Text to database?

What kind of information did you have in the text site? Post title, text, category and timestamp?

If so, code could to be written to parse it.

Regards

hello,
I would like this type of text in a massive text file tobe converted to wordpress

Johns Pizza
NYC, New York
24/7:1-800-555-4138
Direct:212-555-3202
Web site: https://www.joeschmo.com

i would want a certain formatting and tagging to go in with it. Is this possible?

Well… anything’s possible. ??

Do you have some programming skills — or have a helpful coder nearby? One approach would be to write a little program that would go through your text file and re-write it in an RSS format.

WordPress has a RSS importer that could then potentially pick that up and load it.

HandySolo,
Thts the solution I figured out. So I have setup the text file from the results from the web search. But I need it to be converted to RSS with specific formatting and tagging.

I have no idea how to do this. Do you think you could help?

Give this a read through:
https://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/

That will at least let you see what an RSS feed looks like.

I know a little bit about it.
But I have a text file with 437 entries with 3-5 pieces of info each and i need to convert it to rss with formatting. I am working on a community blog WPMU for a social cause and I dont have the resources right now to take time away and learn how to code this script. I really wish I did.

If somebody can help me out, thank you.

For a one shot deal, I wouldn’t be writing a script. I’d spend the few minutes it would take with a text editor doing search/replaces and produce an RSS from that.

Yeah thats what I had to do to set it up and clean it from the results I got. But now there are things which I cant search/replace. 430 different names, 50+ different cities etc.

I think this needs a script.

If you can’t search and replace it, then a script probably can’t do it either. It’s not magically more intelligent than you are.

uh ok. it seems you are having a long day or something.

dont have to get personal. dont respond if you dont want to.

scripts automate. they are not only for search/replace. they take away the monotony of a repeat task. thats what this script would do.

thank you very much.

bump..

I am working on a community blog WPMU for a social cause and I dont have the resources right now to take time away and learn how to code this script. I really wish I did.

2 suggestions:

1. rentacoder.com
2. wp-pros list

and a friendly reccomendation that most things related to wpmu prolly belong in their forums. Especially since in your case, the database bits are apt to be different.