Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[chadderuski]

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.

If by category id you mean the mysql internal id number, no. If you are moving your store, it will be much easier to use the Backup MySQL database contrib, or your host's phpMyAdmin through the control panel.

Basically, you set up the store in the new location but without data. Open the SQL backup and remove any server specific settings. Usually best to redo payment modules by manually entering them.

I don't know if there is an FAQ on moving a store, but it isn't that hard. If you set the store up in the same way, you can use almost certainly use the backup contrib to restore your data at the new site.

[barricades]

Can someone please help me urgently!

Yesterday I deleted a couple of products in the admin (not using easy pop). Today I changed a few things round using easy pop and I noticed it says "2 partially deleted product(s) found! Delete this dross to prevent unwanted zencart behaviour by clicking here."

When I click the "here" button it says "Deleting of product data debris failed! Please see the debug log in your uploads directory for further information."

At the moment all the categories are confused with things appearing where they shouldn't. I assume that the above is causing the problem since I have completely deleted and then re-filled my catalogue with an earlier back-up and I am still experiencing problems.

My site is www.traditionalirishgifts.com if anyone needs to take a look.

Any help would be great. I can't even find the uploads file to look at the de-bug log.

Please help me! I'm loosing sales

thanks
David

[chadderuski]

Barricades:

Are you using the Backup MySQL plugin for the Admin? Important to backup regularly!

You can try:

Admin -> Tools -> Update ALL Products Price Sorter

and

Admin -> Tools -> Optimize Database

ABSOLUTELY DON'T DO this until you've made a full backup of your store.

The "dross" error is an old bug that can be ignored for the most part. Why are you loosing sales? Did you put the store on maintenance?

Also, search this thread for "dross"

[noahisaac]

Hi -

Thanks for Easy Populate! For a while, I thought I was going to have to manually enter 1000 products!


I'm using Easy Populate for a shoe store. Everything works pretty well, except that many of the items have the same model name. When I import these with Easy Populate, instead of creating a new item it just updates the same item for each entry with the same model name.

Is there a way to disable the updating, and have all items be entered as unique, regardless of model name? Is this something that's only available in the Advanced version?


Thanks,
Noah

[misty]

I'm using Easy Populate for a shoe store. Everything works pretty well, except that many of the items have the same model name. When I import these with Easy Populate, instead of creating a new item it just updates the same item for each entry with the same model name.

Is there a way to disable the updating, and have all items be entered as unique, regardless of model name? Is this something that's only available in the Advanced version?

Thanks,
Noah

If you wish to use Easy Populate correctly, each product MUST HAVE unique model number.

[realforever]

Hi all,

I'm using the Easy Populate from osc from this link
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=460

I chose it because the one from modhole only work up to zencart 1.3.6 according to the zencart download page. And I have 1.3.7 in use.

However, I keep getting the message of "No products_id field in record. This line was not imported". Even I got the export file from my previous manual created product. Any help would be appreciated.

Secondly, please advise where to download mentioned detail documentation for this EP tool.

Thirdly, does anyone know how to use EP to import with product title tags, mega tags?


Thanks a bunch!

[misty]

I chose it because the one from modhole only work up to zencart 1.3.6 according to the zencart download page. And I have 1.3.7 in use.

EasyPopulate 1.2.5.4 from modhole works fine on 1.3.7. and 1.3.8
Never yet got easypopulate osc version to work.

[chadderuski]

Noah,

This version of EP requires unique item numbers... period! If this is not an option, they you need to look at the first page for Langer's homesite for EPA. This is a paid module (but not expensive). I haven't seen Langer around for a while. Last we spoke he was working hard on updating EPA but that was last August!

Check his site out and dig around his forums to see if he is still actively working on the Advanced version.

-Chaddro

[realforever]

EasyPopulate 1.2.5.4 from modhole works fine on 1.3.7. and 1.3.8
Never yet got easypopulate osc version to work.

Misty,

Why zencart download page shows it only support up to 1.3.6? Anyhow, I will try that then.

Besides, any idea of importing title tags, meta tags?

Thank you.

You have a nice GSD there

[chadderuski]

Why zencart download page shows it only support up to 1.3.6?

Because it hasn't been officially updated. I have used 1.2.5.4 (with my own mods) on both 1.3.7 and 1.3.7 without serious issue.

Besides, any idea of importing title tags, meta tags?

Well, you could do that manually from within phpMyAdmin... but you'd need to do some research. files are:

meta_tags_categories_description
meta_tags_products_description

However, these are linked by product_id... not very friendly!

hmmm... might be doable ... will have to go code digging...

Anyone done this already?