Adding/Updating Products in Your Zen Cart with EasyPopulate

Adding/Updating Products in Your Zen Cart with EasyPopulate

First, backup your database

How to Backup MySQL Database Using cpanel and phpMyAdmin
  1. Log into your cPanel account.
  2. On the Home screen, scroll down to Databases and click on phpMyAdmin.
  3. Select the database you would like to backup from the left navigation tree.
  4. Click the Export tab.
  5. Choose the Quick export method and click Go.
Second login in to your Zen Cart admin area

  1. Navigate to TOOLS >> Easy Populate
  2. Click on Download Complete .csv file to edit (Attributes Not Included) to download a live spreadsheet as a template
  3. Using filemanager in cPanel or FTP upload the image files for the products and note their location
  4. Edit the spreadsheet with the new products to match up with your template datasheet and save it to your computer
  5. Under TOOLS >> Easy Populate click the BROWSE button and the the INSERT INTO DB button
  6. If any errors are generated on import, correct them
  7. Browse to your shop front end and check the products