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25 Dec 2007, 01:13
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Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

Scrat:

tonysebay - are you saying you have moved hosts? or just updated your store image, have your links changed? Not really understanding what you are asking for?

My Bad for being vague Scrat, I wanted to know if I could import all my download file attributes I offer ebooks and I had them set for instant download when they paid. can I import all these with out havening to write them all back again in the Attributes Controller?

like restore the option Names and values. or is that on the database itself?

Happy Holidays!
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25 Dec 2007, 18:28
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

tonysebay:

Hi All I searched High and low for this but found nothing. So here is my problem I added all my items using EPA and as always it went in with no problem, but now I wanted to add a new product and it came back with this ID 2147483647 I know this is the magic number for the end or last product
so when I went to add one more product this popped up

1062 Duplicate entry '2147483647' for key 1
in:
[insert into products (products_quantity, products_type, products_model, products_price, products_date_available, products_weight, products_status, products_virtual, products_tax_class_id, manufacturers_id, products_quantity_order_min, products_quantity_order_units, products_priced_by_attribute, product_is_free, product_is_call, products_quantity_mixed, product_is_always_free_shipping, products_qty_box_status, products_quantity_order_max, products_sort_order, products_discount_type, products_discount_type_from, products_price_sorter, products_image, products_date_added, master_categories_id) values ('1', '1', '2321', '2', null, '0', '1', '0', '0', '0', '1', '1', '0', '0', '0', '1', '0', '1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '0', '', now(), '388')]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

I downloaded my store with EPA and the last Item # was 2147483647
the one before that ID number is 98378 any Ideas how to reset this?
when I go into Tools/EPA/ the Index Mode: products_id it says
Next products table id: 2147483647 how do I reset that back to 98379?

Thanks for your help.
And Happy Holidays to All!

In Answering my own question I did a search for 2147483647 on my sql server and got a bunch of matches the one where I fixed the problem was in 1 match(es) inside table *products_to_categories I changed *2147483647 to 1
then went back to see and it was fixed. I am writing this here so if it ever happens again I can fix it fast!
Anyway Hope this helps someone else in the years to come :)
Tony

27 Dec 2007, 17:58
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

I am interested in installing the EZ Populate mod and I have a few questions.

I have installed a mod Tabbed Products Lite 3.8 using my own custom template.

  1. Will Easy Populate overwrite any files concerning my custom template or Tabbed Products Lite?

  2. Will Easy Populate be recognize the tags of Tabbed Products lite example <!--%Product Description%--> and all html code used in a product description?

Thank you for your pre-install help!

27 Dec 2007, 20:17
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

tonysebay - instant downloads are set via your Conf->Attribute Settings > Downloads Controller Order Status Value Lower/Higher
You would have to write a SQL query to insert the download file links as EP does not include these...

EP and EPA work slightly different in their file structure so I don't know if file downloads are part of EPA really you should be using EPA forum on the authors website as he/users of that can advise you better!

04gotgoat? -

I am interested in installing the EZ Populate mod and I have a few questions.

I have installed a mod Tabbed Products Lite 3.8 using my own custom template.

  1. Will Easy Populate overwrite any files concerning my custom template or Tabbed Products Lite?No - EP has nothing to do with templates or other files as there are no core file changes.

  2. Will Easy Populate be recognize the tags of Tabbed Products lite example <!--%Product Description%--> and all html code used in a product description?In theory YES as you are just importing text into the product description, so the format will stay the same when inserted into the dbase... but as always test... test... on your test site then backup... backup... and insert into your live site

Thank you for your pre-install help!

27 Dec 2007, 20:31
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

wickerman - Sorry missed your post

the zip file looks fine and should upload without any problems, your problems you are seeing is because you haven't got your attributes setup properly if you use the attrib.txt file, you are not seeing it in the way they work ( Do not use the attrib.txt file as this is wrong)

Every time you up load a new attributes file and if you have changed any of the attribute entry headings it will change them in the dbase, that why you are struggling, so it is getting conflicking details in the attribute values as they have to be the same for all products as they are unigue to that attribbute not product.

I am thinking you need to look at attributes again set them up in Zencart first and use the download files to edit first and you will win that way.(don't create file yourself use the file supplied and just a the price to the attribute to product)
As far as I am aware you are not limited to the qty of attributes so you can have as many as you like as long as they are unique, the only downside is that you will struggle if you excede 256 columns as excel and OO cannot cope with this, this is a problem I am trying to get around myself but a option is CVSed see earlier posts in this thread for the download links

27 Dec 2007, 22:33
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

ok attempted an install. Copied all files and folders, checked permissions. It is now installed.

I have 4 easy populate's under my configuration tab...

How to I get rid of these? is this a database issue and if I restore will I need to run the install again?

28 Dec 2007, 03:15
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

Ok final it has been installed and working properly...

Although I attempted to install this numerous times and now have 7 total Easy Populates under my admin configuration tab. Can anyone advise me how to remove these???

On another note the file looks perfect for my needs and even includes the custom tags for my product descriptions!!

28 Dec 2007, 04:04
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

SirBuck:

Ok. I figured it out.. just had to look. Hopefully this helps somebody though.

After my second try installing EP, it created 2 separate records in the table: "configuration_group"

In you admin, check the id# of the extra one that most likely takes you nowhere, delete that from the database.

Hope it helps someone.

*** Here is the answer I needed!!!!!

28 Dec 2007, 22:54
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

can anyone advise why 'Download Complete tab-delimited .txt file' would not give the same number of records as 'Download Model/Price/Qty tab-delimited .txt file'?

i've just started investigating and sure enough there are part numbers missing from the 'whole' file that are in the model/price/qty file.

