Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

I installed the latest version of E P, the link is in the drop down in tools, but not under the drop down list under configuration. I have reinstalled it a couple of times, but still the same. I can't find a thread on this. Ant help would be appreciated.

Skullman: Have you changed the name of the admin folder of the files to be uploaded to the name you created for your admin folder?

Hi!

I installed downloaded and installed Easy Populate CSV into a ZC151.

The installation appeared to go off without a hitch.

The "instructions" reference two menus for the mod. The first appears here:
Admin -> Tools -> Easy Populate

That menu shows up and appears to be working just fine. I am able to Create/Download csv files just fine. I have not tried to change/upload anything yet.

PROBLEM:
The second menu referenced by the instructions should appear here:
Admin -> Configuration -> Easy Populate

That menu is not showing up! I have logged in/out. I opened the admin in a different browser (in case of cache issue). I have uninstalled both the files and the sql (admin/easypopulate.php?langer=remove), then reinstalled.

Same problem!

I have the following mods installed:
• Template from Picaflur
• Ceon URI UMM
• Ceon URI Manager
• Image Handler
• Lightbox - use Zen Lightbox
• CKEditor

Any hints about what I should do would be greatly appreciated!

Since I'm here already... I'm very curious about why this mod keeps the folder containing EP store files in the store root rather than in the admin folder? Seems very illogical to me.

Thanks,
Mike

The version you have selected is "very shaky".

There is EP version 4 by chadderuski, but I am not sure if it's in the plugins yet. He has a version on github. Find the support thread for Easy Populate 4 and see if you can get the link to github.

Remove the version you have, and if there is anything in the dbase to undo, run the uninstall script.

Thanks, schoolboy.

Here is the link for anybody else who wanders in:
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?190417-EasyPopulate-4-0-Support-Thread&highlight=easy+populate

On the first page of that thread is a link to github.

I've just downloade easy_populate_csv_for_zencart_v1.5.x_v1.2.5.7c.

I cannot figure out where the files in the tempEP folder are supposed to go. I will be moving them with FileZilla. I am very new to ZenCart, so when I read in the install file:> 2) The temp folder is configured to reside in your store directory. If you store is not in the site root (eg. /mystore/) then the temp directory must also go in this directory.I went to FileZilla and looked for a folder called /mystore/ and there is not one. So where is says "If you store is not in xxx ... must also go in this directory. Go in which directory??? The root directory (public_html)? and should the files just go in a folder called tempEP or just in the root directory and not in a folder?

At public_html, these are the folders I have:> .qidb

admin-xxx
cache
docs
download
editors
email
extras
images
includes
logs
media
popups
pub
Testing (which is a folder I created to try out php scripts)

So please someone tell me where these files go.

My one complaint with ZenCart so far has been that instructions for adding modules have been very confusing and tedious. I have installed 1 template and 2 other modules so far and have had to make several attempts and ask many questions. I also find the forum to be very difficult to search, I think because of how it's layed out. It would be so nice to have each module have it's on section instead of it's own thread. This thread has over 300 pages to it and maybe 20 posts per page?
Sorry for the rant :blush:

However, that said, I have made lightyears more progress with ZenCart than I did with WordPress/Cart66/GravityForms. I do actually feel like I'm getting to the point that I will have a live and functioning store in the fairly near future, where I never felt like I was ever getting anywhere near a finished site with WP.

Thanks,
Alisa
Dancing Bay Embroidery

Hello,
I have tried to install Easy Populate CSV - Version: 1.2.5.7c on my site http://luminosys.com/store unsuccessfully.
When I try to do the /easypopulate.php?langer=install, I get a blank page and if I try to do the sql patch manually I get an error message.
I suspect this could be a compatibility issue with the other plug-ins I have:
-Custom template from templateMonster
-ckeditor
-French language
-Lightbox
-Ultimate SEO
-Sitemap XML
-Simple Google Analytics
-Language and currency in header
-Multi language ex-pages

Are there any known incompatibilities with the plug-ins I have?

Thanks
Claude

claudea2:

Hello,
I have tried to install Easy Populate CSV - Version: 1.2.5.7c on my site http://luminosys.com/store unsuccessfully.
When I try to do the /easypopulate.php?langer=install, I get a blank page and if I try to do the sql patch manually I get an error message.
I suspect this could be a compatibility issue with the other plug-ins I have:
-Custom template from templateMonster
-ckeditor
-French language
-Lightbox
-Ultimate SEO
-Sitemap XML
-Simple Google Analytics
-Language and currency in header
-Multi language ex-pages

Are there any known incompatibilities with the plug-ins I have?

Thanks
Claude

What version of zencart? The only version of EP that works with zencart 1.5.x is EasyPopulate Version 4.

