EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[chadderuski]

@chadderuski, would you please package this up into a zip file (with a GPL License and instructions) and submit it to the Free Software Add Ons at the top left of this page? We try to encourage people to go to one single place to get mods, rather than have them scattered around.

I had asked Dr. Byte if it was okay to keep on github while in "beta" and was told yes. I will add the GPL License (forgot about that, this is my first contrib). Once I finish rounding out the attributes and finish the docs, I'll make it an official submission.

[swguy]

Thank you! Developing, collaborating and testing off-site is great, but once it's really ready, this is the best place for it.

[DrByte]

Right. Please package and upload new zips here (addons section) when you want people to use them or become aware of new features or milestones.

[Keezee]

chadderuski,

Thanks for keeping this mod stable and viable, I think you've made a much needed and professional contribution to ZenCart!

I do need some help though. :)

I've got the mod installed and I've exported all of my product data to see what kind of formatting I need to use for the import process. My client currently has 5,000 products which were manually entered but has access to far more than that. They have been provided a massive amount of product data and I can manipulate that data in whichever way is needed for importing, but apparently I am missing something.

I tried a simple test by entering some mock data into what I [think] is a properly formatted CSV file but the product was not inserted into the database as expected.

I uploaded what I thought to be a properly formatted CSV file and then imported it. My results were as follows:

"Import Results

Filename: Test----NOW.csv"

What did I do wrong? Thanks!

[chadderuski]

Hi Keezee,

Did you use OpenOffice to export the CSV file?

Also, maintain the file naming convention: "Full-EP"+some text+.csv

You could also attached a sample of your data. Top dozen lines with headers.

-chadd

[Keezee]

Hey chadd,

Wow, fast reply! Thanks.

I did try exporting with Open Office, but my file name was way off. I used a file name of ''Test----NOW.csv'

I changed that to "Full-EP2012TEST.csv"

Sadly, that did not work either. Can I use EP4 to simply add one product or will my upload always need to include all of my products?

My test file had only one line aside from headers as a quick test. Here is the top 12 lines of my original export:

Sample CSV file is attached, thanks again! Sample.zip

[chadderuski]

I'll take a look at your file now.

No, I regularly use EP4 to export single sub-categories, modify and upload corrections/changes. Yes, you can just use 1 line of data. If fact, that is the very best first thing to do when you want to ensure your data is importing correctly.

Also, be sure you are doing a backup of your data first before running an import. There is an update MySQL database backup tool that work fine on most databases.

BRB

[DrByte]

I had asked Dr. Byte if it was okay to keep on github while in "beta" and was told yes. I will add the GPL License (forgot about that, this is my first contrib). Once I finish rounding out the attributes and finish the docs, I'll make it an official submission.

Chad, that post was from December 2011.
It's kinda time to put the code into the Plugins section. ;) It will help minimize the confusion people have when not finding it where they expect to find plugins.

[akjim62]

I have a client who asked me to take over managing products on there ZenCart, and I am trying to get the EasyPopulate 4 to work. I do not see the EasyPopulate 4 option under the Configuration Menu, or Tools Menu after copying all the files to where I think they belong. The root of the site is /web, the admin folder is located at /web/catalog/admin, there is a temp folder at /web/catalog/admin/temp, and at /web/catalog/temp, and /web/temp. The store is located at /web/store, includes are located at /web/catalog/includes, and boxes/extra_boxes is under includes. Can anyone help me figure out why I do not see the EasyPopulate option under Configuration? Thanks. SunOS 5.10, PHP Version 4.4.8, MySQL 4.1.22, ZenCart 1.3.9d.

[heteromorphic]

How do you change the length / amount of characters you can import in the different sections? It is cutting off a lot of my product descriptions without importing the description in its entirety?