These are the basic steps:
- Select the web site to import from
- Extract the list of items to catalog
- Run Readerware list-catalog
- Check the results
You may have noticed that as you added an item to the list, a question mark icon was displayed next to it. This indicates that Readerware list-catalog has not yet searched the internet for this item. As it processes each item, Readerware changes the icon to indicate the results. The icons are:
This indicates that the item has not yet been processed The item has been processed, the item and product image have been added to the database. The item has been processed and added to the database, no product image was found The item has been processed but could not be found The item was already found in the Readerware database, this item was skipped
When you have reviewed the status of each item you entered, click on
the
Next button to proceed to the final page of this wizard.
Note that you can use the Back and Next buttons to toggle between the results and the auto-catalog summary page. When you are done, click the Finish button. Readerware will then display all the new items added to your database in the main window. You can optionally review and edit these new items. Click on the toolbar browse button to return to the full database display.
- Items Input Count - The number of items entered
- Items Added Count - The total number of items that were added to your database
- Images Added Count - The number of items with product images added, this will be less than or equal to the items added count.
- Duplicate Items Count - The number of items already found in the Readerware database and skipped.
- Not Fount Items Count - The number of items not found. Normally all items will be found. As the list of items was built automatically from the web site, it is unlikely you will encounter items that can not be found.
This statistics information and a complete item by item listing is also written to the rwuser.log file, if user logging is enabled. You will find this file in your Readerware directory. You can view this file in any text editor
There is no easier way to catalog your collection!