Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

Hi Kobra or anyone that can help...

I read that wiki document top to bottom I made sure everything was saved correctly, I uploaded it to temp then ran the insert to db and................... NOTHING!! ZERO!! it says upload successful and all of that but no products appear anywhere in admin or my website.

Im totally desperate for any help! :no::blink:

But did you download a proper one first?
And use it to add to

Yes I used the file generated by the EP setup and modified it slightly with my own data. Also I tried a different way to generate a new file from my own content...nothing Kobra.. I reset my Category ID thing under tools-manage store, Ive tried everything :wacko: I need some original Ideas this must be simple problem...:blink:
Or is it wishful thinking :unsure:

Here is a copy of the Txt delimited file...
Please any ideaS? Ive read over 100 pages of this thread and so many people have the same problem of unexplained situation, where we have NO ERRORS, not on install or on uploading the file, Easy Populates exists everywhere in Admin correctly.

Im enclosing my file as a last resort I have no idea what to do but zen cart is useless to me without this facility, I dont want this to be the end of the road...:shocking:

HELP!!!!!!

AGRRRRRR :censored::censored::censored: it wont let me upload the file says invalid file!! its just a txt file

If this "support" thread was any longer it would stretch around the Earth....:huh:

I GOT IT TO WORK!!! partially would require more testing...

IN ONE WORD: OPEN OFFICE!!!! Dont use excel it will NEVER work!!!

Micropoop :yuck:

aozhaver:

I GOT IT TO WORK!!! partially would require more testing...
IN ONE WORD: OPEN OFFICE!!!! Dont use excel it will NEVER work!!!
Micropoop :yuck:

One word of warning using OpenOffice. When you export your csv/txt file be sure to "edit filter settings" to ensure you are exporting in the correct character set.
OpenOffice will (from my experience) default to UTF, but most English stores are ISO 8859-1 which I also think is zencart's defaults. This is one of those things that excel likes to botch.

This issue is most evident if you have TM (c) (R) and other symbols in your code (rather than the html equivalents).

Also, OO does a better job at the csv/txt export because it properly encapsulates all data.

-cj

hmmm very interesting, I will take that on board.
Thanks!:bigups:

P.S. Someone should really add to the install readme files your wise comments and perhaps to the Wiki help page since I did absolutely everything right but was a Micropoop victim. Thanks again :D

So i have Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 and Zencart 1.3.9.f installed.

All sql updates and files installed fine.

I'm getting a very strange error...

Every button and link i click from the admin->tools->Easy Populate menu just redirects me back to my admin login page. Whats that all about? Is that a default action when a file is missing?

Thanks in advance.

I have read 100 pages of this thread before I clicked what my error was. Amongst the stuff I read I saw something about a login loop, maybe if you do a search for that term and other combination youll hit upon the solution, it is here Im sure.
Best of luck :D

P.S. Also right when I started with zen cart I had a login loop issue due to shared SSL, I dont bother with that I just paid £50 for a dedicated SSL certificate - worth every penny!

In my admin I have two Easy Populate links in my drop down list.

How do I remove? Thank you!

sorry to repeat myself but i saw that also discussed in the first 100 pages search for 2 entries or "twice" or something like that...
Could be some files are corrupted you need to do uninstall. Again uninstall instructions are on the thread its not hard.:P

Hi, I tried to do a search for both "twice" and "2" but came up with nothing....

Should I just uninstall the mod and then reinstall completely? Will this mess up anything else? Thank you.

joyjoy:

Hi, I tried to do a search for both "twice" and "2" but came up with nothing....

Should I just uninstall the mod and then reinstall completely? Will this mess up anything else? Thank you.

Hi,

I very new to zen cart but used to have same issue. Actually 3x EP in Admin > Configuration. I found somewhere here...sorry can't remember the location exactly...the following steps that worked:

• uninstall EP using YOUR_ADMIN/easypopulate.php?langer=remove
• find ALL files related to EP using Developer Tools Kit in Admin>Tools and delete them
• start a fresh install

For me, these steps solve the problem.
Good luck! :smile:

aozhaver:

sorry to repeat myself but i saw that also discussed in the first 100 pages search for 2 entries or "twice" or something like that...
Could be some files are corrupted you need to do uninstall. Again uninstall instructions are on the thread its not hard.:P

If you feel comfortable with your hosting control panel and know how to get to myPHPAdmin for your database, you can remove the extra entries from the table configuration_group.

biggd has the best answer.:clap:

The other method takes a long time. Make sure you are careful and it is easy enough to do takes seconds.

JimmyV:

biggd has the best answer.:clap:

The other method takes a long time. Make sure you are careful and it is easy enough to do takes seconds.

Could you tell me how you fixed yours? I'd appreciate it.

Hello to All!

Did someone known why master_categories_id for all products uploaded via Easy Populate is not set?

Is it good idea to do this SQL query after i upload products with EP (i have linked products):

UPDATE products
SET products.master_categories_id = (SELECT products_to_categories.categories_id FROM products_to_categories WHERE products_to_categories.products_id = products.products_id)
WHERE products.master_categories_id = 0;

:lamo:

joyjoy:

Could you tell me how you fixed yours? I'd appreciate it.

You have to access your Database to edit the tables. Usually this is done with MyPHPAdmin which is available through most webhosts. I should be in your Database Management tools.

Once you are in your database, if you go into the 'configuration_group' table there will be multiple entries for Easy Populate. Simply delete the extra entries to remove them from the dropdown menu.

- DISCLAIMER -

Anytime you edit your Database, DO A BACKUP!!! At LEAST of the table you are editing!:D

EP 1.2.5.4
zc 1.3.8a

Honestly I'm not going to read through 314 pages first, so please forgive me.

I export with model/price/qty only, edit, import, and all my products that previously had a status of Disabled are now Enabled. Is there a code fix for this bug so that it doesn't happen again?

Before you say it, I did a backup, but I also did product changes since importing and only now realized what caused the Enabled problem weeks later.