EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[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