Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[yellowdaises]

so for adding ea product to ZN... am i supposed to add all the details or just a title??

[verdon]

so for adding ea product to ZN... am i supposed to add all the details or just a title??

I would add at least one product to zen-cart the manual way with every detail you can think of, even if you have to make a few up so that all fileds in the template have some value in it. Then you will have as complete an example as possible when you export using EP.

[anduril3019]

I am downloading extended store data in easy populate, opening that file in Excel, making minor edits, saving file as tab delimited text file. When I upload and import, I get an error for about half of my product rows, not all.

If I go through the same process using Text Edit (Mac) instead of Excel, everything works fine.

The problem is the limitations of Text Edit. I have also tried saving the Excel file then opening it in Text Edit and doing a Save As, doesn't work.

I have also made sure there are no extra tabs anywhere, because the error message in Easy Populate says there is a column count error. But since it doesn't happen in Text Edit, it must be something Excel is doint to the file.

Any Ideas?

Thanks

[yellowdaises]

No, just add one product and export using EP so you can see what it looks like in zen-cart.

how do i export using EP?

answered my own question :)

[verdon]

I'm sorry I don't know much about excell to offer steps, but I suspect it may be that excell is putting quotes around some fields and not others? I think if you can get it to put quotes around all fields that may help. Others can probably instruct better, but if it isn't in the export options, you may be able to change the data type of all fields to text, so that even those that are actually numbers, get wrapped in quotes when you export.

[verdon]

how do i export using EP?

I've only ever used EP Advanced and don't know how/where it is in the free version. In the advanced, there is a number of links in Admin > Tools > Easy Populate that export different files for different purposes.

[yellowdaises]

ok thank you guys f/ the help today! i've made some headway... phew :) now a few extra questions that i am hoping might be answered this weekend.

1 - i downloaded the mod. f/ dual pricing. is there a way to import the manufacturer prices in addition to the product price using EP?

2 - does EP allow for BOTH creating and updating the database?

3 - Can we upload via EP the attributes or do those have to be done manually?

THANKS GUYS (AND GALS). MUCH APPRECIATED!

[grayceworks]

I also am having trouble with this. I have zencart 1.3.6, and downloaded and installed the latest version of easy populate (standard)

When I try and download the files using some of the menu selections, it takes me back to the admin login page.

But the most troubling thing, is I can't download my product attributes. Using a "complete" download, there are no product attributes, and using the "attributes" selection, I get an error:

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<b>Warning</b>:  mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in <b>/hermes/web10/b2369/pow.villadec/htdocs/villadec/admin/easypopulate.php</b> on line <b>140</b><br />	
v_products_model	EOREOR

[lenertolson]

how do you modify EP so you can add extra fields???

[Ryk]

You can't. Actually, that's not really accurate, but you'll probably need a complete re-write of the code.

Why not contact the author (langer)? What you're wanting may be available in the pro version (which is not free, but isn't expensive either).