Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[schoolboy]

good luck with your revamp, be kind!
May I please request easy populate to include product dimensions length width & height in the upload fields if possible

These are not standard fields in Zencart database Products Table, so there is absolutely no point in including them.

As these fields can only be added by customizing a specific site, its code and database, then applying them to EP is also a matter of unique customization.

[outeredge2]

This might be a stupid question but I have no idea how to bulk upload my items. I have a spread sheet but thats it! What should I do? What are the categories needed in the spreadsheet?

I know this is a Newbie question but I'm at a loss here!

Thanks for your help.

[michellewardley]

if you download the froogle file in the admin tools easypopulate it will give you the fields :)
its takes a while to get used to but jeez i wouldn't be without it :) dont forget the EOREOR
on the end of each row. that got me!

looks something like this across the top row (pretend this is one line)
v_products_model v_products_name_1 v_products_image v_products_description_1
v_products_price v_specials_price v_specials_date_avail
v_specials_expires_date v_products_weight v_products_quantity v_manufacturers_name v_categories_name_1
v_categories_name_2 v_categories_name_3 v_categories_name_4 v_date_avail v_date_added EOREOR
be careful with your date formats set them to yyyy-mm-dd h:m:s in your cell properties custom

[TheFlyOnTheWall]

I wondered when i looked at the database what the EOREOR was for but know I know it has something to do with uploading :)

Thanks!

[outeredge2]

if you download the froogle file in the admin tools easypopulate it will give you the fields :)
its takes a while to get used to but jeez i wouldn't be without it :) dont forget the EOREOR
on the end of each row. that got me!

looks something like this across the top row (pretend this is one line)
v_products_model v_products_name_1 v_products_image v_products_description_1
v_products_price v_specials_price v_specials_date_avail
v_specials_expires_date v_products_weight v_products_quantity v_manufacturers_name v_categories_name_1
v_categories_name_2 v_categories_name_3 v_categories_name_4 v_date_avail v_date_added EOREOR
be careful with your date formats set them to yyyy-mm-dd h:m:s in your cell properties custom

Thank You Greatly for that!!! It helps a lot.

I have a question about product images? Can images be URL's or must it link to a jpg inside your store files?

[RandyRand]

Hi there,

I've installed the most recent version Zen Cart with the EP addon, and successfully downloaded a sample csv to use as a template for the uploads, but I'm wondering if it's possible to assign an id # to specific combined size/colour attributes?

I maintain a small hand-coded e-commerce site for a clothing store (600 products), and our biggest issue with a database driven site is updating the stock levels. We sell from the same inventory in-store, so I need to be able to update the online stock levels with an excell spreadsheet or csv from our in-store database.

It looks like Easy Populate could do this, but our in-store stock database considers a size/colour combo to be a single item - ie: white/medium of a crew-neck t-shirt is assigned an id # with it's own stock level.

Can I use the same id # to link to a size/colour combo of a product in Zen Cart, and update the stock levels with a csv upload? If we sell-out of white/medium of a specific t-shirt in the store, can we then update the stock level on the website so that white/medium of that tee is no longer available to be ordered online?

Is this possible with Zen Cart and Easy Populate?

[littleboy]

Hello Guys
This is my first time to install zencart contribution,
I used to be an oscommerce fans for years, but this time, I would like to give zencart a try.
I installed the current version of zencart and applied ep_v1.2.5.4.
I can see there is a link in admin/tools/easy populate, that's so good.
But I can not find Admin -> Configuration -> Easy Populate, there was no Easy Populate under configuration.
Can somebody help point the possible error out?

[schoolboy]

Hello Guys
This is my first time to install zencart contribution,
I used to be an oscommerce fans for years, but this time, I would like to give zencart a try.
I installed the current version of zencart and applied ep_v1.2.5.4.
I can see there is a link in admin/tools/easy populate, that's so good.
But I can not find Admin -> Configuration -> Easy Populate, there was no Easy Populate under configuration.
Can somebody help point the possible error out?

If you have loaded EP to the correct locations, then when you go to EP under the TOOLS menu for the first time, right at the TOP of the screen is a green alert bar, showing a LINK to install the configuration options. If it is not there, then you have not put the module files into their correct places in ADMIN folder(s).

[danny.mcwilliams]

I asked this in another thread but i think it would be more appropriate here.

I got this error:

Warning: array_flip() [function.array-flip]: The argument should be an array in /..../admin/easypopulate.php on line 1329

when uploading a csv file.

I used OpenOffice to edit the one i downloaded from the site, and ensured it was a comma as seperator, and the western europe character set (which was the one suggested).

I saved as CSV and got the above error.

I noted that the php version should be 5, so i upgraded on my server to 5 from 4, but still the same.

However, i also had errors when i installed the module; these are listed below. It said install was complete even though these errors appeared.

One of these:

Warning: fopen(/usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/*domain*/httpdocs/tempEP/Full-EP2010Mar24-0303.csv): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/*domain*/httpdocs/*admin*/easypopulate.php on line 1222

a long list of this error repeating:

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/*domain*/httpdocs/*admin*/easypopulate.php on line 210

and a single one of this:

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/*domain*/httpdocs/*admin*/easypopulate.php on line 1226

Would this have had any relation to my problem, if so how can i resolve it?

[schoolboy]

I asked this in another thread but i think it would be more appropriate here.

I got this error:

Warning: array_flip() [function.array-flip]: The argument should be an array in /..../admin/easypopulate.php on line 1329

when uploading a csv file.

I used OpenOffice to edit the one i downloaded from the site, and ensured it was a comma as seperator, and the western europe character set (which was the one suggested).

I saved as CSV and got the above error.

I noted that the php version should be 5, so i upgraded on my server to 5 from 4, but still the same.

However, i also had errors when i installed the module; these are listed below. It said install was complete even though these errors appeared.



Would this have had any relation to my problem, if so how can i resolve it?

This thread is for users of EP 1.2.5.4

Your errors suggest you are using 1.2.5.7 which is discussed elsewhere on the forum. 1.2.5.7 is known to be problematic.