[TYPO3-english] Importing custom content to TYPO3
Xavier Perseguers
typo3 at perseguers.ch
Tue Dec 2 08:18:04 CET 2008
Hi,
> I am building a TYPO3-site for a client, where I need to import data
> from a custom made gallery/shop system. I will then use the page
> structure as categories and records as image elements in TYPO3 to
> display future uploaded images.
>
> But the problem is that I need to preserve the old element ID's (or in
> TYPO3 lingo UIDs) so I will not mess up any element data, while still
> being able to add new ID's for any future images. How do I approach this
> in TYPO3? Would I then be using for instance many-to-many relations?
> I've been wondering if I should build the whole thing from the ground
> and up, but as the old system contains hundreds of products all relating
> to each other, I'm naturally trying to find the easiest solution.
I guess the best thing to do is to build a business model of the old
system. This way you'll be able to have all relationship regardless of
their technical aspect (id or anything else). And then push this to
TYPO3. If the old system is well done and in PHP, it should be
relatively easy to reuse it as part of the import.
--
Xavier Perseguers
http://xavier.perseguers.ch/en/tutorials/typo3.html
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