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Open Realty First Image Upload Error May 24, 2007

Posted by developpeur in : English, Open Realty , add a comment

Seems like my version of OR (so far 2.3.6) is always playing hard ball on installation issues, this comes primarily because of 2 reasons:

  1. Foreign language installation sucks so I must install in English to get all the features and necessary feedback.
  2. I have to deliver the solution in Spanish, so I have to make tweak in the files at some point.

Anyway, I usually get an error when testing the first listing when uploading images, to solve this problem I usually do the following:

  1. Delete de default post (the one listing the White House).
  2. Make sure folder permissions of that folder is 777.
  3. Delete the image files of the default post.

This seems to work so far. If anything additional comes in the spotlight I’ll update this post right away. Any comments, experiences or solutions are welcome.

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EasyPopulate troubleshooting May 22, 2007

Posted by developpeur in : osCommerce , add a comment

Ok. I have the need to make a fast product upload from time to time. Best script I have ever found for this is EasyPopulate, but since is not on a daily basis that I have to upload more than 300 products, I’ll write down some reminders so I won’t have to discover the tricks every time. You, the reader, are welcome to post or comment on this thread as usual.

  1. Language number, as in v_products_name_3 or description is given by the EasyPopulate panel once installed, so don’t sweat on this one.
  2. When patching admin/includes/boxes/catalog.php according to the manual do NOT forget the dot a the end… or else.
  3. Do NOT delete the EOREOR cells or shit happens, they mean END OF THIS RECORD.
  4. If I change the ‘catalog’ directory to some other thing like ‘products’ then the easypopulate.php file should be updated near line 22.
  5. The temp folder must be created and “chmoded” it is NOT there by default.
  6. Download Complete tab-delimited .txt file to edit, this should be ORIGINATED by the EP panel, anything else WILL waste your time. BUT FIRST depurate your product attributes, then export, fill the new products, then upload. This will prevent attributes mismatch.
  7. Definitely split files with more 200 records. Default if 300, but 200 is safer.
  8. I usually change the attributes variable to false since until now I haven’t come across products with attributes.
  9. Ok THIS IS THE GOLDEN TIP: In the easypopulate.php file around line 80 manually change the global $separator variable to whatever you are using (the result of exporting from Excel), the script manual says its “Tab” by default, but it really isn’t (at least the version EP_v2_76_MS2 I downloaded) so you must manually set it to “Tab” as default. This is a terrible time waster if not found on time.

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