Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

[InFan]

Well... I've tried earlier versions of ZC (1.3.8a & 1.3.8) and it's a no go still. I'm thinking my MySQL is to recent (on my local machine). I was checking the version of my hosting company and they are 5.0.83. My local install is 5.1.41. I think my PHP version is too receent too. It is 5.3.1 on my local server and 5.2.12 on my hosting server. Could this affect the way the PHP renders? I'm going to install an earlier version of XAMPP and see if that corrects my issues. I will report my results. Unfortunately I am unable to download the exact versions that are on my hosting servers. MySQL is v. 5.0.67 and PHP is v. 5.2.6.

I am still looking for solutions, if anybody is willing to offer advice or a solution. I was thinking about installing a clean ZC instal to my web host, but I prefer to develop on my local machine first to work out any bugs.

Looking forward to some help, and completing this install.

[InFan]

OK...
I did it! I installed Easy Populate v 1.2.5.5.csv on my v1.3.9h cart! I had to roll back my XAMPP install to v 1.6.8 from 1.7.3. I might have been able to go back to 1.7.0, but I didn't want to install this version and go through another ZC install only to find out I had to roll back another version. Luckily my web host isn't up to date, and I will be able to install to their servers without any problems. Now I just need to move my current customized install to the new XAMPP install to test the cart that I actually want to use.

To reduce problems with this in the future, is there a tutorial on packaging my own customized cart that can be installed just as easily as a fresh install of ZC? This can either be simple template customization, or as elaborate as pre-installed modules that most of my clients ask for, and a custom admin (different css, extra links in the header for my support, etc.). If anybody could point me in the right direction that would be appreciated. If anybody would like the PHP and SQL version numbers I tried in the beginning, and the versions I rolled back to, please let me know and I will post them. I believe I included them in my earlier post in this thread.

I hope this helps somebody. This forum is great!

[wmorris]

Can someone help me please! I unstalled the Easy Populate files and folder from the store. But when you go into the Admin area and when you go to Configuration there are 15 "Easy Populations" links. I would like to remove them. How can I do that?

[drgr33n]

Can someone help me please! I unstalled the Easy Populate files and folder from the store. But when you go into the Admin area and when you go to Configuration there are 15 "Easy Populations" links. I would like to remove them. How can I do that?

phpmyadmin is your friend Just look in the configuration table for easy populate and drop it.

[awhfy99]

Can someone help me please! I unstalled the Easy Populate files and folder from the store. But when you go into the Admin area and when you go to Configuration there are 15 "Easy Populations" links. I would like to remove them. How can I do that?

You need to go into your db via phpMyAdmin and delete them manually. If you need some direction, PM me.

[chadderuski]

Would just like to remind everyone of the work Schoolboy did in putting together a wiki for EasyPopulate:

http://www.zen-cart.com/wiki/index.php/Easy_Populate

The wiki answers many of the questions that I've seen posted lately.

Also, jrobeson has created his own mod of EasyPopulate. It's really a new animal (much code rewritten) with some combined code from myself. Take a look at it over at github. This version solves many of the issues at hand. I do not remember if he solved attributes, but that's something I've also been working on. NOTE that this
is not for the newbie/beginner ... and there is NO support for this distro in this thread. You'll need to know how to install git and pull a distro. If you have any questions, you'll have to contact John, the author.

https://github.com/jrobeson/easypopulate

Good luck!

[bowes]

my model/attributes file is too large and I can't download it or create it to the temp directory. my host (justhost) won't increase the memory on my account, and EP doesn't have a feature to break up the file into smaller chunks for download, just for upload.

is there a solution or do I need to move my hosting?

[finlander]

Is there a v_ field descriptor and value using Easy Populate for each of these two fields:

Show Qty Box
Product Qty Maximum

?? I just successfully moved about 200 products using the method of delete, add, add back images, but on the add, the default Zen product add values for these two fields were plugged in because Easy Pop does not store these fields/values. I am hoping there IS a v_ value that could be used w/ Easy Pop, though, to easily reset all my products to their correct values. Thanks!

[finlander]

already found this answer a few weeks ago and forgot about it. Sheesh! run SQL updates w/ these two commands:

UPDATE products SET products_quantity_order_max="1";

and

UPDATE products SET products_qty_box_status="0";

[paulcreedy]

I'm having a strange error with easypopulate.

I have a tab file with the products.
It uploads without error
The categories are created
The categories give a count to the number of products in them.
However there are no product in there in the admin or on the store?

It says there are x or x active, but when I go into the bottom category where the products should be it is empty.