Posted by swordedge on October 20, 2009 at 2:25am
I have a list of organization members that is about 1100 strong. They want me to create a basic user account for each that allows them forum access. I am wondering if it is possible to automate this? This list is an excel spreadsheet so I can export the data in a number of formats. I have found that it takes several minutes for every person to do them one at a time and I know for a fact that I will screw up doing that many of them. So, I was hoping to find a way to have the computer do it for me.
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User Import module
If you have basic user information (email, name, etc) you can use the User Import module to generate accounts and it also mails them this information with a link to login. I used it with good success. Works best when importing a CSV file.
I second that. I used the
I second that. I used the "user_import" module to import about 900 users to my site.