Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[mydanilo]

I suggest you format the description in Zen Cart for one product and then export it with EP. Then look at the exported file and see the description column. You should be able to see the br for the line brakes and so forth. Just do it the same way for the text you want to import. You need to keep the html formating stuff. Then it should work.

[jamesdavid]

Can easy populate name categories as well as products? I named some of my categories in zen cart but when i export everything i cant find the text.
james

[misty]

I suggest you format the description in Zen Cart for one product and then export it with EP.

Good advice... create a product with everything you require
i.e. model number, product name, description, price, category, attributes etc etc etc
Then generate/download Easy Populate file..that gives you complete template
for your store's requirements to upload further products using Easy Populate..
TIP
Create categories first, via admin, BEFORE starting exercise above.

[hduk]

I see what you mean about the formatting but with 2000+ products manually inserting the html is going to be a nightmare. Is there no way ep can pick up simple formatting in the description field? I know there are a few advanced options.

A few years back i did the same exercise and im sure i just copied and pasted the mfrs descs into the appropriate field and no further formatting was required. Have i missed something simple?

[mydanilo]

Yes it can. Just put the formatting tags in the description as well. If you have a source spread sheet where the description has the formatting in it, then you just copy it over to your template file that you created earlier like I suggested. Then import back into Zen.

[hduk]

The source is a spreadsheet with word wrap on. There is no html formatting in the suppliers spreadsheet, there are simply new lines for each part of the description saved in .xls format.

How can i copy this over a template description that has the tags in it? Do you mean manually do it line by line? (bearing in mind i have 2000+ products to add).

Also i tried manually adding a product and downloading the ep file but cant see how you can format the description in the admin tool?

[Anguz]

I have the problem that when I try adding a new product, the master_categories_id is not stored, checked the db and it says 0 for the new product. I tried specifying the category per its name and also its ID, none worked.

Do others have this problem when trying to add a new product to an existing category?

Help! Thanks in advance.

[Anguz]

Nevermind...

I got confused by an extra line that appears at the end of the report, saying that it didn't add the product because it lacked the category, but it's talking about an empty entry the EP seems to try inserting instead of discarding:

SKIPPED! - Model: - No category provided for this product | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

The master category id doesn't get stored, as I had found, but the product gets an entry in the products_to_categories table. I thought that the category value was required in the products table, so I was worried, but it seems to be working without it.

[jamesdavid]

Does anyone know how to update category description with Easy Populate?

When I make a category with a description in the admin, and export it, Easy Populate doesn't have the description anywhere.

[Anguz]

Does anyone know how to update category description with Easy Populate?

When I make a category with a description in the admin, and export it, Easy Populate doesn't have the description anywhere.

I don't know about that, but I'd use ZC's normal interface, or do you need to do that with tons of categories?