Question

This may be a dumb question, but thought I'd give it a go.

I would like to be able to 'seed' a wiki I'm making with some initial content, derived from certain online databases. What would be the right way to script the creation of a bunch of starting topics?

Thanks in advance.

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-- TWikiGuest - 09 Apr 2008

Answer

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There is quite a long discussion in HowToScriptPageModification which will give you some pointers.

I attach a script here with no obligation, but it allows me to upload text files to TWiki, which will then become topics. In 4.1.2 you need to turn all security off, so it is not that hot. But it will do what you ask.

-- BramVanOosterhout - 09 Apr 2008

Thank you very much- that's a couple of very good starting points.

-- TWikiGuest - 09 Apr 2008

You might also look at ExcelImportExportPlugin as it provides for generating a bunch of TWiki topics from an excel database. This plugin is a bit old and needs some attention but I've used it to import data into TWiki.

-- LynnwoodBrown - 09 Apr 2008

• tcat412.pl.txt: upload a topic or attachment to twiki