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Wp All Import Pro 4.2.6 22: How to Update Existing Content with New Data without Losing Your Setting



Today we are pleased to announce the first public beta of our WP All Import Pro add-on for Easy Property Listings. WP All Import Pro is a fantastic plugin that allows importing XML and CSV files into your WordPress website.


Creating your import for REAXML is easy as all you need to do is load the template from the bottom of the import page. Once you load the import template all the fields will be configured for REAXML. We will be adding more templates for other popular formats like Jupix UK.




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We updated the importer on GitHub which you can download and replace on your website for further testing. The update corrects the Activate once initial imports is set options show in the settings image above. Thanks for testing the plugin Ben.


To import dive information from a dive computer to a computer with Subsurface, the two pieces of equipment must communicate with one another. This involves setting up the communications port (or mount point) of the computer with Subsurface that communicates with the dive computer. To set up this communication, users need to find the appropriate information to instruct Subsurface where and how to import the dive information. Appendix A provides the technical information to help the user achieve this for different operating systems and Appendix B has dive computer specific information.


Dive computers tend to keep a certain number of dives in memory, even though these dives have already been imported to Subsurface. For that reason, if the dive computer allows this, Subsurface only imports dives that have not been downloaded before. This makes the download process faster on most dive computers and also saves battery power of the dive computer (at least for those not charging while connected via USB).


Some divers use more than one dive computer at the same time, e.g. during technical diving. If you import the dive profiles from these different dive computers into Subsurface, the profiles can be viewed independently. During upload the data from the dive computers are automatically merged into a single dive. The different profiles are presented on the Profile panel with the name of each dive computer indicated at the bottom left as well as an indicator of the number of dive computers uploaded for this dive (e.g."No. 2 of 2"). The original dive profile is shown by default while profiles from additional dive computers are added "behind" that of the first uploaded dive computer. While the dive is highlighted in the Dive List, switch between the profiles of the different dive computers by using the left/right arrow keyboard keys. If profiles from more than one dive computer exists for a dive, right-clicking on the name of the dive computer (bottom left of the profile panel) activates a context menu (image below) that allows one to make the selected dive computer the one whose profile is shown by default: this changes the order in which the profiles are shown when using the left-arrow and right-arrow keys. The context menu also allows deleting any of the dive computers or to take the information from a specific dive computer and present that as a separate dive.


Double-click on the blue bar below the new dive location name. The blue bar disappears (image B above) and the globe icon on the right-hand of the location name text box turns blue. In the Dive Map part of the Subsurface window, a world map appears (image C above). Click on the blue globe icon to the right of the dive site name in the Notes panel (image B above). This opens a window for entering the details of the new dive location (image A below). The globe icon changes to indicate that the location data are being edited. The only important data here are the geographic coordinates of the dive location.


Many divers log their dives using the proprietary software provided by the manufacturers of their dive computers. Subsurface can import dive logs from a range of other dive log software. While import from some software is supported natively, others require export of the dive log to an intermediate format that can then be imported into Subsurface. Currently, Subsurface supports importing CSV log files from several sources. Dive log import from APD LogViewer, XP5, Sensus and Seabear files are preconfigured, but because the import is flexible, users can configure their own imports. Manually kept log files (e.g. a spreadsheet) can also be imported by configuring the CSV import. Subsurface can also import UDDF and UDCF files used by some dive log software and some dive computers, like the Heinrichs & Weikamp DR5. Finally, for some dive log software like Mares Dive Organizer we currently recommend importing the logbook first into a web service like divelogs.de and then import from there with Subsurface. Divelogs.de supports a few additional logbook formats that Subsurface currently cannot handle.


Towards the bottom right is a dropdown selector with a default label of Dive Log Files which accesses different types of direct imports available, as in dialog B, above. Currently these are:


For more information on configuring a CSV import, see Importing data in CSV format. In many cases changes to the column headers are not required because they are pre-configured for the specific type of import and the CSV import screen can be bypassed by selecting the OK button. This opens the imported dive log in the Subsurface Dive List.


