ECI: WYSIWYG Designs
Most users will only need to create a single design by completing most of the boxes below. However it is possible to create multiple designs for a single project and use optional conditions to apply different designs for different categories or different types of product.
Video Tutorial
Key Information
The WYSIWYG editor is the same editor as on the Edit Post page. You can do exactly the same things with it, plus more.
Features
These are details and links to more tutorial pages. Each one can be used to learn how to build an entire design and complete your page.
Creating Your Template Title
The title at this time is simple, however I plan to add intelligent abilities that allow the plugin to spin your title depending on what is already in your blog. For example if you want to include a price in your title, you may want it to change currency or the price could be displayed with a deduction due to a sales. If you are keen for more ability within the title, please comment below.
For now, simply copy and paste tokens into your title and create as unique a title as possible. You can also include any of your own text to make your effect on SEO that much better. Click Here To Learn More About Creating Your Template Title
Adding Links
If you want to create text links, you simply need to place tokens or short-codes where the URL would normally be. You can also add tags, please see the dedicated page for more information. Click Here To Learn More About Creating Links
Adding Images
Copy and paste your image code into the HTML tab or import an actual image using WordPress media library, then use what you have as a template. Put your tokens where the URL would be. Click Here To Learn More About Adding Images
Design Name
Enter a name for your design, one that helps you remember which csv file/project it is designed for. If you plan to create multiple alternative designs for one project it is a good idea to number them. Do not paste tokens or shortcodes into this box.
Post Title
This box represents your post/page titles. You must only paste tokens into the title and each title will be generated based on each of your records data. You may type your own text into the box and can also use multiple tokens to help create unique titles that are good for SEO.
Shortcode Design
Paste this shortcode into your WYSIWYG editor design to use what you create in the Shortcode Design box:
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You must only enter tokens in your Shortcode design. Using the Shortcode design allows you to create a section of your post/page that is generated at the point of being opened by visitors. All other content in your generated posts or pages can be manually edited without losing the ability to generate a part of the post dynamically. Eventually upgrades will be done to allow us to generate different results for a single post/page based on criteria i.e. visitor location, logged in status and more. Most users will not need to use the Shortcode Design so only create a design in the box if you are sure your project needs it. You also have the option of using individual column shortcodes and can update entire posts even if you use tokens however that approach re-builts the post.
All In One SEO
The All In One SEO form fields will only be displayed when the AIOSEO plugin is installed. Do not use Shortcodes in these fields. They allow you to create custom meta title and description which will be saved in custom fields for each post. Their values will be re-created during updating so that they reflect any new data you import.
Note: the panel will now be hidden until the All In One SEO plugin is activated. This change was added 24th June 2011
WordPress SEO Plugin by Yoast
Not long after completing this page I added a panel similiar to the one above for All In One SEO. Easy CSV Importer now supports WordPress SEO by Yoast, a plugin considered to be better than All In One SEO. You use it in the same way as shown in the image above for All In One SEO.
Note: the panel will be hidden until you activate the plugin
HTML Snippets
The HTML Snippets panel has many buttons that will display some html for copying then pasting into the html window of the WYSIWYG editor. I can add any number of snippets here. The last buttons added were for Google +1 and you can select all sizes of this feature.
