EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[chadderuski]

Please all ignore the above - My problem was not naming the files correctly, e.g. the files you import have to be called Attrib-Basic-EP_whateveryouwant.csv. This is clearly written in the readme. So we can put this one down to user error. 10 mins reading the readme or several hours guessing. I'll choose the first option in future. Thanks all for your help.

WebweavreD,

Yup. Gotta name the file correctly. So, what you were seeing was the core import code processing your attribute file as if it were standard import. Since NONE of the other columns other than the product id are read, it would say it processed the file basically doing nothing.

In my next patch, I'll put something ON SCREEN about this, or some kind on help. We'll see.

Also, do not put SPACES between your attribute options/names: "red,blue,green" is okay but: "red, blue, green" is not. I do not remember if I did a trim on those - I may not have going for performance.

Best to test and see.

Also, for your one's sanity, best to run your first import with a single line to verify your have everything done correctly. You DO NOT have to first create your attribute name/options.

ONE THING TO NOTE (also in the read me): Zencart will let you create to different attributes: COLOR and COLOR which will have different ID's, you CANNOT do this with EP4, each attribute name needs to be unique within it's defined set:

OFFSET_COLORS {cyan,magenta,yellow,black}
RGB_COLORS {red,green,blue}

One last thing: there is no delete function for attributes. If you need to delete a color option from a product, you have to do it from within the admin.

-chadd

[Kevin205]

Using Zen Cart 1.5.1 with "easy_populate_csv_for_zencart_v1.5.x_v1.2.5.7c"

I saved my csv files using Excel. The whole database got corrupted. I will download Open Office to try, to see if it works.

First row (titles) in "Full-EP2013Jan21-1111.csv" as follow:

v_products_model,v_products_image,v_products_name_1,v_products_description_1,v_products_url_1,v_specials_price,v_specials_last_modified,v_specials_expires_date,v_products_price,v_products_weight,v_last_modified,v_date_added,v_products_quantity,v_manufacturers_name,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,v_tax_class_title,v_status,v_metatags_products_name_status,v_metatags_title_status,v_metatags_model_status,v_metatags_price_status,v_metatags_title_tagline_status,v_metatags_title_1,v_metatags_keywords_1,v_metatags_description_1

Second row (data) in "Full-EP2013Jan21-1111.csv" as follow:

P_001,"Item 1.jpg","Item 1","Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.",,,,,105,0,"2013-01-21 11:24:16","2012-12-27 13:57:00",99,"Barnes and Noble",CAT1,,,,,,,--none--,1,0,0,0,0,0,,,

When data was uploaded, it added "Barnes and Noble" as "Manufactured by", in products without any name in "Manufactured by" field.

Questions:
1- To revert back, can I just re-install the database files, or do I have to re-install the entire site?
2- Also I am not getting "Easy Populate" under "Configuration", It is under the "Tools". How can get that to show?