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14 Mar 2007, 3:54 PM
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Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

Did anyone notice the Feb 15 2007 posting of a "Google Froogle Feeder 1.33a" mod in Zen cart downloads area (uploaded by Allan Aoyama)? I did not observe a release announcement in this thread on the Contributions forum. Apparently just includes a SQL typo fix for the last version Andrew released.

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&cPath=40_60&products_id=473

Anyone install this version (either fresh install or upgrade over previous feeder version) and have any issues or success to report? Any menu issues?

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14 Mar 2007, 4:25 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

Woodymon:

Did anyone notice the Feb 15 2007 posting of a "Google Froogle Feeder 1.33a" mod in Zen cart downloads area (uploaded by Allan Aoyama)? I did not observe a release announcement in this thread on the Contributions forum. Apparently just includes a SQL typo fix for the last version Andrew released.

I just did a compare of 1.33 vs. 1.33a and only diff was the following change in update_1_3_3.sql

Removed an extra comma and a space from the last INSERT statement. But also you you can observe the line ending semi-colon was moved from the end of the same statement to the very beginning. This is incorrect!

Previous version SQL (1.33): update_1_3_3.sql.bak

DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_key='GOOGLE_FROOGLE_MANUFACTURER';

DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_key='GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PRODUCT_TYPE_SHOW';
UPDATE configuration SET configuration_description='Choose your product type' WHERE configuration_key='GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PRODUCT_TYPE';

SET @configuration_group_id=0;
SELECT @configuration_group_id:=configuration_group_id FROM configuration_group WHERE configuration_group_title= 'Google Froogle Configuration' LIMIT 1;

INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, , configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES (NULL, 'Condition', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CONDITION', 'new', 'Choose your Product\'s Condition', @configuration_group_id, 12, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'new\', \'used\', \'refurbished\'),');

Updated SQL (1.33a) update_1_3_3.sql

DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_key='GOOGLE_FROOGLE_MANUFACTURER';

DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_key='GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PRODUCT_TYPE_SHOW';
UPDATE configuration SET configuration_description='Choose your product type' WHERE configuration_key='GOOGLE_FROOGLE_PRODUCT_TYPE';

SET @configuration_group_id=0;
SELECT @configuration_group_id:=configuration_group_id FROM configuration_group WHERE configuration_group_title= 'Google Froogle Configuration' LIMIT 1;

;INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES (NULL, 'Condition', 'GOOGLE_FROOGLE_CONDITION', 'new', 'Choose your Product\'s Condition', @configuration_group_id, 12, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'new\', \'used\', \'refurbished\'),')

I have not run this updated patch so not sure if the moved semi-colon would have any negative effect on processing the SQL patch.

Note that this sql patch file is for upgraders only. If you're installing the mod "fresh" then only need to run googlefroogle.sql.

To bypass the upgrade patch issue altogether I would recommend that upgraders just run uninstall.sql and then run googlefroogle.sql.

(Of course do this after documenting your mod settings and after backing up your database).

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14 Mar 2007, 7:53 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

Ok I am trying to use this Mod and In the Config I specified FREE Shipping. Well apparently Google doesn't like it as it kicked it back giving me the "Shipping field was incorrectly specified - help FREE SHIPPING #Item", We do offer Free Shipping on all items and thats what I was trying to specify.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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14 Mar 2007, 10:02 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

RSprinkel:

Ok I am trying to use this Mod and In the Config I specified FREE Shipping. Well apparently Google doesn't like it as it kicked it back giving me the "Shipping field was incorrectly specified - help FREE SHIPPING #Item", We do offer Free Shipping on all items and thats what I was trying to specify.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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It requires a numeric value.. so just put 0.00 in the proper format that google requires

14 Mar 2007, 10:35 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

Samad64,

Thanks for the info. CHanged the setting and uploaded another batch to see how it goes. Will let ya know.

Again Thanks very much for the help.

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15 Mar 2007, 4:18 AM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

ok I have tried 0.00 as well as 0 and still getting the same errors. Sheesh it must not like me :no:

Ok here is the right format per their help section. Sorry should have gone there first.

Their method is - US:Ground:5.95

Again I do apologize.

