Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[ShoesBuyOnline]

This would be the products name which is either located in the products table or the products_description table.

Hi, numinix

Thanks for your help. I found it under table products_description. It is a varchar field named products_name.

Another question is: if any big value, saying 96, would hurt my site or lead to be rejected from submitting to google base?

Best regards,

[numinix]

Hi, numinix

Thanks for your help. I found it under table products_description. It is a varchar field named products_name.

Another question is: if any big value, saying 96, would hurt my site or lead to be rejected from submitting to google base?

Best regards,

From Google Base:

The name or title of the item.
Format:
Text. Suggested maximum length of 70 characters.

I believe they will just truncate the title to this size as the script does not do this and there has never been a problem reported.

[paul_ng]

Hi I just installed this mod with v1.7.4 with zencart v1.3.8 and after setting up the parameters I want to create the xml. But when I click the link to create the xml feed the pop up window shows my main page instead. There is no file created.

The feed folder is set to 777 and all files uploaded. SQL ran without any error but this is the only error message I have. I was searching this thread but couldn't find anything related to this. I'm sorry if I miss out on the post.

Please help!

[imaginarynumber]

If this is the case, everyone should be having their data entry employees check the XHTML validation of a product's web page after posting that product.

It seems that if google find any characters that it doesn't like (invalid encoding) it throws a wobbly and says "missing file attributes" and "invalid encoding". That is to say there was nothing wrong with the "missing file attributes".

I noticed that a couple of my descriptions (copied from other sites) had speach quotation marks that pointed in both directions - “example”, rather than "example".

Took me ages to work out what was wrong until I noticed that in the xml feed it shows such characters as Â.

Thus far I have sorted then all, bar two descriptions that use spry assests.

[alray10]

Hi I just installed this mod with v1.7.4 with zencart v1.3.8 and after setting up the parameters I want to create the xml. But when I click the link to create the xml feed the pop up window shows my main page instead. There is no file created.

The feed folder is set to 777 and all files uploaded. SQL ran without any error but this is the only error message I have. I was searching this thread but couldn't find anything related to this. I'm sorry if I miss out on the post.

Please help!

It Sounds like you have not got googlefroogle.php in the root of your cart.
You will find it in the folder along side documentation.html and googlefroogle.sql

[lingray]

Hi,

I have installed the google base feeder to zen cart and applied all patches etc. The problem being that when I go into the Google feed administration area and click to create the feed nothing happens I get a window open that is completely blank.

I have followed the installation guide but it just doesn't seem to work. The feed directory has rwx for all users. Not sure where I have gone wrong.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks.

[lingray]

Also I have checked through the thread for any problems people have experienced of a similar nature and I found one person with a similar problem where the google_base.php hadn't uploaded correctly into the classes directory. I have checked this and it seems to be fine.

The site was looked after by another administrator before I joined the company and apparently he was unable to get the module to work. I don't know what he has changed within the database and I beleive this may be related.

For this reason when I started the installation I ran the uninstall.sql file first then patched then executed the googlefroogle.sql file. Upojn doing this I got the following error:

