EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[bubbadan]

Having a "Cosmetic" issue with EP

Before today it was fine and dandy no issues the files showed up nice and in the decorative box.

However today I get what you see in the attached image.

Nothing has been added (as far as other plugins etc)

All files are in tempEP as they should be.

Any Ideas?

[bubbadan]

OK just deleted and reinstalled using the Easy Populate For ZenCart v1.5
Now it looks all pretty again.

[chrysalid]

Hello,
I'm been struggling, trying to get EasyPopulate to work with my ZenCart.
I am at the point where I have downloaded the "Complete Products'" - opened in OpenOffice Calc - replaced existing records with my own, in the same format.
Tried importing - it says import complete, but then at the bottom I get the error "No model field in record. This line was not imported" followed by random text (parts of fields?) repeated hundreds of times.
Can someone help me get this working?
Thanks!!
Amber

[VideoStan]

In the first column, headed "v_products_model" (without the quotes), what values do you have in that column?

Did you add some products in your zencart and export that as a model?

[Serious]

I'm still struggling with the HTML tags in downloaded .CSV files.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get just the text and not the tags in the descriptions?

[VideoStan]

I'm still struggling with the HTML tags in downloaded .CSV files.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get just the text and not the tags in the descriptions?

Do a replace for each offending tag. Don't forget to include spaces where that will be an issue. You'll then have a clean version to use for your tags.

Depending on the complexity of the tags, this may not be easy. But the tags are actually in your description; they are not just random code. It is a downside of using tags.

The spreadsheet I am using for the site that is still under development is without tags; then I add them as needed for the description upload. I have clean text to use for metatags.

[chrysalid]

In the first column, headed "v_products_model" (without the quotes), what values do you have in that column?

Did you add some products in your zencart and export that as a model?

Hi,
Yes, I have a few products already in my store, so exported a list, then replaced those items with my items.

The values in v_products_model are my model numbers.
An example (the first three items):
DVD-MATR
AAG70100G05
AAG7026005


Is there a problem with this?

Thanks,
Amber

[VideoStan]

Hi,
The values in v_products_model are my model numbers.
An example (the first three items):
DVD-MATR
AAG70100G05
AAG7026005

In that case, you probably have some fields with extra delimiters (e.g. quote marks or commas) that throw your import off. This is read as too many fields, so an empty field ends up in the model position.

[warped655]

Hey, What's the most stable version of Easy Populate with the latest Zencart version? The very latest version seems to give an error that is literally impossible to get around.

The error in question: MySQL error 1054: Unknown column 'EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS' in 'field list'
Important to note: this error show up regardless of whether a "EASYPOPULATE_CONFIG_CUSTOM_FIELDS" column is present or not.

My interest isn't in fixing this error but if you have a fix I'd be very appreciative, but I believe that there isn't a fix, so I just want to know which version to install where I can avoid this issue entirely.

Also related, can you downgrade by just 'overwriting' the version you have installed? I'd rather avoid possible future problems. So if this would cause some sort of issue I was wondering how I can safely uninstall and then reinstall. (aka, what files to remove, and any sql commands I need to activate through Zencart's admin, etc)

Thanks in advance!

[warped655]

Ignore my last post I fixed it and I'm sorry for cluttering this page up and wasting time.

Thanks for reading anyway.