Installation

This extensions requires the following other extensions:

  • external_import

  • news

  • svconnector_csv (which itself requires svconnector)

  • svconnector_feed (ditto)

Upon installation, the extension will create or alter the necessary tables.

Upgrading to 1.4.0

As of version 1.4.0, this tutorial relies on extension "news" for the RSS feed import example rather than "tt_news". If you are upgrading don't be surprised if your "tt_news" records don't get updated anymore upon import. If nothing gets imported, it may be because you don't have "news" installed.

Nothing serious, just a little something to pay attention to.

Verifying the configuration

To ensure that the records inserted or deleted by the external import process don't interfere with the other data in your TYPO3 installation, don't forget to properly define a page for storage in the configuration of the "external_import" extension (scroll down to find that option).

Setting a storage page

Setting the general storage page in the Extension Manager

Verifying the setup

After installation, go to the External Import BE module. It should look like:

Overview of configured imports

Checking installed import configurations using the BE module

If you want to follow the process in more details, activate logging at "debug" level. You can also check what happens in each step by using the Preview mode.