Apsona ShopAdmin - a free tool for import/mass update/reporting

[RiverCity]

Nevermind, found what I needed, thanks anyway.

Jim

[SPembleton]

Jim - Did it work? You asked about this a while ago, and I responded in #566. If this did not work for you, let me know and I can walk you through the process.

[RiverCity]

Jim - Did it work? You asked about this a while ago, and I responded in #566. If this did not work for you, let me know and I can walk you through the process.

Yes, it worked great, I knew I had done this before but couldn't find the post with the instructions but I finally found it. I hadn't had to do it since asking before. Worked like a charm, thanks.

[FoodSourceDirect]

I just installed Zen Cart 1.5.3. I also signed up with Apsona and installed ShopAdmin starting with the files that they had me download after signing up and then I installed the update for Zen Cart 1.5. When I try to open ShopAdmin, I get a blank page with only the ShopAdmin Logo, banner, my name, account link, and feedback link.
The questions I have are:

Does Apsona for Zen Cart 1.5 work with Zen Cart 1.5.3?
If not is there another program that I can use to do bulk product imports and updates that also supports custom product fields? I have 9,000+ products to upload to my store and there are 13 custom product information for each record.
Will the most current version of Easy Populate do what I need? Or is there another module?

[Throwdown]

Anyone having an issue that when the new window opens for apsona the circle loading icon just continues to spin and does not load? Have tried with both IE and Chrome.

[torvista]

"the circle loading icon just continues to spin and does not load"
- that's the symptom for the issue described in post #525.

[Throwdown]

"the circle loading icon just continues to spin and does not load"
- that's the symptom for the issue described in post #525.

Thank you -- that completely fixed it!

[torvista]

Has anyone modified the Apsona database access to use mysqli?
I am finding it not working locally on the later Xampps due to this.

[FoodSourceDirect]

I learned that that's the main problem with Asona ShopAdmin at least with Zen Cart 1.5.3. I was told that 1.5.3 now uses MySQLi and Apsona was coded in MySQL. After calling Apsona and sending them an email and not getting a return call or email, I decided to look for another solution. I decided to install Easy Populate 4.0 (EP 4.0). I am not techie. But I got it to install. Yesterday I uploaded 1,697 product records to Zen Cart. The upload was 100% free of errors and took 16 seconds. From reading Apsona's Blog, it is apparent (I am tempted to use the word evident) that their work with SalesForce related solutions and other consulting work has left them with virtually no time to support or re-code ShopAdmin for MySQLi.

It would however be helpful if they would clearly and definitively state whether or not they plan to re-code it or allow someone else to do so.

[DivaVocals]

I learned that that's the main problem with Asona ShopAdmin at least with Zen Cart 1.5.3. I was told that 1.5.3 now uses MySQLi and Apsona was coded in MySQL. After calling Apsona and sending them an email and not getting a return call or email, I decided to look for another solution. I decided to install Easy Populate 4.0 (EP 4.0). I am not techie. But I got it to install. Yesterday I uploaded 1,697 product records to Zen Cart. The upload was 100% free of errors and took 16 seconds. From reading Apsona's Blog, it is apparent (I am tempted to use the word evident) that their work with SalesForce related solutions and other consulting work has left them with virtually no time to support or re-code ShopAdmin for MySQLi.

It would however be helpful if they would clearly and definitively state whether or not they plan to re-code it or allow someone else to do so.

It's open-source.. So unless there's some dependence on some external resource, anyone who has the time and willingness could re-code this..