29 Dec 2007, 05:16
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

Phil020782:

Not sure about easy populate advanced but with standard EP if you copy all the information to a new row in the spreadsheet with the exact same model number and change just the catagory, EP will insert it as a linked product making the original entry the master.

I tried this, but it didn't work. I received this message. Any suggestion?
Product Import Results
SKIPPED! - Product Index: 2743 - no such current category path for this existing product.

29 Dec 2007, 07:57
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

I have spent hours trying to figure out how to install easy populate. I don't know what I'm missing. I've never used zen cart before but I do lots of web design and development including flash and wordpress. I can't believe this has stumped me! All I want to do is install easy populate standard. I downloaded it and was confused by the install directions. Despite what all the forums and everything I found on google it was not self explainitary. What does "4) Upload all files in their respective directories." mean? What are their respective directories? I eventually installed the SQL patch which finally did something, giving me the easy populate option under configuration but I still don't have the option under tools. What am I doing wrong? Please help! Also if anyone knows some good tutorials on this kind of stuff....

29 Dec 2007, 08:11
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

"4) Upload all files in their respective directories." mean? What are their respective directories?
Download easypopulate zip file.
First make a folder on your computer named easypopulate.
Then KEEPING FOLDER strucures intact..extract contents of zip
to your newly created folder, using program such as winzip..
you should then have a folder
on your computer with structure as below..
easypopulate
/admin
/temp
/admin folder
should now have folder structure as below
/includes
easypopulate.php
You upload content of those folders into equivalent folders
of your zencart install..
BACKUP YOUR ZENCART STORE AND DATABASE BEFORE
INSTALLING EASYPOPULATE

29 Dec 2007, 16:56
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

Howdy folks,

I downloaded Easy Populate 2.76d mod3a from the download section and it says:

DOCUMENTATION

Detailed manuals can be found here:

  1. /docs/1readmeFIRST.txt (includes "quick" installation and configuration notes)
  2. /docs/Easypopulate_Manual.* (complete manual in various formats)

Please do read the manuals carefully. Its worth the time! There are no docs folder.

I also downloaded 1.36 and the one from modhole.com and they had no docs either.

It would be good to add the docs to the zip files.

I have EP installed but I do not know how to use it. I intend to use EP to upload inventory from QuickBooks in csv format.

Anyone know where I can get the documentation?

29 Dec 2007, 17:21
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

cudaboy71 - (Edit - Sorry miss read your post),each product has a unique ref check your database for any errors or products that have not been deleted properly.

Reno - Use version 1.2.5.4 from modhole as this is a proven version the others are new or old versions which are buggy(Unless you are good at php and want to fault find). Install that version and then download the different files and you will see how EP works, its quiet good really:clap:

29 Dec 2007, 18:44
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

misty:

You upload content of those folders into equivalent folders
of your zencart install..
BACKUP YOUR ZENCART STORE AND DATABASE BEFORE
INSTALLING EASYPOPULATE

misty, thanks for the quick response. I'm still having a problem understanding what the above means. does the admin folder (which i renamed to easypopulate) go inside the zen cart admin or inside the admin includes? or am i supposed to break it up and put the easypopulate.php file inside the admin and the easypopulate/includes folder inside the admin/includes folder. and it seems from the directions that the temp folder is supposed to go in the root. If someone could just tell me the to path each file/folder after it's placed in the zen cart that would be great. Thank god for forums!

30 Dec 2007, 20:49
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

relspeedwagon - When you unzip the files for EP you will have in the folder these folders:-

Folders :-
admin
temp

Plus some files, one a SQL file and the others txt files of docs.

If you open up your folder files of Zencart you will see : -

admin
cache
cgi_bin
download
editors
email
extras
etc etc

As Misty states you open the admin folder of Zencart and then open the admin folder of EP and place the files from EP into you Zencart folder copying the file structure one file at a time opening the next folder and then placing that file into the same named folder as in Zencart. All you are doing is copying EP into Zencart like for like...

For example :
in EP zip file you have

**admin/easypopulate.php ** this goes in your Zencart files as => admin/easypopulate.php
admin/includes/boxes/extraboxes/easypopulate_tools_dhtml.php this goes in your Zencart files as => admin/includes/boxes/extraboxes/easypopulate_tools_dhtml.php

etc. etc. etc.

so in your Zencart files you would then have these files in admin/includes/boxes/extraboxes/

easypopulate_tools_dhtml.php
linkpoint_review_customers_dhtml.php
product_music_extras_dhtml.php
convert_type_tools_dhtml.php

Buy e-Start Your Web Store with Zen Cart and you will start to understand this better, and don't try this on your live store, as you need to do a little more work understanding how Zencart and php works.

30 Dec 2007, 23:10
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

Scrat you are a life saver! I don't know why I thought the files needed to stay in the configuration they were in. I kept thinking it was like a wordpress plugin. Boy was I wrong. I'm going to buy the book asap. I actually meant to do it last night but all the comments I found on it said it didn't offer any help with easy populate, so I put it off. But I'll do it now. Thanks for making that clear for me!

31 Dec 2007, 11:43
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

I have a few problems with my zen cart still. I was wondering if there was anyone on here who could have a look at it for me and possibly fix it

31 Dec 2007, 11:57
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

relspeedwagon - E-Start doesn't have any info about EP, I was meaning getting to know Zencart in general.

31 Dec 2007, 11:59
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Re: Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

Eddie Irvine - Post what your problems are if its to do with EP and let everyone try to help.