EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[chadderuski]

No I dont sorry the site is www.sultryseductions.com.au I dont doubt its me but im not sure what the problem is exactly.

What SPH said about the _1 may be true and what is causing your issue.

And I'll repeat again. If you had read the first entry or several entries in this thread, you'd see that I HIGHLY recommend that you enter and complete a product normally through the admin with an image. Then Export that product and you will have a good "map" of how to use this tool.

Please try this.

[viperofthepitstorm]

I will try the export of a product i know that works and use that.

[viperofthepitstorm]

Is there a way to delete the csv file through cpanel besides the temp file? I have tried to delete using the ep but it shows up in the store front page still and im not sure why. If I could delete the csv and start it all from scratch would be best.

[SPH]

I went to your site and looked at the first product in the first category. I right-clicked on the red X to see the image properties/url, and this is what I got:

http://www.sultryseductions.com.au/i...009_108_previe

I don't like how you are doing your images and it looks like the problem.

First, the image does not have a .jpg or whatever at the end, so it isn't even reading as an image. This is probably our most common mistake with the sheets, forgetting the .jpg on the image.

Second, I don't like your folder structure under images folder. We use subfolders under images, mostly after our designers, such as: images/mori-lee and we will put all Mori Lee images there. But your folder structure not only looks complicated, it also looks like an error.

What exactly is your images folder structure? images/????? Note that you can just dump all images into the images folder without subfolders. What are you trying to do in that regard?

Also, I think it would be better to use a hyphen - in place of the underscore _ everywhere but the end, when you name any additional images.

So in general, this is how our images might be named:

flaunt-91101.jpg
flaunt-91101_1.jpg (our first additional image)
flaunt-91101_5.jpg (I usually use a 5 for back shots of the dress)

I also often use _01, _02 to name additional images, with a zero.

I'd get rid of all underscores _ except for the end, if naming any ADDITIONAL IMAGES. Otherwise, zencart might try to read the underscores as additional images and cause problems, as you currently have. We've had no problem using hypens - in our image names.

Try to go in to your admin and take a product and attach it's image to it via the admin, without the EP. Once you get that you'll see how to do your EP sheet.

Also, I BACKUP the DB before every EP upload. DrByte's DB backup plugin works great, quick and easy right from the admin.

Can't you delete the prior sheets from your EP admin?

[DrByte]

I'd get rid of all underscores _ except for the end, if naming any ADDITIONAL IMAGES. Otherwise, zencart might try to read the underscores as additional images and cause problems, as you currently have. We've had no problem using hypens - in our image names.

While my comment is way off-topic for an EP discussion, I want to add clarity to SPH's post by just pointing out that Zen Cart doesn't look for underscores or hyphens to determine whether any image is "additional" or not. It does its matching strictly on the root name of the primary image. Any filenames matching that pattern with any subsequent characters in their name will then be automagically considered "additional". It's not based on underscores or hyphens or anything else.
However, that's not to say that you shouldn't set up and follow your own 'standard' convention for naming your images.

[SPH]

Thanks, DrByte. I guess I just learned something, as I always thought it our underscore that made the additional images.

Also off topic for EP but to Viper: I was going to mention Easy Populate and if you're going to use it for image management, instead of making three sets of images. But I see a product now that appears to be using the Image Handler zoom on small image, so looks like you have that covered.

[viperofthepitstorm]

My main problem it seems is that I can`t delete the csv to start over again it just keeps reappearing and I have tried deleting it from the temp file in the cpanel as well to no avail. The images problem is secondary until I can remove the old csv that seems to overide the new one.

[viperofthepitstorm]

Bump any ideas.

[chadderuski]

My main problem it seems is that I can`t delete the csv to start over again it just keeps reappearing and I have tried deleting it from the temp file in the cpanel as well to no avail. The images problem is secondary until I can remove the old csv that seems to overide the new one.

SPH: Thanks for stepping in and trying to help. You've given Viper some very good information... and I agree that his images folder is FUBAR'ed.

Viper: Use your FTP program to manually delete the file from the server. If your website was moved from another server, you may not have file permissions to delete. You can also log into your cpanel (or equivalent) and delete files from your server that way. If all else fails, call your host and have them delete it!

Secondly. Follow EP4's file naming conventions, and do not use spaces in your file names.

Third: Create a DIFFERENT temporary directory on your server, and change EP4 to this directory through the admin. There is NO WAY that EP4 will read from your old directory.

And Finally: In order for EP4 to properly link your images, you have to includes the path to the file UNDER the images folder.

If you want your image to appear on your server under: /images/all/fubared/up/my-picture.jpg

Then your entry in EP4 under the image column is: /all/fubared/up/my-picture.jpg <<== FILE EXTENTIONS ARE A MUST!

This would be obvious if you followed my earlier instructions and manually edited and linked an image through the admin, then exported that product.

I have a serious concern with your use of ".au" in the file path. A preceding "dot" in a file/folder name on linux makes it hidden. I have never tested EP4 with hidden file structures. This is absolutely unnecessary if you secure your server properly.

-chadd