Easy Populate

[Kelticfox]

I'm extremely new to OSCommerce and so far I must say its been fun, easy and painless.

 

However I've hit a snag with Easy Populate. It simply won't output the file!

I don't get any error messages (so I assume installation was correct), I've created the ../catalog/temp folder (with CHMOD 777).

 

I changed the "define('DIR_FS_$DOCUMENT_ROOT', '/var/www/vhosts/" as well.

 

 

I've got the menu in the Admin panel, but when I click on anything the page reloads (I assume it's doing something in the background) but I cannot find the exported file.

 

 

Do I need to populate a few products before I can export (I have 1 product and 72 subfolders at the mo)

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[GwilliamP]

Sorry but not an answer, just some helpful information.

 

There is a support thread for this contribution - Easy Populate & Products Attributes, Easypopulate support thread. Post the question above in that thread and you should get a reply.

[♥geoffreywalton]

Try building a custome export and try the links at the bottom of the EP page.

 

The documentation seems to say leave the settings in the easypopulate alone and let the default ones in /admin/includes work the way they were intended.

 

THE DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT SETTING

 

DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT is set in your /catalog/admin/includes/configure.php

You should look at the setting DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT setting.

if it looks like this (recommended, but doesn't always work):

 

define ('DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT', $DOCUMENT_ROOT);

 

then leave it alone. If it looks like this:

 

define ('DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT', '/home/myaccount/public_html');

 

ask your host if the "/home/myaccount/public_html" portion points to your public

web space and is correct. Whether you add the trailing slash on the

path or not doesn't matter to this contrib, as long as you make the

right choice on the following setting. The best thing is to leave it

alone as long as your host can confirm it is correct and everything else

is working fine. Having said that, NO trailing slash is technically correct.

 

 

 

THE DIR_WS_CATALOG & DIR_FS_CATALOG SETTINGS

 

DIR_WS_CATALOG & DIR_FS_CATALOG are set in your /catalog/admin/includes/configure.php

They may look like this if your shop is in the root of your web space.

If you have something different, don't just change it to this.

There is probably a good reason. I'm providing this as a reference

to you-all. The DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT, the DIR_WS_CATALOG, and the

DIR_FS_CATALOG settings all combine to create the temp location below.

 

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', DIR_FS_DOCUMENT_ROOT . DIR_WS_CATALOG);

 

I changed the "define('DIR_FS_$DOCUMENT_ROOT', '/var/www/vhosts/" as well.

 

Where did you set this?

 

Can you post the entire line?

[Kelticfox]

Figured it out......

 

Was my fault :blush:

[♥geoffreywalton]

For those that follow can you post the solution.

 

I promise not to laugh.