Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[RescoCCC]

I'm happy to report that I just installed the update on my other live site, and it worked perfectly. I'd also like to say how impressed I am with the solution Jeff came up with for the Google Product Category requirement. Simple and elegant.

[delia]

Animals > Pet Supplies > Dog Supplies

Done!

It didn't help.

Copy and paste from the google site - so you are pasting in the > instead of the >

[RescoCCC]

Copy and paste from the google site - so you are pasting in the > instead of the >

The > is correct. The > is for text feeds.

[RescoCCC]

A little tip for those that cant get the AVAILABILITY tag to show.

Make sure that
Show Quantity
Include Zero Quantity
are set to TRUE, then the availability tag will show in your feed.

Might save you a few hours like I just wasted

Only show quantity needs to be set to true.

[bloomingvine]

I just installed the latest version from numinix on my site. works great. I still have the errors for brand. I have no brand assigned to my products. I have about 300 is there a way to set them all at once? I am an artist, so technically I am the brand.

Also The update was supposed to add the additional images. I have additional images with most of my products and still aren't seeing them in the product. Feed uploads great though. Very nice update.

[RescoCCC]

I just installed the latest version from numinix on my site. works great. I still have the errors for brand. I have no brand assigned to my products. I have about 300 is there a way to set them all at once? I am an artist, so technically I am the brand.

Also The update was supposed to add the additional images. I have additional images with most of my products and still aren't seeing them in the product. Feed uploads great though. Very nice update.

Custom made items, (and your own art certainly qualifies as such), are exempt from the unique product identifiers requirement. Brand is one of those identifiers. To be on the safe side, you might want to send Google an exemption request. I did that for my site that sells collectible, and they granted it.

Have you opened the xml file to see if it has the additional image attribute in there? Mine do.

[bloomingvine]

Custom made items, (and your own art certainly qualifies as such), are exempt from the unique product identifiers requirement. Brand is one of those identifiers. To be on the safe side, you might want to send Google an exemption request. I did that for my site that sells collectible, and they granted it.

Have you opened the xml file to see if it has the additional image attribute in there? Mine do.

Yes, I do have the additional image attribute. Looks good! Do I have to wait untill the product becomes searchable to see it? Only one image shows up if I look at my merchant feed products through google's manage feeds section

[RescoCCC]

Yes, I do have the additional image attribute. Looks good! Do I have to wait untill the product becomes searchable to see it? Only one image shows up if I look at my merchant feed products through google's manage feeds section

I'm not seeing the additional image in either one of my feeds. Mine are searchable, but these were updates to existing feeds, and since it's basically the same products they become searchable very quickly. Perhaps it takes a little longer for the addiitional image attribute to process.

PS: Under some of them it shows the little icons that indicate images are linked, but are't showing.

[flatlanderoutfitters]

Just installed the latest version (downloaded today) 1.10.2 exactly as instructed. Go to my admin -> tools - Google Merchant Center Feeder , select feed type products, leave both fields blank (fewer than 700 products currently) click Confirm button, and everything *SEEMS* to work just fine.. BUT

My XML file is BLANK nothing in it - completely emty, zero-byte file.

Turned on Debug in configuration, deleted xml, tried again, and still no joy - generating the feed *appears* to work for all intents and purposes, but the resulting xml file is blank .. WHY!!??


NOT happy!

Solution: if having had google base feeder in already, double check and make sure you actually uploaded the *NEW* googlefroogle.php to catalog directory and overwrite the old one.. Looked and saw the file in place, did not realize it didnt overwrite! so I renamed the file and re-uploaded.. now I have a populated feed accepted by google (except they warn that I don't have a brand included... now just to figure that one out.. LOL! I guess I have to set up manufacturers for all products to get the brand.. more work.. bleh. )

[bloomingvine]

I think the changes for additional images will be available on the 22nd. My attribute is is there, but my products are not yet searchable. I can not actually see any additional images but they are in the feed. just got done reading the new requirements: heres a link if anyone wants to know: http://www.google.com/support/mercha...answer=1346661 Numinix's fix and updates worked very easy. Here is the link to there as well: http://www.numinix.com/google-merchant-center-feeder

I'd just like to thank everybody who works on this mod. It is so crucial to traffic.