Easy Populate 1.2.5.4 support

credenscel:

well i'm back with more questions :mellow:

after geting the EP work i realized that it's setting all my product types as General Product. The products that i'm adding are done using Music Product. Is there a way to have EP upload things as a Music Product?

EP has no option for anything other than general type = 1

You have at least 3 choices here.

1. Add a products_type column in your file and mod EP to update or insert the new column as required.
2. If ALL your products are music you could use the Tools/Install SQL patches and enter

UPDATE products SET products_type = 2;

after each EP upload.
3. I noticed that products_type has a default of 1. Using myPHP admin, change the default for products_type to 2.

As always, TEST TEST TEST!!!

Jeff

Another thing to watch for...
Does music need data that is not in general? If so you will need option 1 above for that info.

Jeff

Thanks for all the help as usual guys... Over the years, I don't think a single post I have ever made to the zen-cart forums has ever got a single response. :frusty:

toothpick:

Thanks for all the help as usual guys... Over the years, I don't think a single post I have ever made to the zen-cart forums has ever got a single response. :frusty:

I'm sure many people here haved shared your frustration at some time. I would think most users make posts that are never replied to. I know I have!

Unfortunately the author of this mod seems to have abandoned it.

In my experience, if someone posts a complex problem there are very few that will know the answer, and hence few/no replies.

I'm sure you noticed this thread has been busy lately, but not with info you need. The other posts have been about things that myself and others have seen and know the solution.

Also, it appears that the team does respond to all questions about the core software of which EP is not part.

My only suggestion would be try the classifed section for an experienced coder that could work with you.

Not to be rude, but remember that this is open source software supported for FREE by the community of volunteers and other users.

Jeff

toothpick:

"Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage"

So after my last post, I'm using EP for a client site (hosted on GoDaddy) and guess what? Of course it appears to not complete and displays the message you received.

Now seeing the problem first hand and having data to analyze, this is what I did & what I found:

In my case I was deleting 267 products by using the status column = 9.

I took a sample of the first few items in the file, a few in the mid and a few from the end. I did a search of my site and found none of the products still there.

A logical conclusion is the loop did complete.

As the reason for the apparent timeout could be overly complex, and beyond my ability to find the cause. I just accept that the update worked. I of course will try to find the cause when I have time, but it's not a big priority.

Maybe not the best answer, but it's what works for me.

If I was not willing to deal with a free forum based support system, I would have purchased a product with paid support. This was a big, important decision and a lengthy conversation was had with the client prior to going open source. The pros & cons of open source have to be weighed against your needs and capabilities.

Jeff

I am using EP to upload my products, but I noticed that I cannot upload long filenames. The names are cutted off if they exceed the 64 chars (I think so) and as a consequence of course the images won't show.

Is there any way I can change this ?

fsas:

Is there any way I can change this ?

It's not an EP issue.

You need to go into phpmyadmin (or something similar on your server) and modify the structure of the products table. The field products_image is currently set to only allow 64 characters.

The actual procedure varies by host.

Jeff

Wondering if anyone wants to help me with trying to get links to work for pictures in easy pop? I am going to try to attempt this by myself since I can not find any information on this anywhere. I guess my first attempt tonight will be to mess with the easypopulate.php and see where I get from there. If nayone has any suggestions , please feel free to let me know, so I can mess around with them. Thanks...:bigups:

jgg,

The easiest way may be to just add the link to your description. I always do html by copying working code, but basically somewhere in your description you could add
<a href= ???> <img src=???> and whatever else is needed.
This totally eliminates to need to mod any code.

Of course this will only work on the product detail/info page. No suggestions for listing pages.

Jeff

Jeff G:

jgg,

The easiest way may be to just add the link to your description. I always do html by copying working code, but basically somewhere in your description you could add
<a href= ???> <img src=???> and whatever else is needed.
This totally eliminates to need to mod any code.

Of course this will only work on the product detail/info page. No suggestions for listing pages.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff, at least they can see something eh :D

The coding, i have just started looking at it, WOAAA.. haha. Long night ahead of me, but I am glad at least there is a pic in the description for now :cool:

Hi I'm getting a message :
File Import Failed! Primary index column v_products_id or c_categories_index_path missing from uploads file. Please consult the readme.html file for more information
Both fields are filled in on the template.txt file , any ideas , I've searched the forum with very few answers.

golden,

The phrase "primary index" does not appear to be in any standard code or EP code. Are you using EP advanced? That has a different code base and support is through the authors site as most users here are using the free version.

Jeff

Jeff G:

It's not an EP issue.

You need to go into phpmyadmin (or something similar on your server) and modify the structure of the products table. The field products_image is currently set to only allow 64 characters.

The actual procedure varies by host.

Jeff

thanks! I found it (I think).
I can change the length of this entry in the database. Is there some danger involved or can I simply do so?

And thanks for helping me (and others) out so much!

I believe you can just change it. I read some other post to do the same thing.

Jeff

Jeff G:

I believe you can just change it. I read some other post to do the same thing.

Jeff

Thanks!

Hi, will this work in zen 1.38a? I see the threads go back as far as 2005 so just wondering?
Just tried to download it and the link no longer works?
Thanx guys

It does work with 1.38. You can find it in the downloads section.

Greetings, well I am trying to delete some stuff that I uploaded to my catalog. I deleted the products, admin, catalog, Categories/Products... When I go to the Site itself, the category is gone, but the products are sttil there?

Can anyone help me with getting rid of all the products I don't want there.. I tried deleting the database via the control panel, but that erased my site before..

Any help would be appreciated.

Jeff G:

EP has no option for anything other than general type = 1

You have at least 3 choices here.

1. Add a products_type column in your file and mod EP to update or insert the new column as required.
2. If ALL your products are music you could use the Tools/Install SQL patches and enter

UPDATE products SET products_type = 2;

> after each EP upload.
> 3. I noticed that products_type has a default of 1. Using myPHP admin, change the default for products_type to 2.
> 
> As always, TEST TEST TEST!!!
> 
> Jeff


Thanks Jeff! I really appreciate you giving all the feedback that you do give  as i know it takes time but your input is really great so thank you!
I dont really know much about coding unfortunately :-( and yes, all my products are music products, how would i tweak EP to include feilds for record company and music genre?

i also "i think" set the product type to equal 2 but it didnt work i think i did something wrong :-( is this what i was supposed to do?

![](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d52/credenscel/type.jpg)

You got it wrong. Change that back.

products_type is a field in zen_products table