Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

[qubit]

Hi,

The error I receive is:
25 An invalid encoding was specified for the bulk upload file - help

An unusal chain mail frame bag with chain shoulder strap which can be hidden to create a clutch bag. Availiable now only in white -�this seasons new black!!

Clicking on the help link shows the following:


Your bulk upload contains an invalid UTF-8 character. If you are using Notepad to save your file, please select "Save As" and then select "ANSI" or "UTF-8" in the "Encoding" options.

there are 240 items in my feed of which only 68 succeed. The feed worked fine whilst it was Froogle.

HTH with the troubleshooting :)
Q

[stagebrace]

Do you see the square box in this text, "-�this seasons new black!!"?
Whatever that character is you must remove it in your upload file.

[qubit]

Yes I have done and it's working ok now:) I was only posting the errors as Woodymon wanted an example.

Unfortunately this means downloading the feed every time, opening it and removing the cahracters before submitting. Previously I simple ran froogle.php, it created a new file and automatically uploaded it to the froogle server. I'm hoping that posting the error may give someone a clue as to what to change in the contrib to allow it to work as before.

Cheers,
Q

[hbtrading]

Does anyone know what exactly is causing these problems?

[jewelrylady]

has anyone got this to work?

I see on Google base that the fields are different that froogle, but I am Not even getting an error message when I Upload the froogle file.

[kelvyn]

You might find these two groups of some help:
http://groups.google.com/group/base-help-discussion
http://groups.google.com/group/Froogle-Merchants

[jewelrylady]

Well I tried uploaded the Froogle file from froogle mod, and I uploaded it FTP. Well see if it works. There is a limit as to how many megabtyes you can upload now. What a pain in the Bu**!