Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

[jackie.taferner]

I am having similar issues:

1. Google Froogle is only creating 3 products in the XML file

2. when uploading via ZenCart, it gives the "upload failed" message

3. If uploading manually, Google says 3 of 3 was successful, but when looking at the active products, nothing is there.

[nehoward64]

I think the issues are with Google..... I just tried mine and the datafile was created correctly and quickly, but when I tried to upload via ftp it took several attempts to connect with google. Looking at their FAQ section in the Merchant Center it appears they are having a problem with the Dashboard showing zero active products but when you look at your active products you can see them all. They also mention a change to some users in the FTP parameters and list instructions on how to reset your FTP information. I'm not sure if that is the nature of the problems you're experiencing but I would check anyhow just to make sure.

Also, Numinix recently released version 182 which corrects the "&" in the link which was causing Google to reject the feed. Double check your version and make sure you have the recent update.

Mine appears to be working but the Dashboard in the Merchant Center is displaying incorrect and inconsistant information.

[idle]

Sorry for my lack of knowledge, but how would I do step 6 in the instructions?

6. Register your bulk upload .xml file using the same name in your Google Base Configuration at base.google.com

[nehoward64]

Sorry for my lack of knowledge, but how would I do step 6 in the instructions?

6. Register your bulk upload .xml file using the same name in your Google Base Configuration at base.google.com

You go to www.google.com/merchants/bulkuploads and select the 'data feeds' option on the left side of the screen, then choose the 'new feed' button and enter the name and other information for your feed. This assumes of course that you already have an account with google merchant services and your domain and such are claimed.

[idle]

Thanks for your quick reply Howard, I am guessing the .xml file i am using is from my main directory/feeds/ folder? Which in my case is domain_products.xml

[nehoward64]

Thanks for your quick reply Howard, I am guessing the .xml file i am using is from my main directory/feeds/ folder? Which in my case is domain_products.xml

That would be correct. Happy listing! :)

[jackie.taferner]

I'm having a major issue with the GoogleBase file only pulling 3 products, out of 1000! Anyone else have this problem, and how to fix it?

[countrycharm]

I'm having a major issue with the GoogleBase file only pulling 3 products, out of 1000! Anyone else have this problem, and how to fix it?

Have you ran the GOOGLE_BASE_DEBUG yet in admin/confoguration/google_base? If not run that and see what kind of errors it's showing if any. Make sure your feed cache is set to 777. Do you have the wordpress add on installed? There is and issue with the wordpress module. It conflicts with this module for some reason and not just this one with others also.

[countrycharm]

I am suddenly having a new problem with this mod. I am still unable to upload it to Google using FTP, it says Login failed, Upload failed. However, I was able to upload manually with no issues. Now suddenly when I try to upload manually, it says 0 of 1 items were inserted and it says there was an XML formatting error. Nothing has changed and I even tried uploading just one category of products and it still gives the same error. Any ideas what could be causing this?

Thanks!

Google has a feature in the Google Base account admin where you can define how often you want Google Base to cral your feed file. I suggest everyone use this feature instead of the automatic features of the Google Base Feeder as it will help reduce server load and chance of missed uploads due to errors.
http://www.numinix.com/forum/viewtop...tart=300#p1879
If you are having problems creating a feed, you need to make sure you have a dedicated IP address on your server

[adnanrana]

Can any one help, I want to add the words "Free Shipping" to the beginning of the <description> in the output file, ie just before the main description text.

I know you will have to edit the googlefroogle.php

I know it is simple but cant seem to add a string to the begging of this output

Ie

<description> FREE SHIPPING. main body text .</description>

This can be done by changing line 330 in file STORE_ROOT\googlefroogle.php from:

$content["description"] = '<description>' . $google_base->google_base_xml_sanitizer($products_description, true) . '</description>'; 

to

$content["description"] = 'FREE DELIVERY! ' . '<description>' . $google_base->google_base_xml_sanitizer($products_description, true) . '</description>'; 

Adnan Rana
PC Point Ltd