47
     48Accurate and timely website information is crucial to some professions, such as property developers and real estate agents. Mistakes are costly. With CIO Custom Fields Importer, the principal or person in charge can review information before uploading to the website reducing chances of errors.
     49
     50If you are a developer, you will LOVE PODS framework for fast delivery of feature rich CMS solutions, and your customers will LOVE you because CIO Custom Fields Importer together with WP All Import saves them hours, days, even years of time accumulatively when they use  your system to manage contents. You can also use CIO Custom Fields Importer Professional Edition to import to other contents created with other plugins. This will save you hours even days of development time.
    2651
    2752
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    2954
    3055
    31 CIO Bulk Importer automatically detects all your custom fields created with PODS and display them in step 3 of WP All Import.
     56CIO Custom Fields Importer automatically detects all your custom fields created with PODS and display them in step 3 of WP All Import.
    3257
    3358The left side shows all of the custom fields that you can import to and the right side displays the data from your XML/CSV file. Then you can simply drag & drop the data from your XML or CSV into the PODS custom fields to import them.
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    3560The CSV or XML can be in any order under any column header, and big files are broken into small chunks to allow importing to shared hosting sites, thanks to the great work by the WP ALL Import team.
    3661
    37 CIO Bulk Importer is a handy tool for people migrating big volume of data from other sources to PODS websites, or regularly importing and updating data on PODS websites, such as real estate property listing websites, or book keeping websites. Simply create custom content types and fields using PODS for fast development and performance, export data to CSV or XML from your data sources or receive from suppliers/clients/partners, and import into PODS custom fields with ease.
    38 
    39 
    40 CIO Bulk Importer was used on a shared hosting website created with PODS to import 25,000 records in one go successfully. 
    41 
    42 CIO Bulk Importer needs both WP All Import and PODS plugins installed and activated in order to work. Both WP All Import and PODS are freely available in the plugin repository.
    43 
    44 
    45 = Why you should use the CIO Bulk Importer =
    46 
    47 
    48 * Simple, easy and fast tool to migrate data or regularly import/update data to PODS websites.
    49 
    50 * Create or update relationship fields with known ID.
    51 
    52 * Create or update image fields with known ID.
     62CIO Custom Fields Importer is a handy tool for people migrating big volume of data from other sources, or regularly importing and updating data on websites, such as real estate property listing websites, or book keeping databases. Simply create custom content types and fields using PODS for fast development and performance, export data to CSV or XML from your data sources or receive from suppliers/clients/partners, and import into PODS custom fields with ease.
     63
     64
     65CIO Custom Fields Importer was used on a shared hosting website created with PODS to import 25,000 records in one go successfully. 
     66
     67CIO Custom Fields Importer needs both WP All Import and PODS plugins installed and activated in order to import data. Both WP All Import and PODS are freely available in the plugin repository.
     68
     69
     70= Why you should use the CIO Custom Fields Importer =
     71
     72
     73* Simple, easy, fast and filexible tool to migrate data or regularly import/update data to websites.
     74
     75* Use native PODS API and support all field types available in PODS.
     76
     77* Create or update relationship fields with known ID (single select).
     78
     79* Create or update image and file fields with known ID (single select).
    5380
    5481* Import new posts, pages, or custom post types with pods custom fields.
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    6491* Compatible with other WP All Import add-ons.
    6592
    66 The CIO Bulk Importer is compatible with PODS (free) and [the free version of WP All Import](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-all-import "WordPress XML & CSV Import"). It can be used along other add-ons for WP All Import.
    67 
    68 
    69 = CIO Bulk Importer Professional Edition =
    70 
    71 
    72 The CIO Bulk Importer free edition detects and handles importing to pages, posts extended by pods and new custom post types created with pods. It doesn't handle other content types, such as Advanced Content Types, users or comments extended by PODS.
    73 
    74 [The CIO Bulk Importer Professional Edition ](https://vipp.com.au/) adds the following features:
    75 
    76 * Handle importing of other pods content types including Advanced Custom Types, Comments and Users extended with PODS, in addition to pages, posts and custom post types.