1062 Duplicate entry 'GOOGLE_BASE_PASV' for key 2
in:
[INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES (NULL, 'Google Base FTP Username', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_USERNAME', 'ftp_username', 'Enter your Google Base FTP username', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Google Base FTP Password', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PASSWORD', 'ftp_password', 'Enter your Google Base FTP password', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Google Base Server', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_SERVER', 'uploads.google.com', 'Enter froogle server
default: hedwig.google.com', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Google Base PASV', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PASV', 'true', 'Turn PASV mode on or off for FTP upload?', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Store Address', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ADDRESS', 'http://www.domain.com', 'Enter your website address', @configuration_group_id, 1, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Store Description', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DESCRIPTION', '', 'Enter a short description of your store', @configuration_group_id, 1, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Auction Site Attributes', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ASA', 'false', 'Activate Auction Site Attributes (requires separate add-on)?', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Enable Map Pricing', 'GOOGLE_BASE_MAP_PRICING', 'false', 'Enable MAP Pricing (requires separate add-on)?', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Expiration Date Base', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_EXPIRATION_BASE', 'now', 'Expiration Date Base:
now - add Adjust to current date;
product - add Adjust to product date (max(date_added, last_modified, date_available))
', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'now\', \'product\'),'), (NULL, 'Expiration Date Adjust', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_EXPIRATION_DAYS', '365', 'Expiration Date Adjust in Days', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Show Default Currency', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CURRENCY_DISPLAY', 'true', 'Display Currency', @configuration_group_id, 3, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Default Currency', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CURRENCY', 'USD', 'Select currency', @configuration_group_id, 5, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_currencies('), (NULL, 'Show Offer ID', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_OFFER_ID', 'id', 'A unique alphanumeric identifier for the item - products_id code. ', @configuration_group_id, 6, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'id\', \'model\', \'UPC\', \'ISBN\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Show Quantity', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_IN_STOCK', 'false', 'Display products quantity?', @configuration_group_id, 7, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Include Zero Quantity', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ZERO_QUANTITY', 'false', 'Include products with zero quantity?', @configuration_group_id, 7, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Default Quantity', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DEFAULT_QUANTITY', '0', 'What is the default quantity for products with zero quantity?', @configuration_group_id, 7, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Shipping Options', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_SHIPPING', '', 'The shipping options available for an item', @configuration_group_id, 8, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Condition', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CONDITION', 'new', 'Choose your default condition', @configuration_group_id, 12, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'new\', \'used\', \'refurbished\'),'), (NULL, 'Show Feed Lanugage', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_LANGUAGE_DISPLAY', 'false', 'Display Feed Language', @configuration_group_id, 13, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Feed Language', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_LANGUAGE', 'English', 'If Show Feed Language is True, what is your feed language?
default = en', @configuration_group_id, 14, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_languages_list('), (NULL, 'Magic SEO URLs', 'GOOGLE_BASE_MAGIC_SEO_URLS', 'false', 'Output Magic SEO URLs (separate module required)?', @configuration_group_id, 14, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Output File Name', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_OUTPUT_FILENAME', 'domain', 'Set the name of your froogle output file', @configuration_group_id, 19, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Compress Feed File', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_COMPRESS', 'false', 'Compress Google froogle file', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Uploaded date', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_UPLOADED_DATE', '', 