Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[schoolboy]

I am using this version "Zen Cart 1.3.8a"

What version of Easy Populate? There are several... Quite a few are recent attempts at making EP 1.2.5.4 more "friendly", but these newer versions are a bit buggy right now.

Langer's last "stable" version was 1.2.5.4 , which I use on nearly 100 1.3.8a zencart sites.

Occasionally, I have a "blip" with EP 1.2.5.4 , but that is often related to suspicious characters in the TXT file.

I routinely go through my clients' spreadsheets and substitute literal characters for their HTML character code:

EG: instead of ' I use & # 3 9 ; (so isn't becomes isn& # 3 9 ;t) - Spaces added intentionally because this post will display the result, not the code.

[wmorris]

The version of Easy Populate is 1.2.5.7.csv

[schoolboy]

The version of Easy Populate is 1.2.5.7.csv

That's one of the later versions which many people are reporting as a bit unstable right now.

What version of PHP is on your server? (to find this out, click VERSION in the header menu - right hand side - in your admin console.)

[wmorris]

Version PHP4

[schoolboy]

Version PHP4

You need PHP 5.2... for 1.2.5.7

So, uninstall EP 1.2.5.7

And install 1.2.5.4

Then read my WIKI
http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Easy_Populate

[schoolboy]

1.2.5.4 is available HERE

[wmorris]

You need PHP 5.2... for 1.2.5.7

So, uninstall EP 1.2.5.7

And install 1.2.5.4

Then read my WIKI
http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Easy_Populate

What is the fastest way to uninstall the EP 1.2.5.7?

[wmorris]

I have downloaded the other version and I don't like it. You have to type everything in that is what I don't want. Typing it in is wastes my time. Is there another way to do this?

[wmorris]

Here is an image of what I am talking about:

[schoolboy]

I have downloaded the other version and I don't like it. You have to type everything in that is what I don't want. Typing it in is wastes my time. Is there another way to do this?

Type into what?

At some point, someone is going to have to CREATE the data relating to a product (unless you are a magician and can get the computer to do this by itself).

So even if the data is originally captured on paper, carved in stone, scrawled on payrus, written with a stick on beach sand... the fact is that the data is created by a person.

So, by getting the data into a spreadsheet all you do is save a lot of time. Once you have this in spreadsheet format, saving it to Easy Populate formats is quick and straightforward.

The image you provide is OsCommerce... what relevance does it have to zencart?