EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[Terrill_Taylor]

Hello -

I'm a brand new user to EP 4, and my cart has been recently upgraded to 1.5. I'm trying to wrap the product description in DIV tags it appears that the import is adding a ? where there should be a space within the html tag. So the tag is <div class="info-text"> but when I look at the page source (or edit the html of a freshly imported product) it appears like this <div?class="info-text"> --- I was initially using excel. So I opened my csv file with notepad to see if the output was adding the ? - the ? wasn't present. I also tried generating the csv file with OpenOffice Calc -- same result.

Any ideas?

[chadderuski]

Hello -

I'm a brand new user to EP 4, and my cart has been recently upgraded to 1.5. I'm trying to wrap the product description in DIV tags it appears that the import is adding a ? where there should be a space within the html tag. So the tag is <div class="info-text"> but when I look at the page source (or edit the html of a freshly imported product) it appears like this <div?class="info-text"> --- I was initially using excel. So I opened my csv file with notepad to see if the output was adding the ? - the ? wasn't present. I also tried generating the csv file with OpenOffice Calc -- same result.

Any ideas?

Be sure you are not using smart quotes in your csv, or go to Configuration > Easy Populate 4 and set "Convert Curly Quotes" to 1 which will replace smart quotes with a regular quote.

I tested this on my end using your example and it worked fine....

[chadderuski]

Announcement: Version 4.0.22 now available on github.

https://github.com/chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0

Added to this update is the ability to add your own User Defined Products Field Names.
Be sure to click Un-Install EP4 then Install EP4 to load the new configuration variables.

Then go to Configuration > Easy Populate 4
New option to add your field names. Field names are comma separate with NO spaces. Remember, NO SPACES!

When you return to the Easy Populate 4 screen, you will see your User Defined Products Fields listed with either FALSE or TRUE next to them.
TRUE means the script was able to verify your field name, FALSE mean you either spelled something wrong, or you have not added that field name
to your product database.

Character, String and Numeric values will import fine, but be sure you import the correct data for your database types. Also, do not exceed your database field lengths, you will get unpredictable results.

Also note that there is no "cleaning" for character/string data. Be sure your data is correct for your database collation and character set (UTF vs ISSO-8859).

Let me know if you have any issues!

-Chadd

[oj226]

hi Chad,

thanks for the updated version of EP4!

im glad to hear others in this forum are having good luck with updating mass products, but unfortunately im not

ive done as you asked in the readme files, opened in OpenOffice and under 'seperated by', selected Semicolon and Comma, for 'text delimiter' selected by " (double quotes)

ive updated the current product prices/ quantity and also added afew more products, filled them out as accordingly.

saved the file from open office as a text CSV file format (.csv).

i going into my admin > tools . Easy populate 4

i have Easy Populate 4.0.21 - Beta 6-1-2012, ive changed my temp folder, it allowed me to change it from the configuration (which it has selected on the right side) which is correct.

i browse for my file and i click upload. once finished uploading, the green stripe on the top saying that "my file name" was uploaded correctly.

i go to check the files in my shop and, nothing was changed.

is there any possibility i could send you my file?

kind regards, Oj

[chadderuski]

Just a reminded: After you UPLOAD the file you must click on IMPORT to actually put the data into your database. It's a two step process!

[SPH]

Chad,

I just went to github and downloaded, but I don't see the new place for adding custom fields under configuration. In tools it says my version is Easy Populate 4.0.21 - Beta 6-1-2012

I uninstalled before re-installing.

Did I get the correct one? Actually, it looks like the one I just had.

[chadderuski]

Chad,

I just went to github and downloaded, but I don't see the new place for adding custom fields under configuration. In tools it says my version is Easy Populate 4.0.21 - Beta 6-1-2012

I uninstalled before re-installing.

Did I get the correct one? Actually, it looks like the one I just had.

You are correct, there is something off. I will check this when I get home as the new 4.0.22 code is not showing on github!

Just... need... a couple... hours! Sorry for the fudge-up!

-chadd