Google Base - Suddenly throwing errors

[RescoCCC]

Would this necessarily mean that I have to change the image names of all images with the " & " in it ???

Yes, that's what it means. Are you using an image handler add-on that is creating images with the & in the file name?

[mr.chetanladdha]

Hi,

The removal of & seems to work wonders !!!
Thanks a lot everyone.Almost 60% of the products are now uploaded.

Now, when I check the xml again, i do not get an & error, but a different error which I cannot understand.


XML Parsing Error: no element found
Location: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Jyoti%20Ladhe/Desktop/domain_products_en2.xml
Line Number 16899, Column 8:</item>
-------^

This is the last line of the feed file generated latest.

Is there some closing tag which is missing ?

Regards,
Chetan

[honeypot]

Hi,
Yes you need to remove all the & from image links. The thumbnail was quite difficult to see but I think you also have spaces for the image links. You should definately not use any spaces within links. If you can access your images folder either through your ftp progam or webhost then you should be able to scroll down and correct all the mistakes. However, you also need to update the link from your product page to show the new link. The best way to do this is to back up the image causing the problem. Delete the image of your server. Rename the backup to an acceptable desc using letters and numbers with no spaces (use _ instead of space). Then upload the image again from your products page. It looks to me from your thumbnail that your internet explorer is showing the source code of the xml feed. If you just look at the xml feed on its own you get an error page with a link that says learn more. If you click on the learn more link then it will show you the exact product which is causing the problem within the source code. If you correct that issue and then follow the whole process again to show the next error until all the links are working.

[honeypot]

Hi,
You need to look at what is on Line Number 16899 of your xml source code to see what the error is. It would be difficult to know the exact issue without this info.

[mr.chetanladdha]

Hi honeypot,

Thanks a lot for your help.
All the & products have been settled.

Now, this new error has to be rectified.
Were all your problems solved after you fixed the & images products or there were some other changes also that you needed to make ?

I had some products that did not have a model number. So, they did not get uploaded. I fixed them and they are also up now.

Some products had FREE SHIPPING written in the description. So, that was the problem.

Now for the others, I am unable to guess. As the error says its related to some XML parsing error .


The line number Line Number 16899, Column 8 has nothing but :</item> written on it and its the last line of the feed file.

So, now I am stuck here. I am still ssearchig and checking if I can get anything. If you all can help in the meanwhile would be great.

Thanks,
Chetan

[buildingblocks]

Try to eliminate special characters from your descriptions, titles and even model numbers. There are many more characters than just & that will choke your feed.

[mr.chetanladdha]

Yeah.. I am in a process of checking those out..
I will post the results soon.

Thanks a lot buildingblocks !

All the help is very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Chetan

[honeypot]

Hi,
I did not have any other errors apart from the & in the image links. The end of the feed should be as follows:[FONT=monospace]

[/FONT]</item>
</channel>
</rss>

Does yours end the same way. It could be a case of when you have removed all the errors then it may resolve itself. Just one thing I noticed there should not be a : before the </item>. It is possible that when you were installing the mod you may have put in an extra : by mistake.

[new2u]

I am getting Missing required attribute: availability

I have had this running for over a year no issues... until now

[RescoCCC]

I am getting Missing required attribute: availability

I have had this running for over a year no issues... until now

If you've been running it for over a year, you're using a version of the mod that does not produce the availability attribute. This is one of the new requirements that Google put in to place effective 09.22.11. You need to update the module.