Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

I think what I might be doing wrong is asking for support for separate mod then this thread is about...

I saw this Easy Populate in the downloads section and thought it was from langer...
I will start my questions in another thread...

Thanks for the help.

milobloom - Easy Populate 2.76d-mod3a is a new version, which seem to be buggy, unless you are good a php to de-bug it I would use v1.2.5.4.
I would think your issue is that not many people are presently using this version as EP 1.2.5.4 or EPA are the most popular as they are proven with very little bugs.
Try to contact the porter of this mod (2.76d-mod3a) is see if he is able to add light to your issues, he/she may be helpful.

Thanks.

I have been using 1.2.5.4 for a long time now.
Problem I have is trying to move items from site to site that are
very heavy with Attributes...

But I am sure in time... This will be solved...

milobloom:

I have been using 1.2.5.4 for a long time now.
Problem I have is trying to move items from site to site that are
very heavy with Attributes...

But I am sure in time... This will be solved...

Well, if you need the advanced version, then you'll need to buy it from langer on his site... not expensive considering the time you've lost already. However, this forum won't support you with EPA.

If you are moving data between sites, better to use phpMyAdmin to export the file as sql. Open the sql file with a plain text editor and remove site specific data and then import that into your new site's with phpMyAdmin. Quite easy to do. The only trouble you may run into is MySQL versions ... but these are not insurmountable.

There has been some discussion of writing an update... but currently no one is taking up THAT flag.

-chaddro

Hi

I'm using ep1.2.5.4 but my problem are in specias price format different from "regular price product". When I download ep to my server then the format of special prices change to other. EXAMPLE: I upload 13.55 and all it's ok in zencart shop special product, but when I do a download of my products using fullep then in dthe row of specials change to 1.350.000.

Thanks in advance

If you are moving data between sites, better to use phpMyAdmin to export the file as sql. Open the sql file with a plain text editor and remove site specific data and then import that into your new site's with phpMyAdmin. Quite easy to do. The only trouble you may run into is MySQL versions ... but these are not insurmountable.

If I could somehow get a little more detail on how to do that it would be worth a try.

Thanks for reply asap. I download the sql specials. Also in this sql the format are different for example 8.00 appears 8.0000
Thanks

Hey, all. New to Easy Populate. Looks like this will save me countless hours. Haven't explored it much, but in theory, my gosh... this will be incredible for me.

Here's the deal... I'm having trouble finding how to link my downloadable products via Easy Populate. In otherwords, in Zen-Cart, I link my .zip file that is in my downloads folder in the attributes section. But how do I link it in Easy Populate. I can't seem to find this function.

Thanks for any help.

Cris

nakris:

Hello,
Is it possible to specify the downloadable file associated with a product via Easy Populate?

Nakris (or anybody)... have you found an answer to this question? I'm in the same boat, needing to be able to associate the downloadable file within EP.

Thanks! This would be a great help if you know the answer.

langer:

EP currently manages attributes poorly, and does not manage downloadable files yet - sorry!

Nicholas,

Hi. I just caught this quote, but it was made in July of '06. I'm searching high and low to see if EP now manages downloadable files. This would be incredible for me if so. Let me know...

Many thanks for this!

EasyPopulate doesn't handle attributes, and the details of downloadable files are ... attributes.
As far as I can tell there was no update done to handle downloadable products in EP before Nicholas stopped developing the mod.

DrByte:

EasyPopulate doesn't handle attributes, and the details of downloadable files are ... attributes.
As far as I can tell there was no update done to handle downloadable products in EP before Nicholas stopped developing the mod.

Thanks for the response. This may be a semantics issue and a lack of understanding on my part, but I just purcased the Advanced version yesterday and it does handle some attribute stuff. Like the options name and value name. Only thing it's really lacking for me is linking the downloadable product. Again, it may be my lack of understanding as to what you mean by saying it "doesn't handle attributes." I am able to use EP to provide the option and value names though.... for whatever that's worth.

Regardless, hopin' they add that feature. It's a really great contribution!

