Quick Updates plugin [support]

Hi

Works perfectly on 1.5.5b - one question though, how can we adjust it to not show product description - the descriptions on our site are quite long and won't need changing via Quick Updates. Having description showing on Quick Updates means scrolling across the screen to get to the other fields.

Many thanks

Mark

lidlchris:

fixed it.. there was a bug in /quick/updates/functions.php..

line 39 was:
$db->Execute("INSERT INTO ".TABLE_CONFIGURATION_GROUP." (configuration_group_id, configuration_group_title, configuration_group_description , sort_order, visible) VALUES ('Quick Updates', 'Quick Updates Configuration', '1', '1')");

and i changed it to
$db->Execute("INSERT INTO ".TABLE_CONFIGURATION_GROUP." (configuration_group_id, configuration_group_title, configuration_group_description , sort_order, visible) VALUES ('43','Quick Updates', 'Quick Updates Configuration', '1', '1')"); the '43' for configuration_group_id was the next number available in that table.

thanks this helped, also on 1.55a i had to change to

$db->Execute("INSERT INTO ".TABLE_CONFIGURATION_GROUP." (configuration_group_id, configuration_group_title, configuration_group_description , sort_order, visible) VALUES ('','Quick Updates', 'Quick Updates Configuration', '1', '1')");

i think this just uses the next configuration_group_id rather than needing to know

Hi... got to say what a time saving addon.. thanks for the hard work.. downloaded "newest" from the zen addons page, I'm using ZC1.5.4 got the warning page after install like most..LOL... changed the quick_updates_functions.php like the tread suggests and all went well... playing with around 40 main categories and 100 sub cat with 3300 products, between this and easy populate4 made redoing my store a breeze after a hard drive crash... boohoo

anyway my question is... is there a way to compress or remove the "description" section (cuz I have some LONG descriptions).. OR move the "categories" section to just after the "name" section in the layout, so I don't have to bouncing from one end to the other to change categories for a product???... cuz I'm getting dizzy... hahaha

Again THANKS for the great addon
hivtop

You can enable or disable columns in the configuration menu - admin>configuration>quick updates.

cool, now you're just teasing me with more goodies the addon can do.... since it worked "out of the box" (with one little fix) I was so busy changing cats never even looked at config drop down... my bad...

hivtop

If it isn't fun... Don't do it! Remember... The mind is like a parachute. It works only when open.

lidlchris:

fixed it.. there was a bug in /quick/updates/functions.php..

line 39 was:
$db->Execute("INSERT INTO ".TABLE_CONFIGURATION_GROUP." (configuration_group_id, configuration_group_title, configuration_group_description , sort_order, visible) VALUES ('Quick Updates', 'Quick Updates Configuration', '1', '1')");

and i changed it to
$db->Execute("INSERT INTO ".TABLE_CONFIGURATION_GROUP." (configuration_group_id, configuration_group_title, configuration_group_description , sort_order, visible) VALUES ('43','Quick Updates', 'Quick Updates Configuration', '1', '1')"); the '43' for configuration_group_id was the next number available in that table.

This got me up and running on 1.5.5f. thanks!

In admin/quick_updates.php you should change

if(QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_NEW_COLUMN_1 == 'true')
echo zen_quickupdates_table_head('p.' . QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_NEW_COLUMN_1, TABLE_HEADING_NEW_COLUMN_1);

to

if(QUICKUPDATES_MODIFY_NEW_COLUMN_1 == 'true')
echo zen_quickupdates_table_head('p.' . QUICKUPDATES_NEW_COLUMN_1, TABLE_HEADING_NEW_COLUMN_1);

if you want to add another column.

This modification has been submitted to the plugins area.

Zen Cart 1.5.5e
I found the problem with products description, while there is link inside. Part of the description is visible on main page - please have a look at the screen attached.
Meksicus

It will be usefull to display actual length of description and be able to sort listing by this field.
It will help to find products with short description (it has a big impact on SEO) and correct it quickly.

Just installed this and it looks like it will be a really great addition. But when I try to access it displays the message at the top of the administration page
Quick Updates Configuration Keys Not installed. Please install your configuration by clicking Install
When try clicking the link I am getting an error of message WARNING: An Error occurred, please refresh the page and try again. Refreshing page does solve it.

Look in your log files, there should be an error log in there with some info about what's going on. Post it here, but xxxx out the name of your admin folder for security

[07-Sep-2018 04:28:19 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function ereg() in /home/........../public_html/store/admin folder/quick_updates.php:412
Stack trace:
#0 {main}
  thrown in /home/............../public_html/store/admin folder/quick_updates.php on line 412

Any clue what is going on...

Yep, your store is running a PHP version 7.0.0 or later ... in which the **ereg **function (deprecated in 5.3.0) was fully removed. The referenced line in quick_updates.php should be changed to use the PHP preg_match function instead.

See this link for additional information: https://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/webprog/pcook/ch13_02.htm

It would appear you are using an older version of this plugin. Try upgrading to the current version and that error should go away.

lankeeyankee:

You can enable or disable columns in the configuration menu - admin>configuration>quick updates.

This section seems to be missing from my config menu.... but I am able to use the quick updates fine... now sure how to proceed...

I started experiencing a strange error recently and could not find any threads dealing with this.

I have been using ZenCart for many years, currently on ver 1.5.5e. Also, have been using QuickUpdates for many years now...

When I try to update any product in only SOME of the categories, I get the 'Forbidden You don't have permission to access /'Path'/'AdminFolder'/quick_updates.php on this server' error. All products in other categories work fine.

I can, however, update these products using the Admin - Catalog - Categories/Products route.

Anybody have any ideas of what could be triggering this behaviour?

Not sure if anybody else gets this, when editing descriptions and updating, it shows all the html tags and similar on live page for that item. I have been told that the module is over sanitising the output. I am not getting the same issue when creating an item, and only noticed this issue since updating zencart to one of the new versions in the past year (it has updated sanitise file too).

HeathenMagic:

Not sure if anybody else gets this, when editing descriptions and updating, it shows all the html tags and similar on live page for that item. I have been told that the module is over sanitising the output. I am not getting the same issue when creating an item, and only noticed this issue since updating zencart to one of the new versions in the past year (it has updated sanitise file too).
I was able to also see this over sanitization in the product description and product name fields where characters such as &, <, >, etc... were converted into their html entities of ```
&, <, >

In applying the fileset to a nearly ZC 1.5.7 setup with php 7.3 and reporting all errors I believe I have a method that will apply the desired sanitization allowing continued use and I've also updated the code to work in that php environment (and backwards compatible to php 5.x). I somewhat plan to submit the update though I otherwise haven't used the application so do not know of any other issues that need addressing nor have significant knowledge of it. I may also post the software to github. Details when available will be posted here, though I don't know how much other support I'll be able to provide.

Thanks for your reply and possibility of an update. I did think of reverting to an older version of sanitise.php but I expect security would be compromised in some way, it must have been updated to curb hacks or something. Just a bit stringent but I understand the modules have to change to keep up to new standards.

How can I insert product search on this page so that an item can be search and updated on this page.