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En caso de que no tengamos ninguna ayuda visual o “visual mode” en portales como Wordpress, Zikula, osCommerce, etc.. Aqui dejo una guia rápida para hacer las modificaciones en codigo HTML directo que a mi parecer es mas sencillo que muchos de los editores visuales que a veces confunden mas de lo que ayudan:

Títulos
<h3>Texto aqui</h3>

Párrafos
<p>Texto aqui</p>

Listas sin número (con bolitas)
<ul>
<li>Texto aqui</li>
<li>Otro texto</li>
</ul>

Listas con numeración automática
<ol>
<li>Texto aqui</li>
<li>Otro texto</li>
</ol>

Insertar imagen
<img src="http://www.elnombredelsitio.com/nombredelfolderdefotos/nombredefoto.jpg" alt="null">

Insertar un link a otra pagina
<a href="http://www.nombredelsitio.com/">Texto del enlace</a>

Descargas de archivos
<a href="http://www.nombredelsitio.com/nombredelfolderdedescargas/archivo.pdf">Nombre de la descarga</a>

Solo hay que tener cuidado ya sea al borrar o agregar textos que las etiquetas queden una abriendo al principio <> y otra cerrando al final </>. Si vamos a agregar un listado o un párrafo nuevo entonces lo ideal es escribir primero del juego de etiquetas con un espacio en medio <> </> y luego empezar a escribir en medio ese espacio, así estamos seguros de antemano que nuestro texto esta “encapsulado”.

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EasyPopulate troubleshooting

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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