Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

I also need help since I 2 am new to easy populate.

My problem is that I have installed easy populate correctly. The program is showing up on my zencart and uploads my product file from excel correctly.

The true problem is that I do not see any products on my site. Easy populates tells me my file is successfully installed. Also I cannot set Master Category in tools since it does not give me the option. All the directories suggested in this post is set correctly for permissions.

Am I missing a step somehow??? I have also deleted and reinstalled easy populate 4 times on 4 different days with the same results.

geryaf - EP has nothing to do with the Master Category reset this is a core Zencart device.It is under Tools>Store Manager

Had you set any of you Categories first in Zencart or done it by EP.

If it is the Latter Zencart will not be seeing the products, so the best way would be delete all you products and Cats' and start again from fresh via Zencart and then import from EP when it is set in Zencart.

EP is just a import tool that inserts the data into the database it does touch the core files.

I'm having the same problem as geryaf. Thank you.

1. Use Open Office not Excel..EP works much better.
2. You need Category installed into zencart, and
also preferably some products under that category.
Install both/all via zencart admin first, before using
EP. 1 Category, with 3 products, will do to start with.
3. Then install EP..download Easy Populate csv file,
for existing category/products via your zencart admin, under
tools, then easy populate. This file will give you
the correct headers needed for you to add further products.

Using the following simple update file and others I get a redirect to a 500 server error which states that there has been a hiccup in the server, check the logs correct the error and try again. The error logs show the explode error line 241. I have reinstalled EP and still get these errors. I also get this error when I create a price/quantity update file using EP and try to upload the untouched file using EP?

Any ideas? I don't see any empty delimiters in my file.

Thanks,
Jason

I've created the directories in Zen, then added a few products in each one I will be importing to using EP. I then exported the inventory file, added some products, and copied to my temp folder. The problem is, a new root directory is created with the same name as the existing directory, but no products are uploaded into either directory. Help.... Thanks - Hank

HumDaddy - You can only use the file formats below:-

Quote:

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Download Complete tab-delimited .txt file to edit (Attributes Not Included)
Download Model/Price/Qty tab-delimited .txt file to edit
Download Model/Category tab-delimited .txt file to edit
Download Froogle tab-delimited .txt file
Download Model/Attributes tab-delimited .txt file

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You cannot just pick the headings you would like to import.

hankthtank - Try to download a 'Complete' file then add a product to the last row and import the file in that format and you will see this work.

Could someone tell me how to do a split file in easy populate? I'm trying to upload over 10,000 products into the db, but it's too large of a file so I need to do a split file. Could someone help me?

Thanking you in advance!

Scrat - I appreciate that but the instructions say it's better to delete fields that you're not using so that's why I deleted them. Also, I have attempted to upload a file created by EP with the same results?:lamo:

I'm thinking I must not be opening and/or saving the file correctly in Open Office Calc. I downloaded the complete file, added one item, ftp'd the file to /temp, then uploaded using EP. One of the catagories for an item i didn't add created a new root category, and the new item did not show up. Any ideas?