Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[countrycharm]

Hi, Thank you for your prompt reply, I have already created an account for Google Merchant Center, when I click confirm button in the google base feeder and there have a message shown as follows:

Quote:
Google Base Feeder v1.8.2 started 2011/04/01 15:36:56
Feed file - /home/homedeco/public_html/n1stores/feed/google/http://www.n1stores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=12_products.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
Error opening google base output file "/home/homedeco/public_html/n1stores/feed/google/http://www.n1stores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=12"
Quoted:

would you tell me what should I do for next?

regards,
Jacky

Chmod feed file to 777 or in your case /feed/google and the files inside.
Delete your feed file and then run the script again,

[jacky]

Chmod feed file to 777 or in your case /feed/google and the files inside.
Delete your feed file and then run the script again,

Hi, I've been Chmond the feed file of google feed/google to 777 in my store root and deleted the feed file in Google merchant center, also made a new data feed file too. But it still doesn't work.

Quote:
Google Base Feeder v1.8.2 started 2011/04/04 14:04:14
Feed file - /home/homedeco/public_html/n1stores/google feed/google/http://www.n1stores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=12_products.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
Error opening google base output file "/home/homedeco/public_html/n1stores/google feed/google/http://www.n1stores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=12"
Quote:

I'm going to crazy now, please tell me what was wrong with that.


Regards,
Jacky

[kitcorsa]

Recieved this this morning via email.

Hello,

Thank you for participating in Google Product Search. We are reaching out to you to inform you about important changes we’re making to our Product Search attribute requirements for unique identifiers and tax and shipping information.

Starting May 3rd, 2011, we’ll require your product listings to include at least two of the three unique identifiers (Brand, MPN, GTIN). In order to provide as much information as possible to our users, we need your help in matching your products to our "product pages", where users are able to view useful data such as product specifications or reviews. While these attributes will not be required for your data feed to process correctly, they may prevent your items from appearing in Product Search results if not included. For more details, including what specific identifiers you should include for each category of item, please see our Help Center at http://www.google.com/support/mercha...?answer=160161

Starting June 6th, 2011, we’ll also require your product listings to include tax and shipping information to provide buyers with important price information. This information will be required at either the account or item level (in the “tax” or “shipping” attribute) in order for your items to process and appear in Google Product Search results. For instructions on how to include tax and shipping information, please visit http://www.google.com/support/mercha...&answer=160162

Please update your account settings or data feeds as soon as possible to ensure that you are complying with these new requirements by the dates specified above. For more information about these changes, please visit our Google Merchant blog at http://googlemerchantblog.##########...ct-search.html

Sincerely,

The Google Product Search Team


© 2011 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043

You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google Merchant Center product or account.

[countrycharm]

Recieved this this morning via email.

Hello,

Thank you for participating in Google Product Search. We are reaching out to you to inform you about important changes we’re making to our Product Search attribute requirements for unique identifiers and tax and shipping information.

Starting May 3rd, 2011, we’ll require your product listings to include at least two of the three unique identifiers (Brand, MPN, GTIN). In order to provide as much information as possible to our users, we need your help in matching your products to our "product pages", where users are able to view useful data such as product specifications or reviews. While these attributes will not be required for your data feed to process correctly, they may prevent your items from appearing in Product Search results if not included. For more details, including what specific identifiers you should include for each category of item, please see our Help Center at http://www.google.com/support/mercha...?answer=160161

Starting June 6th, 2011, we’ll also require your product listings to include tax and shipping information to provide buyers with important price information. This information will be required at either the account or item level (in the “tax” or “shipping” attribute) in order for your items to process and appear in Google Product Search results. For instructions on how to include tax and shipping information, please visit http://www.google.com/support/mercha...&answer=160162

Please update your account settings or data feeds as soon as possible to ensure that you are complying with these new requirements by the dates specified above. For more information about these changes, please visit our Google Merchant blog at http://googlemerchantblog.##########...ct-search.html

Sincerely,

The Google Product Search Team


© 2011 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043

You have received this mandatory email service announcement to update you about important changes to your Google Merchant Center product or account.

Someone has already posted this a page back. We all know about it. Thanks, maybe numinix will update this module without having to install numinix product fields.

[AdeniumUK]

Hello all.

I have come up against a problem that I can not fix despite trying repeatedly for many, many hours. I have read hundreds of posts and searched the net but I am now at my wits end and just about ready to give up.

I have zen cart 1.3.9h, hosted by dreamhost. My site has a fair amount of customisation on it and I yesterday uploaded google_base_feeder 1.8.2 taking care to follow the instructions yet no matter what I do the googlebase configuration in my admin does not show anything other than the following:

Google Base Feeder Configuration
Google Base FTP Username
Google Base FTP Password
Google Base Server

I know that there should be a great deal more in the way of configuration for the GBF (this has been confirmed in numerous threads) yet I can not figure it out.

