Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[delia]

well, answering my own question. Site has image names with space and ampersands. That ampersand should always be a no - no with image names.

[TecBrat]

My customer forwarded me this from Google:

We are now requiring a new set of basic required attributes,
...
Starting September 22, accounts that do not comply with the new requirements will be suspended.

Does this add-on need to be updated? Is it already being worked on?

If you want to see the full text that Google sent, let me know and I'll post it.

Here's a link to google's page about it: <<click>>

[Mustang394]

Here a better link to the changes link

As far as I can tell the only missing now is the availability (online vs in store)

Everything else can be done threw the feed or directly in your Google account

[kashyyyk]

I'm using v1.3.9h and just upgraded to google feed 1.10.1

I have a couple issues.

My feed registered with google is products.xml, now my feed being created is products_en.xml how do I remove that _en I don't want to create a new feed because this new one isn't creating all my products.

I have UPC installed but my feeds are not creating the UPC needed. I have it set to true.

In the configuration, when I update all my info I'm having a problem with Shipping Country, when I click on it, the Title Value Action headers fill the whole page, the area where I would edit is gone. All the other entries are fine.

I just checked my debug and I'm getting
[14-Jul-2011 02:16:54] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function google_cfg_pull_down_country_list() in /configuration.php(179) : eval()'d code on line 1


In the feed
g:shipping> <g:service>USPS Parcel</g:service> <g: price>0</g: price></g:shipping>

why is the price 0?

Dan

[mikebackhouse]

Hi All, did anyone else get an email from google today? (I'm in the UK) reads as follows:

Thank you for participating in Google Product Search. We are contacting you to inform you about important changes that we are making to our Product Search required attributes and Programme Policies. All merchants will be affected by these changes.

We are now requiring a new set of basic required attributes, as well as attributes which are required for certain product categories and target countries. Please read the new Feed Specification carefully to determine how your data feed will need to change at http://www.google.com/support/mercha...8494&expand=GB

You can find a summary of the new requirements in table form at http://www.google.com/support/mercha...answer=1344057

Starting 22 September, accounts that do not comply with the new requirements will be suspended. For more information about how we will enforce the new policies, visit this Help Centre article http://www.google.com/support/mercha...?answer=188484

Please update your account settings or data feeds as soon as possible to ensure that you are complying with these new requirements by the dates specified above. For more information about these changes, please visit our Google Merchant blog at http://googlemerchantblog.##########...e-product.html.

So obviously my question is.. could someone either update the feeder, or nudge us in the right direction to update it ourselves?

Thanks!

[limelites]

Any more info on the updates required to Google to prevent account being suspended? I've looked at the tags i ntheir new requirements and I don't see an [ID] tag in mines, or [google product category] or [link] or [additional image link].... that's just at a first glance.

[delia]

Looks to me like everything has been taken care in the mod itself. Some of those changes require settings work at google and don't need to be included in the mod.

I've gone thru the documentation they have just released and it looks like Numinix has done a thorough job for what is needed at the moment.

Part of what has not been required yet is for the Apparel, Software and Media categories. Do be aware that is not yet required but is requested and is not yet included in this mod. That would require major coding work to include as it adds google product category matching. Look forward to the future - if they start requiring it, the whole world will be in trouble!

Here is the actual announcement with links to details:

http://base-forum-announcements.####...e-product.html

Since the mod comes with no real documentation for use, it is confusing for sure. But quit with the questions about whether this has been updated - this has been discussed over and over in this thread.

IT IS READY FOR THE SEPTEMBER CHANGES.

After it goes into effect, do report problems here if any arise.

[chadderuski]

I'm using v1.3.9h and just upgraded to google feed 1.10.1

In the configuration, when I update all my info I'm having a problem with Shipping Country, when I click on it, the Title Value Action headers fill the whole page, the area where I would edit is gone. All the other entries are fine.

I just checked my debug and I'm getting
[14-Jul-2011 02:16:54] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function google_cfg_pull_down_country_list() in /configuration.php(179) : eval()'d code on line 1

Dan

You can fix this by editing your admin/includes/functions/extrafunctions/googlefroogle.php

Add this:

if (!function_exists('google_cfg_pull_down_country_list')){
	function google_cfg_pull_down_country_list($countries_id, $key = '') {
		global $db;
		$name = (($key) ? 'configuration[' . $key . ']' : 'configuration_value');
		$countries = $db->execute("select countries_id, countries_iso_code_3 from " . TABLE_COUNTRIES);
		$countries_array = array();
		while (!$countries->EOF) {
			$countries_array[] = array('id' => $countries->fields['countries_id'],
				'text' => $countries->fields['countries_iso_code_3']);
			$countries->MoveNext();
		}
		return zen_draw_pull_down_menu($name, $countries_array, $countries_id);
	}
}

Which this mode was capable of auto mapping ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8! And also listing all product that were simply skipped. Would make finding issues with the cleaner easier.

[kman55]

Hello,

I'm using ZC1.3.9h and this contribution to upload feeds to froogle. I've installed the UPC mod from Numinix and in the Admin-Categories/Products there are fields to enter UPC code. The problem I guess is that I have over 14000 products and I'm wondering if there is a faster way to upload all the UPC (for example Easy Populate) into the database? Has someone else encountered this problem and figured out a solution? Please advise. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

[chadderuski]

Hello,

I'm using ZC1.3.9h and this contribution to upload feeds to froogle. I've installed the UPC mod from Numinix and in the Admin-Categories/Products there are fields to enter UPC code. The problem I guess is that I have over 14000 products and I'm wondering if there is a faster way to upload all the UPC (for example Easy Populate) into the database? Has someone else encountered this problem and figured out a solution? Please advise. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Kman,

You can use my custom version of EasyPopulate to do this:

https://github.com/chaddro/EasyPopulate-4.0

It will install along site of other versions of EP without requiring you to uninstall them. You must use OpenOffice to edit/export your CSV file. (Excel does funky things with end-of-lines.) Send me a note if you need any help. Be sure to backup your store/databases before using or test on a copy of your site! Does a lot more than EP, with a lot less bugs ... still in Beta so test carefully!

-cj

P.S. Before I forget, be sure to set your products_upc column as TEXT! This way you won't loose leading '0' zeros on some UPC's.

And, NO, I haven't added products_ISBN, but it could be done easily.