Easy Populate appears four times in my 'Configuration' menu!

Hi All,

This is my first post so go easy ;-)
I have searched through the forum but cannot find a suitable answer to my question so here goes:

I followed the EP_v1.2.5.4 install.txt instructions and ended up with an 'Easy Populate' option in the ZenCart 'configuration' drop-down menu but no other references to Easy Populate in any of the other ZenCart drop-down menus?

Thinking that maybe something went wrong during the instal I tried installing Easy Populate again - and then got 2x (two) 'Easy Populate' options in the ZenCart 'Configuration' menu (and no other references to Easy Populate in any other ZenCart menus)?

Anyhow, I now have Easy Populate in my 'configuration' menu four times and it still does not work at all - I think there should be an option in the 'tools' menu?

What I now need to know is what it is safe to delete from my directory to get rid of all these Easy Populate installs and start over?

Could it be a case of having to bomb my store and start again from scratch?
If I do need to start from scratch is there any way i can at least copy the products and categories - ie. are they all tucked away neatly in a file i can save?

Sorry for all the questions but I am starting to get itchy feet and looking towards other Cart apps so I need to be herded back to the pen ..so to speak!

Any help greatly appreciated,

Steven.

PS> When i mention that Easy Populate appears 4x times in the configuration menu I mean:
Open ZenCart admin.
Hover your mouse over Configuration (on the left hand side).
At the bottom of the menu I see (in the last siz items):

Define page status.
EZ-Pages settings.
Easy Populate
Easy Populate
Easy Populate
Easy Populate

I hope this is clear to everyone.

If you are going to delete the files you installed - make sure you have the original file (from a fresh ZenCart download) for any file that Easy Populate may have changed.

Is there an option on your Easy Populate drop downs to un-install? I'd try that first.

BEFORE you do anything - backup your store and your database!

Tina

Hi,

Thanks for the response - there is no uninstall option unfortunately.
Do you know where all my product data (i dont care about the images) resides?
I would like to take a peek at the data and try to figure out how to upload/edit offline myself.
Would i be right in thinking that there is one file containing all product and category info etc?

Steven.

DATABASE will store all your product info - you should be able to look at that in your cPanel/myphpAdmin.

Tina

styson:

Do you know where all my product data (i dont care about the images) resides?
I would like to take a peek at the data and try to figure out how to upload/edit offline myself.
Would i be right in thinking that there is one file containing all product and category info etc?

Steven.

The ZenCart database consists of many "tables" - and unfortunately several tables are altered when adding products. For instance, the "products" table has a lot of data relating to products (big surprise) but the product name is in another table, the categories in another, and so on. They are related by a product id # which is assigned by the ZenCart database & you don't work with it other than seeing it in the admin panel.

One of the nice things about EasyPopulate is it handles all these different tables & necessary fields for you, with the exception of the "master categories" field. So if you have linked products (the same product in more than 1 category) and you add a new product from EasyPopulate (as opposed to simply editing products already in your database) you should manually "Reset ALL Products Master Categories ID" in the Tools -> Store Manager section of the admin panel.

Bottom line, I think EasyPopulate is well worth the effort of using it. Don't know why you don't see it in your Tools section of the admin panel. Have you:

*installed the sql patch
*after uploading the files have you followed the instructions in the install directory - especially step 5 (which should handle the sql install, but if it doesn't you can do it manually via admin panel
(and if the above doesn't fix it)...
*made sure the version of EP you have works with your version of the cart (may have to check this in the forums)

Instructions for removing Easy Populate from the database (after you have deleted the files you uploaded) are also in the install instructions.

Dennis