Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[Woodymon]

If you use Quantity Price Discounts (or Price Breaks based on purchased Quantity) on your store, I have a working solution using EP to download, upload and update price breaks. Yes, this did require me to code it and create a new file type: Model/Price/Breaks "PriceBreaks-...".

Hi Chadderruski,

Is your update an update of the easypopulate.php file packaged in EP v. 1.2.5.5 (version available in ZC downloads area - "Admin Tools" category)?

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=395

And does your update support ZC 1.38a?

Regarding creating a "new file type", what is meant by that?

Thanks,
Woody

[chadderuski]

Hi Chadderruski,

Is your update an update of the easypopulate.php file packaged in EP v. 1.2.5.5 (version available in ZC downloads area - "Admin Tools" category)?

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=395

And does your update support ZC 1.38a?

Regarding creating a "new file type", what is meant by that?

Woody

Hi Woody,

The above attached file is rather an example of how to do quantity discounts and not meant to be a full update to EP v1.2.5.5. That would require more time and testing in addition to making modifications to the admin selectable options.

I have added my own fields for download and also recently even added fields to my products database (products_price_UOM for example so I can list my prices as ea cs bx, etcetera). Extending this functionality to be broadly compatible for all users is again time consuming and would require further testing.

What I meant by "new file type" is that I made a new download type for products/price/and quantity breaks. Again, I've since changed this to include my own products_price_UOM but left that out of the above file since a user would need to modify their database and other core files...

I have also added fields for v_product_is_call v_products_sort_order v_products_quantity_order_min v_products_quantity_order_units because these are relevant to our business. All of these are rather easy to add since they are stored in the products database.

IF IF IF I can get the time AND figure out the attributes features I may do a full update to EP Free. The attributes look like a pain in the arse... more difficult than quantity breaks which turned out to be quite simple. At the same time I'd rather do a "configurable" download that would let you select the fields you need from the products database and download just those. This would be more useful in the long run and "hopefully" eliminate the need to modify the code manually.

So I posted this code for the more gear minded users to ponder and give feed back on, and for those that have been desperate for a quantity breaks update feature that has been sorely lacking to date.

I am using 1.38a but this should also work with 1.37 provided you check your database for added fields.

-cj

[tirjasdyn]

I would be extremely interested in this.

I'm leary to buy ep pro since the author doesn't seem to check his own forums and the non-profit would not want to waste it's money if it doesn't work. We'd be soley buying it so that we ep attributes as well as items categories etc.

[Delights]

Also incase people are interested, i have been able to add new fields to Easy Populate so that you can add new fields as well. The only file you need to edit is easypopulate.php and below is a link to the one that i made, it allows you to upload 5 new fields called; "Materials, Finish, Height, Width, Length".

You can use this a a guide and make it to however you want.

http://www.agelessartifacts.com/priv...sypopulate.rar

[schoolboy]

http://www.agelessartifacts.com/priv...sypopulate.rar

Would it be possible for you to package this up as a ZIP rather than RAR. Most novices can't unpack RAR as it requires a specific unpacker, but can unpack ZIP.

[Delights]

Would it be possible for you to package this up as a ZIP rather than RAR. Most novices can't unpack RAR as it requires a specific unpacker, but can unpack ZIP.

http://www.agelessartifacts.com/priv...sypopulate.zip

[schoolboy]

Thanks!

[Delights]

Thanks!

NP. it was really easy to do as well, the way that everyone was going on, i thought it would be alot harder.

[chris21]

Hi,
Sorry for this so very basic post but I cant even get EP started.
I may have it in the wrong place and I may have done a few other things wrong.
There's a few things I don't understand.
I have no idea what I'm doin lol.

Anyway what I have done so far is.....
Downloaded EP, unzipped it (that I understand).
The install says rename the admin file to suit my zencart installation.
The version says it is "Zen Cart 1.3.7". So I have renamed the admin file "v1.3.7", not sure if this is right, but that's what I've done.

The install text says "The temp folder is configured to reside in your store directory".
The temp folder along with "v1.3.7" folder, the "easypopulate.php" file and the "install_sql" file are all here /public_html/.
This is also where all the folders start for zencart, so I'm assuming this is the root directory and where all the files for EP go.

In the admin area, Easy Populate appears at the bottom of the list and when clicked on opens the editing page which can be edited, e.g "Upload File Date Format" etc.

Easy Populate doesn't appear in the admin> tools dropdown list.

I also have the "temp" folder chmod to 700.

I have tried "/easypopulate.php?langer=install" after the website URL shopinoz.com.au/admin/ .
Only to get the message "Fatal error: Call to undefined function ep_chmod_check() in /home/xxxx/public_html/admin/easypopulate.php on line 217"


Can anybody steer me in the right direction of placement of the folders and files or what I need to rename the admin folder, or anything else I may be doing wrong.

I did search this thread but there's 200 pages and I couldn't find something as basic as the info I need.

Sorry to be so unknowing of the EP, it sounds so easy.

Thanks for any help,
Chris.

[Delights]

Anyway what I have done so far is.....
Downloaded EP, unzipped it (that I understand).
The install says rename the admin file to suit my zencart installation.
The version says it is "Zen Cart 1.3.7". So I have renamed the admin file "v1.3.7", not sure if this is right, but that's what I've done.

You put upload the admin fold to the store, for example mine is www.agelessartifacts.com/store, so in this case i would upload the folder to that.

The install text says "The temp folder is configured to reside in your store directory".
The temp folder along with "v1.3.7" folder, the "easypopulate.php" file and the "install_sql" file are all here /public_html/.
This is also where all the folders start for zencart, so I'm assuming this is the root directory and where all the files for EP go

The TEMP folder i always make it 777.