help needed with magento product import products wont show up in catalog after import

Question

I asked a similar question a couple days ago and didn't get any answers that solved my problem (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3543992/after-importing-products-into-magento-they-dont-show-up-catalog)

Ive tried everything to get this to work i feel like its something trivial im missing. I have used magento before and never had any problems like this.

Basically all the products import correctly they just dont show up in the catalog unless i go into the product and click save... i dont even need to change anything just hit save.. with almost 2000 products that need to be imported it would be very tedious.

I have everything else set up and im just stuck at this last point and need to get it done asap.

I HAVE tested on 2 pcs with 1.4.0 and 1.4.1.1 all with the same results

LINK TO WHAT CSV LOOKS LIKE http://www.mediafire.com/?01y15k7wv015qwe

Thanks again

Answer 1

Since it could be any number of things, try this:

1. Create a new product in Magento, and confirm that it shows up on the frontend.
2. Import 1 product from your spreadsheet after that.
3. Do a product export and compare the two products. This should point out to you the differences and help you figure it out.

Answer 2

Also, if saving it does resolve it you could use the mass update function and hit edit for all products then save that might also get them updated. Then you wont need to go through each individually.