PLEASE HELP with Apsona Install!

[Karimah]

I am using new Zen Cart install V 1.5.3
Zen cart was installed via FTP (Filezilla)
MySQL version is 5.5.33 log
PHP Version: 5.3.24 (Zend: 2.3.0) on Linux (Godaddy)

Hi Everyone

My objective is to get 8,000 products added to my web store. I tried watching videos online to show me how to add csv to mysql. Well, with me being a newbie to that type of thing, it didn't turn out too well.

I tried installing several different versions of Easy Populate and it just did not work for me without causing errors and blank pages. Therefore, I decided to go back to Apsona, which I "was" very familiar with how to install it and use it.

However, after installing Apsona per instructions here http://apsona.com/doc/installing-the...-into-zen-cart. I ended up with a blank page. I went on to read the troubleshooting guide and I followed each step to correct the problem and nothing worked. This is one of the forum posts that I read here http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...date-reporting

I Googled and found that other people had the same issue with the newer version of Zen Cart and Apsona. I even tried some of the things that worked to correct their issues. But it didn't work for me. I am very frustrated now. I would really like to know how to get Apsona installed so that I can upload the products for my store. Its taken me 3 days for something that I should have been able to figure out in a few minutes.

I had a different version of Zen Cart before the recent install. I had issues with the site so I uninstalled ZenCart and did a brand new installation with the current version.

My site url is www.wholisticbynature.org and is hosted by Godaddy.

I searched the forum, but did not find a solution that worked for me. If anyone can help please...I will greatly appreciate it. If you can help. Please provide step by step instructions on how to correct the blank page issue. I really like Apsona, and its easy for me to use. I am hoping to be able to get it working.


Thank you in Advance,

[simon1066]

Just my two cents worth, but when I used this free Apsona mod to manage thousands of products and attributes I found it so slow that it was unusable. I think I was using it in a local environment so it might have been the lack of resources on my local server that caused the issue. Perhaps working live will be better. I did look at the csv option, Easy Populate, but it was unable to handle attributes properly - although this may have changed in recent versions - and handling many thousands of rows in excel was a nightmare.

In the end I went with direct editing of the database using sql queries in phpmyadmin.

[Karimah]

Just my two cents worth, but when I used this free Apsona mod to manage thousands of products and attributes I found it so slow that it was unusable. I think I was using it in a local environment so it might have been the lack of resources on my local server that caused the issue. Perhaps working live will be better. I did look at the csv option, Easy Populate, but it was unable to handle attributes properly - although this may have changed in recent versions - and handling many thousands of rows in excel was a nightmare.

In the end I went with direct editing of the database using sql queries in phpmyadmin.

Thank you. I had a really hard time with Easy Populate. I ended up not being able to log into my admin area after installing it amongst other issues. I also tried to upload the products directly to the database. I had a little trouble with that. I was nervous because I didn't want to crash anything. I have done that several times and had to start all over. But I may look at that option again, if I can't get Apsona to work. I used Apsona before and it worked perfectly. I had no issues, but this time...not the same experience.

Thanks

[delia]

It doesn't work on zen cart 1.5.3. I swear by this mod and looking to see if we can get it changed for the new version.