easy populate

[Andy c]

Hi
I am now having a problem uploading the files   .I did manage to get easy populate to show in tools, but when I clicked on it it went to 404
am I installing to the right place "admin" highlighted and "tempep" at the bottom


thanks 

[seamus]

tempEP is in the wrong place, it should be in public_html/zencart
you'v got it in public_html/zencart/admin

having a look there, you'v got an admin directory in public_html that shouldnt be there, your zencart is installed in public_html/zencart so there should be no admin directory in public_html
 whats in that admin directory?

[Andy c]

but if I click on zencart folder it is there under zencart files below
no idea about the admin file ..it was there when I installed it
I'll delete it and see what happens

[seamus]

sorry, thats me not paying attention, the tempEP folder is in the right place 

if easy populate is showing in your admin under tools, the rest of the files should be in the right place,
did you finish the install?
go into admin>tools>easy populate and at the top of the page there should be a "click here" link to finish the install,

if you go into admin>tools>easy populate and it gives you a 404 error, there must be a file missing, check through the easy populate files and then have a look through your admin folder and check that all files have been uploaded,

by the way, you're not using mobile broadband are you? if you are, you will loose files on the upload, mobile broadband is crap for FTP it has a habit of missing files when uploading things, some times wireless connections can cause the same problems, files seem to just go missing when uploading mods and templates

[Andy c]

nope I'm using broadband with o2
arrrrrg I've buggered it up completely now I think ,I've put files in the wrong place  .... But I will get this right even if it kills me
I just love learning the hard way lol

I've done a complete reset and will have another go tomorrow night

[Andy c]

ahhhhh I think I am getting the hang of this got it to work ..... well it now shows up
next thing is to try a csv file

[Andy c]

lol next problem
keep getting this
No model field in record. This line was not imported
I take it I'm doing something wrong ...... hope you don't mind Baa I'm using your files  

I'll have another look this evening as me lunch is almost over and it's back to work

[seamus]

theres no model number for that product,

you'll need to open the csv file and add in a model number into the first column I think it is,
it doesnt have to be any specific number, just as long as there is somthing in that field, easy populate wont add the product if the model numbers are missing, which is a bit of a pain in the ass to be honest,

[Andy c]

yes there is already a model number in that column
1st is product id then description price and image file

oh dear seem to have reached my limit
Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.

but will have a play around later when I can get on again
by the way thanks for your help .it's much appreciated

[Andy c]

ok
I'm at my wits end here ,I can't seem to get easy populate to work ..could someone please post a sample here or try and explain in dummy terms for me

thank you

[seamus]

what is it thats going wrong? what errors is it giving you when you try to upload a csv?

[Andy c]

Hi
OK what I am doing is going to e.pop... upload ep file ...select browse ...find csv file am using "baa" then insert into database

[Andy c]

here is a sample of the csv
I have read somewhere I have to change some permissions to 777 ???? ..also found E.P under configuration .but doesn't look like much goes on there

[seamus]

if its scotties hosting your using, the 777 permissions have been sorted so you dont need to do that, it all runs on ownership of files now, so 777 should never be needed anymore

right, no model numbers are on any of the products, so its not importing them, and the column headers might not have the right names for your version of EP

download a csv file from your site for comparison, go to admin>tools>easy populate and click "Download Complete .csv file to edit"

it doesnt matter if there are no products on your store, its just the headings you'r after and how the csv file is layed out,

open the file and compare it with the one you are trying to upload and rename the column headers if they are different to the file your trying to use.

you dont need all the columns, the file you download from your site will have every column possible, you dont need them all, you only need the important ones.

after you'v checked all the headings, you will need to give every single product a model number, that is where the upload is failing, there are no product model numbers in any of the products, or if there are, then the column containing the model numbers is named something different to what your EP version would name that column, and its not recognising the model numbers and not uploading the products,

so in short, download a csv from your site, compare it with the csv file you'r trying to upload, rename the columns if they are different and add in the model numbers for each individual product, and if every product already has a model number, then double check the column headings as your EP is not recognising them

 

[BillyBigalow]

Did you unzip your CSV file before trying to upload it?

From experience that 'no model number' error also happens if you try to upload a zip file.