EasyPopulate 4.0 Support Thread

sorry for my english......I'm Italian

1. I installed chaddro-EasyPopulate-4.0-f4314dc.zip on zencart 1.3.9h (OK)

2. I click on Easy Populate 4.0.22 - Beta 6-10-2012 export (OK)

3. my file is:Full-EP2012ott31-105642.csv
   "9798848501704","1","medium/9798848501704.JPG","LONGO A. RACCOLTA DI STUDI","LONGO A. RACCOLTA DI STUDI FASC. 1 2591EC. CZERNYANA","","","","","","","","9.9","0","0","0","1","1","0","0","0200-00-00 09:00:00","0200-00-00 09:00:00","0","","LIBRI^PIANOFORTI ACUSTICI","","-- nessuno --","1","0","0","0","0","0","","","","","",""
   "9788876651588","1","medium/9788876651588.JPG","BASTIEN TEORIA LIVELLO PREPARATORIO","BASTIEN TEORIA LIVELLO PREPARATORIO","","","","","","","","9.5","1","0","0","1","1","0","0","0200-00-00 09:00:00","0200-00-00 09:00:00","5","","LIBRI^TEORIA MUSICALE","","-- nessuno --","1","0","0","0","0","0","","","","","",""

4. This file has only two articles.

5. I delete the two articles on the site.

6. I click import the file: Full-EP2012ott31-105642.csv

7. does not load items

8. the error message is:

Import Results

Filename: Full-EP2012ott31-105642.csv

Error: Unbalanced Categories defined in:
Error: Unbalanced Categories defined in:

Finished Processing Import File

Updated records: 0
New Imported records: 0
Errors Detected: 2
Warnings Detected: 0
Memory Usage: 2550776
Memory Peak: 2575288
Execution Time: 0.0072128772735596 seconds.

9. Help for me please

sash:

has there been any update to Easy Populate 4.0.19 - Beta 1-28-2012 for uploading attributes ? I have a ton of attributes to put on but can't see a way to do it, over 27.000 attributes is frightning !!!

Download latest here:

https://github.com/chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0

pripros:

sorry for my english......I'm Italian

1. I installed chaddro-EasyPopulate-4.0-f4314dc.zip on zencart 1.3.9h (OK)
2. I click on Easy Populate 4.0.22 - Beta 6-10-2012 export (OK)
3. my file is:Full-EP2012ott31-105642.csv
   "9798848501704","1","medium/9798848501704.JPG","LONGO A. RACCOLTA DI STUDI","LONGO A. RACCOLTA DI STUDI FASC. 1 2591EC. CZERNYANA","","","","","","","","9.9","0","0","0","1","1","0","0","0200-00-00 09:00:00","0200-00-00 09:00:00","0","","LIBRI^PIANOFORTI ACUSTICI","","-- nessuno --","1","0","0","0","0","0","","","","","",""
   "9788876651588","1","medium/9788876651588.JPG","BASTIEN TEORIA LIVELLO PREPARATORIO","BASTIEN TEORIA LIVELLO PREPARATORIO","","","","","","","","9.5","1","0","0","1","1","0","0","0200-00-00 09:00:00","0200-00-00 09:00:00","5","","LIBRI^TEORIA MUSICALE","","-- nessuno --","1","0","0","0","0","0","","","","","",""

Pripros:

Attached your ACTUAL CSV file. You may have to zip it first to be able to attach it. I have a feeling you have your site with multiple languages.

If this is so, when you are on the Easy Populate 4 tools page, what is the information on the right of the screen giving your for your languages, default languages?

Did you follow the instructions and FIRST create a product in the admin normally, then export it? This will give your heading and file structure.

The error you receive means that your did not define the same category tree for BOTH installed languages:

v_categories_names_1 : "My Top Level^Level Two"
v_categories_names_2 : "My Top Level^Level Two" (in some other language)

-chadd

chadderuski:

Pripros:

Attached your ACTUAL CSV file. You may have to zip it first to be able to attach it. I have a feeling you have your site with multiple languages.

If this is so, when you are on the Easy Populate 4 tools page, what is the information on the right of the screen giving your for your languages, default languages?

Did you follow the instructions and FIRST create a product in the admin normally, then export it? This will give your heading and file structure.

The error you receive means that your did not define the same category tree for BOTH installed languages:

v_categories_names_1 : "My Top Level^Level Two"
v_categories_names_2 : "My Top Level^Level Two" (in some other language)

-chadd

chadderuski:

Pripros:

Attached your ACTUAL CSV file. You may have to zip it first to be able to attach it. I have a feeling you have your site with multiple languages.

If this is so, when you are on the Easy Populate 4 tools page, what is the information on the right of the screen giving your for your languages, default languages?

Did you follow the instructions and FIRST create a product in the admin normally, then export it? This will give your heading and file structure.

