EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

Hi All,
I have a fresh install of latest version (1,5) on which I've installed EP4. I have imported some products from an oscommerce shop
and I'm trying to move products from one category to another and I get this warning messages in the proccess :

WARNING! - Model: .... - Products name: ".................΄΄" exceeds max. length: 64
SKIPPED! - Model: ..... - Category name: ".................." exceeds max. length: 32

can I change the setting for max length somehow ?

thanks in advance

on second review it has something to do with utf8 categories and product names because none of the above categories or products exceeds the given length (the category is 22 chars and the size in the database is 32 so the length is not the problem). Perhaps someone expert in php can enlighten us?

stepgr:

on second review it has something to do with utf8 categories and product names because none of the above categories or products exceeds the given length (the category is 22 chars and the size in the database is 32 so the length is not the problem). Perhaps someone expert in php can enlighten us?

I have not come across this issue myself and have tested on both 1.5 (UTF8), and 1.39h with/without UTF8. How are you creating your CSV file?

very much appreciate this mod, brilliant :D

chadderuski:

I have not come across this issue myself and have tested on both 1.5 (UTF8), and 1.39h with/without UTF8. How are you creating your CSV file?

from within EP4 I produce a Complete products (with meta tags) and
then I edit the file in libre office and I only change the category
of some products.

just wondering when im trying to import products that are on special that it seems to state that they are products that are not available till 01.09.2012...
yet the other products i import(with the same date) show available from 09/01/2012...
does the specials part use a different date format??

stepgr:

from within EP4 I produce a Complete products (with meta tags) and
then I edit the file in libre office and I only change the category
of some products.

I am unfamiliar with Libre Office. Could you try using Open Office, and refer to an earlier post with instructions on exporting the CSV? OO will let you choose your character encoding on export.

spid3r1987:

just wondering when im trying to import products that are on special that it seems to state that they are products that are not available till 01.09.2012...
yet the other products i import(with the same date) show available from 09/01/2012...
does the specials part use a different date format??

Date handling "should" be the same... can you try using the "Model/Price/Qty (with Specials)" and see if there is a difference? There shouldn't be.

spid3r1987:

just wondering when im trying to import products that are on special that it seems to state that they are products that are not available till 01.09.2012...
yet the other products i import(with the same date) show available from 09/01/2012...
does the specials part use a different date format??

Spid3r,

Under Configuration -> EasyPopulate 4
What is your "Upload File Date Format" set to?

chadderuski:

I am unfamiliar with Libre Office. Could you try using Open Office, and refer to an earlier post with instructions on exporting the CSV? OO will let you choose your character encoding on export.

It's open office actually and I did it also as in the previous post

stepgr:

It's open office actually and I did it also as in the previous post

For some reason it doesn't like spaces in categories (and maybe product names but I'm not sure yet about this). For example I have two languages: Greek and English. When I try to import to a category named various (διάφορα in Greek) it doesn't complain at all, so it's not a utf8 problem either. On the other I hand I have a category named brass parts (ορειχαλινα εξαρτήματα in Greek ) and there is where the problem is shown when I try to import the file.

Hasher:

Also doing a script to convert your output to a turbo lister import file

Paul... this is very interesting and exciting! Would you make this mod available in the free add-ons at some point? I know there would be a lot of interest in it.

stepgr:

For some reason it doesn't like spaces in categories (and maybe product names but I'm not sure yet about this). For example I have two languages: Greek and English. When I try to import to a category named various (διάφορα in Greek) it doesn't complain at all, so it's not a utf8 problem either. On the other I hand I have a category named brass parts (ορειχαλινα εξαρτήματα in Greek ) and there is where the problem is shown when I try to import the file.

Hi Stepgr!

Spaces should NOT be a problem is you are using the Caret ^ delimiter between category names.
Could you post a sample of your data with the problems? Or you can PM me if you'd like.
Also, how are your languages set up? Is english 1 and greek 2? And what is your default language?

It is possible you found something I've missed on the multilingual category import! It WAS quite the challenge!

-chadd

chadderuski:

Hi Stepgr!

Spaces should NOT be a problem is you are using the Caret ^ delimiter between category names.
Could you post a sample of your data with the problems? Or you can PM me if you'd like.
Also, how are your languages set up? Is english 1 and greek 2? And what is your default language?

It is possible you found something I've missed on the multilingual category import! It WAS quite the challenge!

-chadd

I will PM you the file and yes English is 1 and Greek 2 , default is Greek

stepgr:

I will PM you the file and yes English is 1 and Greek 2 , default is Greek

Okay, I know WHAT the problem is ... php's strlen() is NOT mulit-byte aware. So when checking the length, it is count all byte ...

working on a solution now...

For some reason I am having problems with my Easy Populate

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34970&page=354

So I am thinking aboout installing Easy Populate 4

I just have a few questions

Will it over write my Easy Populate or will I have 2 options?

Also

Looking at your sample files. I am confused. I understand attributes are in 2 files but where are all the options? Price? Qty? Do you have Minimum Purchase options Order by Qty and all of that?

Milo

Hi Milo,

Will it over write my Easy Populate or will I have 2 options?

You will have 2 options. Easy Populate 4 installs independently of EP 1.2.5.4 and others. Please read first post in this thread for more details.

Looking at your sample files. I am confused. I understand attributes are in 2 files but where are all the options? Price? Qty? Do you have Minimum Purchase options Order by Qty and all of that?

Sorry for the confusion. The sample files are only to show what is currently achievable with attributes importing. Your standard FULL import has everything that 1.2.5.4 has, and much much more.

-Chadd

Thanks for the quick reply....

Please review this following link

http://www.allforyourwedding.com/autumn-sparkle-frosted-leaf-glass-coasters-set-of-2-wedding-favor-p-16959.html

I work VERY heavy with attribute's.

Will it be able to handle this kind of work?

milobloom:

Thanks for the quick reply....

Please review this following link

http://www.allforyourwedding.com/autumn-sparkle-frosted-leaf-glass-coasters-set-of-2-wedding-favor-p-16959.html

I work VERY heavy with attribute's.

Will it be able to handle this kind of work?

Milo,

You may become my best beta tester for attributes if willing! LOL! It looks like the vast majority of your attributes are clear cut, and most of this looks importable now. However, I am still working on this feature. I need to make the import/export work smoothly, and right now my importing is a special case. But it does work logically!

Once I have basic attributes settings working correctly, I'll expand into the advance attributes settings. It's proving quite complicated especially when you add multiple language support!

EP 4 Does support Quantity Discounts, so that may be very helpful for you also.

BTW, very nice site!

Sure Thing

What I do is work on 1000's of products at a time...
I try my best to sort them by simular types and attributese
Copy 1 and use the admin side to copy all attributes to categories.

I will install Easy Populate 4 on the site tonight since there is no risk.

I am going NUTS because I cannot get my other easy populate to work. But if I can get the job done and have a way to do attributes then I am very excited to work on this mod to work with you.

Milo