EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

[soxophoneplayer]

zc 1.5.5a, Responsive Sheffield Blue 2.0, Dynamic Filters, Easy Populate 4.0 and numerous other mods. This exercise on WAMP test site only...Should I be able to successfully assign a v_product_sort_order to linked products, and if so, is there something I've missed in procedure I've tried?

I may have this sorted. Still have to try and replicate.

I followed same procedure as in previous post but this time I cropped the working .csv file down, leaving only the new master categories, and cutting off the categories to which products from the former are linked. As is happens, my original sub-categories sort numbers placed them at the top of the file while the categories to which many products have links were lower on the page.

Perhaps the '0' product sort in the linked category, being lower on the page, was overwriting the new sort number in the product's master category placement.

Oy.

[mc12345678]

I may have this sorted. Still have to try and replicate.

I followed same procedure as in previous post but this time I cropped the working .csv file down, leaving only the new master categories, and cutting off the categories to which products from the former are linked. As is happens, my original sub-categories sort numbers placed them at the top of the file while the categories to which many products have links were lower on the page.

Perhaps the '0' product sort in the linked category, being lower on the page, was overwriting the new sort number in the product's master category placement.

Oy.

Glad you got this sorted out. To be honest I thought you were trying to do something slightly different which I was going to advise is not possible in a default store.

If the problem is/was, that the sort order of a product could not be imported to change, and the import file contained the same primary key (typically products_model) on two or more rows, then yes the last row in the file would be what everything becomes.


There are a number of ways to address this, and it really comes down to your own business model, ability to work with/around it, etc... even another product may be of interest/use or to use different product for different reason, whatever the case... it's important to understand how the software works (instructions), how it fits into ZC (exported results as compared to contents of the zc_install/sql folder and any modifications made by other plugins/programmers), and the effect of an import/manual change (import, export of data or viewing from the admin).

Again glad that it was something that seemed like could be figured out and resolved.

[mc12345678]

Fyi,

I've pushed an updated copy of EP4 to https://github.com/mc12345678/EasyPopulate-4.0 that should address all of the problems that have been identified "recently". It does not yet directly address sort order of attributes, but it does correct things like requiring fields that are typically 0 or 1 and that if 0 they need to be directly listed, it adds some improved user operations upon upload of a csv file (presents an import button in-line), the issue of manufacturer's information in ZC 1.5.4+ not fully being properly stored, improved indication of the default data related to the status dropdown, other corrections related to the import sanitization, the import file has been reduced by pushing the one-off import files to separate module files which should improve operation a little and improve code readability, modified the alternate primary key operations to offer some consistency, and other minor administrative changes.

Also posted the software to ZC, will notify if/when I discover that it has been updated; however, for those that have installed the version from the site should receive notification through program use.

[Robert Cooper]

okay guys/gals, I have been working on this for a long time with no luck maybe someone can simplify it. I have attached screen shots i have download my full shop list etc... it never inports. I am using a mac with open office and zen cart 1.5.5a

Not sure what the heck is wrong but have no clue

[mc12345678]

Well, there doesn't appear to be any properly named files in the folder used by EP4.

Please step through the process you are using, or follow this and report results.
In the upper left area, click the blue link that reads: Complete Products (with Metatags).

After a period of time, the screen should update and a file should appear towards the bottom of the list on that screen and associated with full product.

There should be buttons/a link next to that file, the link is download, the buttons to perform other action such as import, delete, split the file, etc...

If the store is properly setup to be fully compatible (each products_model is unique) then you could/should be able to import that file and technically nothing would change about the store.

The other thing is when you say it never imports, to what part of the process are you referring? As used for EP4: export: take data from database and create a file on the server that contains that data.
Download: copy the contents of the file that contains the exported data and place the copy on the local computer.
Upload: transfer the contents of the file on the local computer to the server so that the server can eventually access the file.
Import: process the contents of a server file with consideration of the filename's "prefix" to update/modify the database.

[Robert Cooper]

Well, there doesn't appear to be any properly named files in the folder used by EP4.

Please step through the process you are using, or follow this and report results.
In the upper left area, click the blue link that reads: Complete Products (with Metatags).

Okay got file wont let me download error 403. but was able to download it from server through filezilla attachment included.



After a period of time, the screen should update and a file should appear towards the bottom of the list on that screen and associated with full product.

There should be buttons/a link next to that file, the link is download, the buttons to perform other action such as import, delete, split the file, etc...

If the store is properly setup to be fully compatible (each products_model is unique) then you could/should be able to import that file and technically nothing would change about the store.

The other thing is when you say it never imports, to what part of the process are you referring? As used for EP4: export: take data from database and create a file on the server that contains that data.
I upload file back in and it shows at the bottom of the list the one with all the missing files.....after i add a product as the others are setup in the file save it.

Download: copy the contents of the file that contains the exported data and place the copy on the local computer.
Upload: transfer the contents of the file on the local computer to the server so that the server can eventually access the file.
Import: process the contents of a server file with consideration of the filename's "prefix" to update/modify the database.

this is where iam at this moment just frustrated would love to get this working as i put 200 to 500 items in my store at a time maybe its just something i am not sure of

[mc12345678]

Okay, so from that it sounds like you have setup your download/upload folder as a folder in your admin directory. Because the admin directory has default permissions on it to prevent "random" file types from being accessed, a little additional file is needed to be added to the folder to prevent the error that you are seeing. It is located in the download zip file in the folder htaccess4AdminTempFolder... now care should be taken in applying that file as it should not just replace another .htaccess file if it exists.

As to the file handling described above, I do not understand what is not understood. I believe what has been said is that the file has been uploaded, but the import button not pressed. The previously provided images don't support that part of the discussion though. The previous images show no files on the server.

Be glad to help, just need to understand the current settings, the current setup, and what is or is not understood. If you can continue to communicate on these issues, then can get through.