Not all my products are getting developed on the RSS feed I am missing about 30 of them.
Corrected the out of stock issueTY
But still are some that dont show up
Any ideas?
https://www.stitchnframeonline.com

Running:
ZenCart 1.3.9h
Upgraded to Google Base Feeder 1.8.2
Mod Numinix Product Fields 1.1.0
UPC/ISBN Mod Applied
Dimensions Mod Applied

Got a message from Google Base that my UPC was missing. I checked to see that they were there by
going to Admin>Catalog>Categories/Products and view a couple listings and the UPC number is there. I then
checked Google Merchant Center Feeder Configuration and checked to make sure that UPC/ISBN was
set to true and it was. I then ran Google Base Feeder and produced a feed file. That went exactly as normal.
I then checked the feed.xml file it created and sure enough no UPC field is there. Weight is showing, MPN is showing,
condition is showing, but no UPC field

I have seen in the forum that Numinix UPC/ISBN mod is not needed. Would removing that fix the problem?

Any advise on a fix for this much appreciated.

Sevstar:

Running:
ZenCart 1.3.9h
Upgraded to Google Base Feeder 1.8.2
Mod Numinix Product Fields 1.1.0
UPC/ISBN Mod Applied
Dimensions Mod Applied

Got a message from Google Base that my UPC was missing. I checked to see that they were there by
going to Admin>Catalog>Categories/Products and view a couple listings and the UPC number is there. I then
checked Google Merchant Center Feeder Configuration and checked to make sure that UPC/ISBN was
set to true and it was. I then ran Google Base Feeder and produced a feed file. That went exactly as normal.
I then checked the feed.xml file it created and sure enough no UPC field is there. Weight is showing, MPN is showing,
condition is showing, but no UPC field

I have seen in the forum that Numinix UPC/ISBN mod is not needed. Would removing that fix the problem?

Any advise on a fix for this much appreciated.

Could not find a place to edit my post above. I was able to get things back to normal by restoring my database from a backup done 48 hours ago. What I would like to do is upgrade the product fields. After looking at the back up I now know I was running version 1.0.0 and not 1.1.0 What is the best way to upgrade them? I think a newer version will play better with Zen 1.3.9h and Google Base Feeder 1.8.2

Currently Running:
ZenCart 1.3.9h
Google Base Feeder 1.8.2
Numinix Product Fields 1.0.0

Using Google Base Feeder 1.8.2
Zen 1.3.9h

When producing a google base feed file. If I set the Include Quantity Zero to true. I get an output file with this error

XML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: </title>.
Location: file:///C:/Store/mystore_products.xml
Line Number 262, Column 34:<g: product_type><![CDATA[DVD]]> /g: product_type>
---------------------------------^

Google picked up on it too and advised me of the error.
Now if I turn Include Quantity Zero to false the file is fine and google processes it fine.

Why does this happen and how can I fix it?

totalsam:

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!

I'm having the same problem. I have approx 90,000 products, but only 25,000 are appearing on google. Any help, or pointers in the right direction would be so greatly appreciated. :smile:

19gary72:

I'm having the same problem. I have approx 90,000 products, but only 25,000 are appearing on google. Any help, or pointers in the right direction would be so greatly appreciated. :smile:

I checked out the HELP section in Google Merchant, and i think i've noticed the problem with this. I was uploading manually an XML file of approx 190mb, and they only accept files of 20mb max for this method. So hopefully by using FTP it will fix the problem of not seeing all my products.

Here's what Google say about Uploads...

***When uploading your data feed to Google Merchant Center you have three options.

• Direct upload through the Google Merchant Center Data feeds page (Files under 20 MB in size)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) (Files larger than 20 MB must upload using FTP)
• Automatic upload via scheduling (Files under 15 MB in size)***

willieWontGo:

My google base feed works great!

I have one issue - I have a mix of conditions (New, Refurbished, Used, etc) - with the auto uploader, you can only set the condition one way by default.

So, all of my items get posted on google as 'New', even though some are not.

I do not want customers to think I am pulling a fast one.

Is there a way to have each item's respective condition properly get uploaded?

I realize I can (and have done) manually adjust/upload the xml feed document, but it takes a lot time to go thru and edit.

Any suggestions, please?

I have the exact same problem. Has a solution ever been found?

Sevstar:

I have the exact same problem. Has a solution ever been found?
Not to hard to do, I've set it up on my site due to running auctions. Been some time back so I'll have to pick out the code changes to explain it better, but basically...

Add a field to your product table for 'condition'.
Add some code to the product pages in admin to collect the info and store it.
Change the code in base to get the info from the product table instead of the default 'NEW'..

What's nice, once you go through this process you can use it in your product display too.

We had been using the feed for a long while, then our host, godaddy, decided it was time to move us to a new server.

We had a number of issues when they did that, specificly they didn't set our images folder to the proper permission so we had no photos being pulled from storeroot/images. ANNOYING.

At the same time we lost the access to photos, our google base feed got disaproved.

I got an email from google letting me know that we were disproved.

Here's the note from email:
Issues:

1. Non-working URLs

1. Non-working URLs: It seems that the URLs in your data feed weren't working correctly when we initially viewed them. This might occur due to various reasons. For example, your server was being updated or rebooted when our system was processing your feed. To ensure that users are able to view your items, please verify that your URLs are functional. If your URLs are now functioning, please resubmit your data feed.

Now, I have tried re-submitting, and it gets disaproved. I have also downloaded the feed xml file, and it appears that the links all work.

