Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

It's not generating it at all. Here are the config settings:

Store Description Online resale store for Baby & Toddler Clothing, Accessories & Shoes. Info
Output File Name domain Info
Compress Feed File false Info
Uploaded date 2011/10/08 17:25:02 Info
Output Directory feed/google/ Info
Enable Advanced XML Sanitization false Info
Max products 0 Info
Starting Point 0 Info
Included Categories Info
Excluded Categories Info
Included Manufacturers Info
Excluded Manufacturers Info
Expiration Date Base now Info
Expiration Date Adjust 29 Info
Show Default Currency true Info
Default Currency USD Info
Show Offer ID id Info
Show Quantity true Info
Include Zero Quantity false Info
Default Quantity 0 Info
Shipping Options USPS Info
Default Condition used Info
Condition true Info
Default Product Type Info
Product Type full Info
Show Feed Language false Info
Feed Language 1 Info
Show Weight true Info
Weight Units pounds Info
UPC/ISBN/EAN false Info
Description 2 false Info
Use Meta Title false Info
Enable Map Pricing false Info
Use cPath in url false Info
Default Product Category Apparel & Accessories > Clothing Info
Display Tax true Info
Tax Country US Info
Tax Region WI Info
Tax Rate 5.10 Info
Tax on Shipping n Info
Payments Accepted Paypal Info
Payment Notes Money Order Info
Select Shipping Method flat rate Info
Table Zone ID Info
Shipping Country Info
Shipping Region Info
Shipping Service Info
Pickup do not display Info
Alternate Image URL Info
Image Handler false Info
Magic SEO URLs false

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Originally Posted by chan123

I had a lot of problems with this and spent hours before getting it to work.

On the Feeder Configuration page, set Product Type to "Top". If you have more than one Default Product Category, you have to set up different feeds for each category. See post 3091 for full explanation.

kat

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OK...will change that to "top" as right now I have it at "full". I don't have more than one default category so no need to set up different feeds.

Thank you!

I don't know if it's causing the problem, but your store description should be plain text, not xml format.

Output Directory feed/google/ Info - Why is there info at the end of this? This line is for folder entries only. Do you have feed/google/info in your root?

My feed name changed to feed/google after the installation of Numinix Product Fields. It is not in the root but rather inside the feed file.

feed....google....domain_products_en.xml.

I changed the description to plain text.

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Originally Posted by FGold

My feed name changed to feed/google after the installation of Numinix Product Fields. It is not in the root but rather inside the feed file.

feed....google....domain_products_en.xml.

I changed the description to plain text.

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There should not be "info" at the end of the output directory path unless you actually have a folder, (not a file), named info.

So, if in your store root directory you have:

feed/google

The output directory needs to be

feed/google/

OOPS! I just realized that "info" appears on a lot of the settings. Must be some kind of copy/paste thing.

So, the only weird thing I see is the store info. Other than that the settings match mine.

OK...thank you very much for your time and help!

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Originally Posted by RescoCCC

Is the feed directory in the root named simply feed, and have no sub-directory? Also, check permissions on the feed directory. Should be either 755 or 777, depending on your host's configuration.

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yes it is feed only. yes permissions set to 777.

By the way I also have a Yahoo feed which is working correctly and using the feed directory.

Here is the contents of GOOGLE_PRODUCTS_OUTPUT_FILENAME_products_.xml that that appears in the feed directory


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0">
<channel>
<title>Healing Herbs of China</title>
<link>GOOGLE_PRODUCTS_ADDRESS</link>
<description>GOOGLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION</description>
</channel>
</rss>

Friday, I get an email from Google. They claim my listings are missing 'MPN' values, and gave me examples (links to my products). I have 7 days to fix it or I will be suspended.

Problem is, these are digital downloads and have no UPC code. The MPN is my own product code, but the field is filled out. Worse is that when a feed is submitted, there are no errors coming back from Google, as viewed on the Google Merchant Center pages. I asked for an exemption, but still am clueless as to what Google thinks I am doing wrong. The last thing I need to do is edit 700+ listings to make the Google Gorilla happy.