Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[wizer]

Sigh......

Guess I need to learn how to use OO now.


I hate my life.....

The trick is to save in either xls or ods while you are editing and only save a copy in csv when you need to upload.

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Can I ask a question?

I have a store with about 200 products. Recently I have taken on a new supplier and need to add 2000 more products. Over the past few weeks I have been in spreadsheet hell trying to get everything perfectly categorised and in order. In the process, I have decided on a better category structure. I've also broken an EP rule and changed some product titles and even model numbers. I can probably fish out the products that are already in the store, but I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to just remove everything and re-add it.

Is this advisable? What might the consequences be?

[bazaargenie]

I need help installing Easy Populate to a Zen Cart 1.3.9 installation. The install.txt file 1. requires changing "the name of the "admin" directory in this package to suit your zencart installation." Does this mean change it to the exact name of the admin folder? 2. "Upload all files in their respective directories." Does this mean upload the downloaded folder formerly named "admin" to the Zen Cart installation folder, which in my case is bzg\shopping\adminurrhtcqw, or some other subfolder? Won't the system reject a duplicated folder name?

[sleer]

Hello.

I've been using Easy Populate only for a couple of days now and it's working great for importing products. but the problem I'm now having is some of my products use attributes. I downloaded the "Download Model/Attributes tab-delimited .txt file" change it for the products I needed to have attributes and which ones. and uploaded it. it said product uploaded, but there are no attributes on the product. and if I try to add attributes manually, when I hit insert in brings me to the front admin page. anyone know why this is happening? Thanks

[sleer]

I need help installing Easy Populate to a Zen Cart 1.3.9 installation. The install.txt file 1. requires changing "the name of the "admin" directory in this package to suit your zencart installation." Does this mean change it to the exact name of the admin folder? 2. "Upload all files in their respective directories." Does this mean upload the downloaded folder formerly named "admin" to the Zen Cart installation folder, which in my case is bzg\shopping\adminurrhtcqw, or some other subfolder? Won't the system reject a duplicated folder name?

1. Yes you rename the admin folder to match YOUR admin folder exactly. Depending on how you had it installed your admin folder might be something like zc_admin or whatever you have changed it to (it is recommended to change it for security reason if you have not yet done so). so find your admin folder in the root directory you had zen cart installed and change the name to match that. 2. the files would be uploaded to your store root directory, it will not reject it as a duplicate folder it will just add/replace the files needed for easy populate and keep everything else the same

[chadderuski]

Hello.
I've been using Easy Populate only for a couple of days now and it's working great for importing products. but the problem I'm now having is some of my products use attributes. I downloaded the "Download Model/Attributes tab-delimited .txt file" change it for the products I needed to have attributes and which ones. and uploaded it. it said product uploaded, but there are no attributes on the product. and if I try to add attributes manually, when I hit insert in brings me to the front admin page. anyone know why this is happening? Thanks

Sleer,
None of the posted versions of EP have working attribute import. You only have two options for this.

1) Langer's EP 3.0 Advanced, which is a paid version with no support. It's quite questionable if you even receive your product after paying for it. He does allege to have a working import for attributes. Langer fell off the scene several years ago...

2) My BETA EP 4.0 available here:
https://github.com/chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0

I have tested basic attribute importing and believe it is working correctly. However, this code has not been completed and made "user friendly" ... I do have some instructions on how to use it. Also, my EP4 can be installed along side your current version of EP. It does use CSV files, and you MUST use OpenOffice to export your CSV file for the import script to work. READ ALL NOTES CAREFULLY, AND BACKUP YOUR DATABASES BEFORE USE! That should always be the case, but people forget!

No support for EP4 is offered in this thread. You'll need to PM me for any questions. I'm hoping to get some time this fall to finalize this and get it out of beta, but paying jobs prevails.

-cj

[fred_tededmondsson]

Hi, all,

Using zc 1.3.9h

I already have Quick Updates and Email Archive Manager installed; that's it.

I'm trying to install Easy Populate as well. I put the two files in the root of my admin and in includes/languages/english, but nothing's happening (there's no listing under tools). Is there an additional step to the installation I'm missing?

Thanks,
Pete

[SPH]

Sleer,
None of the posted versions of EP have working attribute import. You only have two options for this.
-cj

There is one EP version that does upload and insert product attributes even when they do not already exist. We got it here some time back, but I just re-downloaded and notice that most of the files are no longer in the download:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=460

This has been the most reliable EP I've used. I recently installed it on a brand new zencart/domain...no data base sql to insert:

www.fashion-mart.biz

I uploaded product colors the other night, inserting them when they did not exist. (You do have to assign an attribute id no.) As I recall, with "regular" EP versions, you had to manually enter the attributes into the admin before uploading the product/attribute sheet.

This EP version is also great in that you can DOWNLOAD by category...don't have to be all or nothing.

Only thing is, it didn't generate the attribute spreadsheet properly. We found out that we could use the attribute spreadsheet generated by regular EP 1.2.5.4.

Anyway, I'm here at EP thread as I need a meta tag sheet, so I'll install a "regular" EP version on a test site to get the download sheets.

I would be interested in the EP that apparently allows one to insert additional fields in the admin. Would that work for the CEON URL Mod I wonder?

sph
www.prommart.com
www.fashion-mart.com

[nmcentire]

Zen Cart v1.3.8a
Unknown site addons/customizations.
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Info: I just started working with a company that uses zen cart and easy populate for their store. They are a rent to own company, and so every item has weekly, monthly, and cash options using radio buttons. They set these options' default state manually when they create the product.

Problem: They downloaded an easy populate form, changed the prices, and re-uploaded the form. However, the upload caused ALL of their items to be set to 'active', and cleared the default state on their radio buttons. I have looked all over the place and haven't found anything resembling this issue anywhere.

They have been using the model/attributes tab delimited text file.

Possible Solution?: I think they can circumvent the inactive to active item setting by downloading the full (no attribs) file, and copying the status column, then downloading the model/attribs file and pasting the status column into it...however there is nothing anywhere for the radio buttons' default states. Shouldn't easy populate NOT alter things that aren't included in the text file? I.E. if status isn't a column in the uploaded file, shouldn't status not be touched one way or the other?

I appreciate your time and hope to hear back on this soon

Also...I'm posting as a reply - is this one thread used for ALL easy populate issues?

[sunriseimports]

Sunrise,

That is a pretty big file! The script is probably timing out without any warning and just being killed by the server.
If so, you can try to increase your execution time in your php.ini file (if you have access):

Look for:

max_execution_time = 30 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds

and increase that and see if that helps.

Thank you for reply I have changed max_execution_time = 360 it is still not working . Please help again

[rolo550]

I get data from my vendor in a completely different order than in the easy populate column format. Does easy populate just look for the header names in the column?

Put a different way it would be far easier for me to take my data form my vendor, chop out a column or two, label them with the easy populate column names and import than try to paste the vendor data in in the order that the columns appear in the template for easy populate.

Does the order of the columns matter or does the import script just look for the column names regardless of order?