Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[numinix]

Hello Everyone,

I have the same problem as this person. They solved it, but said that the solution was on some website, not in this thread - not sure where, haha.

I have Magic URLS installed, and when I disable it in Google Base, the XML file is created. If I set to true, then the output is blank when I create it.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Todd

You will need the MSU Add-On in addition to the full retail version of MSU. You can get it here: http://www.numinix.com/index.php?mai...roducts_id=762

[mersonmathew]

For those who can't get their cron 'GET' jobs working.

Here's what I found. You could use the lynx command line browser if you have a linux server.

see http://htmlcenter.com/blog/running-p...pts-with-cron/

my cron commands are as follows

30 0 * * * /usr/bin/lynx -dump http://mysite.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes >> /home/myhome/logfile.txt
50 0 * * * /usr/bin/lynx -dump http://mysite.com/googlefroogle.php?upload=yes >> /home/myhome/logfile.txt

works great!!!!!!!!!!!!

[numinix]

For those who can't get their cron 'GET' jobs working.

Here's what I found. You could use the lynx command line browser if you have a linux server.

see http://htmlcenter.com/blog/running-p...pts-with-cron/

my cron commands are as follows

30 0 * * * /usr/bin/lynx -dump http://mysite.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes >> /home/myhome/logfile.txt
50 0 * * * /usr/bin/lynx -dump http://mysite.com/googlefroogle.php?upload=yes >> /home/myhome/logfile.txt

works great!!!!!!!!!!!!

The latest versions no longer use those parameters. Version 1.7.0+ uses a single parameter which is then split into multiple parameters to avoid problems with the cron not recognizing each of the multiple parameters.

[Sharni]

I tried searching this thread for my problem but cant seem to see it or my key words are not catching it if someone else had this problem.

Anyway. The program works fine for the most part. I did screw up and install the patches first instead of the new install. Thankfully my husband is a MYSQL expert and fixed things for me. The help file might want to have something a bit more blatent for morons like me, to tell them to install the new thing before patches if its a new install.

Anyway my current problem. Its not generating the right file name. Its taking my file name on to the end of the default.

Google Base Feeder v.1.6.16 07.03.2008 23:40:59 started 2008/10/21 12:30:29
Feed file - /home2/nappysho/public_html/store/feed/google_base.xml_products.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
Google Base File Complete In 0.298517 Seconds 63 Records

And yes I did set things up in config:

It wont let me copy and paste it sorry. But take my word for it please.

I can rename the file and upload it manually, but I want to set up a cronn job and have this going automatically.

Thanks

Sharni
www.nappyshoppe.com

[rlfreshwater]

Is this latest version of Google Base Feeder compatible with ZenCart 1.3.7? I just did a fresh install and everything seems okay until I go to Tools > Google Base Feeder and click on the "Create Product Feed". It brings up the feed from my WordPress blog instead of creating an XML file.

Do I need to install and older version?

[numinix]

There is a compatibility issue with wordpress, please search the thread and you will find a fix in one of the earlier posts.

[moulton100]

I am trying to install google base feeder and everything seems to be set up right, but when I try to Create Product Feed in Admin it gives me this error message:

Google Base Feeder v.1.6.16 07.03.2008 23:40:59 started 2008/10/22 13:28:09
Feed file - /home/jupiterw/public_html/feed/domain_products.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
Your google base output directory does not exist! Please create an /feed/ directory and chmod to 755 or 777 depending on your host.

I don't think I properly installed the feed directly and the instructions were non very elaborate on where to install everything. I am not sure how or where to install this directory. there is a feed directory which I downloaded called index but I am not sure where to load that to.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks

[mersonmathew]

The feed directory should be in your site's root directory.
Merson

[Qwert302]

I just got an email stating that Google Base is going to start including taxes and shipping information along with the products in the google product search. Is there going to be a new version to accommodate these changes? Hopefully one where we don't have to manually set the tax for each item and is smart enough to figure out our shipping options automatically?

That would be cool.

[Techiant]

Just installed Google feeder. Set-up FTP acct on Google Base but getting this error:

Google Base Feeder v.1.7.0 09.019.2008 17:38:59 started 2008/10/23 11:36:16
Feed file - /var/www/vhosts/my_domain.com/httpdocs/feed/my_document_name.xml_documents.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - Yes
Google Base File Complete In 0.008810 Seconds 0 Records
Upload started...
Login failed:
Connected to: uploads.google.com
Upload failed...

I made sure I configured it from Admin with same user/pass. What could be going wrong?

Also, please note the document name: my_document_name.xml_documents.xml, in the admin I specified: my_document_name.xml is this right?

Oh, and I ran the script without cron from browser: http://my_domain.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_uy_td

Thanks