EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

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Originally Posted by johnniejetski

looking at installing this, hoping to bring 1.3.9 products into a 1.5.3 store. Is there a summary of the steps or do I need to read 169 pages ?

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On a quick search, this is something I found, but if you still have the 1.3.9 database, then there is a zc process to import products other than using EP4 to import. It will work, but may not be the preferred method. http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...47#post1251347

There's other occurrences of such a summary; however, I have not given the search time to find it...

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Originally Posted by mc12345678

As I recall from the communication, a separate work-around was determined; however, in parallel I had worked on making the existing software "compatible" with 1.5.3. I did no testing for operations sake. I only had brought the code up-to-date to not to supposedly create the same errors. I will post the code in the Ultimate SEO URI thread. I believe it is not a complete set of software, but only the changes to the original software. As I stated in one of those post threads, a version of the URI rewriter is in a test status which I would fully consider the attached code as being. Truly the issue is with USU and should be addressed in that thread, it just happens to be observed when using this software.

See post 733 for the files that may resolve this issue when using Ultimate SEO URIs version 2.212.

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Truly the issue is NOT with USU. I have been using USU (2.212) under Zen Cart 1.5.3 (by following the instructions in the manual and in the support forum) without issue.

The issue's I have seen reported in this thread (and on the USU thread) appears to be caused install errors.. Namely replacing Zen Cart 1.5.3 files with files from USUS which are modified versions of files for PREVIOUS versions of Zen Cart. The manual for USU like most well written modules says to use / merge the modified core files matching the installed version of Zen Cart. The issues reported seem to crop up when that advice isn't followed..

The current stable release of USU was released BEFORE the Zen Cart 1.5.2 release. As such it does not include core files from Zen Cart 1.5.2+ pre-modified and ready to go for end users. The support thread DOES include some examples of modified core Zen Cart files from Zen Cart 1.5.2 RC2. The support thread also includes some additional information relating to the use of USU in Zen Cart 1.5.2 and 1.5.3.

THE ANSWER for people having difficulties with USU is to head over to the USU support thread.. Suggest these folks checkout the relevant posts - in this case #555, #706, and #717. The author is talented and FULLY supports his module..

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Folks can wait for the next version of USU (which is in beta testing now) to be released in a few weeks.. It will have all of the FULLY MODIFIED files Zen Cart v1.5.3 files so people who don't bother to merge (as suggested in the readme) can simply just drag and drop to their hearts content..

FYI, uploaded a revision to EP4 that includes some compatibility with potteryhouse's version of Stock By Attributes (SBA) (in particular the customid). This is an expansion of capability that was previously included with an older version of SBA (compatibility with which still exists). A pull request has been made to incorporate the change into the version available from the first post of this thread.

In the mean time, if interested in testing this, please see:
https://github.com/mc12345678/EasyPopulate-4.0

Look for the "ZIP" button to download. To install, upload all files to your admin directory maintaining directory structure.
Also upload the additional files for your version of Zencart - be sure to put thes in their correct folder.

Or can download it directly from: https://github.com/mc12345678/EasyPo...ive/master.zip

Is it possible to assign the sort order of categories using EP4? I currently populate all of my categories using the CategoryMeta file, but I can't find a way of assigning the sort order

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Kind Regards

John

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Originally Posted by jrobbo

Is it possible to assign the sort order of categories using EP4? I currently populate all of my categories using the CategoryMeta file, but I can't find a way of assigning the sort order

Thanks in advance for any suggestions

Kind Regards

John

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Category specific information should be available through the category export/import. I think that was also discussed within the last couple of pages or so as well.

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Originally Posted by mc12345678

Category specific information should be available through the category export/import. I think that was also discussed within the last couple of pages or so as well.

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I went back 15 pages but was not able to find any relevant info.

I am using the Full Category export and import features to update my category meta data, but there is no field in either of the category import/export files to specify the category sort-order. Is there any way to add that field please?

John

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Originally Posted by jrobbo

I went back 15 pages but was not able to find any relevant info.

I am using the Full Category export and import features to update my category meta data, but there is no field in either of the category import/export files to specify the category sort-order. Is there any way to add that field please?

John

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Will look into this later today.

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Originally Posted by mc12345678

Will look into this later today.

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Thanks very much MC, I apprectae your efforts

Cheers

John

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Originally Posted by jrobbo

I went back 15 pages but was not able to find any relevant info.

I am using the Full Category export and import features to update my category meta data, but there is no field in either of the category import/export files to specify the category sort-order. Is there any way to add that field please?

John

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Update 4.0.26 has been loaded to https://github.com/mc12345678/EasyPopulate-4.0 with a pull request to https://github.com/chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0. Follow the same process as identified in post 1 of this thread; however, until merged use the first link above. Category sort_order information is loaded to and from the Categories Only (with Metatags) option.

Is the 4.0.26 compatible with ZC 1.5.1? or it is for 1.5.3 only?