What am I missing?

My store is a toy store and all my catagories are the toy's brand name, like Power Rangers. When my feed is generated the product type is ```
<g:product_type><![CDATA[Power Rangers]]></g:product_type>

I have full path on, but it does me no good because Power Rangers is the top catagory.  I could make a Toy>Action Figure catagories and have my existing catagories in them, but since I am a toy store why have the user take extra steps to see the items.

Google has a Product Type Attribute for toy figures:
 Toys & Games > Toys > Dolls, Playsets & Toy Figures > Action Figures
 and another for games and toy cars and so on.
So I ask-
Since Zen Cart has Product Types, if I set up my catagories by Product types, can my feed use that in addition to the catagory it now uses?


Dan

I have been working on installing the google base feeder all night. I have read most of the support thread. I had first installed the patches, then the install sql. I missed one file when initially installing and the page for the admin> Tools> google base feeder was not found when I clicked on it in admin. I reuploaded. Now I have that page, but there is only one option. It says feed type: and sql query limit and when I click confirm it opens a little window with a blank white page. I am really new to zen cart and newer to base feeds. If someone could help me trouble shoot? I would love to get this working before I add too many products so I know how to use it. I have my google base feed account, set up the pass word and ftp and the only settings in the config google base feed menu are the password and user name for the ftp. What am I missing? How exactly do you create...find the feed. I know how to manually upload one... I don't know how to create one and I am not sure if I have evyrything installed right since there doesn't seem to be an option to actually create and name your feed.

Zen 1.39h
Whenever I use the feed, it doesnt delete my products in a couple of categories but it prevents the public from seeing most of the products in a couple of categories and the base feed comes back saying about 100 less than whats in my cart were added.

I simply had to move the category to another category and then back and all the products were once again publicly visible. This happens to be the newest categories created after base feed was installed.

Do I need to reinstall feed or is there a bug that I can fix?

Thanks

dont know why, but my feed file generator keeps timing out, any idea's how i can stop this???

bump??
i have tried changing all sorts of settings to try and get this to work, but nothing seems to be working..

spid3r1987:

dont know why, but my feed file generator keeps timing out, any idea's how i can stop this???
A link to your shop would be helpful so we can take a look on whats going on. What version of zen cart are you running? What other modules have you installed?

Please HELP!!!

I installed the Google Base Feeder. I could generate the product xml but the currency is in USD and my shop's default is actually GBP. I know I could change it under Admin/Configuration/. But I could not find anything about Google Base feeder under the configuration manual. There is only one under Tools.

I searched the forum and I know someone in page 130,131 had the same problem but I have no idea how he solved the problems.

I installed the files twice and I am now 100% sure there is no missing files or something like that. Could it be Database problem and how do I solve it?

Please help!

i use EP 3.0.3 and cannot find other threads for support.
my export gives wrong product price. i wonder how to fix this?

countrycharm:

A link to your shop would be helpful so we can take a look on whats going on. What version of zen cart are you running? What other modules have you installed?

i have a few shops with the same problem...
but w w w.tools - draper . co . uk

all shops are running latest version of ZC, and latest version of GCheckout.

other mods are easypopulate,sitemap xml and google checkout...
payment options are paypal/google checkout..
shipping is flat rate

nothing else

the timeout on the gc script can be 10 seconds can be 45 seconds...
but the file it generates(when looking through ftp)
gets to 10mb, then resets and starts again......
i have checked with hosting,
memory_limit => 128M => 128M
post_max_size => 128M => 128M
upload_max_filesize => 128M => 128M
sql queries timeout is "connection_timeout=20"
current values set for max_execution_time and max_input_time is no limit.

session.gc_maxlifetime => 1440 => 1440

pacman2007:

Please HELP!!!

I installed the Google Base Feeder. I could generate the product xml but the currency is in USD and my shop's default is actually GBP. I know I could change it under Admin/Configuration/. But I could not find anything about Google Base feeder under the configuration manual. There is only one under Tools.

I searched the forum and I know someone in page 130,131 had the same problem but I have no idea how he solved the problems.

I installed the files twice and I am now 100% sure there is no missing files or something like that. Could it be Database problem and how do I solve it?

Please help!
admin>configuration>googlebase feeder configuration>default currency

make sure its set to GBP

spid3r1987:

i have a few shops with the same problem...
but w w w.tools - draper . co . uk

all shops are running latest version of ZC, and latest version of GCheckout.

other mods are easypopulate,sitemap xml and google checkout...
payment options are paypal/google checkout..
shipping is flat rate

nothing else

the timeout on the gc script can be 10 seconds can be 45 seconds...
but the file it generates(when looking through ftp)
gets to 10mb, then resets and starts again......
i have checked with hosting,
memory_limit => 128M => 128M
post_max_size => 128M => 128M
upload_max_filesize => 128M => 128M
sql queries timeout is "connection_timeout=20"
current values set for max_execution_time and max_input_time is no limit.

session.gc_maxlifetime => 1440 => 1440

One more question, Is your script timing out or does it create some products?

Troubleshooting:

Go to admin/configurations/google_base/ and cut on the debug and see what that tells you. Check the cache file where zen cart is installed for debug error logs and see what they says.

If your script is timing out, in the root of your server (not store root), create/open a file called php.ini and add the following lines:

max_execution_time = 300
max_input_time = 90
memory_limit = 128M

If it is not creating all your products try this.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=905433&postcount=2330

We will get to the bottom of it some how.