Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[numinix]

v1.60 GOOGLE BASE FEEDER

1. Added new paramters (type=products or downloads or documents);
2. Code optimization;
3. Bug fix;

This is a more major update with some code optimization and a minor bug fix for those who don't have ASA installed.

The new parameters are passed just like the feed=yes&upload=yes (type=products etc).

So far, downloads and documents are treated exactly the same and use the Google Reference Article as their template. Therefore, when uploading "downloads" or "documents" choose REFERENCE ARTICLES as your ITEM TYPE.

This version will become the prototype for the RSS 2.0 FEED GENERATOR which I hope to have in development shortly.

[tj1]

Hi, I plan to install and use the mod for the first time. I'm reading the README file and it says the following files are affected:
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admin/includes/languages/english/product.php
admin/includes/modules/product/collect_info.php
admin/includes/modules/update_product.php
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However, I was checking the contents of zip file I just downloaded and I don't see any of these files included in it.

Does this mean the mod has now been modified so that it doesn't touch any original files and the README file needs updating or am I missing something else?

Thanks.

[motti]

Hi Jeff

I got version Google Base Feeder v.1.5.0 05.08. , which SQL or SQL’S so I need to run?

And do I need to run the googlefroogle.sql also?

Thank you

[numinix]

Motti,

Write down all the important information from your Google Base Configuration and then run the googlefroogle.sql from the version you want to install. I would run either 1.5.3a or 1.6.0 as there have been bug fixes since 1.5.0.

Or, you can run all of the sql updates between your current version and the version you are upgrading to. These can be found in the sql updates folder.

[numinix]

Hi, I plan to install and use the mod for the first time. I'm reading the README file and it says the following files are affected:
----------
admin/includes/languages/english/product.php
admin/includes/modules/product/collect_info.php
admin/includes/modules/update_product.php
----------

However, I was checking the contents of zip file I just downloaded and I don't see any of these files included in it.

Does this mean the mod has now been modified so that it doesn't touch any original files and the README file needs updating or am I missing something else?

Thanks.

That section should be removed from the readme.txt as those files are no longer affected by the Google Base Feeder and are now included with Auction Site Attributes. I will update the readme.txt.

[marvin]

I am using 1.5.3.

Everything is ok except google shows no images.
The latest "thought" from one of their techies is as follows:

"Hello Marvin,

Thank you for your email. I checked your image_links again and noticed
that you're content-type header is incorrect. Currently, your header line
is setting the value as "text/html;" however, an acceptable content-type
would be "image/jpeg" or "image/gif," depending on the format of your
image.

Please make sure that the header information is correct for your images;
otherwise, our image processor will be unable to cache a copy of your
image.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to respond
to this email."

Does this make sense? Does'nt the contribution have the correct header?

The read me file does not say anything about any changes to the header file.

Help, anyone?

[marvin]

I am using 1.5.3.

Everything is ok except google shows no images.
The latest "thought" from one of their techies is as follows:

"Hello Marvin,

Thank you for your email. I checked your image_links again and noticed
that you're content-type header is incorrect. Currently, your header line
is setting the value as "text/html;" however, an acceptable content-type
would be "image/jpeg" or "image/gif," depending on the format of your
image.

Please make sure that the header information is correct for your images;
otherwise, our image processor will be unable to cache a copy of your
image.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to respond
to this email."

Does this make sense? Does'nt the contribution have the correct header?

The read me file does not say anything about any changes to the header file.

Help, anyone?

Still need help with this image problem??????????????

[numinix]

I'm not an expert on XML so I don't know why this wouldn't work for you, but would work for everyone else.

Furthermore, there is no header in the file for text/html:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0">
<channel>
.
.
.
</channel>
</rss>

[tolefairy]

Delete your feed file and then run the script again, let it generate the file for you. Also, the file should be named .xml in all 1.5.x versions.

ok, I deleted the shabbychiccottage.txt file on my server. Then ran the script again. It created a shabbychiccottage.txt file again but it's empty.

This is what it said:
Google Base Feeder v.1.5.3 28.08.2007 10:25 started 2007/09/19 19:50:00
Feed file - /home2/shabecom/public_html/feed/shabbychiccottagefeed.txt
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
Google Base File Complete In 0.107445 Seconds 0 Records

so........it's not creating any records? Ftp is working fine BTW

I remaned the new file on my server with a .xml extension and ran the script again. same response. No records.

I've messed up somewhere.

Also I might add, in admin>configuration I now have TWO of these:
Google Base Feeder Configuration

Under admin>tools I only have one Google Base Feeder

Also after I run the script and get the above result and then click to view product feed file, I get a screen about LiveBookmarks and under that the title Shabby Chic Cottage and the rest of the page is blank.

Should I uninstall 1.5.3? What about the previous version I had? I copied and pasted all of the sql updates that were in the download for 1.5.3. There were 4 in a folder and then the one for 1.5.3.

TIA for any assistance..........

[tj1]

That section should be removed from the readme.txt as those files are no longer affected by the Google Base Feeder and are now included with Auction Site Attributes. I will update the readme.txt.

Thanks for the confirmation.

One more thing, the readme file says Register your bulk upload .xml file using the same name in your Google Froogle Configuration at base.google.com

I noticed Google Base Feeder appends "_products", "_documents" or "_downloads" to the file name you specify in the output file name specified in the configuration.

For this reason, so that noobs like me don't get confused and can't understand why the file is not working, I think you should add to the readme file that one should also append this to the file registered in Google Base.
For example, if one has my_gbase_file in the output file name field, the file you registered with GoogleBase should be named my_gbase_file_products.xml