Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

PinkLeopard:

First, did you chmod the feed folder to 777?

Bridgett.

Which feed folder should be set to the 777 ?

taogem:

What if it is not there ? Is it something that can be added ?

Try putting this code in at admin/tools/install sql patches

SET @configuration_group_id=0;
SELECT @configuration_group_id:=configuration_group_id
FROM configuration_group
WHERE configuration_group_title= 'Google Base Feeder Configuration'
LIMIT 1;
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, 'Debug', 'GOOGLE_BASE_DEBUG', 'false', 'Turn on simple debug?', @configuration_group_id, 0, NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array(\'true\', \'false\'),');

taogem:

Which feed folder should be set to the 777 ?
You shouldn't have but one on your server root. Set it and all the content inside to 777

taogem:

Which feed folder should be set to the 777 ?

By chance did you upload ALL the files & folders?

feed is a folder and it needs to be chmod to 777

Go back and check the files you uploaded. It sounds like you missed some.

Hope that helps

Bridgett

Bridget,

Your tops girl...

Yes, I am sure all files are uploaded ..

Sure enough the feed folder was not set to 777 though.

Also added the Debug php you provided.

I stumbled in here looking for some ideas on why my products are not showing up within Google Products.

Everything gets uploaded just fine. All products show "active and searchable". Just not actually showing up within Google Products.

Maybe..., just maybe the feed folder setting was the problem.

I uploaded to products Google again..

Crossing my fingers ! :smile:

taogem:

Bridget,

Your tops girl...

Yes, I am sure all files are uploaded ..

Sure enough the feed folder was not set to 777 though.

Also added the Debug php you provided.

I stumbled in here looking for some ideas on why my products are not showing up within Google Products.

Everything gets uploaded just fine. All products show "active and searchable". Just not actually showing up within Google Products.

Maybe..., just maybe the feed folder setting was the problem.

I uploaded to products Google again..

Crossing my fingers ! :smile:

Hurray!! :clap:

Give it some time to show up in Google...I believe it takes about 48 hours.

As long as it says active and searching...it is most likely processing....

Now, set your cron tab once a day... and YOU are in!

Bridgett

Well, gosh....

Been a couple days and only one item is showing up within Google Products. It is the most recently added item to inventory just prior to making the above changes.

Except for the cron tab.. Will have to read up on that :huh:

Sorry to be a pain if this has been asked before, but how can I change google base feeder to submit my prices including VAT ? :blush:

Google excluded our feed in January :shocking: because our prices weren't including VAT. :no: The only way I've been able to submit a feed since in through downloading a tab delimited version of the feed and editing it myself. Timeconsuming and brainhurting :frusty:

So now I'm hoping to get it automated again. Any help?

Thanks :mellow:

Thanks for the help. I haven't installed this mod yet because my developer isn't getting back to me, but I'm going to. One problem I'm having with the manual feed is that my pictures don't show up. I think my problem is this:

Images are in an unsupported format
Please make sure that your images are in one of our supported formats and their filenames include the appropriate extensions. In addition, to successfully process an image, its associated URL must link to an image file rather than to a script.

I copy and pasted the link from the picture. Instead, I guess you need the image location with file extension (i.e. .jpg). How or where do i get the image file location? When I click on a picture in my cart I only see a link?

taogem:

Well, gosh....

Been a couple days and only one item is showing up within Google Products. It is the most recently added item to inventory just prior to making the above changes.

Except for the cron tab.. Will have to read up on that :huh:

Try this:

http://www.google.com/products?authorid=xxxxx

Enter your OWN authorid (it's your google merchant number). It's a 7 digit number. Log-in your merchant account and it will show your ID at the top. Replace that with the xxxxxxx.

Also, look at your feeds on your google merchant account. Do all the products say searchable soon?

Hope that helps.

Bridgett

epsonprintersrock:

Sorry to be a pain if this has been asked before, but how can I change google base feeder to submit my prices including VAT ? :blush:

Google excluded our feed in January :shocking: because our prices weren't including VAT. :no: The only way I've been able to submit a feed since in through downloading a tab delimited version of the feed and editing it myself. Timeconsuming and brainhurting :frusty:

So now I'm hoping to get it automated again. Any help?

Thanks :mellow:

Hi, I am not sure how VAT works with Zen Cart but you do you need have it. A simple guess would be to add the VAT within admin and re-submit the feed.

Hope that helps.

Bridgett

PinkLeopard:

Try this:

http://www.google.com/products?authorid=xxxxx

Enter your OWN authorid (it's your google merchant number). It's a 7 digit number. Log-in your merchant account and it will show your ID at the top. Replace that with the xxxxxxx.

Also, look at your feeds on your google merchant account. Do all the products say searchable soon?

Hope that helps.

Bridgett

Same thing... Just the one item pops up.

Products show "Published and searchable" status...

taogem:

Same thing... Just the one item pops up.

Products show "Published and searchable" status...

Well that good! It just takes awhile to get into their server. You just have to be patient. If there is any problems they will email you automatically.

PinkLeopard:

Hi, I am not sure how VAT works with Zen Cart but you do you need have it. A simple guess would be to add the VAT within admin and re-submit the feed.

Hope that helps.

BridgettI believe in some countries a website's pricing MUST include the VAT. I imagine that this means for these same countries that they must do the same when listing products in Google..

Sorry.. Gotta ask.

What does VAT stand for ? :blush:

taogem:

Sorry.. Gotta ask.

What does VAT stand for ? :blush:

I believe it stands for Value Added Tax....in the UK.

PinkLeopard:

I believe it stands for Value Added Tax....in the UK.Yep.. VAT is a term that is used in the European Union (which includes the UK). Other countries also use a VAT for goods and services (such as Canada) though it may be called by other names in other countries the concept is still the same..
**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_added_tax#VAT_systems
**

Howdy all. I'm running 1.3.7 w/ fixes and just updated Feeder to 1.7.3 I have not uploaded a feed in a while, so I went and uploaded a feed last night. I got errors on all of my feeds so I update to the latest Google Feeder Version. Now my feeds don't run, no errors just nothing.

I get this:

Google Base Feeder v%s started 2010/02/01 22:32:12
Feed file - (Path Blanked Out)/feed/domain_products_.xml
Processing: Feed - No, Upload - No

It appears that I may not have it enabled? Maybe not sure. Am I missing something?

Thanks,
Tom

Ok, found out what I did wrong. The new file - googlefroogle.php was not uploaded to the root dir for my update.

Hope this may help someone else.

DivaVocals:

I believe in some countries a website's pricing MUST include the VAT.

Thats true of us in the UK. On our site we show the price including and excluding VAT, but on the google feed we HAVE to show the price including VAT.

Changing it in admin would just cause more hassle than its worth. I'd be happier to submit the feed manually and make all the changes myself.

I was just hoping that someone knew a way that the automatic feed would add on the VAT for me!

It causes errors for our products that are on special offer too. eg. product #544 costs £200, special offer £100 (+VAT = 117.50) Google feed would show this product to cost £200, even though on offer it costs £117.50 including VAT. The feed just reads the products price column, and not the specials price or the taxable goods columns. :wacko: