Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[rstevenson]

Never mind. I was just able to find a post on the previous page which gave me this info...

For others to completely uninstall see
http://numinix.com/forum/viewtopic.p...ninstall#p5257

I followed those directions and it worked.

Thanks!

Rob

[bottyz]

If you're using the latest version, comment out the line below from includes/classes/google_base.php

It worked for me. Not sure what the repercussions are yet though.

anyone know what this line does and if/why it's needed?

//   $str = htmlentities(html_entity_decode($str), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
  // 

Just updated from 1.8.3 which used to work fine (just thought i'd update to keep up with fixes etc...) and used to product my feed with 312 records.

Now on 1.9.1 from numinix website and the feed processes with 298 of 306 records? Even if I comment out the line as stated above all that does is then make it process all 306 of 306. But where is my other 6 products going too?

Some of the missing products have a duplicate title, could this be a problem? And if so, why was it never an issue before?

Thanks for any ideas in advance!

[bottyz]

Oh and I've just turned on the debug which shows as follows:

Google Merchant Center Feeder v1.9.1 started 2011/05/24 08:15:30
Feed file - /shop/feed/google/L_products.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
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Google Merchant Center File Complete In 1.956171 Seconds 306 of 306 Records 

config as follows:

Expiration Date Adjust     31 
Expiration Date Base     now 
Enable Map Pricing     false
Description 2     false 
UPC/ISBN     false
Show Default Currency     true 
Default Currency     GBP 
Show Offer ID     id 
Show Quantity     false
Include Zero Quantity     true 
Default Quantity     0
Shipping Options     Flate Rate UPS £10.50
Condition     new
Show Feed Language     false 
Feed Language     English
Magic SEO URLs     false
Output File Name     L
Use cPath in url     false      
Output Directory     feed/google/
Compress Feed File     false 
Display Tax     true      
Uploaded date          
Tax Rate     20      
Tax on Shipping     y 
Tax Region          
Tax Country     UK      
Starting Point     0      
Max products     0      
Pickup     do not display      
Excluded Categories      
Included Categories      
Excluded Manufacturers      
Included Manufacturers     
Show Weight     false
Weight Units     pounds 
Product Type     top
Payments Accepted     Cash,Check,Visa,MasterCard
Payment Notes
Alternate Image URL
Image Handler     false 
Use Meta Title     false
Select Shipping Method     flat rate
Table Zone ID         
Shipping Country     222
Shipping Region     
Shipping Service     UPS 

Not sure if any of the above would help?

[Gyphon]

Hi,
I just download and installed the program and I get the following error:

XML formatting error - Error Our system encountered an error when processing your data feed. Learn more.
Examples:
Line Nr. Column Nr. 26 23


XML formatting error - Error
Your feed contains a character that is not permitted in UTF-8 encoding.
Examples:
Item Nr. Line Nr. 26

that line from the xml file is:

<description><![CDATA[At the end of a long day, try our revitalizing foot salt soak. Add a couple of spoons to a large bowl of warm water (or partly fill your kitchen or bath tub) and soak your feet for 10 minutes. They are scented with lavender and rose powder and will soothe, refresh, and cleanse your feet. What are the benefits of using Himalayan foot soaking salt? Soften amp heal cracked skin. Get rid of dead skin on your feet Reduce swelling. Relieve achy tired feet. 19.5 ounces.]]></description>


Thanks
Larry

[bottyz]

Hi,
I just download and installed the program and I get the following error:

XML formatting error - Error Our system encountered an error when processing your data feed. Learn more.
Examples:
Line Nr. Column Nr. 26 23


XML formatting error - Error
Your feed contains a character that is not permitted in UTF-8 encoding.
Examples:
Item Nr. Line Nr. 26

that line from the xml file is:

<description><![CDATA[At the end of a long day, try our revitalizing foot salt soak. Add a couple of spoons to a large bowl of warm water (or partly fill your kitchen or bath tub) and soak your feet for 10 minutes. They are scented with lavender and rose powder and will soothe, refresh, and cleanse your feet. What are the benefits of using Himalayan foot soaking salt? Soften amp heal cracked skin. Get rid of dead skin on your feet Reduce swelling. Relieve achy tired feet. 19.5 ounces.]]></description>


Thanks
Larry

I'd guess that would be because you have an illegal character in there... &amp; looks possible as it has been omitted from your debug: 'Soften amp heal'.

[rstevenson]

I'm also having a feed problem with the new version. Previous site (ZC 1.3.8a) was running v1.7.0 of the G/F Feed mod and it worked fine.

New site (ZC 1.3.9h) with GMCenter 1.9.1 installed (a clean install, not an upgrade) cannot get the feed files to submit.

I've looked into the old and new feed files to see what I could see. Here's something that may mean something to one of you experienced Frooglers...

Line 4 of each…
new: <title>Somebody&amp;#039;s Gifts</title>
old: <title><![CDATA[Somebody's Gifts]]></title>

The old one left the apostrophe in the site name alone, surrounding the data with the CDATA declaration. The new one tried to insert a translation for the apostrophe but got it wrong.

If CDATA is the way to go, where's the setting to turn that on? If not, how can I fix it so the apostrophe is handled correctly?

Thanks for any hints

Rob

[AoyamaJPN]

Hello,

Thanks for the wonderful module. I have a question... I have been searching and cannot find the answer.

Is it possible to append my URLs with tracking code so that I can see specific product traffic in Analytics? For example, I would like to add "&source=googleproducts"

Thank you very much!

[frank18]

The manual execution in Admin > Tools > Google Merchant Center Feeder works ok and the xml feed is created.

But I am having a mongrel time with the cron job of this mod (and I am not a newbie with cron tabs ...)

Currently the tab looks like this:

wget http://mydomain.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp

(plus the necessary time and date params...)

It executes ok but does not save the xml file to the appropriate location

http://mydomain.com/feed/file_name_products.xml

feed directory is set to chmod 777

Also tried this variant

wget http://mydomain.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp > /home/myaccount/public_html/feed/file_name_products.xml

to no avail

Does anyone have an idea how to get on top of this please?

TIA / Frank

[delia]

I'm no expert and each server is different but I only need the first part of that wget http://mydomain.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp. I wasn't able to check to see if that first part is correct but looks like it at first glance.

If you've never run a cron job on your hosting before, check with your tech support about how to set it up in case it's different.

[frank18]

....If you've never run a cron job on your hosting before, check with your tech support about how to set it up in case it's different.

Thanks delia. As I mentioned in my previous post I am certainly *not* a newbie with cron - currently running 6 jobs on one site including daily DB dumps.

May have to get in touch with my techies....