Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

Second thought...

We have options and items that we don't really want on the Shopping page for Google - is there an existing mod to add to the products desc to NOT be included in the google_base run?

Is this a 'suggestion box' item for a future update? If so, make the default to all 'on' ;)

Or, is it down to manual editing and uploading?

Tag!

What is the latest version available for this Feeder?

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Originally Posted by chewie49

What is the latest version available for this Feeder?

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1.7.4 is the latest I've seen. This is their official download page:

http://www.numinix.com/zen-cart/mark...le-base-feeder

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Originally Posted by hypercoyote

1.7.4 is the latest I've seen. This is their official download page:

http://www.numinix.com/zen-cart/mark...le-base-feeder

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I have version 1.6.16...Is there much difference with 1.7.4?

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Originally Posted by kburner

I have version 1.6.16...Is there much difference with 1.7.4?

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Check the changelog on the link I provided, it tells you what they changed. Usually you want the newest version.

I have had this mod installed for a while now with no problems until a couple days ago when I resubmitted our feed a 2/3 of our items were kicked out because of encoding errors related to the description field.

Thinking something had gone awry, I installed the newest release and still having the problem.

Anyone else having similar problems?

Hi! sorry if this has been mentioned before, I searched but nothing came up and i dont have time to read over 180+ pages of postings.

Is it not as simple as going through Zen Admin>Tools>EasyPopluate>Downlad Froogle .txt file and uploading it to Google Base as a Data Feed?
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If not, what would the steps we would need to take to get our stuff on there? Is there a download or something to integrate into ZenCart?

Thanks for your time!

Allison



MoonbeamSoyCandles.com

I SWEAR I am not being a smart a$$ here...:smile: Just wanted to point out a few things..:smile:

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Originally Posted by moonbeamsoycandles

Hi! sorry if this has been mentioned before, I searched but nothing came up and i dont have time to read over 180+ pages of postings.

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Hence the reason you missed this post #1894 (just a few posts above yours on this page..):smile:

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Originally Posted by moonbeamsoycandles

Is it not as simple as going through Zen Admin>Tools>EasyPopluate>Downlad Froogle .txt file and uploading it to Google Base as a Data Feed?
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You should pose this question on the EZ Populate support thread. This is the support thread for the Google Base Feeder module..:yes:

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Originally Posted by moonbeamsoycandles

If not, what would the steps we would need to take to get our stuff on there? Is there a download or something to integrate into ZenCart?

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Again.. look a few posts up at post #1894. Install the Google Base Feeder module to submit your feeds to Google..

I've made the fix as below for ampersands and quotation marks in titles and descriptions. It seems to work for some products, but not all or them. It even seems to have stopped working for some products. I have fewer products being listed. I have not made any other changes. Can anyone figure a reason for that?

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Originally Posted by davewest

I format my descriptions and titles using HTML tags. I also use some tags to keep from having errors in MySQL server such as commas and quotation marks. I'm using the RSS 2.0 format for my Google feed which has problems with some HTML tags within xml. On top of it all, Google has it's own formatting you need to consider if you want your feed to display at all. Thus the need for sanitizing it.

Unfortunately, theirs not an easy one fix for all users solution, lest for my limited coding ability. All my quotations are tag as " and for some reason, the & is removed during sanitizing leaving me with quot; which errors in Google. My fix was with this line in \includes\classes\google_base.php Look for the function 'google_base_xml_sanitizer'

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$str = str_replace(array("&lt;", "&gt;"), array("<", ">"), $str);

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with this one

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$str = str_replace(array("lt;", "gt;", "quot;"), array("<", " &qt; ", """), $str);

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My quotation now shows up in titles and description.

Theirs nothing wrong with the code, just with how my titles and description are coded and my refusal to modify 3000 products just to please google.

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After some discussion on Google Merchant Center forum, The last email from Google said that the reason my products are not showing up within Google Products is ....

"because while processing your items most of the items landing pages were not functioning. Please ensure your URLs are functional
all the time and resubmit your data feed without changing the file name."

Can someone tell me what it means that my items landing pages are not functioning ?