Also in my Admin/tools I have the following:
Google Base Feeder
Feed Type:
SQL Query Limit
SQL Query Offset

For sanity sake has anyone got any ideas or suggestions so I can get this fixed.

Thanks in advance for any help that is offered.

[AfterHouR]

Hi

I am working on ZenCart 1.3.9h and I just updated to Google Merchant 1.8.3.

I can create the product feed but I am unable to view it by clicking on the link in admin.

If I access it in Iexplorer, I get the following message saying the feed contains errors

This feed contains code errors.
Go back to the previous page.

More information

End tag 'g:product_type' does not match the start tag 'title'.
Line: 1592 Character: 45

<g:product_type><![CDATA[Walking Sticks]]></g:product_type>



Please help

[countrycharm]

Hello all.

I have come up against a problem that I can not fix despite trying repeatedly for many, many hours. I have read hundreds of posts and searched the net but I am now at my wits end and just about ready to give up.

I have zen cart 1.3.9h, hosted by dreamhost. My site has a fair amount of customisation on it and I yesterday uploaded google_base_feeder 1.8.2 taking care to follow the instructions yet no matter what I do the googlebase configuration in my admin does not show anything other than the following:

Google Base Feeder Configuration
Google Base FTP Username
Google Base FTP Password
Google Base Server

I know that there should be a great deal more in the way of configuration for the GBF (this has been confirmed in numerous threads) yet I can not figure it out.

Also in my Admin/tools I have the following:
Google Base Feeder
Feed Type:
SQL Query Limit
SQL Query Offset

For sanity sake has anyone got any ideas or suggestions so I can get this fixed.

Thanks in advance for any help that is offered.

Go back and check that all files are in the correct place and you have renamed the google base feeder admin folder to your custom folder name.
Copy and past this in your admin/tools/install_sql_patches

SET @configuration_group_id=0;
SELECT (@configuration_group_id:=configuration_group_id) 
FROM configuration_group 
WHERE configuration_group_title= 'Google Base Feeder Configuration' 
LIMIT 1;
DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_group_id = @configuration_group_id AND @configuration_group_id != 0;
DELETE FROM configuration_group WHERE configuration_group_id = @configuration_group_id AND @configuration_group_id != 0;

INSERT INTO configuration_group (configuration_group_id, configuration_group_title, configuration_group_description, sort_order, visible) VALUES (NULL, 'Google Base Feeder Configuration', 'Set Google Base Options', '1', '1');
SET @configuration_group_id=last_insert_id();
UPDATE configuration_group SET sort_order = @configuration_group_id WHERE configuration_group_id = @configuration_group_id;

DELETE FROM configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES 
(NULL, 'Google Base FTP Username', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_USERNAME', 'ftp_username', 'Enter your Google Base FTP username', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Google Base FTP Password', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PASSWORD', 'ftp_password', 'Enter your Google Base FTP password', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Google Base Server', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_SERVER', 'uploads.google.com', 'Enter froogle server<br />default: hedwig.google.com', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Google Base PASV', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PASV', 'true', 'Turn PASV mode on or off for FTP upload?', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),
(NULL, 'Store Address', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ADDRESS', 'http://www.domain.com', 'Enter your website address', @configuration_group_id, 1, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Store Description', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DESCRIPTION', '', 'Enter a short description of your store', @configuration_group_id, 1, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Numinix Product Fields', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ASA', 'false', 'Activate Numinix Product Fields (requires separate add-on)?', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),
(NULL, 'UPC/ISBN', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ASA_UPC', 'false', 'If using Numinix Product Fields, include UPC/ISBN?', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),
(NULL, 'Description 2', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ASA_DESCRIPTION_2', 'false', 'If using Numinix Product Fields, append description 2 to description?', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),

(NULL, 'Enable Map Pricing', 'GOOGLE_BASE_MAP_PRICING', 'false', 'Enable MAP Pricing (requires separate add-on)?', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), 

(NULL, 'Expiration Date Base', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_EXPIRATION_BASE', 'now', 'Expiration Date Base:<ul><li>now - add Adjust to current date;</li><li>product - add Adjust to product date (max(date_added, last_modified, date_available))</li></ul>', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'now\', \'product\'),'),
(NULL, 'Expiration Date Adjust', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_EXPIRATION_DAYS', '30', 'Expiration Date Adjust in Days', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, NULL),