You need to go to the support thread for it to get the module as there is a link to GITHUB download. The module is not available in the Free Add-Ons yet as it is still in "beta" version.

Hey Everyone!

I am currently working on putting together documentation and some final coding adjustments in preparation to submit to Easy Populate 4.0 to the zencart team. Writing thorough documentation is really a chore! Hopefully I'll have this completed after this week and submitted by the end of this coming weekend. It will still take a few days for them to approve it.

-chadderuski

I haven't attempted this yet, but from what you posted the temp folder goes right into the folder where your store is held. Soooooo if you have to goto https://www.yourstore.com/store to get to your store then you would put that temp folder in there. If you have to goto just https://www.yourstore.com then it would go into the public_html (root) directory.

dancingbay:

I've just downloade easy_populate_csv_for_zencart_v1.5.x_v1.2.5.7c.

I cannot figure out where the files in the tempEP folder are supposed to go. I will be moving them with FileZilla. I am very new to ZenCart, so when I read in the install file:I went to FileZilla and looked for a folder called /mystore/ and there is not one. So where is says "If you store is not in xxx ... must also go in this directory. Go in which directory??? The root directory (public_html)? and should the files just go in a folder called tempEP or just in the root directory and not in a folder?

At public_html, these are the folders I have:

So please someone tell me where these files go.

My one complaint with ZenCart so far has been that instructions for adding modules have been very confusing and tedious. I have installed 1 template and 2 other modules so far and have had to make several attempts and ask many questions. I also find the forum to be very difficult to search, I think because of how it's layed out. It would be so nice to have each module have it's on section instead of it's own thread. This thread has over 300 pages to it and maybe 20 posts per page?
Sorry for the rant :blush:

However, that said, I have made lightyears more progress with ZenCart than I did with WordPress/Cart66/GravityForms. I do actually feel like I'm getting to the point that I will have a live and functioning store in the fairly near future, where I never felt like I was ever getting anywhere near a finished site with WP.

Thanks,
Alisa
Dancing Bay Embroidery

how do you add categories for other languages? i manage to add products to another language page using v_product_name_2 and v_product_decription_2, but the categories for it was not created..

also, when i update a product description in chinese language, the description wouldnt update and is left blank, however updating with english works no problem.. any idea why?

schoolboy:

What version of zencart? The only version of EP that works with zencart 1.5.x is EasyPopulate Version 4.

You need to go to the support thread for it to get the module as there is a link to GITHUB download. The module is not available in the Free Add-Ons yet as it is still in "beta" version.

Could you clarify two things for me please?

1. At the download page for Easy Populate CSV it indicates version 1.2.5.7c for ZC 1.5.0 and 1.5.1. But you say the only EP that works with those ZC versions is Easy Populate 4. I currently have 1.3.9h but plan to upgrade this year. Which should be used? (I've been using the old EP 1.2.5.4 but it doesn't have metatag support.)

2. Is it just MS-hate or is there a good reason why OpenOffice is being pushed? I've got everything in Excel and dread the idea of converting it all.

THANKS EVERYONE!
Scott

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scottj:

2. Is it just MS-hate or is there a good reason why OpenOffice is being pushed? I've got everything in Excel and dread the idea of converting it all.

https://www.bumboatonline.com

You can work in Excel, but when you do your export (for which ever version of EP you use) use Open Office for that. It gives you a standardized CSV while Excel is dependent on which version you have and which type of export you use.

scottj:

Could you clarify two things for me please?

1. At the download page for Easy Populate CSV it indicates version 1.2.5.7c for ZC 1.5.0 and 1.5.1. But you say the only EP that works with those ZC versions is Easy Populate 4. I currently have 1.3.9h but plan to upgrade this year. Which should be used? (I've been using the old EP 1.2.5.4 but it doesn't have metatag support.)

I uninstall 1.2.5.4 before I upgrade to ZC.1.5 - then I do a full install of EP4 after the upgrade is complete.

scottj:

2. Is it just MS-hate or is there a good reason why OpenOffice is being pushed? I've got everything in Excel and dread the idea of converting it all.

Microsoft was never designed for "developer" purposes. It was designed for "simpletons" who need the software to do a lot of things automatically. Unfortunately, when you use MS stuff for developer or code purposes, it still behaves as if you want it to do a lot of auto-formatting - and there's no way of switching these auto-functions off.

MSOffice is similar, but a lot more respectful of an individual's desire to format stuff manually - so I like to use it as I have a lot more control over how things get formatted.

And there's no "conversion" to worry about. OO will read an XLS file.

Hi all,

I do need help (and relatively quickly).

I had a Zencart up and running nicely with my mod template and then I merely copied the files (as outlined in the installation instructions) Easy Populate only to find my cart then crashed!

