EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[mesnitu]

Is it possible to recognize bold strings? Without using <b> or <strong> ?
I do remember that many years ago, that I did upload CSV file and it recognize those "tags"... But I don't recall if it was me who put them, or the code accept then.

Thanks

[mc12345678]

Is it possible to recognize bold strings? Without using <b> or <strong> ?
I do remember that many years ago, that I did upload CSV file and it recognize those "tags"... But I don't recall if it was me who put them, or the code accept then.

Thanks

Recognize them in what way? What is to be done if "recognized"? If there is a "character" or character sequence that initiates bolding and one that ends it, there is a sort of conversion function that could substitute the html bold character sequence as applicable. Though most csv generating processes remove character formatting so that it is only text. If though there is a utf8 character code for a bolded character then that would be most likely to what you are/were referring. I could be wrong, though the above question also is a little loosey goosey as well. :)

[treeoflife]

I installed my Zen cart thru webhost applications, webhost : Goddady and I can not find the EZ Populate under Admin, and go to Tools -> EasyPopulate 4? I have the newest version installed.

[mesnitu]

Recognize them in what way? What is to be done if "recognized"? If there is a "character" or character sequence that initiates bolding and one that ends it, there is a sort of conversion function that could substitute the html bold character sequence as applicable. Though most csv generating processes remove character formatting so that it is only text. If though there is a utf8 character code for a bolded character then that would be most likely to what you are/were referring. I could be wrong, though the above question also is a little loosey goosey as well. :)

I see now that using <strong> ,etc, I get what I want.
Thanks

[treeoflife]

It looks like it is an additional module that I was not aware of

https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=986

Would this be the correct d/l for the current ZEN cart version ?

[mc12345678]

It looks like it is an additional module that I was not aware of

https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=986

Would this be the correct d/l for the current ZEN cart version ?

It would be a version that offers some form of Easy Populate operation (though reportedly only operational up to ZC 1.5.1 based on the plugin's download page), but it is not the version applicable to this thread. This thread relates to the EasyPopulate V4, which is applicable for ZC 1.3.9 through 1.5.5x.

[mc12345678]

I installed my Zen cart thru webhost applications, webhost : Goddady and I can not find the EZ Populate under Admin, and go to Tools -> EasyPopulate 4? I have the newest version installed.

If the latest version of EP4 (downloadable from here) is "installed" and the above issue is occurring, then I would suggest verifying that the files have been loaded to the correct location. The files (and folders) of the download's admin directory are to go into your (renamed) admin directory. Once they are placed there, then on next navigation of the admin window, an option should appear in the tools menu to initiate access to Easy Populate 4.

As to your install from your host, suggest that you attempt to go through a checkout process to verify that all necessary/applicable files and database options have been applied. Most "auto-installers" (none are written by ZC) seem to miss one or more things. The suggested route is to manually install the software available from this forum website at the home page. That installation though should not effect the ability to install EP4.

[hivtop]

what I'm using:
zen-cart-v1.5.4-12302014
EasyPopulate-4.0-master
Minimum Order
MSRP_Display_1_for_ZC_4
responsive_sheffield_blue_2.0.templete

ALL was working Great for about 8 months, I've done 2-3 updates per month of almost 4,000 products with this Great Addon.... did a major update of products from a downloaded csv file via EP4 with openoffice cal...

Problem is... On some, only parts of the product descriptions were updated.. most died mid word.. there are NO special characters, No html coding in some that dies and even ones that worked before didn't work this time...

any hints where to start looking for a fix would be Greatly appreciated...

William

Remember if it's not fun, Don't do it...

[mc12345678]

Although stated that using easypopulate-4.0-master, that doesn't provide the version number associated with the install which could be important in relation to what is happening.

My guess though from the provided information is that when importing the single file that contains what looks like ~4,000 rows of data, is that the import timed out and only what had been transferred to that point survived/was written. When such an issue occurs there are several options made available by the software (though some servers may not support all built in options). For one, the import file can be split at a pre-determined number of rows per file. (this is one that is an option that is not so server dependent). The timeout period can be extended for EP4 as well as for ZC; however, some server configurations may not respect the request to extend those durations.

The other possibility is that the content of these descriptions includes characters (however non-special they may be) that need to be escaped such as quoted content. Or perhaps as experienced above the file was not saved as utf8 and therefore some of the character codes while not exactly "special" were incompatible with the character set used by EP4.

Then there is the debug.txt file that may exist in the EP4 file storage directory. If it is present, then at some point since it was last removed there was a problem with an import file. Recommendation would be to download it for temporary keeping, delete the file from the server and attempt to import a "trouble" file and see if it gets generated again. If so, then address that issue.

As to version information again, when in the tools->EP4 window the upper left area should identify a version number. Please provide that for information.

[hivtop]

Thank you mc12345678... My Bad.... it was the language and utf8.. changed these and everything flowed like it did before. took 54 seconds to update 3,978 items... I truly love this addon ... saves so much work
and the version is:
Easy Populate 4.0.30 - Beta 06-27-2015

Thanks again.......