     93* Actively maintained
     94
     95The CIO Custom Fields Importer is compatible with PODS (free) and [the free version of WP All Import](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-all-import "WordPress XML & CSV Import"). It can be used along other add-ons for WP All Import.
     96
     97
     98= CIO Custom Fields Importer Professional Edition =
     99
     100
     101The CIO Custom Fields Importer free edition detects and handles importing to pages, posts extended with pods and new custom post types created with pods. It doesn't handle other content types, such as Advanced Content Types, media, users or comments extended by PODS.
     102
     103[The CIO Custom Fields Importer Professional Edition ](https://vipp.com.au/cio-custom-fields-importer) has the following extra features:
     104
     105* Handle importing of other pods content types including Advanced Content Types, Comments and Users extended with PODS, in addition to pages, posts and custom post types.
    77106
    78107* Automatically search and assign relationship field ids during import to a live website.
    79108
    80 * Support bi-directional relationship import and update on live sites.
     109* Support bi-directional multiple select relationship import and update on live sites.
     110
     111* Handle media and file uploads and associate media id with posts, pages or users.
    81112
    82113* Support multisites
    83114
     115* Resolve duplicate field name issues.
     116
    84117* Priority support.
    85118
    86 * Customisation of the add-on to suit your unique data importing and updating needs.
    87 
    88 [Upgrade to Professional Edition](https://vipp.com.au/) to access these premium features.
    89 
    90 
    91 You may also consider upgrading to [the professional edition of WP All Import](http://www.wpallimport.com/order-now/) for premium support and the following extra features:
     119CIO Custom Fields Importer Professional Edition comes with
     120
     121* unlimited site license, you can use it on as many websites as you like, either owned by you or your clients.
     122
     123* life time free support to fee-paying customers
     124
     125* life time free upgrade, and 30 day money back guarantee.
     126
     127* ongoing maintenance. Our team of professional programmers use it to develop high performance database solutions, and will maintain it to be compatible with new versions of Wordpress, PODS and WP All Import.
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     129
     130We can also customise the add-on to suit your unique data importing and updating needs, or develop a heavy duty high performance CMS for you.
     131
     132[Upgrade to Professional Edition](https://vipp.com.au/cio-custom-fields-importer) to access these pro features.
     133
     134
     135You may also consider upgrading to [the professional edition of WP All Import](http://www.wpallimport.com/order-now/) for pro support and the following extra features:
    92136
    93137* Import files from a URL: Download and import files from external websites, even if they are password protected with HTTP authentication.
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    97141* Custom PHP Functions: Pass your data through custom functions by using [my_function({data[1]})] in your import template. WP All Import will pass the value of {data[1]} through my_function and use whatever it returns.
    98142
    99 * Access to premium technical support.
     143* Access to pro technical support.
    100144
    101145
    102146Special thanks to soflyy, wpallimport who have developed WP All Import and made the add-on API available.
     147
     148PS. The name in this plugin "CIO" stands for Content Import & Optimisation. All right, all right, we know you are thinking it is abbreviation for "Chief Information Officer". Seriously, any business owners and leaders responsible for business processes, information flow, profit and loss or efficiency of an organisation should have a closer look at these three plugins and work out the savings of time and increase of profitability/efficiency.
    103149
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    109155If there are issues installing these two plugins, please look for solutions in the support forum or contact the plugin authors.
    110156
    111 Then install the CIO Bulk Importer. This add-on needs both PODS and WP All Import installed and activated.
    112 
    113 To install the CIO Bulk Importer, either:
     157Then install the CIO Custom Fields Importer. This add-on needs both PODS and WP All Import installed and activated.
     158
     159To install the CIO Custom Fields Importer, either:
    114160
    115161* Upload the plugin from the Plugins page in WordPress
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    117163* Unzip custom-fields-csv-xml-importer.zip and upload the contents to /wp-content/plugins/, and then activate the plugin from the Plugins page in WordPress.
