Ahhh now I get it - thank you!   And thanks for those tute links - exactly 
what I need right now.  The help this group has given is awesome. Regards 
to all!

On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 1:53:24 AM UTC+10, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Stevo,
>
> From your mezzanine project directory, 
>
> ./manage.py product_db --import <datafile>
>
> where datafile is a tab delimited text file.  If you have customized the 
> product table, you need to do same to product_db and make sure the column 
> names matches with your datafile...
> It's best to test it inside virtualenv.
>
> On Monday, August 4, 2014 7:43:56 AM UTC-5, Stevo wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ken, I think you got that right, coz when I tried again my error was 
>> different:
>>
>> File 
>> "/home/hobbo5424/mezzcart/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py",
>>  
>> line 47, in _setup
>>     % (desc, ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE))
>> django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting 
>> INSTALLED_APPS, but settings are not configured. You must either define the 
>> environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() 
>> before accessing settings.
>>
>> If you could suggest a way to set it up properly, I'd be happy to start 
>> over again - I haven't done any real work on the site yet. At this stage, I 
>> just need to prove it can be done (by me at least).
>> What is supposed to happen when you run product_db.py? I can't see where 
>> or how it would find a .csv file to upload.
>> Martin suggested "playing around with Cartridge api within a shell to 
>> play around with the product database." I don't know how to do that either.
>> Sorry to ask dumb questions, but Ryan said to keep trying and not give up.
>> Cheers and thanks!
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, August 3, 2014 10:20:41 PM UTC+10, Kenneth Bolton wrote:
>>>
>>> sounds like you are running the script possibly with the wrong python, 
>>> e.g. without your virtualenv activated.
>>>
>>> ken
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Stevo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Ryan! - I tried to run the script from:
>>>>
>>>> myproject/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cartridge/shop/management/commands/product_db.py
>>>> but got an ImportError: No module name mezzanine.conf
>>>> I couldn't find anything in the Cartridge docs or in Mezzanine. So is 
>>>> it in Django documentation?
>>>> Please, could you give me a couple more hints and/or tell me where to 
>>>> go for more info on what to do? 
>>>> I passed my python MOOC so I've got plenty of time on my hands now. 
>>>> Haha!
>>>> Regards, Stevo
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, August 2, 2014 12:54:26 AM UTC+10, Ryan Sadwick wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I recently made a script that calls Amazon's product api and inserts 
>>>>> into cartridge for an affiliate mash up site.  I based the script off of 
>>>>> what Stephen linked earlier and the mezz/cartirdge chart: 
>>>>> http://cartridge.jupo.org/_images/graph.png.  The most products I've 
>>>>> inserted at one time has been around 100 since I'm hand picking the 
>>>>> products and I loop through a list of item numbers that call the script 
>>>>> to 
>>>>> insert into cartridge.
>>>>>
>>>>> I didn't run into any problems, everything works - ratings, images, 
>>>>> categories.  I'd suggestion playing around with Cartridge api within a 
>>>>> shell to play around with the product database.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd suggest to keep at it and don't give up. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Ryan
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 9:35:35 PM UTC-4, Stevo wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My biggest product feed is JSON and has 20k skus and gets updated 
>>>>>> every 2 weeks. Other files are .csv, and only 3-4k skus, updated every 2 
>>>>>> months or so.
>>>>>> My main needs are: a) quoting tool to guide/train/remind the user on 
>>>>>> the process and options in quoting complex product bundles  b) large 
>>>>>> number 
>>>>>> of products with lots of attributes   c) speed for about 20 users, and   
>>>>>> d) 
>>>>>> easy coding to suit my high-level noobosity. 
>>>>>> All I've tried so far is doing  Dr Chuck's Python Course 
>>>>>> <https://www.coursera.org/course/pythonlearn>, the Django tute 
>>>>>> <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/intro/tutorial01/>, Ross 
>>>>>> Laird's tutes 
>>>>>> <http://www.rosslaird.com/blog/first-steps-with-mezzanine/> and 
>>>>>> installing Mezzanine <http://mezzanine.jupo.org/> and trying out 
>>>>>> python-docx <https://python-docx.readthedocs.org/en/latest/> (How 
>>>>>> cool is that gizmo?)
>>>>>> Like Mike, I love Mezzanine "out-of-the-box" plus its 
>>>>>> not-insurmountable learning curve. I've had a look at OpenERP, Magento, 
>>>>>> SugarCRM and vTiger and a few others. They all do a great job, but the 
>>>>>> complexity of all that functionality is a problem for a web-admin person 
>>>>>> in 
>>>>>> a team of one, like me. So maybe it's better to do a bit of coding to 
>>>>>> get 
>>>>>> one app to do more, rather than manage three apps from the admin 
>>>>>> interface 
>>>>>> and try to get them to talk to each other.
>>>>>> My thinking is to use Mezzanine as a kind of "intranet-hub" to other 
>>>>>> apps, like the quoting tool. Or actually use Mezzanine and Cartridge to 
>>>>>> do 
>>>>>> the quoting tool itself.  So I was just hoping for some advice before I 
>>>>>> get 
>>>>>> started. So if you think it not a dumb idea, I'll try Sam's Way first 
>>>>>> and 
>>>>>> report back when I've got some results.
>>>>>> Best regards Ken et al, and many thanks for the prompt advice. 
>>>>>> Stevo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 11:43:29 PM UTC+10, Kenneth Bolton wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What have you tried? What form do you currently have those "at least 
>>>>>>> 20,000 products" in?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The management command Stephen wrote about still works, afaik. And 
>>>>>>> Sam's technique is a tried-and-true method of bulk-inserting complex 
>>>>>>> data 
>>>>>>> into Django already in use within Cartridge.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ken
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Stevo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there any chance of an update on this issue? I'd really love to 
>>>>>>>> use Mezzanine rather than Magento, but I have to load up at least 
>>>>>>>> 20,000 
>>>>>>>> products. I was hoping to use Cartridge as the foundation to allow 
>>>>>>>> users to 
>>>>>>>> do quite complex quotes and proposals and output them using 
>>>>>>>> python-docx. Or 
>>>>>>>> is this out of scope for Mezzanine? Any advice appreciated.
>>>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Monday, February 25, 2013 2:26:26 PM UTC+11, Martin Hickey wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am non-programmer, but I have launched a number of Mezzanine 
>>>>>>>>> sites. I love the framework and am looking forward to learning more.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am beginning to play around with a concept that would require 
>>>>>>>>> Cartridge. I have gone through the documentation, but I am sure that 
>>>>>>>>> it is 
>>>>>>>>> possible I missed it. Is there a way to bulk upload products into 
>>>>>>>>> Cartridge. I have considered integrating something like 
>>>>>>>>> django-feedmapper, 
>>>>>>>>> but sure would love to avoid the time involved in a custom 
>>>>>>>>> integration. Can 
>>>>>>>>> you let me know if this is my best bet at this point?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>
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