Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[chadderuski]

Chad,

Oh you are a sweetheart !!! thank you so much I will try to modify the code using the link you gave and cross your fingers that it works.

I'll post back in a few mins and let you know if it did or not

Thxs,
Noneya

LOL. Okay, ya have me blushing now! If you get stuck, PM me and I'll send ya the file I've edited.

I do have some ideas for a new release, but not any time soon. I'd like to add some selectors for products, like downloading only a single top level category, but all in good time (think late spring) as I have some freight modules to work on.

Never enough time in the day!

-Chaddro.

[chadderuski]

What happens if a catagorey is type wrong. what happens to that item?

If I remember correctly, you add the product as a linked product under a new category. Can make things messy!

Not sure about the other.

[Noneya99]

Ok, Have Easy Populate ver 1.2.5.4 installed. After upload in gives the upload report with all the New Products indicated. But when i go to the catagories and look for the products they are not there. If I reupload the same file it indicates Updated for all the same products and then they appear under all the catagories.
Any Ideas?

Have no clue on this one I've never had that happen that I am aware of I run the upload then go to the admin home and check my product count and they add up

What happens if a catagorey is type wrong. what happens to that item?

Thanks Tim

It's my understanding that if you type the category wrong as in misspell it .. it creates that new category and your product goes under there.

I haven't figured out an easy way to mass remove the categories yet i went and entered 5000 Products and then changed Some things and cleared out all of them and uploaded them all as new again in different categories .. and realized after the fact that I had 100+ categories still showing that now have no products in there .. so i just manually removed the empty categories .. I guess if you do that and catch it you can just manually "move" the product to a new category? but again back to the I'm not a programmer just a very grateful user of their hard work.

I think if i remember correctly on the modhole website that the advance has new features that are category specific related .. like adding a pic for the category.. that would be neat but I don't mind manually entering them in for this one site in particular i do want to buy the advanced but I think imma gonna wait til langer reappears so i know that the "year" of upgrades isn't wasted..LOL

[Noneya99]

Just to update I did modify the code to add sort order and it's working so far that I can tell I haven't re-uploaded the products yet .. but when i downloaded the full EP file the column is there and so are the numbers I manually entered before I downloaded.

If I have any problems I'll let you know

Thxs again Chad

[Vertcnc]

Have no clue on this one I've never had that happen that I am aware of I run the upload then go to the admin home and check my product count and they add up


It's my understanding that if you type the category wrong as in misspell it .. it creates that new category and your product goes under there.

I haven't figured out an easy way to mass remove the categories yet i went and entered 5000 Products and then changed Some things and cleared out all of them and uploaded them all as new again in different categories .. and realized after the fact that I had 100+ categories still showing that now have no products in there .. so i just manually removed the empty categories .. I guess if you do that and catch it you can just manually "move" the product to a new category? but again back to the I'm not a programmer just a very grateful user of their hard work.

I think if i remember correctly on the modhole website that the advance has new features that are category specific related .. like adding a pic for the category.. that would be neat but I don't mind manually entering them in for this one site in particular i do want to buy the advanced but I think imma gonna wait til langer reappears so i know that the "year" of upgrades isn't wasted..LOL

I tried this again today and after the new products are uploaded it created the new catagories, the total # of products in the Admin page increased by the proper # but the items are not found in any of the new catagories.

Strange one.

[elkbow]

I know this covers two problems, but seem connected !!!

[FONT=Verdana]Easy Populate Version 1.2.5.4[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]And[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]MySql Backup.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Two Separate Stores Involved here.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana]Lunix Hosting Configuration 1[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Runs php version 4.0.27[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]1. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Allows the MySql back up to work under Admin/Tools.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]2. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Does NOT ALLOW Easy Populate to upload more than 1800 items[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]as it TIMES OUT. Ending with a blank page, but products are loaded up.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]3. Found the best way to use EP was to go thru Create/Upload in temp/. 3259 in one shot.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]4. Configuration 1 does NOT ALLOW access to php.ini. Max_execution = 60/30, Input_time = 60/60.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]5. After months of trying, I found this: According to Dr Byte, the download of Attributes does not work.[/FONT]



[FONT=Verdana]Lunix Hosting Configuration 2 (disables “exe_cmd”)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Runs php version 4.3.11[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]1. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Does NOT ALLOW MySql Backup to work under Admin/Tools.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]2. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Allows Easy Populate to upload as many products I can use.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]3. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]Configuration 2 ALLOWS access to php.ini. Max_execution = 60/30, Input_time = 60/60.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana]So is “exe_cmd” involved in ZenCart 1.3.7?[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana]Thanks, John[/FONT]

[elkbow]

Hi All,
Found something else.

Everytime I up load my EP full, the date changes to Wednesday 31, December 1969...

Yet my EP full says "24-01-2008 6:23:00 PM".

I have checked all pages under Configuration to find out how to shut off the date added, and set all of those requests to 0 or left them blank yet the date still appears.

How do I shut off the date???
Do I eliminate the column completly in EP Full or ??

Thanks, John
archeryshop.com/zencart

[elkbow]

Found it...

Catalog -> Product Types ->Edit Product Type (It's Edit Layout)

[chadderuski]

One thing that I noticed that often needs to be done is that you need to go into:

Tools -> Store Manager >>

and Select:

Update ALL Products Price Sorter

This index apparently does not get updated when you upload price changes.

There is a BUG in the upload. You will have to read through the entire thread (sorry) but there are some fields that when left blank, pull the data from the last imported item that wasn't blank instead of properly reseting it.

I don't remember where that was! Sorry. But I believe dates was one of them. Best to eliminate a column that you are not changing when uploading. Also makes uploading changes faster ->>> less data to process.

-chaddro.

[kbmets7]

I am learning quite a bit tonight from searching these forums. What a wonderful place. I've looked for this answer but cannot find it.

Can categories be created using easy populate, with predefinded category id's. I am moving my store and it will be much easier if my categories continue to use same id number.

Thanks.