ECI: Advanced Settings
Advanced Settings will mostly be used by developers, but not always. Some of the settings are for those of you who want to push your server and WordPress to the limit to get the most out of your site plus data.
Key Information
- Some features will have a big effect on how the plugin behaves, do not change anything until you understand what the setting does
Features
The most common feature used in this panel is Global Post Updating, it is required to be activated for any post updating.
Global Post Updating:
Set it to Yes if you wish for posts to be updated using new data when it is imported. This has nothing to do with data updating in your project table, these are two totally different events within Easy CSV Importer csv import plugin for WordPress.
Query Limit
This is not actually used very much in the plugin but it is available should anyone experience issues with their server not allowing very large queries to be executed.
Acceptable Drop
Very useful for those new to the plugin or simply running tests. This setting is the amount of records your happy to lose when the plugin wants to automatically delete your project table. It would want to delete your project table if you have deleted the original project, but the table still exists. Tables are not deleted when deleting a project, simply to aid testing and perfection of a projects configuration. Simply keep your CSV test file rows under the value stored here to allow automatic deletion or increase the value.
Post Creation Test
Enter the number of posts you would like to be created when clicking on the test button on Final Actions panel.
Use Log File
Disable or activate the log file. It is recommended to activate it during testing and submit the file when requesting support. The log file is created in the plugins own folder and is named ecilog.txt, please email it to the webmaster@webtechglobal.co.uk if you experiance any trouble.
Allow Duplicate Data Records
This is regarding the project database table. Some people may have duplicate records for whatever reason and may want them imported to the database table. Set this to Yes to allow that to happen. In most cases, duplicate records means the plugin will spend time trying to create duplicate posts which is not allowed by default. It means wasted processing time.
Allow Duplicate Posts
This really only refers to the page title. If you need multiple posts to use the same title then select this value. As I write this it has not been long since adding the Post Type panel. I’m not 100% sure how these will together and if a post and a page with the same title is considered a duplicate by the plugin. If you need duplicate titles you may need to contact the webmaster@webtechglobal.co.uk so that the plugin can be configured to suit your needs. The main request has always been not to allow duplicates but with Custom Post Types now in WordPress it may change for some blogs.
Edit Post Sync
If you set this to Yes then edit a posts content. The posts content will be stored in your projects database table. The posts custom fields should also update individual columns when edited. This is still considered a new feature as I write this.
Overall Effects
Faster testing. Create the same project multiple times without having to mess around with the project database table.