(NULL, 'Show Default Currency', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CURRENCY_DISPLAY', 'true', 'Display Currency', @configuration_group_id, 3, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),
(NULL, 'Default Currency', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CURRENCY', 'USD', 'Select currency', @configuration_group_id, 5, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_currencies('),
(NULL, 'Show Offer ID', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_OFFER_ID', 'id', 'A unique alphanumeric identifier for the item - products_id code. ', @configuration_group_id, 6, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'id\', \'model\', \'UPC\', \'ISBN\', \'false\'),'),
(NULL, 'Show Quantity', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_IN_STOCK', 'false', 'Display products quantity?', @configuration_group_id, 7, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),
(NULL, 'Include Zero Quantity', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ZERO_QUANTITY', 'false', 'Include products with zero quantity?', @configuration_group_id, 7, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),
(NULL, 'Default Quantity', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DEFAULT_QUANTITY', '0', 'What is the default quantity for products with zero quantity?', @configuration_group_id, 7, NOW(), NULL, NULL), 
(NULL, 'Shipping Options', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_SHIPPING', '', 'The shipping options available for an item', @configuration_group_id, 8, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Condition', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CONDITION', 'new', 'Choose your default condition', @configuration_group_id, 12, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'new\', \'used\', \'refurbished\'),'),

(NULL, 'Show Feed Lanugage', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_LANGUAGE_DISPLAY', 'false', 'Display Feed Language', @configuration_group_id, 13, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),
(NULL, 'Feed Language', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_LANGUAGE', 'English', 'If Show Feed Language is True, what is your feed language?<br />default = en', @configuration_group_id, 14, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_languages_list('),

(NULL, 'Magic SEO URLs', 'GOOGLE_BASE_MAGIC_SEO_URLS', 'false', 'Output Magic SEO URLs (separate module required)?', @configuration_group_id, 14, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),

(NULL, 'Output File Name', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_OUTPUT_FILENAME', 'domain', 'Set the name of your froogle output file', @configuration_group_id, 19, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Compress Feed File', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_COMPRESS', 'false', 'Compress Google froogle file', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),
(NULL, 'Uploaded date', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_UPLOADED_DATE', '', 'Date and time of the last upload', @configuration_group_id, 21, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Output Directory', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_DIRECTORY', 'feed/google/', 'Set the name of your froogle output directory', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, NULL),

(NULL, 'Use cPath in url', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_USE_CPATH', 'false', 'Use cPath in product info url', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),

(NULL, 'Tax Region', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_TAX_REGION', 'Tax applicable regions', 'Enter the tax region', @configuration_group_id, 22, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Display Tax', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_TAX_DISPLAY', 'false', 'Display tax per product?', @configuration_group_id, 23, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),

(NULL, 'Max products', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_MAX_PRODUCTS', '0', 'Default = 0 for infinite # of products', @configuration_group_id, 24, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Starting Point', 'GOOGLE_BASE_START_PRODUCTS', '0', 'Start at which entry (not product_id)?<br />Default=0', @configuration_group_id, 24, NOW(), NULL, NULL),

(NULL, 'Pickup', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PICKUP', 'do not display', 'Local pickup available?', @configuration_group_id, 25, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\', \'do not display\'),'),

(NULL, 'Included Categories', 'GOOGLE_BASE_POS_CATEGORIES', '', 'Enter category names separated by commas <br>(i.e. 1,2,3)<br>Leave blank to allow all categories', @configuration_group_id, 30, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Excluded Categories', 'GOOGLE_BASE_NEG_CATEGORIES', '', 'Enter category names separated by commas <br>(i.e. 1,2,3)<br>Leave blank to deactivate', @configuration_group_id, 30, NOW(), NULL, NULL),

(NULL, 'Show Weight', 'GOOGLE_BASE_WEIGHT', 'false', 'Include products weight?', @configuration_group_id, 33, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),
(NULL, 'Weight Units', 'GOOGLE_BASE_UNITS', 'pounds', 'What unit of weight measure?<br />pounds OR kilograms', @configuration_group_id, 33, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'pounds\', \'kilograms\'),'),

(NULL, 'Product Type', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PRODUCT_TYPE', 'top', 'Use top-level, bottom-level, or full-path as product_type?', @configuration_group_id, 34, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'top\', \'bottom\', \'full\'),'),

(NULL, 'Payments Accepted', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PAYMENT_METHODS', 'Cash,Check,Visa,MasterCard,AmericanExpress,Discover,WireTransfer', 'What payment methods do you accept?', @configuration_group_id, 35, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Payment Notes', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PAYMENT_NOTES', 'GoogleCheckout', 'Add payment notes (use this for showing you accept Google Checkout)', @configuration_group_id, 35, NOW(), NULL, NULL),

