Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[maxim]

Dear Anguz and Scrat:

This newbie isn't quite advanced enough to understand all of your guidance, but I think I have discovered the problem based on trying to do what both of you suggested.

The file that I am trying to insert is listed in the temp directory as the following file type: ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators; whereas files that I have generated to the temp directory are listed as ASCII text files (only).

I've tried cutting and pasting the data into one of the generated files, but I still get the CRLF line terminator format.

Any ideas?

Newbie Linda

[Scrat]

maxim : Don't know anything about SSH, but after goolging I found this quote:

This is because SSH
# servers seem to treat CRLF as two line-ends.

FTP and SFTP clients will often have an option to send files as
ASCII/BINARY/AUTO. This option controls how CRLF is handled when
encountered in the source file. This option has nothing at all to do with
the FTP/SFTP protocol itself; but is an option often included in client
software.

Basically you need to SFTP your file in ASCII not BINARY so you should have setting in your FTP software to send .txt files as ASCII.

Hope that helps ?

[winwallc]

hi all zenners, I am very newer at this and may ask questions that seems stupid, but please help. So far, I have been able to successfully install and configure zen all by just reading up on the support post. After spending hours and days trying to figure out this "Easy-Populate" module, I got say, its not so "easy". Guess i just don't know where to look and the right questions to ask. I am able to sucessfully install it, but don't know how to use it. If there is anyone out there that willing to show me step by step. Much appreciated. Hope I not asking too much. thankshttp://www.chopstickrestaurant.com/zen

[francesca_ph]

[QUOTE=Scrat;581855]francesca_ph :- Look at your error message it tells you your problem...
You haven't /home/musicalv/public_html/o-bean.com/admin/easypopulate.php installed on the server. Also you would need to create a /temp folder on your server with permissions correctly set, read the readme file...

hi scrat,

i already have it installed......all the files r in it

[Scrat]

Warning: file(/home/musicalv/public_html/o-bean.com/temp/temp/) [function.file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/musicalv/public_html/o-bean.com/admin/easypopulate.php on line 1223

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/musicalv/public_html/o-bean.com/admin/easypopulate.php on line 1301

francesca_ph : PHP gives you error messages as above if you read the error it is saying that it cannot find the easypopulate.php file, so I would check that all your files are in the right folders first. Strange thing you seem to have two temp folders one inside the other

home/musicalv/public_html/o-bean.com/temp/temp/

I would start again, ftp all the files again to make sure you have them all in the right folders, check that you have the /temp folder in the right directory and then import/export a test file.(Also the right permissions especially the temp folder!)

winwallc : Easyiest way download a complete tab file and it should be pretty straight forward how it works, then add a product to that file and upload it via EP.

[francesca_ph]

Hi hi,

i only get the error msg when i try to upload a file in EP. eg, i download the 'full', edit in excel, save as .txt and upload it again

then when i 'insert into db', i get the error msg....

[Scrat]

francesca_ph :
Have you reinstalled the files ?
You had so much problems setting this up putting the files in the right folder, I can only think a file is corrupted or in the wrong folder ?
As I stated, start again, delete the EP files off the server first , and reinstall.
EP just works if you have it set up correctly.

[francesca_ph]

i juz updated the file and uploaded it.
it says upload successful and shows all the items being updated
but when i refresh my store, it does not show anything at all

i have included product model (tho i do not know what is that for), item name, qty, statues, brand, AND PUT ALL 'EOREOR' (also do not know what is dat)

[Scrat]

francesca_ph : First of all ZC needs some products already in the database for EP to work, so enter one or two products in via ZC not EP.
Secondly EP will only work if you have a model ref this is unique to that product you CANNOT have duplicate model ref's or EP .

[SaMortensen]

Like the gentleman who seems frustrated by not being able to see anything when using EP to upload product - I am having the same issue.

My file is in excel, but is a tab delimited text file - what I did, to be sure that I used the same contextual file as EP uses, is that I first downloaded the current prod/price/category file and deleted all the previous content, leaving the heading in-tact.

I then formatted my content to fit in the proper columns and uploaded the file. It tells me the upload was successful and I go to look in the specific category, but there is nothing. So I thought perhaps that I needed to Import from Temp Dir (temp/) so, copy and pasting the temp file name into the import section - it tells me that the import was successful, but again, nothing is there.

I did read something about htaccess and global settings set to on - but mine is already set so...I'm not sure where to turn. I read the "readme.txt" file, but I am finding nothing useful to help me with this issue.

I have no other specifics that I can give on this issue as there are no warnings, errors or anything other than it stating it was successful and below that a list of all that was supposed to have been uploaded.

Would it be helpful to reinstall this mod, overwriting the old, or does someone have some information that may help me with this issue? Any help would be extremely appreciated.

Thanks in advance,