Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[forestfrogsllc]

I've skimmed much of the 300+ pages of this thread and haven't found this problem. There isn't any mention of it I can find in the faq. There is one other thread with the exact same problem, but there were no replies. If it has been addressed, can someone please post a link?

I just used EP 1.2.5.4 (downloaded from langer's modhole) to upload nearly 15k products to my site. I used the split function, but kept getting a "no product number" loading error. So I opened the .csv file and broke it up myself. I found that somewhere between downloading the file from my distributor, changing it from comma-delimited to tab-delimited, and uploading it to my site, I must have screwed up because products with a price that included a comma had an extra field, causing the upload problem. So, I fixed the field length problem, and uploaded all the products, in 300-field files, with no problems.

Problem is, when I try to access the product/category function in admin, I now get the error:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in (mydomain)zencart/renamed admin)/includes/functions/general.php on line 220

Server Information
Server Host: host308.hostmonster.com
Database Host: localhost
Server OS: Linux 2.6.32-25.8.BHsmp
Database: MySQL 5.1.47-community-log
HTTP Server: Apache
PHP Version: 4.4.9 (Zend: 1.3.0) PHP Safe Mode: Off
PHP File Uploads: On Max Size: 2M POST Max Size: 8M
Database Data Size: 8,949 kB Database Index Size: 6,480 kB

Zen Cart 1.3.9f
Patch: 1::
Database Patch Level: 1.3.9a

Did I just overload the capacity of zencart, or is there a solution to this?

edit: I should mention I've had the site up and running with a hundred or so products for a couple years with few problems.