this is great, BUT
if you want your search results to be available instantly, you have to change your server timing IN YOUR JOOMLA SITE. i moved mine to +6hrs.
if you can wait one day, then you dont have to worry to much.
good luck!

Why to get this script for importing?
First of all its the cheapest.
Cedric helped me personally via his forum.
It worked!

i made this work with excel and notepad.
i had NO idea notepad could create csv document.
Follow his direction on his site (use the forum).
Keep in mind these few things:
use notepad and you HAVE to add the .csv extention IN THE NAMING of the file. you have to type it in!! it will convert auto.
when i installed the module and retrieved my headers, i imported them and the headers didnt import from notepad to excel so i had to type them in. not a big deal considering it didnt take long and the importing was going to save me years.
more important hints:
1) the default and instructions say to use ";"
but excel, (well mine anyway) would not use ;.
and when saving, it would tell me it was losing info (meaning it was converting to "," instead.
so make sure you make note throughout the process.
2) you MUST use at least one category !!
3) when you copy and paste watch out for those comma's or ';' if you are able to use ';'.
you hit test and it will give you line errors.
go back to notepad and find the 'go to' line and enter the line and look it over. in my case there were commas separating words within my import, but the software was thinking it was an action. like so and so, inc.
it would see that comma and it would error because there was an extra comma... which leads me to my final hint.
4) you have to have EXACTLY the same amount of commas or ';' as items in the header. (title equals the company name).
if your header has title and 3 cat's and 7 fields, then you need to have 11 items. where you are NOT filling in info, you STILL need that comma!
i think those 4 hints will save someone a day that i spent working this stuff out.

OVERALL it was easy easy!
SO BUY IT!

This does so much and it takes a while to learn, but at the same time you can figure it out and feel like you have accomplished a lot. usually i give advice and details about the ext im reviewing, but i wouldnt know where to begin. i am using it to have listings of companies with company profiles and other companies can create a profile for free or pay extra for premium info, like to include their direct phone number or website link.

I would rate this a 4.75 of 5
Its free and worth hundreds and works very well.
Great support

HOWEVER, just so you know in advance.
The good features cost BIG time. You might as well plan on spending atleast 75.00 to 100.00 on plugins.

Its still amazing and i have only used 20% of what it is able to do.

must install both mod & comp.
just about as easy as they get!!
super nice too.
thanks!

this is very very simple, simple to use and very good. i dont THINK, maybe, you can adjust volume.

IF YOU HAVE HOST GATOR, YOU HAVE TO CONTACT THEM!
hostgator has some rule against something and something else and this and that!

this product is HUGE. it does SO MUCH, BUT..
its like jack-of-all trades and master of none.
this has more bugs in it than a small rainforest. If it worked, it would be the best thing ever.
be prepared to to sink a day into JUST learning. i have spent 2 additional days trying to fix the bugs and just to find out, they arent. **this might be a great for joom1.0.X Im using 1.5.9

If you want something simple, this is it!
(make sure you decompress it and upload the internal zips seperately). I had my site ready to go in an hour!

You MUST go to their website and follow the instructions!! this isnt an upload/install/use extension. You have to follow the instructions or you will get Errors!! (beta version for joomla 1.5)