Support for "Web Links"

On a related Web Links issue, recently one of its maintainers has said:

"I agree that an import/export facility would be nice to have. (...) The current state of import/export in Drupal is a problem." (Import / Export / Backup links)

I think cooperation between the two modules -Node Import and Web Links- for this task could be very fruitful.

Is there a workaround in the meantime, to tell node_import how to import the URL field of a weblink?

Is there a workaround in the meantime, to tell node_import how to import the URL field of a weblink?

I've just suggested a possible workaround to test -which I don't know if it will work or not- in a Web Links issue.

About the URL field of a weblink, I think it's a text area.

I found I could workaround easily enough in the SQL. I posted a description of what I did in the Web Links issue here: http://drupal.org/node/91008#comment-1953352

Yes, the URL is a textarea field. There are other data that would need to be considered as possible import items for Web Links, such as last click date and number of clicks.

@juan_g: Currently I don't see a really good, generic node import/export mechanism. This module is good for importing, but there doesn't seem to be a complimentary export module. I'm not sure how one might accomplish such a feat because a "node" can change dramatically just by changing which modules are installed on a site.

This module is good for importing, but there doesn't seem to be a complimentary export module.

In the list of import/export modules (link ordered by usage stats), there is Node Export. Also, the Views Bonus Pack includes an export module. (The 6.x versions of Import / Export API and Views Datasource are still in dev and alpha respectively, so it's better to use only the other two export modules at this moment).

Hmm, I wonder when I last checked, because I didn't see a current Node Export the last time I looked. Thanks for the pointer.

Well, according to its usage statistics, Node Export has changed from very little known to pretty popular this year.

All the Web Links data is now available as "CCK fields." It has been tested with Node Export and that module worked fine.