Quick Updates plugin [support]

paulm:

Do you happen to know which version (or is it "what version" ?) you are using?

I would edit admin/quick_updates.php and after:

require('includes/application_top.php');

> Add:
> ```php
// Report simple running errors
error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

Hopefully a meaningful error will show after adding those lines.

Hi,

I am not sure what version I am using. Could be 2.03 according to the admin/quick_updates.php file. I know I haven't updated it for a while. I did what you suggested but with no luck. It's still a blank page. I don't understand as I have not done anything and it just suddenly stop working. Please help.

I have installed version Quick Update 2.05 and can see the 'Quick Updates' in configuration but can not see where to actually launch the software. There is no menu option in either 'Tools' or 'Extras'.

The installation process was error free.

Please could some one enlighten me as to where the mod is run from?

Thanks

Paul

Running on version:

Zen Cart 1.3.7
Database Patch Level: 1.3.7
v1.3.6 [2006-11-28 13:20:20] (Version Update 1.3.5->1.3.6)
v1.3.5 [2006-11-28 13:20:19] (Version Update 1.3.0.2->1.3.5)
v1.3.0.2 [2006-11-28 13:20:18] (Version Update 1.3.0.1->1.3.0.2)
v1.3.0.1 [2006-11-28 13:18:50] (Version Update 1.3.0->1.3.0.1)
v1.3.0 [2006-11-28 13:18:50] (Version Update 1.2.7->1.3.0)
v1.2.7 [2006-11-28 13:10:56] (Version Update 1.2.6->1.2.7)
v1.2.6 [2005-09-10 08:43:21] (Fresh Installation)

pstarling:

Please could some one enlighten me as to where the mod is run from?

Admin>Catalog>Quick Updates

As you can see below I don't have an entry in the catalog area!

Anyone got any ideas?

Paul

Catalog

Categories/Products
Product Types
Products Price Manager
Option Name Manager
Option Value Manager
Attributes Controller
Downloads Manager
Option Name Sorter
Option Value Sorter
Manufacturers
Reviews
Specials
Featured Products
SaleMaker
Products Expected

pstarling:

As you can see below I don't have an entry in the catalog area!

Then you need to reinstall because not all of the files transferred.

great program - installed just fine. Doesn't want to do a site wide update of prices - about 1000 products. I made sure all were checked - it only updated the first 8 items. Another site that I have with 200 products worked Ok. What am I missing. Thanks - I am using ver 2.05

OK this may sound pretty stupid, but I am new to using quick updates.

if I add a +15% it updated the public price offered, however it does not alter the wholesale price, I am sure I am doing something very simple wrong, but have tried several different combination's and nothing seems to work.

I am using the dual pricing mod for the wholesale pricing.

I do not want to alter the retail prices as I use specials for that, what I need is to update the wholesale pricing.

Simply put I want to use easy populate to add all my products, then I will go to quick updates and update the wholesale price so that it has my small markup in it to my wholesale customers.

I tried this combo in the pricing box +0%, +15% and it did not work. I only have retail and wholesale one level each, so I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

Can someone please give me details as to how I would structure the input to alter the wholesale only?

(I don't use wholesale prices and I currently use a heavily modified version of quick updates, but) If I remember well wholesale prices were added as a quick hack at the time, and I am almost sure you can only edit the wholesale prices one by one by entering the new values. So you can't apply a percentage or add an amount to all displayed wholesale prices in one go.

2004g35:

great program - installed just fine. Doesn't want to do a site wide update of prices - about 1000 products. I made sure all were checked - it only updated the first 8 items. Another site that I have with 200 products worked Ok. What am I missing. Thanks - I am using ver 2.05It's probably a very low memory limit setting on the server.

paulm:

(I don't use wholesale prices and I currently use a heavily modified version of quick updates, but) If I remember well wholesale prices were added as a quick hack at the time, and I am almost sure you can only edit the wholesale prices one by one by entering the new values. So you can't apply a percentage or add an amount to all displayed wholesale prices in one go.

ah phooey, that's the reason I installed quick updates so I could do a percentage increase on the wholesale side, as the retail discounts I have already in the easy populate file.

Thanks for your help.

