EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[chadderuski]

Hi, this was a bit over a year ago.

Has been there any "Dual Pricing" development with EP4 since the Group Pricing per Item is an abandoned project today?

Not specifically. If "Dual Pricing" only adds fields to the products database, then you can use the "User defined products fields" on the Configuration -> Easy Populate 4 page to add them.

At some point I will probably do some clean-up of the custom products fields in favor of user defined. It will clean up the code some.

-chadd

[ChadAustin]

Hi guys-

ZC v1.5.1
Easy Populate 4.0.22 - Beta 6-10-2012

Could someone look at this csv file please?
Full-EP2013Feb06-142637.zip

It doesn't upload the products and their associated information (pricing, etc).

Thanks so much folks. You're extremely appreciated.

[chadderuski]

Hi guys-

ZC v1.5.1
Easy Populate 4.0.22 - Beta 6-10-2012

Could someone look at this csv file please?
Full-EP2013Feb06-142637.zip

It doesn't upload the products and their associated information (pricing, etc).

Thanks so much folks. You're extremely appreciated.

Chad,

I tested your file, and it DOES upload and import correctly for me. HOWEVER, your product status is "0", so these products will not show in the store's front end, but DO show in the admin.

Also, you cannot use offsite image links with zencart (at least not easily). This has been discussed recently in other threads.

Another point: Are you sure you have products name and products model correct? Your products models look like names, and your product names look like UPC numbers....

-chadd

[ChadAustin]

Thanks for the quick reply Chadd,

So which column in the CSV file relates to Product Status?

I have Image handler 4 installed, I just haven't started working with it yet. But thanks for that information... I think I had read about that in this massive thread somewhere :)

Yes, you may be correct about the product names and such... ideally, I may have to modify some variables and templates, as I want the result to look something like this screenshot of an older version of Zen Cart

Once I can get the CSV file and Image Handler 4 working in tandem together, I will work with the templates.

[Kevin205]

Can "EasyPopulate 4.0" move a set of existing products from one category to another?

[chadderuski]

Thanks for the quick reply Chadd,

So which column in the CSV file relates to Product Status?

That would be v_status

[Kevin205]

I have found out about the following in v_status
1 = Product is active and visible
0 = Product is inactive and hidden (such as when product is out of stock)
9 = Delete product

What is the command to move??

[chadderuski]

Can "EasyPopulate 4.0" move a set of existing products from one category to another?

Hi Kevin,

No. But there is a work around that I don't suggest except for new installs. You can list the product TWICE. The first time in it's existing category, with v_status = 9 (request a delete product), and then again in the target category with v_status = 1 for normal active.

So what happens is the product is first deleted and then re-added to the store. Note that this breaks the product_id, and that may affect things like your sitemap, feeds, etc.

[Kevin205]

Hi Kevin,

No. But there is a work around that I don't suggest except for new installs. You can list the product TWICE. The first time in it's existing category, with v_status = -9 (request a delete product), and then again in the target category with v_status = 1 for normal active..

Thanks for the reply.

Is it 9 or -9 to delete?

What is the difference if you delete products from admin one by one vs. deleting using v_status = 9?

[Kevin205]

This would be a pretty useful tool. (Not that it already isn't)

I can only imagine there will be instances that you add 100s of products by mistake to a category. And then you have to delete them from one category and add them to the correct one!