Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[DaveS]

what about [availability] ?

I too don't see availability

This is required from 22nd Sep

The availability attribute only has four accepted values:

'in stock': Include this value if you are certain that it will ship (or be in-transit to the customer) in 3 business days or less. For example, if you have the item available in your warehouse.
'available for order': Include this value if it will take 4 or more business days to ship it to the customer. For example, if you don’t have it in your warehouse at the moment, but are sure that it will arrive in the next few days. For unreleased products, use the value 'preorder'
'out of stock': You’re currently not accepting orders for this product.'
'preorder': You are taking orders for this product, but it’s not yet been released.
When to include: Required for all items in feeds targeting the US, Japan, UK, Germany and France. Recommended for feeds targeting all other countries (although might become required in the future).

Type Four predefined values accepted:
'in stock'
'available for order'
'out of stock'
'preorder'
Text/Tab delimited in stock
XML <g:availability>in stock</g:availability>
Important:

You need to clearly indicate the availability of an item on the item's landing page by either explicitly noting the status (so that it's clear which of the above values describe the availability of the item) or mention how many days it will take for the item to be shipped. (Note: It is acceptable to include 'available for order' in your feed and note "out of stock" on your website.)
Items that are no longer sold have to be removed from the feed entirely.

[wizer]

Could this be added to the file after it's created. I'm thinking utilising something like 'Search & Replace' in a notepad editor? It might not be a 'true' indicator of what is and isn't in stock. But it may work as a temporary measure?

[MikeyG]

availability does seem to be in my feed. The expression in the code suggst that if stock quantity is greater than 0 then <g:availability> in stock </g:availability> is generated else <g:availability>available for order</g:availability>. (line 355 of the googlefroogle.php file) (Happy to be corrected as I do not claim to have any php programming skills as such but just looking through the code this is what I have concluded.)

Make sure your admin includes the setting - Include Zero Quantity - true

[wizer]

It doesn't work for me. Is that tag actually present in your XML file?

[delia]

I just heard from Jeff and he expecting to release an update next week. Stay tuned....

[AZComp]

I was working fine with version 1.90 but I upgraded to 1.91 and now I get

skipped due to user restrictions

on every item. I tried adding an item with no extra or special characters and no dice. Can anyone help?

How can I download an older version?

Thanks!

[RescoCCC]

Delia,

I don't have any questions - well actually I did until I saw your post that Jeff is working on an update - but I did want to offer you my thanks for all the work you've been putting in to this. It's people like you that help to make open source the absolute best approach to site development.

[delia]

I was working fine with version 1.90 but I upgraded to 1.91 and now I get



on every item. I tried adding an item with no extra or special characters and no dice. Can anyone help?

How can I download an older version?

Thanks!

upgrading to 1.10.1 will get rid of that - but you may need to totally uninstall and reinstall. The one time it happened to me, upgrading netting me no items in the export. Then I wiped it out and started over and it worked.

[delia]

Delia,

I don't have any questions - well actually I did until I saw your post that Jeff is working on an update - but I did want to offer you my thanks for all the work you've been putting in to this. It's people like you that help to make open source the absolute best approach to site development.

Thanks so much. It's always nice to be appreciated!

[DaveS]

availability does seem to be in my feed. The expression in the code suggst that if stock quantity is greater than 0 then <g:availability> in stock </g:availability> is generated else <g:availability>available for order</g:availability>. (line 355 of the googlefroogle.php file) (Happy to be corrected as I do not claim to have any php programming skills as such but just looking through the code this is what I have concluded.)

Make sure your admin includes the setting - Include Zero Quantity - true

Thanks for the help - I still can't get it working though. Do you actually see the tag in your generated XML?


Just had a look at the googlefroogle.php that is in the root directory. Is this the one you mean?.
I don't have mention of availability in mine.
I think I downloaded direct from numinux's site - maybe I have an out of date version or something.