The error you receive means that your did not define the same category tree for BOTH installed languages:

v_categories_names_1 : "My Top Level^Level Two"
v_categories_names_2 : "My Top Level^Level Two" (in some other language)

-chadd

hello chadderuski

I fixed the problem ;) thanks!

now I have another problem, sorry...

if my text is one of these characters: è ò, ù, à, ì i truncates the text that comes after, how to fix this?

pripros:

hello chadderuski

I fixed the problem ;) thanks!

now I have another problem, sorry...

if my text is one of these characters: è ò, ù, à, ì i truncates the text that comes after, how to fix this?

Hi Pripros!

Could you send me a PM? We'll need to work on that off line.

-chadd

So, once again I get to embarrass myself publicly. Turns out the solution to my problem was an un-terminated html comment. Good grief. I didn't see it in the field while inside LibreOffice and only found it once I inspected the text. Good grief.

My life continues to be a cautionary tale. :-P

Hi chadderuski

I have a large Easy populate Advance File and its about 43 mb in size. I installed your easy populate, I loaded my file in open office calc and saved it as a .CSV file and renamed it CategoryMeta-EP.csv.

Inside easy populate page section within admin panel I click browse and then click Upload. It takes a while but then the page blinks and nothing.

You think the file is too big?

Will you do this for me for a fee?

Thanks

Site is v1.5
Using latest version of EasyPopulate 4
Using OpenOffice
csv comma separated and " text delimiter
Meta tags import not working.
Is there something special that needs to be done?

Thanks,

charmedbytina2:

Meta tags import not working.
Is there something special that needs to be done?
I just added a few days ago, and had no problem. Did you add a few in admin and export to see how they looked?

I have a problem with GST and this mod. The rate of our GST is 10%
An export from easy populate will show prices excluding gst.
When I import these prices I get extra cents showing up on some products because theres some rounding off going on somewhere.

Eg price inc gst of an item is $15
The price that gets exported is $13.64, thats excl gst which is incorrect
15/1.1 is actually 13.636363

When I import this product, I get $13.64 + 10% = $15.004.

Now this might have been a bad example, as $15.004 should be ok, but some come out with an extra cent, anf the gross price will show something like $19.01 when it should be $19

How do I overcome this?
Site is 1.39h using latest version of the mod.

I'm just lost. Looking for somebody that can do this for me for a fee. I have Easy Populate Advanced 3.0.3 and exported cats meta, well, everything. Had issues with my database and site, long story. Now have a fresh install and Easy Populate Advanced 3.0.3 isn't working on the new site with Zen Cart 1.50. SO..... I uploaded Easy Populate 4.0 Chads, appears to be working or at least the menu is there unlike my Advance which I paid 3.0.3. If this thing one saves my bacon I'd be glad to pay for it

I have no idea what to do to get back my store and I need help please.

Any ideas?

VideoStan:

I just added a few days ago, and had no problem. Did you add a few in admin and export to see how they looked?

I did add some meta tags in the admin, created the file - they were there. When I added one as a test and did the upload - nothing.
Thanks.
Tina

Question, all my copyright and single quote characters get converted to the "?" in the black diamond symbol. I have tried every setting in the configuration and nothing works to correct this.

I am running EP 4.22... What to do now?

Jatty:

all my copyright and single quote characters get converted to the "?" in the black diamond symbol
Try using html escape character codes

kobra:

Try using html escape character codes
Thanks Cobra,

I tried that and error said "file upload complete with issues"

Please excuse my lack of experience, I am new to ZenCart. I have downloaded EasyPopulate, under my site structure folders, I have a folder called ZenCart Admin - is this the Admin folder you are referencing? Do I change the EasyPopulate Admin folder to ZenCart Admin? As I am using ZenCart 1.5, I understand I upload the additional files, do I upload them to the like folders, such as take the content of the EasyPopulate 1.5 folder titled Includes and place them into the ZenCart Admin Includes folder? I apologize for my confusion, but would greatly appreciate the help. Thank you!

I figured it out - just took a lack of sleep to overcome the brain "noise". LOVE the program!

Need help on another Easy Populate challenge with images. My client has over 200 images that are presently only available via Hyperlink, is there a specific format to input the Image URL into the CSV file so that EasyPopulate/Zen Cart will also pull the images. Thank you in advance!! :lookaroun

charmedbytina2:

I did add some meta tags in the admin, created the file - they were there. When I added one as a test and did the upload - nothing.
Thanks.
Tina

Hi Tina,
Do you have Meta Tags enabled in the Configure -> Easy Populate 4 settings? If set to false, it will ignore those columns.

If it still isn't working, zip your csv file and attach so we can look at it.

-chadd

acrenshaw:

Need help on another Easy Populate challenge with images. My client has over 200 images that are presently only available via Hyperlink, is there a specific format to input the Image URL into the CSV file so that EasyPopulate/Zen Cart will also pull the images. Thank you in advance!! :lookaroun

Hmmm..... this would require a coding change I think to the import code since images are assumed to be under the /images folder....

When you say "pull" the image, you do mean just load the image from the remote location, correct?

-chadd