Google Merchant Center Feeder for ZC v1.5.x [Support Thread]

[Design75]

So, is this plugin broken? I don't want to install it after seeing so many pages of problems people are running into.

No it is working just fine

[jsarwar]

No it is working just fine

I installed this module and stock by attribute and still not including item with attribute in output file?

[athena]

I'm using this with zencart 1.5.1 on a Linux server and it works just fine but I upload my feed manually in the google data tools center. We do not need the attributes to be manifested in the feed. It is a very valuable tool.

[jsarwar]

I'm using this with zencart 1.5.1 on a Linux server and it works just fine but I upload my feed manually in the google data tools center. We do not need the attributes to be manifested in the feed. It is a very valuable tool.

My client have each flavor or size separate listing but their customers like to have all flavorr/sizes in same listing. It was working ok but now they changed and have attributes and google merchant is not including any product with attribute at all. I read in this forum that it should work with stock by attribute but it is not.

[bigjayce]

I have installed v1.14.3 into the store yet when I try to run it it is looking for the file googlefroogle.php in the wrong folder?
When the site was being built it was kept in /dev/ but now it's just in root as it's live however the mod keeps trying to look in /dev/ - how do I change this ?

[mydanilo]

Just got the email form Google Shopping for the new dimensional attributes needed.

"If your carrier has changed the way they calculate shipping rates, you will need to add the following three attributes for items utilizing carrier-calculated shipping rates based on dimensional weight:

'shipping length' - Length of the item for shipping.

'shipping width' - Width of the item for shipping.

'shipping height' - Height of the item for shipping.

Starting April 6th, 2015, we'll begin verifying that merchants using carrier-calculated rates are providing accurate rates by including these new attributes when the shipping rate is calculated based on dimensional weight. If merchants do not add these new attributes, we'll continue to calculate the shipping rate based on weight only, which could lead to inaccurate shipping rate calculations. Accounts with inaccurate shipping rates will be suspended from Google Shopping. "

Are there any plans of including this in this mod and zen cart in general? I think this would need to be included in the shipping module first then also included in the feed module.

[DivaVocals]

Just got the email form Google Shopping for the new dimensional attributes needed.

"If your carrier has changed the way they calculate shipping rates, you will need to add the following three attributes for items utilizing carrier-calculated shipping rates based on dimensional weight:

'shipping length' - Length of the item for shipping.

'shipping width' - Width of the item for shipping.

'shipping height' - Height of the item for shipping.

Starting April 6th, 2015, we'll begin verifying that merchants using carrier-calculated rates are providing accurate rates by including these new attributes when the shipping rate is calculated based on dimensional weight. If merchants do not add these new attributes, we'll continue to calculate the shipping rate based on weight only, which could lead to inaccurate shipping rate calculations. Accounts with inaccurate shipping rates will be suspended from Google Shopping. "

Are there any plans of including this in this mod and zen cart in general? I think this would need to be included in the shipping module first then also included in the feed module.

If the shipping modules on your site doesn't calculate based on dimensional weight, then you do not need to pass these new attributes to Google.. There's NOTHING here that says you MUST calculate shipping using dimensional weight..

The shipping modules you use would have to support dimensional weight. The Zen Cart core code doesn't include any shipping modules which calculate rates by weight or by dimensional weight so there's no changes needed on that front.. So the question of an update to code for dimensional shipping support needs to be directed to the keepers of modules like USPS, UPS, and FedEx..

[saftek]

No MPN is being generated, resulting is rejected feeds. Any idea what is happening? Can't find any info on this problem. ZC1.5.1 / 1.14.3

[mydanilo]

Well thank you. You are correct and this should not be an issue then. Phew! Got me sweating for a moment. Never ends with what Google wants in these feeds.

[DigitalShadow]

Images with special characters in the file name don't work, they cause the product to be shown to google as not having an image, is there anything that can be done?