Windows Live Product Search Contribution Support Thread

[SteveKim]

There is no error within the products themselves, but your feed file doesn't appear to be complete. Perhaps it is timing out before including all of the products. Add the following manually to the end of the file each time, or find out what is causing the script to not complete.

</OfferCollection>
</DataFeed> 

Also, check that all of your products are included (your newest additions would be at the end of the file). You can also use MAX PRODUCTS to limit the number of products included in the feed.

Thanks for the fastest reponse!

I've set the max product to 300 and it took 301 seconds to complete with DataFeed bracket at the end successfully.

But my question now is, where can I go and change this execution time limit higher? My php.ini's max_execution_time is set to 180 (but how would this particular script pass 180 and take 301 seconds?)

Thanks,

SK.

[numinix]

You are on a very slow server, I would recommend moving to a better host ASAP.

I'm not sure why but you may want to increase it in both the php.ini and you in your store configuration.

[SteveKim]

You are on a very slow server, I would recommend moving to a better host ASAP.

I'm not sure why but you may want to increase it in both the php.ini and you in your store configuration.

I've got it resolved and it would be better to post it here for future references.
Modify following:

Go to Admin Configuration->My Store->Admin Set max_execution_time for processes

Thanks!

[gothstone]

Since I upgraded from LPS 1.0.1 to 1.02 ive been getting an error uploading:

Live Product Search Feeder v.1.02 19.08.2007 17:02 started 2007/09/21 14:19:58
Feed file - /home/goth/public_html/feed/lps.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - Yes
Live Product Search File Complete In 0.048855 Seconds 29 Records
Upload started...
Upload Failed
Connected to: ftp.productupload.live.comLogin ok:Current Directory Is: /Warning: ftp_put() [function.ftp-put]: Transfer complete but post processing FAILED. 21522 bytes transferred. 21522 bps.

Upload failed...

Thinking it may have been part of my problem, I carefully uninstalled UPC/ISBN and installed Auction Site Attributes v1.05, but it hasen't helped. oddly enough ebay exporter, and google base are working fine.

I noticed that LPS does not have a config option for ASA. Could that be part of the problem?

[numinix]

Turning on the UPC or ISBN configurations will activate ASA so no that is not an issue.

What is happening is actually nothing to do with the script at all. If you were to try FTPing the file you'd get the same message. Windows Live Product Search is either not accepting the file for processing, or the file name is incorrect. They are definitely not as stable as Google Base, but if you set your script to run every 2 days, it should be fine.

[n8pbm]

I moved to a new site. The feed worked fine on the old hostig site but after I moved to the new host I get the following error:

Live Product Search Feeder v.1.0.1a 29.08.2007 13:50 started 2007/09/22 16:00:29
Feed file - D:/Inetpub/mccampingsupplies/home/feed/mccamp.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in D:\Inetpub\mccampingsupplies\home\lps.php on line 169

I have added a php.ini file in my website root (i do not have access to the php.ini file) with only the following:

max_execution_time = 300
max_input_time = 140
memory_limit = 32M

I have alse increased the session timeout in the admin section.

Any suggestions?

I also have froogle feeder (old version that i need to upgrade) and that takes longer to give an error but does com up with an Access Violation error.

I am running on IIS server
PHP Version: 5.2.1
MySQL 5.0.27
Zen Cart 1.3.7

[SteveKim]

I moved to a new site. The feed worked fine on the old hostig site but after I moved to the new host I get the following error:

Live Product Search Feeder v.1.0.1a 29.08.2007 13:50 started 2007/09/22 16:00:29
Feed file - D:/Inetpub/mccampingsupplies/home/feed/mccamp.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in D:\Inetpub\mccampingsupplies\home\lps.php on line 169

I have added a php.ini file in my website root (i do not have access to the php.ini file) with only the following:

max_execution_time = 300
max_input_time = 140
memory_limit = 32M

I have alse increased the session timeout in the admin section.

Any suggestions?

I also have froogle feeder (old version that i need to upgrade) and that takes longer to give an error but does com up with an Access Violation error.

I am running on IIS server
PHP Version: 5.2.1
MySQL 5.0.27
Zen Cart 1.3.7

Read #61 and #63 above.

[n8pbm]

Thanks but I have already tried changinge the settings in the admin section.

This appears to be a setting on the host. I can sucessfully extract 1200 products before getting the timeout. Any more and I have the time out. The hosting company will not change the timeout settings.

I am sure there is a way to execute the script for every 1000 products and then restart the script and append to the file for the next 1000. That way I will not hit the timeout issue. The problem is I do not know much PHP.

I was hoping there was a setting that I was missing.

[numinix]

Try moving the php.ini file to your store root rather than your site root. I believe it will override settings in that folder

[n8pbm]

Moving the php.ini file did not help.