EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[chadderuski]

Another guy having a problem with product descriptions.

I went to Admin/Configuration/All Listings/Display Product Description and changed the value from 150 to 900. No change.

Descriptions still getting cut off.

I'm going to need to see the .csv file you are using. Can you attached the portion that you know contains the problem description?

Like I said above, I've only seen this when three is a "funky" character in the product descriptions that breaks the csv layout.
Are you using OpenOffice to export the CSV?

Thanks.

[chadderuski]

Thanks Chadd, I did put the files in the /web/catalog/admin folder, but I don't see any changes to the menus. I also uploaded a FedEx shipping module to /web/store/includes/modules/shipping and don't see that either, and when I did that, it removed all the shipping options from the menu that used to be available. I wish I knew exactly how this was originally set up.

Do you have a backup of your store? Was this a fresh install of 1.5 or older/upgraded version? It sound like something got FUBAR'd ... how did you install zencart? Manually or via a cpanel auto script?

Always best to do a manual install.

-chadd

[haberdashery]

i am using easy populate and its all quite easy, but how do i set the price of an item to Call for price rather than putting the price in?

[chadderuski]

i am using easy populate and its all quite easy, but how do i set the price of an item to Call for price rather than putting the price in?

look for the column: v_product_is_call
put a 1 in that column to turn on "call for pricing" ... depending on how you have your store setup, this should work!

[firstcapitalfirearms]

I am new to Easy Populate and have used any kind of software like EP before so please bear with me. I would like to know whether I need to create the categories in ZC before I upload a file or if I need to create a column in EP for the different categories. Ex. I am a licensed gun dealer and want to make sure that when I upload files that semi auto handguns go into the category in ZC for semi auto handguns and not in the revolvers section etc. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Serious]

I'm going to need to see the .csv file you are using. Can you attached the portion that you know contains the problem description?

Like I said above, I've only seen this when three is a "funky" character in the product descriptions that breaks the csv layout.
Are you using OpenOffice to export the CSV?

Thanks.

Yes I'm using Open Office.

I tried uploading a sample file with a .CVS file extension but got an error message saying it was an invalid file type...so I'm clueless as to how to post it here.

[Serious]

Trying to gather info on adding/replacing a field name and found this:

The main work is in the includes/functions/extra_functions/easy_populate_4.php file

Go down to the function ep_4_set_filelayout() function. You are going to add layout entries to the "full" case.

Look a the entries for:

if ($ep_supported_mods['upc'] == true) { // UPC Mod
$filelayout[] = 'v_products_upc';
}

And a little further down:

$filelayout_sql = 'SELECT ....
if ($ep_supported_mods['upc'] == true) { // UPC Code mod
$filelayout_sql .= 'p.products_upc as v_products_upc,';
}

Basically you are going to create your own mod, and add your file layout and sql statements here.

You will need to define your mod in the easypopulate_4.php file, and then there are a number of additional edits to the easypopulate_4_import.php file.

If this is beyond your php knowledge, PM me a list of the field names as they appear in your products table and their field types. Verify them with phpMyAdmin.

But you should be able to puzzle it out easily enough... $ep_supported_mods[] is how I switch on entries for these mods. So they are found pretty easily.

-chadd

Can I safely assume that the file in bold blue should actually be ADMIN/includes/functions/extra_functions/easy_populate_4.php or am i missing a file?

[Serious]

Figured out that I need to zip the .csv file first.
So here's 1 file that I downloaded
Full-EP2012Oct03-133737.zip

With the previous version of EP I replaced the v_products_weight with v_products_shipping_code
. This field is used to enter a shipping code that I create/assign with Ceon Adv. Shipper.

So based on my question immediately above this post, can I simply edit ADMIN/includes/functions/extra_functions/easy_populate_4.php so that all instances of v_products_weight is replaced with v_products_shipping_code?

[bnesupplies]

Hi
I'm new to this and I'm having an issue with the Easy Populate Addon.
I have uploaded all the files but when I go to Admin/Tools there is no Easy Populate there.

What have i missed or done wrong?
Any help would be appreciated.

[SPH]

Hi
I'm new to this and I'm having an issue with the Easy Populate Addon.
I have uploaded all the files but when I go to Admin/Tools there is no Easy Populate there.

What have i missed or done wrong?
Any help would be appreciated.

Hi, below is what I just posted on your other thread, hope it helps.

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Easy Populate 4 has installed flawlessly for me on zencart versions 1.3.9h, 1.5.0 and 1.5.1

1. Are you SURE you uploaded all files and correctly? The readme suggests that this is not the case if EP4 does not appear in admin/tools. This plugin comes with two sets of files, both of which must be uploaded. Specifically, did you upload the secondary file set for zencart 1.5 called "zencart 1.5 extra files"?

2. Easy Populate 4 does not come with a sql patch, as it (apparently) self installs.

3. Once you get this or any easypopulate working, make sure you back-up your database before every easy populate upload. The Easy Populates work as intended in my experience, but sometimes operator error working with the spead sheets occurs. The readme recommends DrByte's data base backup plugin, which is the one we use for easy DB backups, and if necessary, quick restores, just in case.