Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[lloyd_borrett]

G'day,

I think that in the function google_base_xml_sanitizer in file includes/classes/google_base.php needs the line

$str = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $str);

added to replace muliple spaces with a single space, somewhere just before it finishes.

This will help Google Base Feeder's test for a description length of at least 15 characters work better.

I'm not sure how to handle this length test treating HTML entities in the sanitized description as multiple characters instead of just one caracter.

Cheers, Lloyd Borrett.

[ams30gts]

i have been reading this thread all night and cant find the solution.

Zencart 1.3.8a
Google Base Feeder 1.7.4

i am getting these errors:

Feed status summary

1153 of 1538 items inserted - Processed on Jun 14, 2009 12:15 am PDT

Detected file format: XML
Feed Level Messages
Warning: Missing recommended attribute: upc
While items missing recommended attributes will process successfully, we recommend including relevant attributes if they are available.
Item Errors - 385 items with errors
383
Missing required attribute: description
Please make sure you include all required attributes in your data feed.

Examples:
Item Nr. 	Line Nr.
15 	273
387 	7,341
390 	7,398
591 	11,217
905 	17,183
36
Missing title
You must enter an item title. "Title" is a required attribute.

Examples:
Item Nr. 	Line Nr.
111 	2,097
118 	2,230
288 	5,460
1,415 	26,873
1,420 	26,968
Item Warnings - 382 items with warnings
380
Invalid encoding
Some of the characters in your data feed seem to be invalid. Please verify all the characters in your feed are valid for your selected encoding.
Learn more.

Examples:
Item Nr. 	Line Nr.
15 	290
387 	7,358
390 	7,415
591 	11,234
905 	17,200
36
Invalid encoding
Some of the characters in your data feed seem to be invalid. Please verify all the characters in your feed are valid for your selected encoding.
Learn more.

Examples:
Item Nr. 	Line Nr.
111 	2,098
118 	2,231
288 	5,461
1,415 	26,874
1,420 	26,969

i went back and checked the examples and all seemed fine. all of my products have Titles & Descriptions

[fusionsp]

i have been reading this thread all night and cant find the solution.

Zencart 1.3.8a
Google Base Feeder 1.7.4

i am getting these errors:

Feed status summary

1153 of 1538 items inserted - Processed on Jun 14, 2009 12:15 am PDT

Detected file format: XML
Feed Level Messages
Warning: Missing recommended attribute: upc
While items missing recommended attributes will process successfully, we recommend including relevant attributes if they are available.
Item Errors - 385 items with errors
383
Missing required attribute: description
Please make sure you include all required attributes in your data feed.

Examples:
Item Nr. 	Line Nr.
15 	273
387 	7,341
390 	7,398
591 	11,217
905 	17,183
36
Missing title
You must enter an item title. "Title" is a required attribute.

Examples:
Item Nr. 	Line Nr.
111 	2,097
118 	2,230
288 	5,460
1,415 	26,873
1,420 	26,968
Item Warnings - 382 items with warnings
380
Invalid encoding
Some of the characters in your data feed seem to be invalid. Please verify all the characters in your feed are valid for your selected encoding.
Learn more.

Examples:
Item Nr. 	Line Nr.
15 	290
387 	7,358
390 	7,415
591 	11,234
905 	17,200
36
Invalid encoding
Some of the characters in your data feed seem to be invalid. Please verify all the characters in your feed are valid for your selected encoding.
Learn more.

Examples:
Item Nr. 	Line Nr.
111 	2,098
118 	2,231
288 	5,461
1,415 	26,874
1,420 	26,969

i went back and checked the examples and all seemed fine. all of my products have Titles & Descriptions

yeah, this is something new that google base is doing now. For the last month mine were fine, then i checked it last night and now this screen pops up.
Have you looked thru the file and see what those lines are indicating yet?

[winsion]

I just receive an email from GOOGLE BASE ,,, With those terms ,, I suppose lots of people use Zencart can not use google base in the future ?
(((( I AM USING ZENCART too )))

---------------------------------------------------------------
Hello,

Thank you for your email. While reviewing your data feed we noticed that
your site isn't compliant with our Program Policies. We have therefore
disabled your Google Base account.

You must own any products that you submit to Google Base and ship these
products directly to the buyer. We aren't accepting sites which sell
products on commission, including, but not limited to:

- Affiliate sites
- Comparison shopping sites
- Readymade 'wholesale' or 'drop ship' sites

Please visit
http://base.google.com/support/bin/a...er=61118&hl=en for more
details on our Program Policies.

Sincerely,

The Google Team
----------------------------------------------------------

[harry2cool]

HI,
I run Google Base Feeder successfully , however on my other website the base file name is domain_base_us_feed ,
whenever I run the upload to google script the file uploaded is domain_base_us_feed_products , due to this extra word "products" I cannot auto update.

Any solutions ?

[countrycharm]

HI,
I run Google Base Feeder successfully , however on my other website the base file name is domain_base_us_feed ,
whenever I run the upload to google script the file uploaded is domain_base_us_feed_products , due to this extra word "products" I cannot auto update.

Any solutions ?

Are you uploading to Google base manually? If so try add .xml at the end. domain_base_us_feed_products.xml If that doesn't work change the name to one word like domainbase1 it will work then.

[harry2cool]

If I upload it manually through google base website the file gets accepted, however when I run the googlefroogle.php the file does not get uploaded automatically , the word product is added after the file name.

Yes my last solution will be to create a new feed with name ending with _products , this seems to work.

Any help appreciated.