Froogle Merchant Center merged into GoogleBase

numinix:

$output["label"] = "product_type";
// $output["product_type"] = "product_type";

Rename all cateogories (excluding sub-categories) to the Google product type.

Do you think that would work? It prints the labels/categories in the output file as the product_type.

That worked great Thanks.
Anyone else that did uses it remember to change
$output["label"] = "label";
To
// $output["label"] = "label";
To get rid of the label in the feed.

One more thing is there a way that I can get it so it only shows the top categores in the field i.e "Fragrance" and not "Fragrance, Men's Fragrance" or "Fragrance, Women's Fragrance"

If this could be done it would mean Froogle feeder is working again for me and I hope this helps others to.
I removed the Sub- categores manually and googlebase excepted it no problem.

alray10:

That worked great Thanks.
Anyone else that did uses it remember to change
$output["label"] = "label";
To
// $output["label"] = "label";
To get rid of the label in the feed.

One more thing is there a way that I can get it so it only shows the top categores in the field i.e "Fragrance" and not "Fragrance, Men's Fragrance" or "Fragrance, Women's Fragrance"

If this could be done it would mean Froogle feeder is working again for me and I hope this helps others to.
I removed the Sub- categores manually and googlebase excepted it no problem.

Like I said, you don't need to rename your sub-categories because it only uses the main category... or at least that's what it did for mine...

numinix:

Like I said, you don't need to rename your sub-categories because it only uses the main category... or at least that's what it did for mine...
Strange for me it is using Sub-Categories I don't supose you could et#ver put on here or email me a copy of your complete googlefroogle.php so I can try it on mine I know there has been lots of changes to this mod so may be its not the same.
I have been going through mine all day trying to find a way but with no luck.
Mind you I am no coder so its just try it and hope and it takes forever.

Nevermind, you are right. Let's see if they still deny the feed...

It denyed mine if I left the sub-cats in but once I deleted them it was OK Just need to find away to do it on auto

I have submitted an updated Froogle contrib with the label header removed and product_types removed.

Also slighty tidyied up the code. I will get round to doing some more testing and see if Google accepts own product types

NamSingh, it denies the feed if you leave out product_type completely... Have to make label = product_type and then tweak it from there.

NamSingh:

I have submitted an updated Froogle contrib with the label header removed and product_types removed.

Also slighty tidyied up the code. I will get round to doing some more testing and see if Google accepts own product types

@Nam

So you have tested thoroughly on your own and found that removing "label" and "product_types" fixed things for sure?

I see your only change was to googlefroogle.php

So you did not update the SQL patch to remove product_type from the admin UI? That would require updates to googlefroogle.sql, and creation of update_from_133.sql. So how are people suppose to upgrade without updated SQL? And shopowners installing for the first time will be given a useless entry in the admin UI.

If you are going to patch the code then please also update the SQL.

Or at least explain to people the ramifications of installing your updated version.

Also I could have easily missed your low key update announcement in this thread.

"Tidied up the code" and "cleaned up some documentation" is a bit vague and ambiguous.

Changing code unnecessarily makes it difficult to compare one version to the next to migrate custom code changes (via a compare/merge tool). Best to leave the code alone except where you are making functional improvements.

When announcing a new mod or mod update please post the name of the mod, the new version, where available in the downloads area (URL), a changelog, and the version of Zen Cart it is known to be compatible (tested) with. Something similar to how most other mod "developers" announce their mod updates.

Finally, I don't understand, why you did not have others TEST the updated contrib BEFORE submitting? That is suppose to be how it works. Then people don't get stuck downloading, installing and troubleshooting a module update that is problematic. Argh.

Thanks,
Woody

Woody
I think with Googlebase getting more picky about what it excepts, the only real way round this. (because zencart does not hold the info google base wants at the moment).
Would be to put a new field in Admin on the new product page named product type and a drop down list made up of what googlebase excepts http://www.google.com/base/product_types.html this data could then be stored and brought up by the googlebase/froogle mod.
I know this is probably hell of a job but at the moment the info googlebase wants is just not in Zencart and I am sure most of you like me get 90% of traffic from googlebase.

