Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[tolefairy]

update:

while waiting for more answers I re-uploaded all the files for the 1.5.3 version.

Maybe I missed a file the first go round because it works now. I have the right config file now.

I apologize if this is what was causing the problem, but since we did several "fixes" I don't know which one worked.

HOWEVER..........as beautiful as it is and as impressed as I am, there are no images showing when I view before uploading. Am I supposed to be seeing images on the "view before upload" page?

If so, I don't.

What can I do to fix this?

again, TIA, u r a very patient and helpful person!

[numinix]

The XML will not show the images in your browser. You'll need to view it with an XML editor to see the attributes. You would need to write an XSL or CSS file for the XML feed which you can't do or your feed will not validate with Google Base.

I plan to eventually write an RSS generator...

[tolefairy]

Thanks again so much. I just did a "page source" view and could see that the image link is indeed there.

I went ahead and uploaded to google and everything uploaded. But I didn't set the expiration date correctly in the config, I guess because it shows as expiring today.

So I created a new upload, with a different file name after setting in the config to 31 days. Made a new file and uploaded that. Is that what I should have done?

Am waiting to see if the new file will show the correct expiration date.

I'm almost there and this is such a good mod. It's refreshing to have an author that continues to assist newbs like me.

many thanks!

[numinix]

Thanks again so much. I just did a "page source" view and could see that the image link is indeed there.

I went ahead and uploaded to google and everything uploaded. But I didn't set the expiration date correctly in the config, I guess because it shows as expiring today.

So I created a new upload, with a different file name after setting in the config to 31 days. Made a new file and uploaded that. Is that what I should have done?

Am waiting to see if the new file will show the correct expiration date.

I'm almost there and this is such a good mod. It's refreshing to have an author that continues to assist newbs like me.

many thanks!

The script is set to expire the feed after 365 days, so it would be the same day/month, but 2008 as someone else in this feed also mistakenly missed. Anyways, the expiry is not important because you should be uploading your new feed EVERY time there is a change in your products. Google Base will actually reject feeds if there are discrepancies between your site and the feed details. Setting a cron job to run at the same pace as your changes, daily, weekly, etc. will avoid this.