Bing data feed

helpme:

Has anyone ever done anything with this?? I am also interested.

Take a look at http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105373

BlessIsaacola:

Take a look at http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105373
Great! So just I know what I am getting into, which feed mod do I use? Maybe I am misreading, I so far it looks like it is similar to google merchant/base/feeder whatever you want to call it :) but will that same feed work for bing??
Oh one more thing, is anyone using bing without seo urls?
Thanks again!

please see response in the other thread with the link above.

Bing Shopping allows free data feeds. Has anyone tried to upload the google data feed into bing to see if it works? If not has anyone used the bing data feed with their zen cart?

Is there a data feed module that will download products into a custom data feed? I am looking for something that is a little more configurable. My idea is to have one feed that will enable slight changes so that I can submit to: oodle, bing, etc. (Have google running just fine).

Something that will work like this: http://www.godatafeed.com/index.aspx

The google feed works perfectly and even updates itself with a cron. Just looking for tools for other shopping sites since more require feeds.

FYI: If you have the google feed installed and have it set up to automatically update (via cron) you can also attach the same google file to: The Find (free shopping feed site). You have to set up a merchant account here: https://merchant.thefind.com/mc/login.fhtml

My point is that you can have Google Products, and The Find show all of your updated store products automatically for free! :clap: For those who don't know what the find is, I suggest you submit your site, they send us alot of traffic just because we are indexed. This is very helpful to have two shopping sites update our products monthly.

Still trying to see if there is a more universal tool for oodle and bing.

I'm looking for this bing data feed module as well for zen-cart.
Anyone ?

I wrote this little PHP code. It is not a contribute just something I wrote up really quick to submit to the Bing product feed.

I attached the file. Just open it up in an editor and fill in your information. I would rename the file to something no one would guess since it will have your MySQL info in it or even place it on the server then remove it once you've made the file. If you do leave it there you can run a cron job so it stays updated.

Right now it includes all your product, whether it is inactive or not. If you know how to code it would be easy to include a conditional and load the product active data, I just don't have time and all my products are current.

Enjoy everyone, glad I could offer something.

Adam

So I just heard back from the Bing rep about the feed this code creates and he had a couple suggestions, so I made some changes and posted the new version 1.1 which removes all HTML code and also on line 45 (I think) I have a str_replace that takes out a "satisfaction Guaranteed" he noticed was in all my descriptions and suggested stripping them out for better SERPs, so if you have some catch phrases like that you can change the phrase on line 45 and also copy that line of code and remove multiple catch phrases.

Hope this helps!:clap:

Thank you, your effort is much appreciated here!! :D

Okay, Use this version. I was just notified that the encoding was UNIX and it needed to be DOS/Windows so that is fixed. I also made it strip out special characters in the URL so they are much prettier, and it now doesn't include inactive products.

If somebody would like to bring this code up to Zen Cart development standards I would love to do this with you. I have never done so.

One more update, sorry about this, but I am working with Bing now and we keep finding new little concerns, but I think this one will solidify it until I get it up as a real contribute.

I get this error when i run the file
Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/public_html/folder/bing.php on line 29
Lextechs.txt Created!

Do you have a different prefix then zen_, the code doesn't support different prefixes yet. I will upload a new update today with code that does.

Other than that I would check your MySQL information, more than likely something is incorrect. You have to open the code up and insert your MySQL information.

Now support custom prefixes, and I included a Read Me file to explain how to set it up.

*********Use the most current version.

asimms1:

Do you have a different prefix then zen_, the code doesn't support different prefixes yet. I will upload a new update today with code that does.

Other than that I would check your MySQL information, more than likely something is incorrect. You have to open the code up and insert your MySQL information.

Yes i do have different prefix i will try the new code you posted today

Problem with feed, i notice that between each listing there is a blank space is there suppose to be a blank line between each product in the feed?

Could you post an an example of the problem, please.

asimms1:

Could you post an an example of the problem, please.

This is a copy and paste as you can see there is a blank line between each line is that suppose to be there?

30644 Leapster I SPY Game http://lextechs.com/Leapster-I-SPY-Game-p-8561.html 26.99 LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Scholastic ISPY: Treasure Hunt. Discover treasures left behind by three legendary pirates! Reveal pieces of their treasure maps while playing I SPY riddles and games that build thinking and vocabulary skills. Leapster2 players can connect online for extra activities and rewards. http://lextechs.com/images/isimages/DH30644.jpg

30645 Leapster Outwit Game http://lextechs.com/Leapster-Outwit-Game-p-8562.html 26.99 LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Scholastic Outwit http://lextechs.com/images/isimages/DH30645.jpg

30674 SpongeBob Tag Activity Book http://lextechs.com/SpongeBob-Tag-Activity-Book-p-8563.html 16.99 LeapFrog Tag Activity Storybook SpongeBob SquarePants: The Tour de Bikini Bottom. Read about SpongeBob and Patrick as they shift into high gear to help their friend. Ride along with Squidward to see if his friends good intentions make him win or lose! http://lextechs.com/images/isimages/DH30674.jpg

30708 Leapster Wall-E Game http://lextechs.com/Leapster-Wall-E-Game-p-8564.html 26.99 LeapFrog Leapster Learning Game Wall-E http://lextechs.com/images/isimages/DH30708.jpg

30675 Cars Tag Activity Book http://lextechs.com/Cars-Tag-Activity-Book-p-8574.html 16.99 LeapFrog Tag Activity Storybook Disney/Pixar Cars: Tractor Tipping http://lextechs.com/images/isimages/DH30675.jpg

Yes. It has to be in Window/dos format so the line termination is /r/l instead of the normal /l or /n submit it, it will go.