Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

[beasleybub]

Hi everybody,
I have been searching and searching these forums and can't find anything about my particular problem regarding this contribution.

I uploaded this contribution following ALL of the directions supplied and went into the control panel and everything is there and seems to be working but when I go and try to upload my product feed all I get is a blank popup window with a snails pace status bar.

Nothing happens and nothing gets uploaded. Then if I use "NOTE: You may view Froogle Merchants FTP content." I get this popup window that says "Froogle Merchants FTP content:Connected to: uploads.google.comConnection failed: uploads.google.com".

I can manually upload the generated file through google but zencart refuses to do so.
Anyone else had this problem. Thank you. :)

I just came to the conclusion that GoDaddy will not let php executeables work from their servers. If anybody is having problems with this module and your hosted with GoDaddy you will never get this to work. As far as I know the only solution is to save your output file frooglt.txt and manually upload it to google base from their website.

[helpme]

I still am not seeing my products on GoogleBase! I had uploaded them through admin several times now and nothing. It has been 4 days since my first one and I have uploaded again several times since that. Any ideas why they aren't showing up?
This is what my screen is after it uploads....I am noticing that it says no for feed, but I don't know what I need to do to fix this?
Froogle Data Feeder v.1.3.3 07.02.2007 20:45 started 2007/05/13 15:45:16
Feed file - d:/hosting/member/tsjohnsonllc/site1/feed/froogle.txt
Processing: Feed - No, Upload - Yes
Upload started...
Uploaded Successfully
-r--r----- 1 ftp
root
12923 May 13 15:47 froogle.txt
Connected to: uploads.google.comLogin ok:Current Directory Is: /-r--r----- 1 ftp
root
12923 May 13 15:47 froogle.txt

Upload ok!

Thanks
www.mommyandbabyessentials.com

[alray10]

I still am not seeing my products on GoogleBase! I had uploaded them through admin several times now and nothing. It has been 4 days since my first one and I have uploaded again several times since that. Any ideas why they aren't showing up?
This is what my screen is after it uploads....I am noticing that it says no for feed, but I don't know what I need to do to fix this?
Froogle Data Feeder v.1.3.3 07.02.2007 20:45 started 2007/05/13 15:45:16
Feed file - d:/hosting/member/tsjohnsonllc/site1/feed/froogle.txt
Processing: Feed - No, Upload - Yes
Upload started...
Uploaded Successfully
-r--r----- 1 ftp
root
12923 May 13 15:47 froogle.txt
Connected to: uploads.google.comLogin ok:Current Directory Is: /-r--r----- 1 ftp
root
12923 May 13 15:47 froogle.txt

Upload ok!

Thanks
www.mommyandbabyessentials.com

The ftp upload has been a problem for a while, if you read back through the thread you will see most people download it, then submit it manually.
A bit of a pain but it still means you don't have to type it out which takes forever.

[numinix]

I still am not seeing my products on GoogleBase! I had uploaded them through admin several times now and nothing. It has been 4 days since my first one and I have uploaded again several times since that. Any ideas why they aren't showing up?
This is what my screen is after it uploads....I am noticing that it says no for feed, but I don't know what I need to do to fix this?
Froogle Data Feeder v.1.3.3 07.02.2007 20:45 started 2007/05/13 15:45:16
Feed file - d:/hosting/member/tsjohnsonllc/site1/feed/froogle.txt
Processing: Feed - No, Upload - Yes
Upload started...
Uploaded Successfully
-r--r----- 1 ftp
root
12923 May 13 15:47 froogle.txt
Connected to: uploads.google.comLogin ok:Current Directory Is: /-r--r----- 1 ftp
root
12923 May 13 15:47 froogle.txt

Upload ok!

Thanks
www.mommyandbabyessentials.com

Have you defined the feed upload name in Google?

[helpme]

No, I haven't defined the feed name. Where do I do that? Thanks

[numinix]

Go to the bulk upload section at Google.

[CJ Internet Sales]

I just came to the conclusion that GoDaddy will not let php executeables work from their servers. If anybody is having problems with this module and your hosted with GoDaddy you will never get this to work. As far as I know the only solution is to save your output file frooglt.txt and manually upload it to google base from their website.

Sorry. But GoDaddy will allow php executables to work.

I too was having the blank page problem and couldn't figure out what was happening. Others in this forum kept telling me the answer but it took me several attempts to work out the problem.

You MUST go to each file you uploaded to your server and CONFIRM that FULL executable permissions are granted. Without FULL permissions on each file you will only get a blank page staring back at you.

For whatever reason, when I upzipped the files they came with restricted permissions.

Once I confirmed that each googlefroogle.php file was full permissions I had no problem creating the upload file.

To take the next step you must have an ftp account set up with Google to receive your upload.

I hope that this helps save people a few steps. This kicked my backside for over a week before seeing the light.

[Woodymon]

For whatever reason, when I upzipped the files they came with restricted permissions.

Nothing to do with how the files "come" By default ANY files you upload yo your server have the read permissions bit set. You have to manually change the permissions. Correct, there is nothing in the read me about this. But when you actually attempt to generate the feed you should observe a warning about this. This has been explained often in this thread

I may be mistaken but I think the OP was referring to having troubles doing a web upload of the file (from his server to Google using the mod and then having it accepted by Google), not generating the feed file.

Woody

[DVDTitan]

ok i seem to have a problem
i create my file ok and upload it and after 30 mins or so google base tells me success you have 328 poroducts active
i check the actvie products and they all say active and searchable soon as normal but then aboiut 12 hours lter my feed file name turns red i have no products acvtive and i have this message

i have tried manually editing the file as per googles instrcuctions but the file just fails instantly
any one help me????

I am getitng the same message from Google. Did you resolve it as i'm struggling!

[CJ Internet Sales]

Woody,

I think the problem for me was that I was not even getting warning messages. The program would open a new window and show that it was working for an instant and then show me a blank page. The word "Done" would be in the lower left corner.

Now that I have the permissions to full permissions I am able to create the feed and then see the messages for the upload portion as well. No blank pages any longer.

I am not sure if this makes a difference but I am on a Linux server at GoDaddy.

Yes, I am having some upload issues, but I am seeing the error messages and I am working with GoDaddy to work through these. For now, I am not connecting to uploads.google.com via the GoogleFroogle tool. I can upload manually and have done so. I am only having connection issues at this point.

I TRULY appreciate the help you have provided. Without it my uploads would never have been created to begin with.