    118164
    119 The PODS Add-On will appear in Step 3 of WP All Import. See screenshots for details.
    120 
    121 [Upgrade to Professional Edition](https://vipp.com.au/) to access premium features, and priority support.
     165The PODS custom fields will appear in Step 3 of WP All Import. See screenshots for details.
     166
     167[Upgrade to Professional Edition](https://vipp.com.au/cio-custom-fields-importer) to access pro features, and priority support.
    122168
    123169
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    125171== Frequently Asked Questions ==
    126172
     173= I am thinking of migrating to Wordpress and need a new website. Can you help? =
     174
     175Certainly. We specialise in database migration and development of heavy duty high performance Wordpress websites within your budget. Please send an email to support@vipp.com.au with a description of your project.
     176
     177
     178= I am a developer. Can I use the professional version of your plugin on my clients' website? =
     179
     180Absolutely, and even better, for free. CIO Custom Fields Importer Professional Edition comes with unlimited site license and lifetime upgrade and support. You can use it on as many websites as you like, either owned by you or your clients.
     181
     182Please note we only provide support to customers who have paid a fee to us. If you use it on your clients' website, you will need to provide support to them. We try to help if we have time and resources available but we prioritise on supporting fee-paying customers.
     183
     184= I am using a plugin to create custom fields. Will your plugin support these custom fields =
     185
     186The
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     188
    127189= I installed and activated this plugin, but can’t find out any menu =
    128190
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    135197= I can't import into some custom fields created with pods =
    136198
    137 Possible causes 1 - custom field names shared among pods.
    138 
    139 The CIO Bulk Importer detects and lists ALL your custom fields created with PODS in one form in step 3 of the import process, even though you are importing ONE pods content type at a time. The custom fields are grouped by pods labels.
     199Possible causes 1 - custom field names shared among pods (resolved since version 1.0.1)
     200
     201The CIO Custom Fields Importer detects and lists ALL your custom fields created with PODS in one form in step 3 of the import process, even though you are importing ONE pods content type at a time. The custom fields are grouped by pods labels.
    140202
    141203If a field name is used in multiple pods, multiple input cells will be generated in the form with the same field name, and only the value of the last input cells (possibly blank by default) will be saved.
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    147209Please check the custom defined list in your relationship field. The value supplied in the csv or xml file has to be in the custom defined list to be imported.
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     211Possible causes 3 - import settings
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     213If you are running from a previous import template, some custom fields may have been skipped because of the import settings. Please check the import log, or import setting and make sure the custom fields are allowed to import.
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     215
    149216= I can see a pods content type but can't import data to the pod =
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    151 CIO Bulk Importer free edition detects and lists all your pods content types however it supports importing and updating of post types only, including new custom post types created with pods, and posts/pages extended with pods.
    152 
    153 Please consider upgrading to [CIO Bulk Importer Pro](http://www.vipp.com.au) to import other content types (including Advanced Custom Types and extended Users).
     218CIO Custom Fields Importer free edition detects and lists all your pods content types however it supports importing and updating of post types only, including new custom post types created with pods, and posts/pages extended with pods.
     219
     220Please consider upgrading to [CIO Custom Fields Importer Pro](http://www.vipp.com.au/cio-custom-fields-importer) to import other content types (including Advanced Custom Types and extended Users).
    154221
    155222= My csv file has many rows, but only the header row is detected  =
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    159226
    160227== Changelog ==
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     229
     230= 1.0.1 =
     231
     232New features
     233
     234* logging of custom fields import
     235* selective importing of custom fields
     236* improved user interface
     237
     238Bug fixes:
     239
     240* Resolved (potential) conflicts of field names
     241
    161242
    162243= 1.0.0 =
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    186267E-mail: support@vipp.com.au
    187268
    188 Support for free version customers is not guaranteed and based on availability. For premium support, please purchase [CIO Bulk Importer Pro](http://www.vipp.com.au).
     269Support for free version customers is not guaranteed and based on availability. For pro support, please purchase [CIO Custom Fields Importer Pro](http://www.vipp.com.au/cio-custom-fields-importer).
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