Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[thefashionhut]

No, but you should be using the latest version regardless:

http://www.numinix.com/index.php?mai...roducts_id=756

Thanks for that.

One thing that could make a difference our website developer has included an RRP field in the product listing, will I need to add code to ignore this field as sometimes it is blank. That must be the reason?

[FatGuyinAZ]

Hello,
Can anyone give me a good site to get information about Cron Jobs? I set up a Cron Job in my cPanel through my host but the results were not correct. The Cron Job command line I put in was:

GET http://www.values-galore.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes&type=products

The file is saved in the /feed folder as vg_google_products.xml but the command line above saved it as vg_google_.xml. It omitted the products from the file name. It also only parsed the store name and the store website information into the xml file. It did not upload it to Google, which is fine since it would not have been accepted because it wasn't the correct named file. Lastly, it saved the file with the file permissions of 777, which isn't correct either.

If I put the above command into the address bar of my browser, it runs perfect (omit the GET). So we know the googlefroogle.php file is working properly. My store has close to 3000 products and when I run all the steps from the Admin -> Tools -> Google Base Feeder it all works perfect (both the creating of the feeder and the uploading).

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[fvb]

Hello,
Can anyone give me a good site to get information about Cron Jobs? I set up a Cron Job in my cPanel through my host but the results were not correct. The Cron Job command line I put in was:

GET http://www.values-galore.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes&type=products

The file is saved in the /feed folder as vg_google_products.xml but the command line above saved it as vg_google_.xml. It omitted the products from the file name. It also only parsed the store name and the store website information into the xml file. It did not upload it to Google, which is fine since it would not have been accepted because it wasn't the correct named file. Lastly, it saved the file with the file permissions of 777, which isn't correct either.

If I put the above command into the address bar of my browser, it runs perfect (omit the GET). So we know the googlefroogle.php file is working properly. My store has close to 3000 products and when I run all the steps from the Admin -> Tools -> Google Base Feeder it all works perfect (both the creating of the feeder and the uploading).

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

I'm not sure, but i think you need to use PHP instead of GET

[FatGuyinAZ]

I just tried the PHP instead of GET and the email I got said:

/bin/sh: PHP: command not found

I will keep watching for more ideas.

[FatGuyinAZ]

I just got it working with the following:

GET 'http://www.values-galore.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes&type=products' > /dev/null 2>&1

I found this on the forum at http://www.numinix.com/forum

[litepockets]

OK, I've looked all throughout this thread and simply can't find the answer I'm looking for

I just installed GBF and I also use USEO URLs. I changed the two settings that numinex said to change in the USEO config section, but when I click to create a new feed, a new window pops up for my domain and it a page not found

Any ideas on what I need to do?

Thanks Guys!

[eggrush]

hi
i am getting the following message:
Not Found

The requested URL /GOOGLE_FROOGLE_DIRECTORYGOOGLE_FROOGLE_OUTPUT_FILENAME_products.xml was not found on this server.

done everything by the book, anyone know whats up ???

Egg

[litepockets]

UPS! forgot the googlefroogle.php file in the main directory, all is well now :)

[litepockets]

Now that I've got this mod working, I wonder if it is at all possible for special characters to exist in seo urls, and still use the feeder at the same time?? I would prefer if the categories and products don't run together. any way to avoid this and still have my feed work?

Thanks!

[FatGuyinAZ]

Hello,
Seems the feeder strips out all the quote (") marks. About 90% of my products use this character in the description to define measurements. Does the XML file require the quote marks be removed? If it does, then I will just have to live with it. If it doesn't, can the GBF be adjusted to leave the quote marks in?

Thanks