Google Merchant Center Feeder question

[irfan.rehman]

Hello,

I have recently installed the Google Merchant Center Feeder addon to my site. I am able to generate an xml product file and have it upload to google merchant centre without any problems.

Now the thing im having trouble understanding is how can i have the feed created and uploaded automatically.

I have setup the schedule in the merchant centre to have the upload run every month, but i don’t know how to have a new product xml feed/file be created automatically in Zencart. Can this be done? I only see the option to delete and upload a file in Zencart.

Cheers in advanced for any help with this.

[bonnit]

you will need to set up a cron job to do this, either by using your hosting control panel or an online provider

[HBELLC]

ok so how do u set up a cron job? in my GMCF i am confused on the information ...

I selected "Products"

MAX "?"

Starting Point "?"

what numbers do i put in the "?" areas

Thanks
Jim

[RescoCCC]

Or you can go in to your Google Merchant Center account and set it up to automatically crawl the feed.

[SweetEmotions]

To export the file to your zencart admin, go to: Tools> Goole Merchant Center Feeder

Feed Type: Products
Max Products: Leave Blank
Starting Point: Leave Blank

Click on the confirm button then wait for the pop up window to finish loading. It will show full debug info.

Then update the feed in your google merchant center.


In my control panel provided by my web host, under cron job, it is set up like this: wget http://yourwebsite.com//googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_uy_tp

[RescoCCC]

To export the file to your zencart admin, go to: Tools> Goole Merchant Center Feeder

Feed Type: Products
Max Products: Leave Blank
Starting Point: Leave Blank

Click on the confirm button then wait for the pop up window to finish loading. It will show full debug info.

Then update the feed in your google merchant center.

They already did that. The question was how to do it automatically. The simplest way is to set it up in Google Merchant Center.

[SweetEmotions]

ok so how do u set up a cron job? in my GMCF i am confused on the information ...

I selected "Products"

MAX "?"

Starting Point "?"

what numbers do i put in the "?" areas

Thanks
Jim

This wasn't answered, which I replied to.

[HBELLC]

I did as stated and this is what i get in the popup ...

This request takes too long to process, it is timed out by the server. If it should not be timed out, please contact administrator of this web site to increase 'Connection Timeout'.

Don't know

[RescoCCC]

I did as stated and this is what i get in the popup ...

This request takes too long to process, it is timed out by the server. If it should not be timed out, please contact administrator of this web site to increase 'Connection Timeout'.

Don't know

Just set it up in your Google Merchant Center account. It is very easy to do.

[irishshopper]

www.irishshopper.co.uk

Uploaded everything as per instructions for the Google Merchant Centre Feeder but when I come to step 7 in instructions Admin.Tools/Google Merchant Centre Feeder this option is not there.

Have the Google Merchant Centre Configuration OK in the Configuration part of the cSore.