Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

Wohoo! Finally got the fix for it!

Found the solution in a blog here:

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The first post of the thread.

i just installed this module everything done to the letter (even noticed that googlefroogle.sql has changed to install.sql 8 statements processed all seems fine so i go to get my download to send over to google but instead of it getting my products together it loads a small box with my main page loaded up?? (shown in attached screenshot) any ideas what i could have done wrong??

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i just installed this module everything done to the letter (even noticed that googlefroogle.sql has changed to install.sql 8 statements processed all seems fine so i go to get my download to send over to google but instead of it getting my products together it loads a small box with my main page loaded up?? (shown in attached screenshot) any ideas what i could have done wrong??

FIXED THIS ISSUE:clap: turns out captain genius here forgot to upload the file googlefroogle.php moment i did this pressed confirm and it works like a charm, now to test it out by uploading to google, seen something about maximum description of 500 characters but i have many with 1200 characters :oops:

im starting to feel a huge headache coming on curtesy of google here can anyone help me understand why not a single one of my items has actually been accepted by google? i get the following report....

Item Errors - 470 items with errors 470 items affected
233
Invalid quantity value (233 errors)

Google Checkout requires a quantity greater than zero (0).
Examples: Examples:
Item Nr. Line No. Value
112 1,672
120 1,792
137 2,047
144 2,152
157 2,347
233
Google Checkout not supported by item type (233 errors)

Currently, Google Checkout is only supported for Products and Vehicles item types.
Examples: Examples:
Item Nr. Line No.
112 1,672
120 1,792
137 2,047
144 2,152
157 2,347
3
Encoding problem in attribute: description (3 errors)

Some of the characters in your items seem to be invalid. Please verify that all the characters in your feed are valid for your selected encoding.
Examples: Examples:
Item Nr. Line No. Value
45 680 Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (HIN) evolves the current street racing scene, letting players experience the culture of the real-life HIN tour, the nation€(tm)s largest lifestyle custom car show in an intense racing experience. Featuring track and drift racing at real world locations around the globe, next-generation AI and unparalleled vehicle customisation, Juiced 2: HIN brings street racing to life, allowing players to test their skills at live street racing events against a back-drop of DJs, models and musicians. Groundbreaking new features include addictive drift/powersliding races and Driver DNA that tracks gamers€(tm) personal driving traits. These profiles, along with the profiles of select celebrities, will be available for download across all online gaming systems. Racing developer Juice Games has evolved the game-play that revolutionised online racing, giving players the power to create their car, assemble their crew and put it all on the line in intense pink slip and crew races. Gamers will also be able to bet cash on each event, bringing a gambling element to the game that greatly increases the importance of each race.
94 1,415 The Omnitrix is in Your Control. An inter-dimensional crisis threatens to swallow the Earth into limitless darkness and Ben Tennyson suddenly finds that his alien powers have been stolen. As Ben and his family set out to recapture the source of his amazing abilities, they encounter armies of otherworldly minions and uncover a plot to suck the Earth into the Null Void. Now you can join the Tennyson€(tm)s on an adventure across the United States to recover the lost pieces of the Omnitrix while battling villains from the show, including Kevin 11, Dr. Animo and more. In this time of chaos, it€(tm)s up to you to find some answers and save the Earth from ultimate destruction. Product Description Take control of the Omnitrix and play as 5 different alien heroes from the show, including Four Arms, Heatblast, Cannonbolt, Wildvine and XLR8 Collect experience points to upgrade your characters and unlock over 80 combo moves Venture to 14 different levels and unlock 4 challenge locations Challenge your friends in battle mode or play together in 2-player co-op mode Unlock additional content including character skins, show clips and never-before-seen concept art PSP : Special unlockable content
178 2,675 Havok physics engine provides lifelike physical reactions on both characters and environments New and improved weapons, such as grenade launchers, sticky mines, smoke grenades and flash bangs New character actions enable players to force enemies to take cover with €˜blind fire€(tm) or protect health with the new €˜human shield€(tm) features Underwater physics allows players to experience 360 degrees of water navigation to explore shipwrecks and target enemies with new underwater weapons like the bolt pistol and spear gun Improved buddy mechanics New mini-game features, brand new to the Syphon Filter franchise All-new story written by Greg Rucka, critically acclaimed author of comic books and novels (Batman, Gotham Central, Queen and Country) All-new soundtrack featuring award winning composer Azam Ali
1
Offer too big (1 error)

Your feed contains offers which are too big. These offers will be dropped.
Examples: Examples:
Item Nr.
84

Where is the feed path defined? I have seen the line in the Admin-> Configuration ->Google Base Config section. Mine says feed/google/.

The error I keep getting says that the feed directory doesn't exist, but in reality it is trying to find the feed in another directory altogether (another test ZC install)!

Installing on a fresh 1.3.9 upgrade on my test server. Never had google base installed before that I can remember, but I do have Easy Populate installed.

Thanks,
Jessica

public_html/feed/google. have you setup the settings correctly in admin/configuration/google base? you need to enter a name for the program to use for the database file. entering domain should do the trick and will result in a file name of domain_products.xml
also make sure that you have copied the googlefroogle.php to public html. Have you changed the name of your admin folder? if so this may also be the cause of your issue.

solved my problem it wasnt google after all (too a point) 7 hours after starting install im finally done and about to rest, all i had to do was rerun the install.sql as the first time i had run it with a file missing, then turns out it had reset loads of options in configuration, i entered ftp details changed price from usd to gbp and set location of website as well as post from location and that did the trick. 230 out of 234 items is close enough for me for the night at least:D

just wondering but does anyone have ANY idea why my googlefroogle is only creating data for 16.4k of items when i have 22k on my website?

also just wondering, why on my google base feed etc
its not showing that i accept google checkout and paypal???

