Easy Populate - Upcoming Products?

[Guest]

Using Easy Populate for the first time.

I followed the instructions carefully, backed up my db, made a test by adding just a single file, and all worked ok. Wiht just one new product, I didn;t really notice it was doing it, but when I added 50 new products, and went to check in my store that everything worked ok (it did), I noticed one odd thing...every product, including the existing products added BEFORE I used Easy Populate, is now listed in the "Upcoming Products" section, even if they were added before todays date.

The EP file has zero data in the v_date_expected column, and the v_date_added cloumn has the current days date in it (for new products) and the date the product was added (for existing products).

When I import my EP file into the osc database, how do I stop it from adding every single product into the upcoming products section of my store?

[loxly]

I solved this issue by entering a date prior to the date of upload, like 1-1-2003. I personally don't need to show Upcoming products, so will most likely remove the section from the main page anyway.

 

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[Guest]

Thanx Deb

 

The dates on all but the 50 new products are prior to todays date anyway...but sometimes the best answer is the most obvious, even if the most obvious is not the first one we think of. :D

 

I also do not really need the Upcoming Products section...so removing it entirely from the main page would certainly solve this problem. :D

[mfreund]

Here is how i did it since no one replies....this is what i found to work but the upcoming products still stay in the admin section.....but at least they are not on the front page

 

i went to catalog/default.php and right near the bottom you will see

 

<?php

include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS);

?>

 

 

Replace with this which is essentially commenting uot the module

 

 

<?php

//include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS);

?>

 

 

 

It works for me........Hope that helps......You know I really dont ge why support does not reply to most questions and sometimes they even delete them

[loxly]

Here is how i did it since no one replies....this is what i found to work but the upcoming products still stay in the admin section.....but at least they are not on the front page

 

i went to catalog/default.php and right near the bottom you will see

 

<?php

   include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS);

?>

 

 

Replace with this which is essentially commenting uot the module

 

 

<?php

   //include(DIR_WS_MODULES . FILENAME_UPCOMING_PRODUCTS);

?>

 

 

 

It works for me........Hope that helps......You know I really dont ge why support does not reply to most questions and sometimes they even delete them

 

This is certainly a way to take care of not showing upcoming products :) that wasn't an Easy Populate problem, but an osc problem and by posting it in an easypopulate thread in the contributions section wasn't where you would find out how to do this.

 

Please do remember this is a FREE support forum for FREE software and most answers are supplied by VOLUNTEERS.

 

And an answer that worked was posted, even if it wasn't to your satisfaction.

[mfreund]

sorry for that.......it just seems very hard to search and i thought you had a support team