Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

honeypot:

Hi, I have installed version 1-10-2 of base feeder on a v1.3.8a site (I know I should upgrade) and have resolved all the issues (thanks to previous posts). I have also installed the stock_by_attributes_1-4-13 which I got from the add-ons. Am I right in thinking that work is being done on how to incorperate gtin numbers for each attribute. As each product colour I sell has its own gtin number and currently I can only put one gtin number in the product field.

Hi honeypot

See this post

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1065487&postcount=3075

Ok got it, I will keep an eye out for the new version. Thanks.

mattclements:

Which version are you using? 1.10.2?

yes the latest version in the download section of this site.

I got the missing section sorted and only items missing the availablity are items which we are out of stock of..... normally discontinued items which we direct to simular items

also when i view my feed by visiting the link its blank...... but the process does complete and google does see the items but i can,t view then.... is this due to the new secrete code in the settings??

my feed for google is also used to populate other price comparison sites so will this effect them??

Has anyone installed the version released yesterday? V1.11.2 ?

Am I correct in assuming that that version does not require "numinix product fields" ? I am down from Google as of two days ago and have not done anything as yet due to the massive amount of merging that the numinix product fields requires to _tpl_product_info_display.php . I have many custom functions in that file and did not want to push the envelope so to speak.

Is Jeff also working on incorporating "stock by attributes"? (another merge nightmare)

Thanks

kitcorsa:

also when i view my feed by visiting the link its blank...... but the process does complete and google does see the items but i can,t view then.... is this due to the new secrete code in the settings??

my feed for google is also used to populate other price comparison sites so will this effect them??

There is an issue in your feed that you will need to sort out. Google will only populate upto the issue and then will stop. Try opening the feed link in the latest version of internet explorer. You will get an error page but if you click on learn more it may point to the exact location of the error in your feed which you can then sort out.

Has anyone installed the version released yesterday? V1.11.2 ?

Am I correct in assuming that that version does not require "numinix product fields" ?

It still requires the Numinix Product Fields mod.

Hello All,
I have a couple of questions. Where can I see what version of the Google Feeder adon I'm using? I'm currently using Zencart Version 1.3.8a and all was fine with the feed until Google's changes. I'm getting the following errors which is giving me trouble.
What should I do?

attribute error: availability
attribute error: google product category

thanks

stedman:

Hello All,
I have a couple of questions. Where can I see what version of the Google Feeder adon I'm using? I'm currently using Zencart Version 1.3.8a and all was fine with the feed until Google's changes. I'm getting the following errors which is giving me trouble.
What should I do?

attribute error: availability
attribute error: google product category

thanks

Look for a folder named numinix_version, either in the store root or in a folder named google_base_feeder. Inside of that folder is a file named google_base_feeder.txt that contains the version number.

The errors you're receiving are because of the new Google feed requirements, and you'll need to update.

RescoCCC thanks for the help. Turns out I'm using google version 1.7.4 Obviously I need to update. Where can I find it? Do I need to update each version until I get to the final version or can I go straight to the latest update? I remember having a little trouble with it in the past.
Thanks again

stedman:

RescoCCC thanks for the help. Turns out I'm using google version 1.7.4 Obviously I need to update. Where can I find it? Do I need to update each version until I get to the final version or can I go straight to the latest update? I remember having a little trouble with it in the past.
Thanks again

You can go straight to the latest version. Version 1.10.2 is in the download section here at this site. The latest version is 1.11.2, and is on Numinix's site. I'm using 1.10.2, and have no intention of updating since it's working fine.

Got it. Can I run version 1.10 with my version of Zencart or should I upgrade now to version 1.3.9? I really don't want to go through too much in case I goof something so close to the Christmas.
Thanks

One of my sites is 1.38, and 1.10.2 works fine.

Ok, think I'm just about done.
I'm getting this error?
GOOGLE_PRODUCTS_DIRECTORY) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: No such file or directory

How should I proceed?
Thanks again.

stedman:

Ok, think I'm just about done.
I'm getting this error?
GOOGLE_PRODUCTS_DIRECTORY) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: No such file or directory

How should I proceed?
Thanks again.

Make sure that the Output Directory you have setup in the configuration is the same as the directory in the root of your store. If it is setup as feed/google/, ftp in and make sure feed/google exists in the root.

I may be changing the wrong thing. In my root I'm using feed. Do I need to change this to GOOGLE_PRODUCTS_DIRECTORY ? It seems that this is the only way I can make any progress without getting that same error.

Just FYI:

I'm using Numinix's 1.11.1 (he just posted 1.11.2 with a bug fix for Availability on 10-5-2011) with Zencart 1.3.8a patched for UTF-8 and am not having any problems (knocks on wood).

Numinix added a switch for the sanitizer so you can turn it off (default). They may actually make it "safe" for non-utf-8 stores. But you better test it first!

Only issues I've noticed is with the Security Key and my Cron jobs. I coded out the Security Key last time, and probably will again if I can't get it working this time.

3,000 products submitted and accepted fine.

SIDE NOTE: If you want to add your "google products category" to your feed for every product, it's actually pretty 'easy'.... I added that functionality in about 20 minutes to the base feeder (not elegant, mind you), then modded my EasyPopulate4 (beta!) to let me upload gpc's for each item by just adding a new field to the products database.

stedman:

I may be changing the wrong thing. In my root I'm using feed. Do I need to change this to GOOGLE_PRODUCTS_DIRECTORY ? It seems that this is the only way I can make any progress without getting that same error.

No. GOOGLE_PRODUCTS_DIRECTORY is simply the directive in the googlefroogle.php file, it is not the actual directory name.

If you have the folder feed in your store root, then the Output Directory in your configuration should be set to feed/.

If you still get the failed to open dir: No such file or directory error message, then you have a permissions issue.

Got it! Working. Only error with google now is
attribute product categoy missing. Not sure how to fix this one.
Thanks

Does anyone know how to make the attributes on the actual product pages "hidden"? I'm not thrilled with how they look on my site and don't actually need them there except for Google Feed. I have no choices so seems kind of lame to have attributes on the product pages.