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15 Mar 2007, 7:51 AM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

RSprinkel:

ok I have tried 0.00 as well as 0 and still getting the same errors. Sheesh it must not like me :no:

Ok here is the right format per their help section. Sorry should have gone there first.

Their method is - US:Ground:5.95

Again I do apologize.

Ron

NP.. i would have told you what the method was but i couldn't remember it and i was too lazy to go look it up as well :P.. sorry about that! glad you got it figured out though

15 Mar 2007, 12:50 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

i cant get my items uploaded anymore :

** Bulk upload failed. No items are live. ** There are too many formatting errors in your file.

is there an update or something?

thanks

15 Mar 2007, 2:59 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

**samad64 **- LOL yeah me too. But hey I got it working and everything is searchable now. THANKS for the help, LOL.

**PhillipHarrison **- To the end of that Bulk Upload Failed there should be something that says check errors or help or something. Click that and it will tell you where the problem is. I got that message quite a few times yesterday and I clicked on some text at the end and it basically told me it didn't like my shipping structure. I am sure that is a global error message that you will get when you have ANY errors in your information. If you find out what is causing it, post it and I am sure someone can help then. That information isn't really telling us much other then there is issues with your upload.

Sorry couldn't be of more help at this time.

15 Mar 2007, 4:19 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

ah ha! Any advise on this please? The price difference is probably because the normal price is 37.95 but theres a sale price on the site 34.16

			Hello,

Thank you for submitting a bulk upload to Google Base. We have reviewed your bulk upload and need you to make changes. Your bulk upload has been disapproved due to the reason(s) listed below.

Issues:

  1. Wrong prices
  2. Unsupported "label" attribute

  1. Wrong prices: Please ensure the prices that appear in your bulk upload match the prices that appear on your item pages. For example, for your item named "MONTANE FEATHERLITE SMOCK," you included "37.95" as the price. However, the price is listed as "34.16" on the item page. Recheck your bulk upload and ensure that all prices match the prices that appear on your item pages.

  2. Unsupported "label" attribute: We noticed that you included the "label" attribute in your bulk upload. Please note that we recently changed our attribute requirements and are no longer supporting labels. While including labels will not cause your file to fail, we strongly recommend that you remove this attribute from your file.

15 Mar 2007, 5:13 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

**PhillipHarrison **- Did you generate your .txt file through ZenCart and then upload it?

Ok I looked in how my clients was created via ZenCart and it only added the sale price and not the Regular Price as 99.7% of my clients items has a sale price on them. I am not sure if it makes a difference or not on how you create the sale price but I did my clients via Admin/Catalog/Specials.

AS far as the Label Attribute I am not sure. Cause my clients has label in it and it lists the "Master Category, Sub Category" for each item under the "label" column.

This is all I can say for now, I am not an expert of this as I still HAVE tons to learn so I can't really say for sure on what to do other then tell you how I have set up my clients site.

Hope it helps some.

15 Mar 2007, 5:19 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

the mod works fine with "special" prices - however, it has issues with sale prices. I'm not sure why that is but here's the easiest solution - temporarily take off the sales.. upload your feed.. wait until its approved, then restart the sale. google only really crawls it while in the processing mode, and then won't check again until you resubmit. The only downfall of this is that the regular price is shown on Froogle and not your sale price.. so you lose out there

In regards to the label attribute.. are you running the latest version of this mod (from Andrew's web page)? I'm not sure if he's fixed this attribute thing or not.. i'll probably have this issue on the next upload

17 Mar 2007, 1:42 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

I've flipped through most pages of this exhausting thread but did not spot the answer to my problem

When trying to create a froogle feed I receive this error


Froogle Data Feeder v.1.3.3 07.02.2007 20:45 started 2007/03/17 13:37:10
Feed file - /home3/between/public_html/feed/froogle.txt
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /home3/between/public_html/includes/classes/bmz_image_handler.class.php on line 438


Line 438 in bmz_image_handler.class.php reads


    if (($threshold > -1) && ($color['alpha'] > $threshold)) {
      $color = $background_override;
    } else {
      $color = imagecolorallocatealpha($background, $color['red'], $color['green'], $color['blue'], $color['alpha']);
    }
    imagesetpixel($background, $x + $startwidth, $y + $startheight, $color);
  }
}
return $background;

}


I'm using seo urls and image handler 2 and wonder if these are not playing nice with the froogle feeder

Any help would be appreciated.

