You can create a bunch of categories via mysql. Most hosts provide a tool such as PHPMyAdmin which will provide an easy interface to execute arbitrary SQL.
It is considered bad practice around here to have a bunch of categories. It is suggested to use tags instead.
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just category names?
dump the category table.
look at the layout, match your csv to the layout. import it. Seems easier to just manually enter them.
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You can create a bunch of categories via mysql. Most hosts provide a tool such as PHPMyAdmin which will provide an easy interface to execute arbitrary SQL.
It is considered bad practice around here to have a bunch of categories. It is suggested to use tags instead.
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I do not know but I would do the following steps to find out:
If you are not comfortable with SQL, please post every category related changes the file diff showed and I will help you creating the SQL.