Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[gaurav10feb]

Hello I have copied the admin folder files into my zencart admin folder...but i cant see any easy populate option in admin...
am i doing something wrong?

[tonyhord]

Hi
I'm new to all this and have been reading lots of posts to find answers and I have found lots of useful stuff but not for my problem.
I just installed zen cart 1.3.8a and easy populate 1.2.5.5 and am having trouble importing about 2500 products. I'm breaking the file up as low as 300 products and am importing from the temp directory. I keep getting an error like this;

ADD NEW PRODUCT FAILED! - Model: 1845 - SQL error. Check Easy Populate error log in uploads directory

I don't see an uploads directory. Where is supposed to be?
Any help is appreciated.
Tony

[fairestcape]

quick question schoolboy....

does easy populate have a sql reset option? just seem like people are running into that problem, and i figure i should ask someone more knowledgeable with this MOD before i go ahead and add a SQL reset option to this module, it just seem like many others are running into the same problems I was, and MANUALLY REMOVING seems to be quite troublesome for some.

if needed,I'll can just write up a function to remove those CONFIGURATION KEYS out of the DB, and allow them to re-install those keys...

Thanks,

cvue

In the 1.2.5.4 version, you will see a file install.txt in the module main folder.

That tells you how to do a proper INSTALL and/or UNINSTALL.

[fairestcape]

I don't see an uploads directory. Where is supposed to be?
Any help is appreciated.
Tony

I think this is the uploads folder in images/uploads

It is used for practical reasons of writeability (permissions) in a safer area of your setup.

[darkmarauder]

I am trying to import some products, and I have a product file which I have split into seperate tab delimited files.
The first imports without any problems.
The second though brings up the following error:-
Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in /home/marauder/public_html/testshop/admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/easypopulate_functions.php on line 247
This is at the top of the page, before the admin menu.

Then, where it shows the added/updated items it shows the message on the failed lines 'SKIPPED! - Model: 157 - Category name(s) too long (max. 32)'
This is not correct as the categories all added together total 13 characters (including spaces).

Any help would be great, as I am trying to start using Zen Cart instead of Prestashop and this is my only real holdup!

[darkmarauder]

By the way, I've increased the limit for the categories to 52 characters, and then 102 characters but no difference to the problem...

[cdnbride]

Hi Everybody

Just wondering if somebody would know how I can put a range of prices on a product (this question is not about attributes)?
I have some products that have several prices depending on what options a customer will choose so I would like for those to show on the product page ie: $3.49 - $9.99
When I put the price range on my EP spreadsheet it will only show the first dollar amount on my site.

Thanks
Lisa

[schoolboy]

The field for price is purely a NUMERICAL VALUE and must remain as such... no alpha characters allowed, because this value is used to calculate (using arithmetic formulae) a large number of things in your webshop.

You are wanting to add a LINE OF TEXT, explaining the range of pricing available and this HAS TO BE part of your product description as this is where such TEXT STRINGS can be included.

[schoolboy]

I am trying to import some products, and I have a product file which I have split into seperate tab delimited files.
The first imports without any problems.
The second though brings up the following error:-
Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in /home/marauder/public_html/testshop/admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/easypopulate_functions.php on line 247
This is at the top of the page, before the admin menu.

Then, where it shows the added/updated items it shows the message on the failed lines 'SKIPPED! - Model: 157 - Category name(s) too long (max. 32)'
This is not correct as the categories all added together total 13 characters (including spaces).

Any help would be great, as I am trying to start using Zen Cart instead of Prestashop and this is my only real holdup!

The first "error" is not that serious - it usually relates to incorrect date formatting in columns such as date_added, etc. This typically happens when you import the txt file into MS Excel, which then sees a date and does its own formatting (another Bill Gates conspiracy). Later, you "save as" a TXT file, but the original formatting for date has been altered.

The second error is a fault within the EP upload file you are using (the .txt file).

Find out the line at which the upoload renders SKIPPED and re-examine it using a PLAIN TEXT EDITOR.. Don't re-open it in MS Excel or other spreadsheet program.

[darkmarauder]

I am trying to import some products, and I have a product file which I have split into seperate tab delimited files.
The first imports without any problems.
The second though brings up the following error:-
Warning: explode() [function.explode]: Empty delimiter in /home/marauder/public_html/testshop/admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/easypopulate_functions.php on line 247
This is at the top of the page, before the admin menu.

Then, where it shows the added/updated items it shows the message on the failed lines 'SKIPPED! - Model: 157 - Category name(s) too long (max. 32)'
This is not correct as the categories all added together total 13 characters (including spaces).

Any help would be great, as I am trying to start using Zen Cart instead of Prestashop and this is my only real holdup!

Any more of an idea on this issue?