Cris

I tried to use the contact form on the mod hole website and I don't know if it has been replied to and maybe my junk folder ate it or it hasn't been replied to (i sent it a few days ago) anyways I'm trying to find out if anyone is using the advanced version? I just need to know if it has the ability to set the sort order of products? that is the main thing i need and if it does I will purchase the script from modhole but I hate to pay the price and then it not be there.

Thxs for listening and thxs in advance if anyone can help.

Noneya

Noneya99:

I tried to use the contact form on the mod hole website and I don't know if it has been replied to and maybe my junk folder ate it or it hasn't been replied to (i sent it a few days ago) anyways I'm trying to find out if anyone is using the advanced version? I just need to know if it has the ability to set the sort order of products? that is the main thing i need and if it does I will purchase the script from modhole but I hate to pay the price and then it not be there.

Noneya,

You don't need the Advanced Version to set product sort order. Standard EP will do that, or you can install Quick Updates ( a very different product that lets you change a page's worth of products at once ) and set the sort order very easily with it. I use both products depending on what I need to do.

Hope that helps.

Chad,

Could you possibly tell me how I would do it in the Standard EP? I have used the EP on various sites for a few years and I never recall seeing that as an option though on all previous sites it was not an issue this site i'm using it on .. is... I have to have the products sorted in a certain way. I searched the forums for ep sort order but came up with hundreds of empty leads that were not related. if you could tell me how .. or point me to a thread that tells me so i can read up on it .. I would greatly appreciate it ..

Now you got me wondering .. what else does it do that I am not aware of and have been missing out on. Is there a page / forum / or anything that gives detailed info on what all CAN be done with the standard.. I've been all over mod hole the other day looking but maybe I wasn't looking in the right spot. Any help or info that anyone is willing to offer I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thank you,
Noneya

Noneya,

When you do:

Download Complete tab-delimited .txt file to edit (Attributes Not Included)

You don't get a field header called: v_products_sort_order ??

If not, then I must have added it myself... I did add qty_order_min and qty_order_units and documented that in my code, but I thought sort_order was already in there??

I still find Quick Updates better for sorting products. You can filter products by their sub category and easily see what their sort order is.

-Chadd.

chadderuski:

Noneya,

When you do:

Download Complete tab-delimited .txt file to edit (Attributes Not Included)

You don't get a field header called: v_products_sort_order ??

If not, then I must have added it myself... I did add qty_order_min and qty_order_units and documented that in my code, but I thought sort_order was already in there??

I still find Quick Updates better for sorting products. You can filter products by their sub category and easily see what their sort order is.

-Chadd.

Chadd,
Are you saying there is a mod called "Quick Updates"?

Thanks
John

Hi all

Easy Populate looks like a great idea.......but I am really confused.

It just doesn't seem to work, yet there are more than 100 pages in this thread. I guess some of you know how to make it work....

Sorry if this is old stuff, but the .txt files Easy Populate allows you to download don't then work on the upload. I'm talking about 'Download Complete tab-delimited .txt file to edit (Attributes Not Included) ' in the Tools > Easy Populate.

I thought it would be really simple to create 2 products, download this file, then upload to test. It didn't work. No v_products_model was or category was included in the downloaded file, yet both these are required for upload.

If this tool doesn't work, fair enough, it's free, I'll just do it manually. But if that's the case, then over 100 pages in the thread would be weird........ :)

or am I just being stupid?

I'm not going to call you stupid, but I will say the tool works as advertised, so something must be up with your setup. Perhaps a file was missed in the upload?

I just installed this on a 1.3.8 site and uploaded 16000 (yes sixteen thousand) products using EP. It effectively split the file and then walked me through installing all 52 split files it made. During testing I also added just a few dozen files as a test.

Sorry I can't help you troubleshoot. This is my first go round with EP so I haven't had to troubleshoot.

Mike123acc:

If this tool doesn't work, fair enough, it's free, I'll just do it manually. But if that's the case, then over 100 pages in the thread would be weird........ :)

or am I just being stupid?

Ok.......

I think I've got it.

I added a unique model description and 'v_categories_name_1' to the .txt file (I'm using Excel and saving it as a .tab delimited .txt file)

Basically the file available for download is missing the above.