(NULL, 'Alternate Image URL', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ALTERNATE_IMAGE_URL', '', 'Add an alternate URL if your images are hosted offsite (i.e. http://www.domain.com/images/).  Your defined image will be appended to the end of this URL.', @configuration_group_id, 36, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Image Handler', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_IMAGE_HANDLER', 'false', 'Resize images using image handler (separate module required)?', @configuration_group_id, 36, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),

(NULL, 'Use Meta Title', 'GOOGLE_BASE_META_TITLE', 'false', 'Use meta title as the title if it exists (for products only)?', @configuration_group_id, 40, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'),

(NULL, 'Select Shipping Method', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_METHOD', 'none', 'Select a shipping method from the drop-down list that is used in your store, or leave as none', @configuration_group_id, 50, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'zones table rate\', \'flat rate\', \'per item\', \'per weight unit\', \'table rate\', \'zones\', \'percategory\', \'free shipping\', \'free rules shipping\', \'none\'),'),
(NULL, 'Table Zone ID', 'GOOGLE_BASE_RATE_ZONE', '', 'Enter the table rate ID if using a shipping method that uses table rates:', @configuration_group_id, 51, NOW(), NULL, NULL),  
(NULL, 'Shipping Country', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_COUNTRY', '', 'Select the destination country for the shipping rates:', @configuration_group_id, 52, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_country_list('),
(NULL, 'Shipping Region', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_REGION', '', 'Enter the destination region within the selected country (state code, or zip with wildcard *):', @configuration_group_id, 53, NOW(), NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 'Shipping Service', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_SERVICE', '', 'Enter the shipping service type (i.e. Ground):', @configuration_group_id, 54, NOW(), NULL, NULL),

(NULL, 'Debug', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DEBUG', 'false', 'Turn on simple debug?', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'); 

After that copy and past this one.

SET @configuration_group_id=0;
SELECT @configuration_group_id:=configuration_group_id
FROM configuration_group
WHERE configuration_group_title= 'Google Base Feeder Configuration'
LIMIT 1;
DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_group_id = @configuration_group_id AND configuration_group_id != 0;
DELETE FROM configuration_group WHERE configuration_group_id = @configuration_group_id AND configuration_group_id != 0; 

Copy and past the install.sql in the google base folder again. See if that puts everything in admin/configurations for you.

[katrobb]

Hello,
I am working on ZenCart 1.3.9h and I just updated to Google Merchant 1.8.3.

When I click on the Confirm button I receive the following message.

Google Merchant Center Feeder v started 2011/03/25 15:43:12
Feed file - "the normal address"/feed/kkegoogle_products.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
~~~~~~~~~
Google Merchant Center File Complete In 17.790608 Seconds 945 Records

When I click on the Update link, only 22 records are uploaded, not 945.

Does anyone have any ideas?

I have went back to v1.7.4 and it still works, but I do not know what additions the v1.8.3 has made.

Katrina Robb
Katalina Klark Enterprises
KatalinaKlark.com

[countrycharm]

Hi, I've been Chmond the feed file of google feed/google to 777 in my store root and deleted the feed file in Google merchant center, also made a new data feed file too. But it still doesn't work.

Quote:
Google Base Feeder v1.8.2 started 2011/04/04 14:04:14
Feed file - /home/homedeco/public_html/n1stores/google feed/google/http://www.n1stores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=12_products.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
Error opening google base output file "/home/homedeco/public_html/n1stores/google feed/google/http://www.n1stores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=12"
Quote:

I'm going to crazy now, please tell me what was wrong with that.


Regards,
Jacky

Go back and check that all files are in the correct place. When I said delete the feed file I mean root feed/google/ feed file. Also make sure the googlefroogle.php file in your root is set to 644 or 777

[jacky]

Go back and check that all files are in the correct place. When I said delete the feed file I mean root feed/google/ feed file. Also make sure the googlefroogle.php file in your root is set to 644 or 777

Hi,

I've done all of as you said, but there have another problem came out, I named the output file as "products" in the "Google Merchant Center Feeder Configuration" and then go to admin/tools to upload the file to Google, the message shown as follows:

Quote:
Google Base Feeder v1.8.2 started 2011/04/06 15:44:42
Feed file - /home/homedeco/public_html/n1stores/google feed/google/products_products.xml
Processing: Feed - No, Upload - Yes
Upload started...
Uploaded Successfully
-r--r----- 1 ftp · root · 403 Apr 6 00:47 products_products.xml
Connected to: uploads.google.comLogin ok:Current Directory Is: /-r--r----- 1 ftp · root · 403 Apr 6 00:47 products_products.xml

Upload ok!
Quoted:

There have nothing uploaded, the name of the file was change to "products_products.xml" automatically. Why?



regards,
Jacky