'Date and time of the last upload', @configuration_group_id, 21, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Output Directory', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_DIRECTORY', 'feed/', 'Set the name of your froogle output directory', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Use cPath in url', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_USE_CPATH', 'false', 'Use cPath in product info url', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Tax Region', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_TAX_REGION', 'Tax applicable regions', 'Enter the tax region', @configuration_group_id, 22, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Display Tax', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_TAX_DISPLAY', 'false', 'Display tax per product?', @configuration_group_id, 23, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Max products', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_MAX_PRODUCTS', '0', 'Default = 0 for infinite # of products', @configuration_group_id, 24, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Starting Point', 'GOOGLE_BASE_START_PRODUCTS', '0', 'Start at which entry (not product_id)?
Default=0', @configuration_group_id, 24, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Pickup', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PICKUP', 'do not display', 'Local pickup available?', @configuration_group_id, 25, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\', \'do not display\'),'), (NULL, 'Included Categories', 'GOOGLE_BASE_POS_CATEGORIES', '', 'Enter category names separated by commas 
(i.e. 1,2,3)
Leave blank to allow all categories', @configuration_group_id, 30, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Excluded Categories', 'GOOGLE_BASE_NEG_CATEGORIES', '', 'Enter category names separated by commas 
(i.e. 1,2,3)
Leave blank to deactivate', @configuration_group_id, 30, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Show Weight', 'GOOGLE_BASE_WEIGHT', 'false', 'Include products weight?', @configuration_group_id, 33, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Weight Units', 'GOOGLE_BASE_UNITS', 'pounds', 'What unit of weight measure?
pounds OR kilograms', @configuration_group_id, 33, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'pounds\', \'kilograms\'),'), (NULL, 'Product Type', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PRODUCT_TYPE', 'top', 'Use top-level, bottom-level, or full-path as product_type?', @configuration_group_id, 34, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'top\', \'bottom\', \'full\'),'), (NULL, 'Payments Accepted', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PAYMENT_METHODS', 'Cash,Check,Visa,MasterCard,AmericanExpress,Discover,WireTransfer', 'What payment methods do you accept?', @configuration_group_id, 35, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Payment Notes', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PAYMENT_NOTES', 'GoogleCheckout', 'Add payment notes (use this for showing you accept Google Checkout)', @configuration_group_id, 35, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Image Handler', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_IMAGE_HANDLER', 'false', 'Resize images using image handler (separate module required)?', @configuration_group_id, 36, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Use Meta Title', 'GOOGLE_BASE_META_TITLE', 'false', 'Use meta title as the title if it exists (for products only)?', @configuration_group_id, 40, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Select Shipping Method', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_METHOD', 'none', 'Select a shipping method from the drop-down list that is used in your store, or leave as none', @configuration_group_id, 50, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'zones table rate\', \'flat rate\', \'per item\', \'per weight unit\', \'table rate\', \'zones\', \'percategory\', \'free shipping\', \'free rules shipping\', \'none\'),'), (NULL, 'Table Zone ID', 'GOOGLE_BASE_RATE_ZONE', '', 'Enter the table rate ID if using a shipping method that uses table rates:', @configuration_group_id, 51, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Shipping Country', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_COUNTRY', '', 'Select the destination country for the shipping rates:', @configuration_group_id, 52, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_country_list('), (NULL, 'Shipping Region', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_REGION', '', 'Enter the destination region within the selected country (state code, or zip with wildcard *):', @configuration_group_id, 53, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Shipping Service', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_SERVICE', '', 'Enter the shipping service type (i.e. Ground):', @configuration_group_id, 54, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Debug', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DEBUG', 'false', 'Turn on simple debug?', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),');]
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Could this be the cause of the issue?

