Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[helpme]

I am getting these errors

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Operation not permitted in /home/mommy3/public_html/lps.php on line 69

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Operation not permitted in /home/mommy3/public_html/lps.php on line 177
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I found this in response to a similar problem but I still can't get it to work.

Did you manually create your feed file?

The mod now creates the feed file for you. Delete your file in your server and re-run the script.

Thanks for your help!

[numinix]

First, this is the Google Base Feeder support thread. Are you getting the same errors with the GBF?

If so, try to chmod your feed folder to 777.

[helpme]

Yes I am getting the same errors with both wlp and gbf. My chmod is already set to 777 for both the feed folder and the file googlefroogle.php
I had this working and I changed hosts and now it will not work. I even tried uploading it all fresh. Any other ideas?
Thanks!

[numinix]

No need to make googlefroogle.php 777, 644 should be fine.

I'm not sure then what it is. Somehow changing hosts has made the difference, maybe you should contact the new host?

If no file is present, the script will make the file thus becoming the owner. It should then be able to chmod the feed file itself... If a file is already created, then it cannot be the owner and won't have permissions to chmod.

[techy-sult.com]

I have an issue that may have already been addressed. I read through some of the posts on here and did not see. After following the instructions and configuring the Google Base Feeder Configuration under the configuration and creating an account with base.google.com and getting and FTP account. I also registered my .xml file with base.google. I then went back to my zencart admin page under tools ( like the readme file states) and could not see Google Froogle Feeder. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong. If anyone knows what might cause this please let me know. Some please help

[techy-sult.com]

I figured it out

[point0fsale]

Just a little FYI on Google Base Feeder Cron Jobs. Although the mod is a very good mod and greatly appreciated, I experienced a problem with the cron job application. Both suggested examples work great except that the googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes part of the statement seems to drop off everything after feed=yes& and therefore does not upload. SOLUTION: Run one job for googlefroogle.php?feed=yes and about 15 minutes later run a statement that says googlefroogle.php?upload=yes This solves the problem and works perfectly.

[numinix]

A better solution is to contact your host and find out the correct cron job for you and test different ones. You're missing the type parameter which may be important...

This one works for me to pass all the variables:

wget 'http://www.domain.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes&type=documents' > /dev/null 2>&1 

The example in the readme.txt was a sample that Andrew created for the client who most likely funded the original project.

[a_berezin]

Both suggested examples work great except that the googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes part of the statement seems to drop off everything after feed=yes& and therefore does not upload.

Try this:

googlefroogle.php?feed=yes\&upload=yes

[thesaintjim]

hmm, why would your configuration settings have changed? All you had to do was overwrite the files. Anyways, it says to just use a word like "domain." So, in your case just put secret_garden. Then it should create a file called secret_garden_products.xml.

This upgrade made no changes to the code other than to the FTP so there is no reason for it to timeout if the previous version worked for you...

I am having the same problem. It is appending an extra xml in the output.

So, I deleted the .xml suffix for my feed name and it shows:
Google Base Feeder v.1.6.5 09.11.2007 11:22:59 started 2007/12/02 10:35:23
Feed file - /home/jimmsdep/public_html/store/feed/google_base_.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
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Still does not process records? Any idea? I have uninstalled, reinstalled no luck