@ Woody

This is the first time I've made any updates/changes or got involved so have not been clear of the procedure. I think I will get the update removed as it is different for each country by the sounds of it.

I didn't remove priduct_type as it is still supported by Google, just not accepted with the data from zen cart. I was hoping to get it working quite soon after more testing.

alray10:

Woody
I think with Googlebase getting more picky about what it excepts, the only real way round this. (because zencart does not hold the info google base wants at the moment).
Would be to put a new field in Admin on the new product page named product type and a drop down list made up of what googlebase excepts http://www.google.com/base/product_types.html this data could then be stored and brought up by the googlebase/froogle mod.
I know this is probably hell of a job but at the moment the info googlebase wants is just not in Zencart and I am sure most of you like me get 90% of traffic from googlebase.

I second this, and it wouldn't be that big of a job since you could basically cut and paste the google product types and put them into the product form. A drop down menu would be way too big. Even a blank input space that saves to the SQL database as product_type would be ideal and wouldn't take long to implement at all...

My Google Base feed was accepted despite having sub categories in the product_type as well...!!!

Anyways, we should still try to create an update to the product listing that has a hidden field called product_type so that we can 100% avoid this situation.

Okay I am all set to go and I go to upload and it says it can't log me in?? I have checked my password and login email that I use for google checkout, is it the same?

Hi everybody,
I have been searching and searching these forums and can't find anything about my particular problem regarding this contribution.

I uploaded this contribution following ALL of the directions supplied and went into the control panel and everything is there and seems to be working but when I go and try to upload my product feed all I get is a blank popup window with a snails pace status bar.

Nothing happens and nothing gets uploaded. Then if I use "NOTE: You may view Froogle Merchants FTP content." I get this popup window that says "Froogle Merchants FTP content:Connected to: uploads.google.comConnection failed: uploads.google.com".

I can manually upload the generated file through google but zencart refuses to do so.
Anyone else had this problem. Thank you. :)

Have you put in your username and password in ADMIN -> CONFIGURATION -> GOOGLE FROOGLE CONFIGURATION ???

Yes, I have set my user name and password in the configuration.
I have followed all the directions supplied to a "t" and all seems ok except the fact I can't upload anything via the admin. Thanks

I fixed my ftp login and uploaded to google base, but nothing is showing up? I upload about 26 hours ago and again about 9 hours ago. Any ideas why it isn't showing up? I read earlier in the thread it should show up in a few hours.
Thanks

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ok i seem to have a problem
i create my file ok and upload it and after 30 mins or so google base tells me success you have 328 poroducts active
i check the actvie products and they all say active and searchable soon as normal but then aboiut 12 hours lter my feed file name turns red i have no products acvtive and i have this message> Bulk upload failed. No items are live. There are too many formatting errors in your file

i have tried manually editing the file as per googles instrcuctions but the file just fails instantly
any one help me????

I'm also having the ftp from Admin problem. I've followed all the instructions and it just doesn't work. I can manually upload it and it works...at least until they manually review it. :(

I got an email today saying:

Your bulk upload has been
disapproved due to the reason(s) listed below.

Issues:

1. Wrong prices

What's happening is it's not picking up my sale prices. It's uploading the original price.

If it helps: My cart is V 1.3.7 and the version of the mod I used was the latest one uploaded into the downloads section. It was a fresh install of this mod.

Boggled:

I'm also having the ftp from Admin problem. I've followed all the instructions and it just doesn't work. I can manually upload it and it works...at least until they manually review it. :(

I got an email today saying:

What's happening is it's not picking up my sale prices. It's uploading the original price.

If it helps: My cart is V 1.3.7 and the version of the mod I used was the latest one uploaded into the downloads section. It was a fresh install of this mod.

I use the specials module and haven't had a problem. Do they specifically give you an example of a wrong price and it is one of your specials? If not, are you non-us, or your default currency is not USD?
If you read back, I had the same issue as a Canadian seller. The reason is that whenever your Zen Cart does a currency update, you need to also update google base immediately so that there is no discrepency between your shop price and Google. Setting cron jobs that work back to back is the solution.

As for the FTP, did you create your ftp account at google? I believ the link is located on the right side of the bulk upload page...