18 Mar 2007, 6:14 AM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

the max_execution time is actually a PHP setting. Try setting it to 60 seconds and see if it helps. If you have a lot of products on your site, that may be what is causing the problems

18 Mar 2007, 9:16 AM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

samad64:

the max_execution time is actually a PHP setting. Try setting it to 60 seconds and see if it helps. If you have a lot of products on your site, that may be what is causing the problems

Can you recommend how and where to configure this? ;-)

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18 Mar 2007, 7:32 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

I would think php settings are in the php.ini file. however you have to have root access for that.

Perhaps if you can find the command you can put it in your .htaccess file instead.

19 Mar 2007, 4:30 AM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

SQL query: [IMG]http://74.220.193.209:2082/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/themes/original/img/b_help.png[/IMG]
# MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows).
SELECT @configuration_group_id := configuration_group_id
FROM configuration_group
WHERE configuration_group_title = 'Google Froogle Configuration'
LIMIT 1 ;

  **MySQL said: **[\[IMG\]http://74.220.193.209:2082/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/themes/original/img/b\_help.png\[/IMG\]](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/error-messages-server.html) 

#1146 - Table 'annscera_zc1.configuration_group' doesn't exist

I tried uploading the sql file, copying and pasting it, and then uploading through phpmysql
Got these types of errors every time.

19 Mar 2007, 11:06 AM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

Max execution time has been raised from 30 seconds to 60 but the same error is being reported. The site has just over 1000 products so this should be a piece of cake.

I don't want the froogle feeder to touch any image handler stuff but do not know where I can edit this out.

I have another shop using 1.3.5 which uses sefu and image handlere and the froogle feeder works perfectly. I used a different version of the froogle feeder though which I believe had a donation box on it.

I really do need to get this working.
Are there any other versions of the froogle feeder that work with 1.3 that I can try

Thanks

19 Mar 2007, 2:44 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

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I used a different version of the froogle feeder though which I believe had a donation box on it.
http://breakmyzencart.com/froogle

But Tim has NOT been developing his mod version for a very long time now and it was not updated for ZC 1.2x. So you don't want to go there (but his ImageHandler2 mod works on 1.3x)

As far as I can see there is no developer currently actively developing or even maintaining a GoogleBase/Froogle mod for Zen Cart. As you probably read in this thread Andrew quit working on the mod as he can't use it from his location.

You might be able to massage Andrew's RSS2 mod to output a Froogle compliant feed. He recently updated the RSS2 mod to support GoogleBase namespace. I'm not aware of anyone that has utilized it in that way yet.

Maybe contact Google and request they put some available extra cash into updating Andrew's mod and in assisting to solve the timeout issues and/or put some Google Summer of Code people on the project. And while you're at it ask them to do the same for Google Checkout :wink2:

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19 Mar 2007, 3:10 PM
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Re: Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

Peaches:

MySQL said:
#1146 - Table 'annscera_zc1.configuration_group' doesn't exist

I tried uploading the sql file, copying and pasting it, and then uploading through phpmysql. Got these types of errors every time.

As you can observe above you have a prefix assigned to your database tables (annscera_zc1). This prefix was created when you installed Zen Cart. The prefix is stored in your two configure.php files.

But the patch file for the mod does not know of the prefix. Only Zen Cart knows the prefix you assigned when installing Zen Cart.

Thus patching via phpmyadmin will not automatically "append" table prefixes. Only patching via Zen Cart can that be done. But the automatic application of the prefix fails for a variety of reasons and is a known issue.

Many folks report troubles patching their database when a database table prefix has been assigned. Different solutions appear to apply to different folks.

Try copy and pasting the SQL via Tools > SQL Patches (DON'T UPLOAD).

If that does not work then suggest manually editing the patch SQL file (with a text editor) and pre-append your table prefix to the very beginning of each and every table reference in the file (being very careful do not change anything else). Then save that file as a different name (text format). Then copy and paste that edited SQL into Tools > SQL Patches and try patching again. If that does not work try uploading the new SQL file you just edited and saved.

BACKUP YOUR FILES AND DATABASE BEFORE ATTEMPTING!

Woody