Importing spreadsheets to create forum and topics

gnfb

The issue

I have a site 101fyi.com which I have been building over the last few years of lists.
I was thinking of turning them all into a forum broken up into the list name then the topics so people could comment

Flarum information

Can you point me to a method that would take a spreadsheet say of information and import it and convert it to a forum?

Post your output of php flarum info here. Without this information providing support will take longer!

luceos

I think a solution would probably have to be build. Sorry to say.

huseyinfiliz

I have done this before, but it requires a lot of technical knowledge. If you'd like, I can explain how I did it, but I wouldn't recommend it if you're not familiar with SSH, PHP, and JS. Additionally, it might require you to use a VPS/VDS and make changes to PHP settings.

In short, it involves using a PHP command linked to a cron job to fetch data row by row from an Excel file and send it to Flarum via an API. Of course, during this process, you also need to connect to a database to keep track of the last row you processed.

gnfb

Thanks for taking the time to reply. As it will only have to be done once, after that the information will go straight into the forum I will opt for cut and paste!