[countrycharm]

Also I have checked through the thread for any problems people have experienced of a similar nature and I found one person with a similar problem where the google_base.php hadn't uploaded correctly into the classes directory. I have checked this and it seems to be fine.

The site was looked after by another administrator before I joined the company and apparently he was unable to get the module to work. I don't know what he has changed within the database and I beleive this may be related.

For this reason when I started the installation I ran the uninstall.sql file first then patched then executed the googlefroogle.sql file. Upojn doing this I got the following error:

1062 Duplicate entry 'GOOGLE_BASE_PASV' for key 2
in:
[INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES (NULL, 'Google Base FTP Username', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_USERNAME', 'ftp_username', 'Enter your Google Base FTP username', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Google Base FTP Password', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PASSWORD', 'ftp_password', 'Enter your Google Base FTP password', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Google Base Server', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_SERVER', 'uploads.google.com', 'Enter froogle server
default: hedwig.google.com', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Google Base PASV', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PASV', 'true', 'Turn PASV mode on or off for FTP upload?', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Store Address', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ADDRESS', 'http://www.domain.com', 'Enter your website address', @configuration_group_id, 1, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Store Description', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DESCRIPTION', '', 'Enter a short description of your store', @configuration_group_id, 1, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Auction Site Attributes', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ASA', 'false', 'Activate Auction Site Attributes (requires separate add-on)?', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Enable Map Pricing', 'GOOGLE_BASE_MAP_PRICING', 'false', 'Enable MAP Pricing (requires separate add-on)?', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Expiration Date Base', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_EXPIRATION_BASE', 'now', 'Expiration Date Base:
now - add Adjust to current date;
product - add Adjust to product date (max(date_added, last_modified, date_available))
', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'now\', \'product\'),'), (NULL, 'Expiration Date Adjust', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_EXPIRATION_DAYS', '365', 'Expiration Date Adjust in Days', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Show Default Currency', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CURRENCY_DISPLAY', 'true', 'Display Currency', @configuration_group_id, 3, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Default Currency', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CURRENCY', 'USD', 'Select currency', @configuration_group_id, 5, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_currencies('), (NULL, 'Show Offer ID', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_OFFER_ID', 'id', 'A unique alphanumeric identifier for the item - products_id code. ', @configuration_group_id, 6, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'id\', \'model\', \'UPC\', \'ISBN\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Show Quantity', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_IN_STOCK', 'false', 'Display products quantity?', @configuration_group_id, 7, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Include Zero Quantity', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ZERO_QUANTITY', 'false', 'Include products with zero quantity?', @configuration_group_id, 7, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Default Quantity', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DEFAULT_QUANTITY', '0', 'What is the default quantity for products with zero quantity?', @configuration_group_id, 7, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Shipping Options', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_SHIPPING', '', 'The shipping options available for an item', @configuration_group_id, 8, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Condition', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CONDITION', 'new', 'Choose your default condition', @configuration_group_id, 12, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'new\', \'used\', \'refurbished\'),'), (NULL, 'Show Feed Lanugage', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_LANGUAGE_DISPLAY', 'false', 'Display Feed Language', @configuration_group_id, 13, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Feed Language', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_LANGUAGE', 'English', 'If Show Feed Language is True, what is your feed language?
