Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[dalopey]

Wow - I just downloaded the "lite/free" version. WOW - exactly what I was thinking... and to think I was prepared to code it all myself!!!! Awesome.

Thanks guys.

[dalopey]

It even create Subcatagories that did not exist before!!! Talk about sweet.

now all I have to do is automate the whole process!!! Take my new images, run "convert" against them, put them in the images directory, create the tab file for easy populate... and throw it all into a cron!!! hahaha

alright - call me lazy

[kbalona]

OK I know I should do a search but I don't feel like poking through this 121 page thread. Was wondering what Easy Populate does when it finds a duplicate record - overwrite, skip, delete, add new? If it does check for duplicates, it does so on the basis of what? Description? Model number?
Thanks!

[dalopey]

Hey - you know what would be cool??

Make this into an HTML page (or PHP most likely) that displays everything in a table like fashion... to allow you to make updates right on the page!!

and complete with little thumbs of the products, too...

so you navigate around through your stuff in like a mini webpage or something - but one YOU can make changes to...

Does that make sense?

[dalopey]

OK I know I should do a search but I don't feel like poking through this 121 page thread. Was wondering what Easy Populate does when it finds a duplicate record - overwrite, skip, delete, add new? If it does check for duplicates, it does so on the basis of what? Description? Model number?
Thanks!

Hmmm - good point...

I'm playing with it right now - I'll let you know...

(SO far, it UPDATES descriptions)

[dalopey]

Oh - and not on v_products_name_1

Because I used the same name for all of them!

i bet it's Model: v_products_model

[dalopey]

Alright - TEST DONE

I put a duplicate in my TXT file... but change Description, Price, Qnty...

IT OVERWROTE the previous one...

So my assumption is that its based on the model number you assign (which makes perfect sense) and it takes the LAST occurance of your model as the record...

HOWEVER - what if you change the category or subcategory??

Well - this is good if you want cross posting of your product in several categories because it will create copies... but this might be bad because ZenCart already has this sort of feature, which allows you to have one product shown in multiple places... but that when you edit it, it will change EVERYWHERE it is shown.....

With this one, it seems it might make copies everywhere... be sure to SORT in Excel to detect duplications...

[dalopey]

Well - I'm not entirely sure about that last part and the duplications...

I tried deleting my "new" product (the dup) and it used the "real" line...

However, it did NOT remove the multiple entries in othe categories...

BUT - big but - it DID change the other information like desc, price, qty EVERYWERE it occurred...

SO... carefully edit your TAB delimited file, eh!!! :)

[dalopey]

OK I know I should do a search but I don't feel like poking through this 121 page thread. Was wondering what Easy Populate does when it finds a duplicate record - overwrite, skip, delete, add new? If it does check for duplicates, it does so on the basis of what? Description? Model number?
Thanks!

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[Eddie Irvine]

Eddie Irvine - OK the images for your categories are in
> Categories / Products - Top > edit your categories

These are not imported via EP, so all the sub cats. will also have to be edited manually as well.

As for products not showing up to edit, thats got me
OK Fault finding again
When you import them do you get a error or does EP state the product is up dated, new...
We need to know what it is giving as a result of the import, are you giving each product a unique model ref/number as they have to unique
Going on from that if EP says inserted/updated and they still donot appear use myphpadmin to see if they appear in the dbase and report back.
Further usually by default Zencart disables out of stock products so if your stock is set to zero the product will not appear, you can change this in
>Conf.>Stock
Lets us know how you get on...


Personnel note:-
One last thing I would do is turn off your product dated added as you are now showing goods that are a year old, I know they may not change but its not really relievent if they are this old
For example:

Thanks very much,

I'll try these out tomorrow. All products definatly have a unique item number on them.

I cant remeber what comes up when the new products are loaded. it certainly wasnt any kind of error message. Problem I have is if i upload new products to try this I cannot then delete them