EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[mc12345678]

Ah, I did not know the filename has to start with attrib-basic-ep - I assumed any name was fine. I will try again with that name then.

While minimally documenated it s covered in the readme... Also, may I suggest downloading/installing verson 4.0.30 whch translates those requirements to the admin window...

[RonaldNavarro689]

hello,

I'm using zen cart v1.5.4 and latest easy populate version. The installation went smoothly but I don't know how to enable the Custom Products Fields.
I've read that I should add extra plugins for this ( you mentioned that for short descriptions and upc you've designed it) but I could find only this:
https://www.zen-cart.com/search.php?searchid=3539052
I've also read that you just have to enter the field in the feed and it automatically generates the field?
I also see that I can use the User Defined Products Fields. Should I just generate the UPC field inside it and ignore the custom product fields?
I've also found that I should have true false buttons for each field into the configuration/easy populate 4 section?
https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....-Thread/page42
Can you please tell me how I can do it? I didn't try any of the versions because I don't want to mess up.
Please let me know the best way to proceed.
If it's field related can you please tell me what title I should enter for the row?

[lruskauff]

To my knowledge, Easy populate does not give you Custom Product Fields. But if you have coded them and added them yourself, you can make easy populate recognize them by adding them in the configuration for easy populate under admin, where you see the custom products field. For example, if you have created the field SKU, then if you enter in the configuration file, easy populate will add a column for that when it creates your CVS file.

So are you looking to create a custom field?

[mc12345678]

I do want to make one thing clear, *I* did not write this code and have only continued to add to it.

As lruskauf stated, EP4 does not create new fields in the database, it accesses them and recognizes select fields to support "common" new fields.

If when you export say the full products and review the headers of the csv file to find that a field is not there but known to be in the products table, the "missing" field can be identified. To have a field from the products table exported/imported (when not already part of the export) goto the configuration window for EP4, edit the custom fields entry, add the field name as it is identified in the products table. (Ie., do not include the first v_ that is shown in the csv file)

Regarding the indicators on the tools->Easy Populate v4 window, they indicate true if the associated field/feature exists in the database.

[mc12345678]

For what it's worth, in an effort to expand the use of EP4 outside of it's current English based and partially incorporated German based language, I attempted to establish an account on the italian version of the ZC site seeing that there was someone there having difficulty with EP4. I may not be fluent in italiian, but figure that there are enough tools to translate that at least I could provide some suport.. Anyways, I am hoping that if there are those that can help translate some of the text of EP4 that they may offer their translatons for incorporaton, or if they have already done so that they offer the rewritten version, I will incorporate the translation(s).

Thanks.

[JvRossem]

Hello,

EP4 works like a charm for me!
But i have a problem and i hope anyone can help me with this.

I would like to add meta tags for alot of categories (around 4000).
With EP4 i can export Categories Only (with Metatags). But when i fill in all the meta tags and upload it, i get the error message No product model.
Categories Only (with Metatags) .csv shows the v_categories_name_2 only as a single name (no ^) , so it also creates new categeories on first level.

Is it possible to add the Meta tags to categories only based on Category ID instead of product model?

[adb34]

......The installation went smoothly but I don't know how to enable the Custom Products Fields......

These are the plugins that you can add to your shop. If you go to Short Description plugin and install, obviously following the instruction, you will find that 'Product Short Descriptions' has turned from 'false' to 'True'

[mc12345678]

Hello,

EP4 works like a charm for me!
But i have a problem and i hope anyone can help me with this.

I would like to add meta tags for alot of categories (around 4000).
With EP4 i can export Categories Only (with Metatags). But when i fill in all the meta tags and upload it, i get the error message No product model.
Categories Only (with Metatags) .csv shows the v_categories_name_2 only as a single name (no ^) , so it also creates new categeories on first level.

Is it possible to add the Meta tags to categories only based on Category ID instead of product model?

This particular upload option is filename dependent as the instructions indicate and the unaltered options of version 4.0.30 offer. The filename prefix must contain the letters categorymeta-ep in any sequence of capitalization.

Import of a file named this way would not reassign a product to a new category.

Suggestion is to select Categories Only (with Metatags) from the tools->Easy Populate 4 window, review the entries provided there. Copy this file renaming/modifying the date information or adding beyond that, modifying the data in the fle, uploading and then importing the new file.... Then report any issues that may be had...

In summary, categories do not have model numbers, therefore the issue experienced is related with incorrect operation of the plugin. In this case the prefix of the filename is important as it acts like a switch to process the data for a specific action.

[JvRossem]

This particular upload option is filename dependent as the instructions indicate and the unaltered options of version 4.0.30 offer. The filename prefix must contain the letters categorymeta-ep in any sequence of capitalization.

Import of a file named this way would not reassign a product to a new category.

Suggestion is to select Categories Only (with Metatags) from the tools->Easy Populate 4 window, review the entries provided there. Copy this file renaming/modifying the date information or adding beyond that, modifying the data in the fle, uploading and then importing the new file.... Then report any issues that may be had...

In summary, categories do not have model numbers, therefore the issue experienced is related with incorrect operation of the plugin. In this case the prefix of the filename is important as it acts like a switch to process the data for a specific action.

Thank you for your help! I named the file CategoryMeta-EP and all category metas where added without any problems!

[sparrowce]

I have just installed for v1.54. Am getting error: Easy Populate "Uploads Folder" missing!
Your uploads folder is missing. Your configuration indicates that your uploads folder is named mydemostore/temp/ Error Opening Upload Directory: mydemostore/temp/

I did go to configuration and modify upload folder, and set permissions to 755. It is located in my store folder, not admin. What else am I missing to correct this error?