Batch Create

Have you ever felt the need to create hundreds or thousand of blogs and users all at once?

Maybe you're setting up blog accounts for an entire University, or maybe you're creating a huge blog network on a heap of different topics or maybe you're just a sp.... [ed - don't say it!]

Seriously though, there are many legitimate reasons behind spam and splogs to automate the creation of blogs and users - and this plugin servers precisely that purpose.

Once installed you'll have the option of simply uploading a csv text file via Site Admin > Batch Create

Your text file needs to simply contain details of blog and usernames, blog titles and user passwords (yes, you can set passwords with this too :)

Creating Your CSV. text file

You need create your CSV. text file using a simple text editor such as NotePad (PC) or TextWrangler (save it with Line break format Windows (CRLF) for a Mac) and then upload the file to Batch Create

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Please note:

1. You must use an extremely basic text editor to create the file. Any software that applies formatting of any kind won't do. NotePad is the best option on a PC.
2. The file must be saved as a .txt file (with TextWrangler on a Mac use the save it with Line break format Windows (CRLF) option)
3. DON’T use Excel or TextEdit (Mac) to create your CSV. Text file. They put the user information onto the same lines which prevents the blogs and usernames from being created.
4. All the information to create a user’s blog or username must be on one line, and each item you specify is separated by a comma.
5. It needs to be written in this order -- blog name (blog URL), blog title, username, password and email address; each new user must be on a separate line and each of their details separated by a comma (with no spaces).

Here is an example of what your CSV. Text file should look like:

This is what CSV. Text file looks like in NotePad if you create using TextEdit -- this .txt file won't work!:

Here are some examples of how you can use it:

1. Create a user with blog and preset password each line would look like this:

jamesqt3,James Blog,jamesqt3,mainsblog31,jamest3@gmail.com

2. To create a user with blog and auto-generated password each line would look like this:

sueqt3,Sue Blog,sueuqt3,null,sueqt3@gmail.com

3. To create a user without a blog with a preset password each line would look like this:

null,null,seanqt3,mainsblog41,seanqt3@gmail.com

Tips when creating blogs and usernames

1. You can only use lowercase letters and numbers in both usernames and blog URLs (blog address). Dots, underscore and characters aren't allowed.
2. Don’t have any spaces in the blog URL (blog address)
3. You must provide a valid email for each user
4. Spam filters, especially strict ones for institutional email addresses, may well block username and login information from reaching users. In this case you should recommend users use free webmail accounts that won’t block the emails (such as gmail.com, hotmail.com or mail.yahoo.com)

Uploading Your CSV. text file to Batch Create

1. Go to Site Admin > Batch Create

2. Locate your CSV. text file and click upload

3. Once uploaded it is placed into a queue. You need to click on the link to start creating the usernames and/or blogs. They are created in order from the bottom of the list to the top of the list.