Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

In the EP TEMP folder is a "sample" file...

Be VERY CAREFUL to open it in a plain text editor, and then look at the date formatting.

The trouble with spreadsheets (eg; excel) is that they automatically parse a date (or anything that looks like a date) into a date format (usually a default).

So when you come to do your data load, your date formatting may be different from that needed by EP.

Remember also, that EP (under the CONFIGURATION area of your admin) requires that you set the desired date format.

What I have done in the past is load up a dummy product using the standard add-product screen, giving it a date added as well.

Then, do an EP export from the store, and see how it's formatted the date for my test product.

That's how it must be formatted when you do your EP upload...

Thanks

Ill look at that t`moro i am all based out lol i am getting a few things uploaded troble is as i see it the data supplied by my supplier ie the catergories are all in one so to speak i am havin to separate them out and they are alphabetical i am doing this on a sub domain at mo


cheers :blink:

hi for all,
I have installed Easy Populate and work correctly expect UTF-8 char.
My language is arabic, but when I use Easy Populate all arabic word appeared as unknown char
but in english work very nice.
how can I use Easy Populate in arabic language?
I try to save my file as utf-8 encoding but when importing it the system show this message ( there is no model column

thanks for all

I am using this mod, I am familiar with Easy populate CSV, but on this one I can’t figure out how to add stock by attributes. Is there a column I need to add to make all the sizes I have appear as having “1” in stock? Do I have to add a column in the main CSV file or in the attributes file?

Thanks for any help

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Originally Posted by bahaa87

hi for all,
I have installed Easy Populate and work correctly expect UTF-8 char.
My language is arabic, but when I use Easy Populate all arabic word appeared as unknown char
but in english work very nice.
how can I use Easy Populate in arabic language?
I try to save my file as utf-8 encoding but when importing it the system show this message ( there is no model column

thanks for all

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Bahaa87,

You have to first check to see if you installed Zencart as UTF. In most cases this is not the default. You can check this through phpMyAdmin. Also look for Dr. Byte's tool for converting to UTF-8.

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=1937

Be sure to properly backup your files before doing any conversion if necessary.

You will next have to use OpenOffice to export your data. OpenOffice will let you export in various encoding where excell seems to do what ever it wants. When using OO be sure to select "edit filter settings" when doing your export (or save as) and ensure you have the encoding you want.

-cj

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Originally Posted by chadderuski

You will next have to use OpenOffice to export your data. OpenOffice will let you export in various encoding where excell seems to do what ever it wants. When using OO be sure to select "edit filter settings" when doing your export (or save as) and ensure you have the encoding you want.

-cj

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I have found a nifty "bypass" that seems to work well.

Instead of SAVING the spreadsheet as a TXT file (with appropriate character set), I use "copy and paste"...

I create the spreadsheet, making sure that the data is "clean for easy populate", and then I highlight the full range of cells and <CTRL+C>.

Then I <CTRL+V> into Emerald Editor (or equivalent text editor - use a good one) and I save THAT file as a TXT file with appropriate charecter set choice.

Hi,

I installed easy populate 1.2.5.4 , everything works correctly but one thing , my site encoded to utf-8 with hebrew.

export is working great i see everything in he but when i try to import the ep returns this failure :

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No model field in record. This line was not imported10113134CF | פרו פ� | | | פרו פ� | חתולי | | | | | 0 | 3.2 | | 2011-07-08 | 50 | פרופל | הכל ל� | אוכל � | יבש | | | | | --none-- | 1 |
SKIPPED! - Model: - No category provided for this product | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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anyway to fix this problem?

Thanks!!

Hi Zenners,

I have two languages on my website - Hebrew and English...
I am able to upload the products - EP uploads a category name in Hebrew - that is fine - however, Zen Cart does not allow me to add the category name in English... I edit the category and press update, however, the category name in English does not appear...

Any possible suggestions?

Eran

Hi Eran,

How do you upload in Hebrew , the script returns me problems with categories , any idea why ?
my site encoded to UTF8

Thanks
Shay

never mind it works!!