EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[Jeremiah H]

Hi Jeremiah,

Sorry to leave you hanging! Are you SURE you are using Easy Populate 4? Not an earlier version of Easy Populate?

When you navigate to Tools > Easy Populate 4 you should have "Easy Populate 4.0.22 - Beta 6-10-2012"
for your page title...

-chadd

Hello Chadd,

Thank you for apologizing for leaving me hanging, but no apology is necessary, it has only been a day or two,and I know that all of you that are helping the rest of us are doing it for free and on your own time, so I always appreciate any and all help given.

As far as which version of Easy Populate, I downloaded the plug-in Easy Populate CSV from this site. My page title from the Tools> Easy Populate (mine does not have 4) is Easy Populate For ZenCart v1.5.

I have found a way to get to the configuration, but I would like to correct the link. Like I said, when I click on Configuration> Easy Populate it takes me to my Image Handler, and after hovering, I saw where the Easy Populate and Image Handler had the same page id. I went into my db and saw that the id for Easy Populate was 39. So when it takes me to Image Handler, I change the id in the url to 39 and I am able to get to the configuratioon page for Easy Populate.

I have no idea how or why Easy Populate and Image Handler were assigned the same id. Image handler was installed first.

If there is a different link for Easy Populate 4 than the CSV, I will try that one if it will be easier and you think that would help or be better.

Thank you again,

Jeremiah

[chadderuski]

If there is a different link for Easy Populate 4 than the CSV, I will try that one if it will be easier and you think that would help or be better.

Jeremiah

Hey Jeremiah,

Go to the first post in this thread. There is a link to github for EP4 which is my project. I am not doing support on the other versions anymore, sorry. I'm aware of the version you are using. I think they just hacked the code to sort of work.

My version has many many more features. I DO need to submit to the zencart team which would make this easier for the zenners, but time has been a serious limiting factor for me. If you install my version, please read through some of the first pages of this thread. A lot of info there that you might find useful.

-chadd

[tidusbg]

Hello!
I read almost everything in the forum.
I could not find solution to my problem.
My problem with the Cyrillic alphabet.
I tried anything: Openoffice, Notepad + +
Nothing happens, the file is uploaded but not read Cyrillic.
My database is utf8.
I use Zen Cart 1.5, Easy Populate 4.0
Please a little help.
Here is the code I'm trying to load.

v_products_model,v_categories_name_1,v_categories_name_2,v_categories_name_3,v_categories_name_4,v_categories_name_5,v_categories_name_6,v_categories_name_7
100,Електротехника1,Категория1,,,,,
200,Електро1,Категрия2,,,,,

[chadderuski]

Here is the code I'm trying to load.

v_products_model,v_categories_name_1,v_categories_name_2,v_categories_name_3,v_categories_name_4,v_categories_name_5,v_categories_name_6,v_categories_name_7
100,Електротехника1,Категория1,,,,,
200,Електро1,Категрия2,,,,,

This looks like a partial data file from an earlier version of EP. This will not work with EP4.

What you REALLY need to do is FIRST enter a couple products normally through the zencart admin. Create a couple categories and sub-categories, and if you have more than one language, also be sure to enter the language names of the categories for these additional languages.

Once you have a couple categories and products, do a full export.

You will now have the correct column mappings.

Also, be sure to use OpenOffice to export your CSV file.

When in OpenOffice you:

1) select File -> Save as
2) select Text (CSV) from File Type
3) put check in "Edit filter settings" check box
4) click save (a new window will pop open)
5) click Keep Current Format ( new window titled Export Text File will open )
6) Under Field Options select Unicode UTF-8 for character set, Comma for Field Delimiter and Double Quote for Text Delimiter
7) click ok.

You are making this MUCH harder on yourself by doing it any other way.

After you have done this, zip your file and attach it to your next post.

-chadd

[tidusbg]

This looks like a partial data file from an earlier version of EP. This will not work with EP4.

What you REALLY need to do is FIRST enter a couple products normally through the zencart admin. Create a couple categories and sub-categories, and if you have more than one language, also be sure to enter the language names of the categories for these additional languages.

Once you have a couple categories and products, do a full export.

You will now have the correct column mappings.

Also, be sure to use OpenOffice to export your CSV file.

When in OpenOffice you:

1) select File -> Save as
2) select Text (CSV) from File Type
3) put check in "Edit filter settings" check box
4) click save (a new window will pop open)
5) click Keep Current Format ( new window titled Export Text File will open )
6) Under Field Options select Unicode UTF-8 for character set, Comma for Field Delimiter and Double Quote for Text Delimiter
7) click ok.

You are making this MUCH harder on yourself by doing it any other way.

After you have done this, zip your file and attach it to your next post.

-chadd

Thank you very, very much.
Now everything is fine. I'm just not inflicted products correctly.
And when I import files I was in another language (ENG).
Thank you very, very much.

[barricades]

Hey there,

I'm trying out this newer version of easy-pop having been a fan of the old one. Works great, thanks, but when I bulk uploaded a bunch of products all went well for most products but some ended up in the wrong category.

The products which ended up in the wrong place were all down towards the bottom in the spreadsheet. It starts to go awry when the first product in the category Guinness Merchandise^Guinness Magnets & key rings

After the first product in that category, products end up getting placed in the same category as the product listed before. I reckon it's something to do with the ampersand. In the file downloaded by easypop the ampersand appears as & whereas in my admin the ampersand is &

Firstly, is this the cause of my problem and second, is there anyway to make it so that & is used instead of &

thanks for all the hard work :)

[chadderuski]

Hey there,

I'm trying out this newer version of easy-pop having been a fan of the old one. Works great, thanks, but when I bulk uploaded a bunch of products all went well for most products but some ended up in the wrong category.

The products which ended up in the wrong place were all down towards the bottom in the spreadsheet. It starts to go awry when the first product in the category Guinness Merchandise^Guinness Magnets & key rings

After the first product in that category, products end up getting placed in the same category as the product listed before. I reckon it's something to do with the ampersand. In the file downloaded by easypop the ampersand appears as & whereas in my admin the ampersand is &

Firstly, is this the cause of my problem and second, is there anyway to make it so that & is used instead of &

thanks for all the hard work :)

Hi Barricades!

Go to Configuration -> Easy Populate 4

What do you have set for "Convert Curly Quotes, etc."

Try it with html equivalants ( I can't remember off the top of my head if I'm convertion the ampersand ... )


-chadd

[chadderuski]

Hey there,

I'm trying out this newer version of easy-pop having been a fan of the old one. Works great, thanks, but when I bulk uploaded a bunch of products all went well for most products but some ended up in the wrong category.

The products which ended up in the wrong place were all down towards the bottom in the spreadsheet. It starts to go awry when the first product in the category Guinness Merchandise^Guinness Magnets & key rings

After the first product in that category, products end up getting placed in the same category as the product listed before. I reckon it's something to do with the ampersand. In the file downloaded by easypop the ampersand appears as & whereas in my admin the ampersand is &

Firstly, is this the cause of my problem and second, is there anyway to make it so that & is used instead of &

thanks for all the hard work :)

Okay, looked into this a bit more. The ampersand does not get converted anywhere in EP4. So if your Zencart categories use & you will need to use that in your spread sheet. The reason you get a different category is because string comparison of & and & are completely different.

-chadd