Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

[ctcentralinfo]

Thanks for the help. Now I have another problem. I got this from google base when I tried to upload my files from my admin section:

Bad image_links: The image_links in your bulk upload are not working correctly. For example, the image_link for the item titled "Canon Wordtank G55 Electronic Dictionary" does not work:

http://www.books-japan-online.com/im...nk-g55_LRG.jpg

The correct image_link for this item is:

http://www.books-japan-online.com/im...rdtank-g55.jpg

Please check that all the image_links in your bulk upload are working, or we will be unable to display your items' images.

I am using the latest version of image handler along with utlimate SEO.

[a_berezin]

but since this expiration_date header is required shouldn't this be added to the mod?

Certainly! But what date use as expiration_date? May be use admin-setup constant?

[ctcentralinfo]

Alright I checked the includes/images/large folder and their are no files their. I am using the latest version of image handler on books japan online. On my other site cool tech central I am still using the older version of image handler. They both have the medium and Lage folders in includes images, but the don't show up in on the updated version of image handler. Anyone having this same issue?

[ctcentralinfo]

Just found out that Image handler2 doesn't actually create an image,
it creates cache images
thats whats stored in the BMZ folder. so is their away to get the original files to generate in googlefroogle.php?

function zen_froogle_image_url($products_image) {
global $product_image_module;
if($products_image == "") return "";
require($product_image_module);
return (HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . $products_image_large);

[mafiasam]

Certainly! But what date use as expiration_date? May be use admin-setup constant?

Well, it looks like they expire after thirty days anyway. the only time that you may not want them to expire in thirty days is if you have a sale and the item price is going to change within those thirty days.

for instance I set my expiration date for 2006-11-30 for most of my items but google base ended up setting the expiration date on those items to 2006-11-09 which is thirty days after I posted them.
the items i entered with 2006-11-07 were sale items I wanted to expire on election day here and their expiration posted for that date...2006-11-07...which is what I wanted.

So I guess that a constant would be a thirty day expiration after the generation of the file. I'm not sure how you would grab the expiration date for specials/sale items but i'm sure you know more about that than I do.

[BlessIsaacola]

Just found out that Image handler2 doesn't actually create an image,
it creates cache images
thats whats stored in the BMZ folder. so is their away to get the original files to generate in googlefroogle.php?

function zen_froogle_image_url($products_image) {
global $product_image_module;
if($products_image == "") return "";
require($product_image_module);
return (HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . $products_image_large);

If you're using IH handler change

return (HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . $products_image_large); 

to

return (HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_IMAGES . $products_image); 

That worked for me but I am not sure if that's the most efficient way to fix the problem.

This option is only if you're using IH2 otherwise the original code should work just fine.

[ctcentralinfo]

If you're using IH handler change

return (HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . $products_image_large); 

to

return (HTTP_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_IMAGES . $products_image); 

That worked for me but I am not sure if that's the most efficient way to fix the problem.

This option is only if you're using IH2 otherwise the original code should work just fine.

That did the trick, thanks again.

[a_berezin]

So I guess that a constant would be a thirty day expiration after the generation of the file.

OK! I will generate expiration_date as generation date +30 days.

I'm not sure how you would grab the expiration date for specials/sale items but i'm sure you know more about that than I do.

Not now.

Download and test.

[Pixxi]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks - the expiration date works fine

Just one small thing I noticed ...

1. I see you've hard-coded the OFFER_ID directly in googlefroogle.php:

$output = "title \t description \t link \t price \t image_link \t expiration_date \t label \t id" . 

(so it can't be set true/false anymore) but the code for setting OFFER_ID true/false is still showing in admin->configuration->googlefroogle config - did you maybe forget to take that out?

[a_berezin]

No, I don't forget it. ID is Required attribute.
Google so quickly changes rules! Now all Recomended attributes became Required attributes -- http://base.google.com/base/products.html