EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[mc12345678]

Oh for goodness sakes there's no need to be THAT cryptic about this.. The forum rules say we can't PLUG/advertise or provide support for commercial modules, but for pity's sake we CAN talk in plain language versus posting riddles and puzzles for folks to figure out/interpret..

To answer solo_400's question.. If you want to mass update the Ceon URI table, you must purchase the Ceon URI Mapping Manager software. If you want MORE information than that, you will have to reach out to JSWeb as they have assumed responsibility for all the commercial Ceon modules.

There.. a STRAIGHT DIRECT and "zennly" ANSWER to the question asked without having to solve for "X"..

What COMMON issue.. we just can't have in depth conversations here about commercial modules per the forum rules.. no mystery.. no common issue...

So the message was so cryptic not because of the above, but because as a supporter of this thread I also have a version of EP4 (not to get all branchy) that adds the capability of autogenerating the CEON URI table from EP4 (ie, is the current version of EP4 but with additional functionality.)

So I was cryptic because of that perceived fine line that I believed I was walking and I now see partially why the late connor planned his software the way he did... So long as the versions and functionality were consistent between both versions, the forum support was nearly applicable to everyone.

[DivaVocals]

So the message was so cryptic not because of the above, but because as a supporter of this thread I also have a version of EP4 (not to get all branchy) that adds the capability of autogenerating the CEON URI table from EP4 (ie, is the current version of EP4 but with additional functionality.)

So SHARE IT already for goodness sakes if you want to.. If the changes in your version are easy to HOOK onto the current version of EP, then package THAT UP and submit it as a "Plugin" for this module.. There are modules RIGHT now which work like this (requires another module to be installed to operate) If your version also IMPROVES the core parts of EP, then submit that as an UPDATE to the core EP module.. Not that big a deal, and NOT stepping on anyone's toes to IMPROVE things..

So I was cryptic because of that perceived fine line that I believed I was walking and I now see partially why the late connor planned his software the way he did... So long as the versions and functionality were consistent between both versions, the forum support was nearly applicable to everyone.

EXACTLY!! I took and page from his playbook, and followed the same path in my own "freemium" mods/plugins offerings..

[mc12345678]

So SHARE IT already for goodness sakes if you want to.. If the changes in your version are easy to HOOK onto the current version of EP, then package THAT UP and submit it as a "Plugin" for this module.. There are modules RIGHT now which work like this (requires another module to be installed to operate) If your version also IMPROVES the core parts of EP, then submit that as an UPDATE to the core EP module.. Not that big a deal, and NOT stepping on anyone's toes to IMPROVE things..

EXACTLY!! I took and page from his playbook, and followed the same path in my own "freemium" mods/plugins offerings..

First of all, I have chosen not to incorporate the changes into the github version of EP4 when I have provided the other updates that I have made to keep EP4 functional with ZC, but I have attempted to share the existence of it without violating forum policy (discussion of this aspect is above and need not be readdressed). There is one feature that I have incorporated there, but not yet into here which I plan to include in an upcoming change but I also have independent priorities to consider.

The minor functionality difference is the assignment/determination of the admin folder path for the generated files instead of using the store folder when setting up EP4. Might even take it a step further to create the directory if it doesn't exist, and if it does exist to attempt to identify an alternate... Not sure how far I want to go with that aspect, though not a fan of folders just being generated outside of the direct control of the installer. Perhaps a series of questions and answers could be incorporated to support the autofolder creation, but for the time being I believe there are bigger fish to fry. The instructions already suggest to use the admin folder, so why not (though perhaps not previously coded/considered) have the default go to the admin folder? (In my opinion it is minor, but possible.) Also I think that the ability to autocreate model numbers should be considered in this module at least for model numbers not yet assigned. Then of course a way to change model numbers for a product. New users of this plugin may not already have model numbers assigned, or perhaps they have the same model number applied to multiple products. This change would make it easier to incorporate EP4 into an existing store.

Sure could add notifiers into the EP4 code, which may expand its capabilities for other modifications; however, I haven't evaluated using them here which would likely require sprucing up the code to cleanly support them and their placement.

[DivaVocals]

First of all, I have chosen not to incorporate the changes into the github version of EP4 when I have provided the other updates that I have made to keep EP4 functional with ZC, but I have attempted to share the existence of it without violating forum policy (discussion of this aspect is above and need not be readdressed).

Sorry.. I'm confused because you are still being cryptic (unnecessarily) here.. Are you saying that you have a COMMERCIAL solution for EP4 which supports those who use Ceon URI and would like to use EP4 to upload our URIs to the URI table in ADDITION to using EP4 to upload our products and categories??? Not asking for details here.. just a yes or no.. Answering this question is NOT a forum policy violation.. It will give anyone reading this a STRAIGHT answer though..

[mc12345678]

Sorry.. I'm confused because you are still being cryptic (unnecessarily) here.. Are you saying that you have a COMMERCIAL solution for EP4 which supports those who use Ceon URI and would like to use EP4 to upload our URIs to the URI table in ADDITION to using EP4 to upload our products and categories??? Not asking for details here.. just a yes or no.. Answering this question is NOT a forum policy violation.. It will give anyone reading this a STRAIGHT answer though..

By COMMERCIAL of asking a small fee, I have available a solution described as:

...adds the capability to export products, categories, and EZ-Pages from your store, and select from a few highly desired options:
###### 1) automatically populate the database with URIs for all that have not yet been assigned.
###### 2) refresh/populate the database for URIs that have already been assigned something, but are not the default as rewritten.
###### 3) automatically update the database with all of the URIs that would be generated as if from scratch.
###### 4) export the generated record, but do not actually change the database.
###### To be incorporated if considered necessary:
###### 5) change the database but do not export the record.
###### 6) do not change the records and do not export the information.
All of these are performed using the same original philosophy, any change to a URI updates the old one to be "inactive" with the new one to be the visible result. The big difference here is that you can populate your database with products, then export the list and have quick and easy URIs populated automatically from new data or from an existing store and would like to transition to the URIs offered by CEON URI (SEO) Mapping.

Currently applicable to products, categories, and EZ-pages only. I have not completed the manufacturers update and am still working on a, preferably user friendly (with focus on not accidentally/unexpectedly changing the uris), way of uploading unique/individual URIs.

Available by following the link in my signature.

[DivaVocals]

By COMMERCIAL of asking a small fee, I have available a solution described as:



Currently applicable to products, categories, and EZ-pages only. I have not completed the manufacturers update and am still working on a, preferably user friendly (with focus on not accidentally/unexpectedly changing the uris), way of uploading unique/individual URIs.

Available by following the link in my signature.

Thanks.. MUCH clearer.. CRYSTAL clear even..

[jeking]

I'm trying to set custom fields for MAP, but this does not exist:

Configuration->Easy Populate 4

I tried uninstalling but the uninstall link does nothing. The page just re-loads. Cart is 1.5.4 with Easy Populate 4.0.28

I uploaded the plugin files again, but get the same results.