I am trying to add a new column to the quick update UI and I am having a tough time understanding a few aspects of the file. When I view the live site I have name, description, price, price inc, all the fields but when i run it locally I only see the two fields name and price. All the other fields are not visible. Upon further review of the quick_updates.php I noticed some if statements that wrapped most of the fields in the view. For example::

if(QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_NEW_COLUMN_1 == 'true')
echo zen_quickupdates_table_head('p.' . QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_NEW_COLUMN_1, TABLE_HEADING_NEW_COLUMN_1);
if(QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_NAME == true)
echo zen_quickupdates_table_head('pd.products_name', TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS);
if(QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_DESCRIPTION == 'true')
echo zen_quickupdates_table_head('pd.products_description', TABLE_HEADING_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION);
if(QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_MANUFACTURER == 'true')
echo zen_quickupdates_table_head('m.manufacturers_name', TABLE_HEADING_MANUFACTURERS);
if(QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_STATUS == 'true')
echo zen_quickupdates_table_head('p.products_status', TABLE_HEADING_STATUS);
if(QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_SORT_ORDER == 'true')
echo zen_quickupdates_table_head('p.products_sort_order', TABLE_HEADING_SORT_ORDER);
if(QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_QUANTITY == 'true')
echo zen_quickupdates_table_head('p.products_quantity', TABLE_HEADING_QUANTITY);

The problems is that most of those constants are not defined anywhere in the application. So of course they are always going to execute to false. My question is whether anyone has any knowledge of why these if statements are there and do they serve some purpose.

Looks like the sql file is not loaded. By loading the sql file the settings (constants) are added to the database, so that you can configure the setting in your Zen Cart admin panel.

Help! What have I done? (not actually expecting an answer to that one LOL)

I had this installed, worked perfect, beautifully in fact. I love everything about it. Then I had to uninstall another mod (FedEx) and this stops working. I have re-uploaded the files from version 2.03 -2.05 and restored the good backup copy of my database, ran the sql each time and the only thing i ever get is redirected to https://www.mysite.com/admin/index.php. No updates, no blank page, just kicks me back to start.

The one thing I didn't do was to delete this mod completely and then start over, but why should i? I did check that the files were overwriting. They are.
I have tried running the sql through phpMyadmin and the install sql patches area in the store admin. Nothing. I'm getting very frustrated. Hope someone can help me.
The only thing I can think of is maybe the "good" copy isn't so good? But why would it matter if the sql uninstalls itself before it installs again? Or does it?

I can see it all. I can play with it, pull down the boxes, write in the spaces, select the radio buttons, but when I click "Update", it doesn't.

Okay, I just found out that the copy feature does work. It will copy a product, but then you can't update it unless you go to the normal edit product page to do it.

I also found out there is a security vulnerability in the mod according to Web Developer Toolbar for FF.

I found the answer finally. I had to do with an incomplete security update. I had overwritten the html_output.php file with the non-security updated one, when un-installing one of the mods. I appreciate all the help and quick responses with my problem. Someone could have at least told me to look elsewhere if you didn't know the answer.

I have a proberlm lol
Ok I installed it no worries there all seems to be working
BUT yes there is always a ######## lol
When I go to Catalog
Then
Quick Updates
All cool there
Then I
Select category
But no products show up
What am I doing wrong please
Its frustrating me like hell lol

I'm really not trying to sound condescending, but are you certain that the category you are selecting is associated with products?
Are any of the products showing up if you don't select a category? They should be. All of the products should be showing if you are in the top category. If not then you are not getting communication with the db. Which means you probably haven't installed the sql file correctly.

Hi There,

Please excuse my lack of knowledge,

I would like to get the margin feature working on quick updates but I'm unsure what I need to do.

I found this in the install instructions but I don't understand what needs to be done..

To make the products_purchase_price and margin feature work "products_purchase_price" (i.e. DECIMAL 15,4) and "products_margin" (i.e. DECIMAL 15,2) need to be added to your products tabel

I would be greatful if someone could help me out a little.

I am using zencart v1.3.9c

Cheers
Bruce

I have just installed Google Chrome and now when I go to Quick Updates the 'Name' field for the product doesn't automatically extend when it is longer than the field like it did with Firefox.

Is there a way to make that field show more characters as default?

Help!

I had installed quickupdates in my test shop and loved it. I put it on my real shop and started doing stuff. It's acting weird; when I go to do random things (initially only when trying to do Quick Update stuff, but over the course of the day it happened again and again when, eg, inserting or updating products) ZC will "miss" and suddenly I am 403 forbidden and/or "easy" urls (like main category urls) are "not found"

If I a) clear the cache and only sometimes b) just navigate to another site and back (... nuking my session key?), I can go back and re-login to admin. BUT, I'm afraid my store is unstable and not usable for production. I haven't duplicated the effect using the store as an end user yet, but I'm hoping this is a known issue with a great workaround! :D

TIA,
Fred