OSTC Tools is a Microsoft-based suite of dive download and dive management tools for the OSTC family of dive computers. OSTC Tools downloads dive data from the dive computer and stores it as a binary file with file extension .dive . Subsurface can directly import these files when using the universal import dialog. From the dropdown list at the bottom right select OSTCTools Files (.dive .DIVE). This makes the OSTC Tools dive logs visible in the file list panel. Select one or more dive, then click the Open button. The OSTC dives are shown in the Dive List panel.


Please remember that OSTCTools is not true diving log software, but rather a useful set of tools for analysis and management of OSTC devices. Only raw dive computer data will be imported to Subsurface; the rest of the data (buddies, equipment, notes, etc) need to be completed manually.


Since Mares uses proprietary Windows software not compatible with multi-platform applications, these dive logs cannot be directly imported into Subsurface. Mares dive logs need to be imported using a three-step process, using www.divelogs.de as a gateway to extract the dive log information.


SmartTrak stores the raw data from a Uwatec/Scubapro dive computer along with a plethora of other data manually added by the user, ranging from dive points to buddies data or DAN survey info. However, this is Microsoft Windows-based proprietary software by Uwatec (today Scubapro) using Microsoft Access databases, preventing the integration the importer into the Subsurface core application.


smtk2ssrf accepts 0, 2 or more parameters. If it is launched without parameters in a graphical user interface, a simple window opens for choosing the .slg file(s) to import and a destination file to store the Subsurface-formatted data into (see image below).


where input is the directory containing the .slg file(s) and output is the directory where the Subsurface-formatted output is written to. Files file_1.slg and file_2.slg in the input directory are imported and stored in file3.xml in the output directory. Check any warning and error messages in the console or in the graphical window: some may be relevant as support for Galileo family of dive computers is still a work in progress.


Which data columns need to be imported into Subsurface? Is it a CSV dive details file or a CSV dive profile file? Open the file using a text editor and note the titles of the columns to be imported and their column positions.


At the top left, there is a dropdown list containing pre- configured settings for common dive computers and software packages. If the CSV file being imported originated from any of these pre-configured items, select it. Otherwise use the Manual Import option. The configuration panel also has dropdown lists for the specification of the appropriate field separator (Tab, comma or semicolon), the date format used in the CSV file, the time units (seconds, minutes or minutes:seconds), as well as the unit system (metric or imperial). Selecting the appropriate options among these is critical for successful data import.


Continue in this way to ensure all the column headings in the blue row of cells correspond to the headings listed in the top part of the dialog. When finished, select the OK button on the bottom right of the dialog. The data from the CSV file are imported and shown in the Dive List panel.


The most important attribute of a CSV file is the field separator, the character used to separate fields within a single line. The field separator is frequently a comma, a colon, a SPACE character or a TAB character. When exporting data from spreadsheet software, the field separator needs to be specified in order to create the CSV file. CSV files are normally organized into a single line that provides the headers (or field names) of the data columns, followed by the data, one record per line. Note that each field name may comprise more than one word separated by spaces; for instance Dive site, below. Here is an example of dive information for four dives using a comma as a field separator:


When a CSV file is selected for import, Subsurface displays the column headers as well as some of the data in the first few lines of the CSV file, making it much easier to work with CSV files. CSV files can be used in many contexts for importing data into a Subsurface dive log. Knowing a few basic things about the content of the CSV file helps with a smooth import of the dives into Subsurface.


Right-click on a dive or on a group of dives on the dive list, bringing up the Dive list context Menu. Select the appropriate option to import media either from file or from the Internet. The system file browser appears. Select the folder and media that need to be loaded into Subsurface and click the Open button. Towards the bottom of the file browser is a filter that allows showing media (photos and videos), only photographs, only videos, or all files. Choose the appropriate option. 2ff7e9595c


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