This is what shows up now when I try to create a google feed:

====================================
Google Base Feeder v started 2011/01/21 15:01:07
Feed file - C:/xampplite/htdocs/ZC139/feed/google/BFQS_products.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No

Google Base File Complete In 10.047028 Seconds 1543 Records

====================================

See the part where it says ZC139?  That is a different Zencart install!  My current install is zc139_upgrade.  Is there some kind of database setting for this? 

For kicks, I went and put a feed/google folder there, and now I don't get the error message.  In fact, it is nicely generating an XML file there.  But why?  Why will it jump into a completely different directory?

I'm confused!:huh:

Jessica

Sorry...totally new to this. I'm stuck on the step that says

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

I have no idea how to do this...and I already set up my FTP in Google Merchant Center...

using Zen Cart 1.3.9h

any help is greatly appreciated!

Running Zen version 1.3.9h
Recent upgrade from 1.3.7
Did a complete fresh install of Google Base Feeder version 1.8.3
Configuration has been done. And when I click on Google Base Feeder in tools I get to the correct screen. My problme is I get the following error when I click on the Confirm button

Server error cannot find
http://domain.comadmin/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp&limit=&offset=&x=56&y=7

I can pretty much figure the problem is there is no slash between domain.com and admin and should be reading it as domain.com/admin/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp&limit=&offset=&x=56&y=7

I have looked all over and cannot find where the google base tool is getting this from so I can correct it.

Thanks in advance for any and all assistance.

jbnyc:

Sorry...totally new to this. I'm stuck on the step that says

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

I have no idea how to do this...and I already set up my FTP in Google Merchant Center...

using Zen Cart 1.3.9h

any help is greatly appreciated!
you have to create a feed file in your google base account for googlefroogle to upload it to google, otherwise it just says....dont exist so i cant be uploaded....

log into your account, click data feeds, click new data feed, make sure you type the name of the data feed EXACTLY as it is produced from ZC...

then you can either manually upload the file(by downloading it from ftp first) or click the upload products data in ZC googlefroogle...

spid3r1987:

you have to create a feed file in your google base account for googlefroogle to upload it to google, otherwise it just says....dont exist so i cant be uploaded....

log into your account, click data feeds, click new data feed, make sure you type the name of the data feed EXACTLY as it is produced from ZC...

then you can either manually upload the file(by downloading it from ftp first) or click the upload products data in ZC googlefroogle...

may I ask where to find the data feed file from ZC?

[QUOTE=Sevstar;986687]Running Zen version 1.3.9h
Recent upgrade from 1.3.7
Did a complete fresh install of Google Base Feeder version 1.8.3
Configuration has been done. And when I click on Google Base Feeder in tools I get to the correct screen. My problme is I get the following error when I click on the Confirm button

Server error cannot find
http://domain.comadmin/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp&limit=&offset=&x=56&y=7

I can pretty much figure the problem is there is no slash between domain.com and admin and should be reading it as domain.com/admin/googlefroogle.php?feed=fy_un_tp&limit=&offset=&x=56&y=7

I have looked all over and cannot find where the google base tool is getting this from so I can correct it.

Please ignore the above post. I found the problem. Too many /admin/ in my admin/includes/configure.php file
It was a long day and I was doing my security settings and goofed it.

jbnyc:

may I ask where to find the data feed file from ZC?

If it's a vanilla install, it'll be under the website root/**feed/google/**filename.xml

the filename will be the one that you have set in the Admin options.

spid3r1987:

just wondering but does anyone have ANY idea why my googlefroogle is only creating data for 16.4k of items when i have 22k on my website?

Are any of the descriptions blank?!? If so, it doesn't put it in the xml file. That could be one cause... I wondered the same thing and took the description out of a product and recreated the xml. Sure enough - it was no longer listed. Put it back, and poof - back in the feed file. :D

As far as Google Checkout/Paypal ... that's funny. I've put Paypal in all different spots on the 'accept' line in the Admin, and it's there in the xml file... but it seems that the Google strips it off! :shocking: I suppose it's so that you use their checkout versus another, and since you ARE on the feed... I suppose they can do that.

The second line in the Admin - Config, below which payment options, is where you can put Google Checkout.

Hope that helps.

I screwed up my feed. I accidentally reinstalled the sql after I had already installed it. It caused the fields to be listed in a different order than before. At first, I thought no big deal, but now I keep getting unrecognized attribute errors from Google. I have tried the uninstall sql and reinstalled again but the fields are still out of order and I still get the errors from Google.

I know the fields are out of order because I have another store to compare it to. Also the other store has the identical configuration, and works fine.

Any ideas on how to clear this up. If I could just do a complete uninstall and reinstall, that would be great.

I have a site with 59k+ products on it yet google base is only sending 6k products to google. Any idea how to correct this as I'm potentially loosing out on ALOT of sales!

chriscops:

I screwed up my feed. I accidentally reinstalled the sql after I had already installed it. It caused the fields to be listed in a different order than before. At first, I thought no big deal, but now I keep getting unrecognized attribute errors from Google. I have tried the uninstall sql and reinstalled again but the fields are still out of order and I still get the errors from Google.

I know the fields are out of order because I have another store to compare it to. Also the other store has the identical configuration, and works fine.

Any ideas on how to clear this up. If I could just do a complete uninstall and reinstall, that would be great.

I have solved my problem.

I was way off with my question.

For others to completely uninstall see
http://numinix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6&p=5257&hilit=uninstall#p5257

My problem with the data feed field errors was because I was using the google base feed web site which apparently has been replaced by your google merchant account site. Once I moved over, my feeds were acceptable.