default = en', @configuration_group_id, 14, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_languages_list('), (NULL, 'Magic SEO URLs', 'GOOGLE_BASE_MAGIC_SEO_URLS', 'false', 'Output Magic SEO URLs (separate module required)?', @configuration_group_id, 14, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Output File Name', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_OUTPUT_FILENAME', 'domain', 'Set the name of your froogle output file', @configuration_group_id, 19, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Compress Feed File', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_COMPRESS', 'false', 'Compress Google froogle file', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Uploaded date', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_UPLOADED_DATE', '', 'Date and time of the last upload', @configuration_group_id, 21, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Output Directory', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_DIRECTORY', 'feed/', 'Set the name of your froogle output directory', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Use cPath in url', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_USE_CPATH', 'false', 'Use cPath in product info url', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Tax Region', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_TAX_REGION', 'Tax applicable regions', 'Enter the tax region', @configuration_group_id, 22, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Display Tax', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_TAX_DISPLAY', 'false', 'Display tax per product?', @configuration_group_id, 23, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Max products', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_MAX_PRODUCTS', '0', 'Default = 0 for infinite # of products', @configuration_group_id, 24, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Starting Point', 'GOOGLE_BASE_START_PRODUCTS', '0', 'Start at which entry (not product_id)?
Default=0', @configuration_group_id, 24, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Pickup', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PICKUP', 'do not display', 'Local pickup available?', @configuration_group_id, 25, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\', \'do not display\'),'), (NULL, 'Included Categories', 'GOOGLE_BASE_POS_CATEGORIES', '', 'Enter category names separated by commas 
(i.e. 1,2,3)
Leave blank to allow all categories', @configuration_group_id, 30, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Excluded Categories', 'GOOGLE_BASE_NEG_CATEGORIES', '', 'Enter category names separated by commas 
(i.e. 1,2,3)
Leave blank to deactivate', @configuration_group_id, 30, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Show Weight', 'GOOGLE_BASE_WEIGHT', 'false', 'Include products weight?', @configuration_group_id, 33, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Weight Units', 'GOOGLE_BASE_UNITS', 'pounds', 'What unit of weight measure?
pounds OR kilograms', @configuration_group_id, 33, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'pounds\', \'kilograms\'),'), (NULL, 'Product Type', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PRODUCT_TYPE', 'top', 'Use top-level, bottom-level, or full-path as product_type?', @configuration_group_id, 34, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'top\', \'bottom\', \'full\'),'), (NULL, 'Payments Accepted', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PAYMENT_METHODS', 'Cash,Check,Visa,MasterCard,AmericanExpress,Discover,WireTransfer', 'What payment methods do you accept?', @configuration_group_id, 35, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Payment Notes', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PAYMENT_NOTES', 'GoogleCheckout', 'Add payment notes (use this for showing you accept Google Checkout)', @configuration_group_id, 35, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Image Handler', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_IMAGE_HANDLER', 'false', 'Resize images using image handler (separate module required)?', @configuration_group_id, 36, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Use Meta Title', 'GOOGLE_BASE_META_TITLE', 'false', 'Use meta title as the title if it exists (for products only)?', @configuration_group_id, 40, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Select Shipping Method', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_METHOD', 'none', 'Select a shipping method from the drop-down list that is used in your store, or leave as none', @configuration_group_id, 50, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'zones table rate\', \'flat rate\', \'per item\', \'per weight unit\', \'table rate\', \'zones\', \'percategory\', \'free shipping\', \'free rules shipping\', \'none\'),'), (NULL, 'Table Zone ID', 'GOOGLE_BASE_RATE_ZONE', '', 'Enter the table rate ID if using a shipping method that uses table rates:', @configuration_group_id, 51, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Shipping Country', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_COUNTRY', '', 'Select the destination country for the shipping rates:', @configuration_group_id, 52, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_country_list('), (NULL, 'Shipping Region', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_REGION', '', 'Enter the destination region within the selected country (state code, or zip with wildcard *):', @configuration_group_id, 53, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Shipping Service', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_SERVICE', '', 'Enter the shipping service type (i.e. Ground):', @configuration_group_id, 54, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Debug', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DEBUG', 'false', 'Turn on simple debug?', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),');]
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Could this be the cause of the issue?

Download this sql zip file and run it in your store/tools sql patches. What it will do is get rid of all database tables that deals with google_base_feeder. If you get and error thats ok, click back on your browser and run it again. You will get another error but thats OK. Re-install the googlefroogle.sql patch that comes with the google_base_feeder and you should have everything showing up in your store/configurations/google_base_feeder. Fill in all fields and you will be ready to go.

[lingray]

Many thanks for the response. Is there anyway that I can test the xml output without adding the googlebase details?

[lingray]

I have just tried the fix that you have supplied and I get the errors that you advised I would get. However, when I run the googlefroogle.sql query I get a error as below:

1062 Duplicate entry 'GOOGLE_BASE_PASV' for key 2
in:
[INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES (NULL, 'Google Base FTP Username', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_USERNAME', 'ftp_username', 'Enter your Google Base FTP username', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Google Base FTP Password', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PASSWORD', 'ftp_password', 'Enter your Google Base FTP password', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Google Base Server', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_SERVER', 'uploads.google.com', 'Enter froogle server
default: hedwig.google.com', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Google Base PASV', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PASV', 'true', 'Turn PASV mode on or off for FTP upload?', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Store Address', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ADDRESS', 'http://www.domain.com', 'Enter your website address', @configuration_group_id, 1, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Store Description', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DESCRIPTION', '', 'Enter a short description of your store', @configuration_group_id, 1, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Auction Site Attributes', 'GOOGLE_BASE_ASA', 'false', 'Activate Auction Site Attributes (requires separate add-on)?', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Enable Map Pricing', 'GOOGLE_BASE_MAP_PRICING', 'false', 'Enable MAP Pricing (requires separate add-on)?', @configuration_group_id, 2, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Expiration Date Base', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_EXPIRATION_BASE', 'now', 'Expiration Date Base:
now - add Adjust to current date;
product - add Adjust to product date (max(date_added, last_modified, date_available))
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default = en', @configuration_group_id, 14, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_languages_list('), (NULL, 'Magic SEO URLs', 'GOOGLE_BASE_MAGIC_SEO_URLS', 'false', 'Output Magic SEO URLs (separate module required)?', @configuration_group_id, 14, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Output File Name', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_OUTPUT_FILENAME', 'domain', 'Set the name of your froogle output file', @configuration_group_id, 19, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Compress Feed File', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_COMPRESS', 'false', 'Compress Google froogle file', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Uploaded date', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_UPLOADED_DATE', '', 'Date and time of the last upload', @configuration_group_id, 21, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Output Directory', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_DIRECTORY', 'feed/', 'Set the name of your froogle output directory', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Use cPath in url', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_USE_CPATH', 'false', 'Use cPath in product info url', @configuration_group_id, 20, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Tax Region', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_TAX_REGION', 'Tax applicable regions', 'Enter the tax region', @configuration_group_id, 22, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Display Tax', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_TAX_DISPLAY', 'false', 'Display tax per product?', @configuration_group_id, 23, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Max products', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_MAX_PRODUCTS', '0', 'Default = 0 for infinite # of products', @configuration_group_id, 24, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Starting Point', 'GOOGLE_BASE_START_PRODUCTS', '0', 'Start at which entry (not product_id)?
Default=0', @configuration_group_id, 24, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Pickup', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PICKUP', 'do not display', 'Local pickup available?', @configuration_group_id, 25, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\', \'do not display\'),'), (NULL, 'Included Categories', 'GOOGLE_BASE_POS_CATEGORIES', '', 'Enter category names separated by commas 
(i.e. 1,2,3)
Leave blank to allow all categories', @configuration_group_id, 30, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Excluded Categories', 'GOOGLE_BASE_NEG_CATEGORIES', '', 'Enter category names separated by commas 
(i.e. 1,2,3)
Leave blank to deactivate', @configuration_group_id, 30, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Show Weight', 'GOOGLE_BASE_WEIGHT', 'false', 'Include products weight?', @configuration_group_id, 33, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Weight Units', 'GOOGLE_BASE_UNITS', 'pounds', 'What unit of weight measure?
pounds OR kilograms', @configuration_group_id, 33, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'pounds\', \'kilograms\'),'), (NULL, 'Product Type', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PRODUCT_TYPE', 'top', 'Use top-level, bottom-level, or full-path as product_type?', @configuration_group_id, 34, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'top\', \'bottom\', \'full\'),'), (NULL, 'Payments Accepted', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PAYMENT_METHODS', 'Cash,Check,Visa,MasterCard,AmericanExpress,Discover,WireTransfer', 'What payment methods do you accept?', @configuration_group_id, 35, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Payment Notes', 'GOOGLE_BASE_PAYMENT_NOTES', 'GoogleCheckout', 'Add payment notes (use this for showing you accept Google Checkout)', @configuration_group_id, 35, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Image Handler', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_IMAGE_HANDLER', 'false', 'Resize images using image handler (separate module required)?', @configuration_group_id, 36, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Use Meta Title', 'GOOGLE_BASE_META_TITLE', 'false', 'Use meta title as the title if it exists (for products only)?', @configuration_group_id, 40, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),'), (NULL, 'Select Shipping Method', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_METHOD', 'none', 'Select a shipping method from the drop-down list that is used in your store, or leave as none', @configuration_group_id, 50, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'zones table rate\', \'flat rate\', \'per item\', \'per weight unit\', \'table rate\', \'zones\', \'percategory\', \'free shipping\', \'free rules shipping\', \'none\'),'), (NULL, 'Table Zone ID', 'GOOGLE_BASE_RATE_ZONE', '', 'Enter the table rate ID if using a shipping method that uses table rates:', @configuration_group_id, 51, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Shipping Country', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_COUNTRY', '', 'Select the destination country for the shipping rates:', @configuration_group_id, 52, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_pull_down_country_list('), (NULL, 'Shipping Region', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_REGION', '', 'Enter the destination region within the selected country (state code, or zip with wildcard *):', @configuration_group_id, 53, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Shipping Service', 'GOOGLE_BASE_SHIPPING_SERVICE', '', 'Enter the shipping service type (i.e. Ground):', @configuration_group_id, 54, NOW(), NULL, NULL), (NULL, 'Debug', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DEBUG', 'false', 'Turn on simple debug?', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),');]
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This is really confusing as to why it isn't working and I'm unsure of where to start. The problem being that I don't know what the previous administrator did to try to get this working.