I now get the old: "Server error - The website encountered an error while retrieving http://www.mysite.com/ecom/. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.

I literally did nothing other than upload the files in the Easy Populate folder which I downloaded.

I am running Zen Cart 1.5.0

What files would have been over written doing the file upload process that would cause that problem?

Regards and thanks in advance.

BR

blazingreality:

Hi all,

I do need help (and relatively quickly).

I had a Zencart up and running nicely with my mod template and then I merely copied the files (as outlined in the installation instructions) Easy Populate only to find my cart then crashed!

I now get the old: "Server error - The website encountered an error while retrieving http://www.mysite.com/ecom/. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.

I literally did nothing other than upload the files in the Easy Populate folder which I downloaded.

I am running Zen Cart 1.5.0

What files would have been over written doing the file upload process that would cause that problem?

Regards and thanks in advance.

BR

What VERSION of EasyPopulate did you load?

Only VERSION FOUR (EP. v4) works with ZC 1.5.x

And it also sounds like you sent it to the wrong place.

EP gets loaded ONLY into your (secretly named) admin folder. It cannot influence the shop-front. I think you loaded the files to the wrong place.

Hi SB,

Thanks for your reply.

I downloaded (what I beleived to be) the latest version from: http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=868

Ie easy_populate_csv_for_zencart_v1.5.x_v1.2.5.7

Is this not correct?

So the entire contents of the ZIP file downloaded is dumped down into the "secret named" admin folder within the site root OR within the directory that my Zencart store sits in Ie. https://www.mystore.com/ecom - ?

I guess that was my mistake - boy (no pun intended) did I misread that on the instructions!

Would I be correct to assume in this case (assuming I did do that) that I will simply have to re-install Zencart and start again?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
BR

schoolboy:

What VERSION of EasyPopulate did you load?

Only VERSION FOUR (EP. v4) works with ZC 1.5.x

And it also sounds like you sent it to the wrong place.

EP gets loaded ONLY into your (secretly named) admin folder. It cannot influence the shop-front. I think you loaded the files to the wrong place.

blazingreality:

Hi SB,

Thanks for your reply.

I downloaded (what I beleived to be) the latest version from: http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=868

Ie easy_populate_csv_for_zencart_v1.5.x_v1.2.5.7

Is this not correct?

So the entire contents of the ZIP file downloaded is dumped down into the "secret named" admin folder within the site root OR within the directory that my Zencart store sits in Ie. https://www.mystore.com/ecom - ?

I guess that was my mistake - boy (no pun intended) did I misread that on the instructions!

Would I be correct to assume in this case (assuming I did do that) that I will simply have to re-install Zencart and start again?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
BR

The version to use is EP v4 (NOT available in plugin area. Find the SUPPORT THREAD for EP v4, and Chad has put a link to GITHUB where you can download.

Like ANY plugin, the FOLDER/FILE integrity and hierarchy must match that of the zc installation on your server. So you do not just "dump" stuff... you need to make sure that if there is a folder called ADMIN in the plugin, then its contents must go into ADMIN (which will have a different name) on the server.

When you collect EP v4 and UNZIP it, chad will have a folder called ADMIN. If you OPEN that folder, inside it will be several SUB-folders and perhaps a few FILES.

THESE are what need to go into YOUR-ADMIN folder. As I said - it's not open heart surgery. Just make sure that all folders and their files get FTP'd to the correct LEVEL in the hierarchy.

Hi, I'm hoping you can help, and this question may have been asked in the past before (but 364 pages is alot to have to review first!).

I'm trying to upload new products into my Zen Cart and I''m using the previously downloaded format of a document - Froogle report. I'm a little confused on how to do this. I have the report saved as a .txt file and placed it in my temp folder on the server, then I use the 'Import from Temp Dir (temp/) area to insert into db. I get a message that this was successful, but I don't see any products in my Zen Cart. Am I meant to be doing something else, or doing the upload differently?

My_Red_Zebra:

Hi, I'm hoping you can help, and this question may have been asked in the past before (but 364 pages is alot to have to review first!).

I'm trying to upload new products into my Zen Cart and I''m using the previously downloaded format of a document - Froogle report. I'm a little confused on how to do this. I have the report saved as a .txt file and placed it in my temp folder on the server, then I use the 'Import from Temp Dir (temp/) area to insert into db. I get a message that this was successful, but I don't see any products in my Zen Cart. Am I meant to be doing something else, or doing the upload differently?

What VERSION of zencart?
What VERSION of Easy Populate?

schoolboy:

What VERSION of zencart?
What VERSION of Easy Populate?

Version Zen Cart is 1.3.9 and Easy Populate is 1.2.5.4