In this documetation you find importend informations about the Hotspots sobi2 Import function. Please read it before you import!

Sobi2 - Sigsiu Online Business Index 2 is a directory component for the Joomla to show entries of companies, clubs, persons, shops, products, aso. More informations about sobi2 you can find at the sobi2 homepage.

Please note: This function is new and could contain bugs or other errors!

Before you start importing data from Sigsiu Online Business Index 2 (shortterm Sobi2), please backup your hotspots database. And controll that no markers contain in the field autor the string 'sobi2'. After that have a look at the sobi2 field manager and compare the id values of the data fields (see screenshot) with the ones at Hotspots sobi2 import. Usually it should be the same. If you don't want to import a field from sobi2, just set the field id value to a number that does not exist (normaly there are a maximum of ~20 fields in sobi2, so just type in 101).



Hint: If you want to import an other costum field as description (like your own special fields), change the description id to the costum field value.

Please note: If you have an sobi2 entry in multiple categories, it will be imported more then one time to hotspots. Hotspots is not yet able to handle multiple categories for a single hotspot (normaly not the propose of hotspots), to solve this for sobi2, we import the same entry foreach category in sobi2. (same entry, just different category).


Delete old entries

If you don't set "Delete old entries" to yes, old entries will stay in the hotspots database (double entrys!). If you want to save some old hotspots marker or just some categories then you have to change the autorfield to something else, then sobi2!


Number of Chars to import from description

Set the number of chars to import from sobi2 entry description, for the hotspots marker popup (Short Description). Please note this database field is limited to 255 Chars maximum and the phone number, website and mail are also written into it!

If you experience any bugs or problems don't hesitate to contact us!