[OLD] Google Merchant module Version 1.12.0 by Numinix

[DivaVocals]

Thanks I think you may be right, all other mods installed no probs at all, just this one driving me nuts

I just tried to copy them again but got error saying a files exists with that name already do you want to replace the existing file.
Obviously I dont want to replace it I want them both but will not let me if they have the same name.
This is what makes me think I am putting the files in the wrong place, I installed ZC in the root directory so need to put these files in the same place.

Thanks

YES you REPLACE the file..

BUT

if those files have already been modified by other add-ons you installed you need to merge the changes for this add-on into those files first..

Seriously, I really do think you need to think about having someone help you with this install..

[DivaVocals]

FYI.. I posted the latest version of the v1.3.9 flavor of this add on to the free downloads (Version: 1.12.5).

I also updated the description with the link to THIS support thread..

[DivaVocals]

FYI.. I posted the Zen cart v1.5 flavor of this add on to the free downloads (Version: 1.13.0).

It is posted here: Google Merchant Center Feeder - http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=2091

I also took the liberty of starting a SEPARATE support thread for it: http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1115710


Please DO NOT post questions regarding the v1.3.x versions of this add-on in this new support thread. Questions regarding the v1.3.x versions of this add-on should continue to be posted here.

If you post questions about the v1.3.x versions of this add-on you will be (gently or not so gently) redirected to this support thread.

FYI.. I'm not providing any support for these.. Just being a good net citizen by posting them..

[burger]

YES you REPLACE the file..

BUT

if those files have already been modified by other add-ons you installed you need to merge the changes for this add-on into those files first..

Seriously, I really do think you need to think about having someone help you with this install..

Got it working.
I copied the contents of each folder and put into the corresponding folders on the server.
Took 2 mins.
Now if the instructions said that to begin with....

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply, you must think im a right numpty

Thanks again

[DivaVocals]

Got it working.
I copied the contents of each folder and put into the corresponding folders on the server.
Took 2 mins.
Now if the instructions said that to begin with....

Thanks so much for taking the time to reply, you must think im a right numpty

Thanks again

They actually did (and if you install enough add-ons this will make sense), but happy you got it working anyway..

[icarus]

Hi Guys

This is a great forum, been able to get my google merchant feed working!!!

However just one small problem.

When I run the GMC feeder it produces the xml file just fine but it shows the weights as Kilos and my zen cart is showing grams and it is causing a mismatch between the actual weights and what is going to Google.

Any ideas how to get them both working on the same settings?


Ian

ps using Zencart 1.3.9h and GMCF 1.12.4

[skustes]

Hello,
I'm having two on-going issues with the Google Base Feeder on Zen 1.3.9h and the latest Google Froogle (1.12.5, I believe...can't get into cPanel currently to confirm).

First, it's only picking up 46 of my products. There are about 60-65 in the store. Why isn't it picking them all up?

Second, Google won't insert any of my products. They all get this error: "Please make sure the expiration date is in the future." I have the settings in Zen Cart to set the expiration date as 29 days from "now," but they've all failed for this reason for months. Any suggestions?

Thanks
Scott

[d78]

2. Availability & Price

A. availability [availability] - Availability status of the item

1. Your Zen-Cart must have "show quantity stock set to 1.
2. Your GM config must have Show Quantity (true) & Default Quantity (1)

I have Google denying my products due to lack of the Availability field.

I can't find either of the two settings mentioned above. Can someone give me more specific instructions of where to find 1 and 2?

Thank you!

[d78]

I had issues where my product descriptions had missing spaces when fed to Google. This was due to HTML line break tags being removed as the XML feed was generated. The google_base class does not take into account that <br /> tags aren't always followed by a real "\n" line break, especially if you use an html editor like TINYMCE in Zencart.

If you have descriptions that look something like this on Google:
"Line of textNext line of textAnother line"

Change the google_base class to replace <br> tags with a space BEFORE html is stripped out of the description.

/includes/classes/google_base.php ~line 438

Find this:

function google_base_sanita($str, $rt=false) {
      //global $products;
      $str = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n", " "), ' ', $str);
      $str = strip_tags($str);
      //$charset = 'UTF-8';
      //if (defined(CHARSET)) {
        //$charset = strtoupper(CHARSET);
      //}
      $str = html_entity_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES);//, $charset);
      //$str = html_entity_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES, $charset);
      //$str = htmlspecialchars($str, ENT_QUOTES, '', false);
      //$str = htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTES, $charset, false); 
      return $str;
    }

Replace with this:

function google_base_sanita($str, $rt=false) {
      //global $products;
      $str = str_replace(array("\r\n", "\r", "\n", "&nbsp;","<br />","<br/>","<br>"), ' ', $str);
      $str = strip_tags($str);
      //$charset = 'UTF-8';
      //if (defined(CHARSET)) {
        //$charset = strtoupper(CHARSET);
      //}
      $str = html_entity_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES);//, $charset);
      //$str = html_entity_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES, $charset);
      //$str = htmlspecialchars($str, ENT_QUOTES, '', false);
      //$str = htmlentities($str, ENT_QUOTES, $charset, false); 
      return $str;
    }

You could add more tags you want replaced with a space in that array if you want. This is not a big deal unless you have a lot of line breaks at the beginning of descriptions like I do. You only get a little bit of text to feed to Google anyway.

[wonderbread101]

How do you add the additional Google fields to zen cart? I uploaded the new GM files, etc... and it works. However the feed does not show "Product_ Category" as is now required. Does this have to be added like when I added UPC and ISPN fields so that they would show in Easy Populate? Need help please.... Google has disapproved our feed and our site is no linger showing up in google searches.