Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

installed the latest but when i go to create feed i get this error

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any idea's

Firstly, you are missing some admin definitions which is why the CONSTANT name is displaying rather than your feed name.

Secondly, the language you have entered in the Google configuration was not found and that is why you had the SQL error. If you're site is English, make sure this is left as English, etc.

I had some trouble with this module in that after the upgrade ( I think I skipped about 10 versions ) everytime I tried to create the xml file it would run but say 0 records were processed. I had no constraints at all.

I finally traced the problem down to mismatching file names. I was originally using a custome filename of cycle.xml and after the uninstall/reinstall it defaulted the name in the configuration to something else. I figured that it wasn't a big deal and just created the new file and tried to run the process. Unfortunately the process tried to use the old file (which still existed by the way) and reported that it had process 0 records. After I changed the filename in the configuration back to my custom name of cycle.xml it worked fine.

I just thought I would post this in case anyone else has had this problem and posted a solution. I tried reading the entire thread but got about half-way through and was wondering if it would ever end. So I skipped to the end and read the last three pages.

As to the actual upgrade itself there were no issues at all, I received a couple of permission errors, but those were my own fault; I was very impressed.

v1.60 GOOGLE BASE FEEDER

1. Added new paramters (type=products or downloads or documents);
2. Code optimization;
3. Bug fix;

This is a more major update with some code optimization and a minor bug fix for those who don't have ASA installed.

The new parameters are passed just like the feed=yes&upload=yes (type=products etc).

So far, downloads and documents are treated exactly the same and use the Google Reference Article as their template. Therefore, when uploading "downloads" or "documents" choose REFERENCE ARTICLES as your ITEM TYPE.

This version will become the prototype for the RSS 2.0 FEED GENERATOR which I hope to have in development shortly.

Hi, I plan to install and use the mod for the first time. I'm reading the README file and it says the following files are affected:

admin/includes/languages/english/product.php
admin/includes/modules/product/collect_info.php
admin/includes/modules/update_product.php

However, I was checking the contents of zip file I just downloaded and I don't see any of these files included in it.

Does this mean the mod has now been modified so that it doesn't touch any original files and the README file needs updating or am I missing something else?

Thanks.

Hi Jeff

I got version Google Base Feeder v.1.5.0 05.08. , which SQL or SQL’S so I need to run?

And do I need to run the googlefroogle.sql also?

Thank you

Motti,

Write down all the important information from your Google Base Configuration and then run the googlefroogle.sql from the version you want to install. I would run either 1.5.3a or 1.6.0 as there have been bug fixes since 1.5.0.

Or, you can run all of the sql updates between your current version and the version you are upgrading to. These can be found in the sql updates folder.

tj1:

Hi, I plan to install and use the mod for the first time. I'm reading the README file and it says the following files are affected:

admin/includes/languages/english/product.php
admin/includes/modules/product/collect_info.php
admin/includes/modules/update_product.php

However, I was checking the contents of zip file I just downloaded and I don't see any of these files included in it.

Does this mean the mod has now been modified so that it doesn't touch any original files and the README file needs updating or am I missing something else?

Thanks.

That section should be removed from the readme.txt as those files are no longer affected by the Google Base Feeder and are now included with Auction Site Attributes. I will update the readme.txt.

I am using 1.5.3.

Everything is ok except google shows no images.
The latest "thought" from one of their techies is as follows:

"Hello Marvin,

Thank you for your email. I checked your image_links again and noticed
that you're content-type header is incorrect. Currently, your header line
is setting the value as "text/html;" however, an acceptable content-type
would be "image/jpeg" or "image/gif," depending on the format of your
image.

Please make sure that the header information is correct for your images;
otherwise, our image processor will be unable to cache a copy of your
image.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to respond
to this email."

Does this make sense? Does'nt the contribution have the correct header?

The read me file does not say anything about any changes to the header file.

Help, anyone?

numinix:

That section should be removed from the readme.txt as those files are no longer affected by the Google Base Feeder and are now included with Auction Site Attributes. I will update the readme.txt.
Thanks for the confirmation.

One more thing, the readme file says Register your bulk upload .xml file using the same name in your Google Froogle Configuration at base.google.com

I noticed Google Base Feeder appends "_products", "_documents" or "_downloads" to the file name you specify in the output file name specified in the configuration.

For this reason, so that noobs like me don't get confused and can't understand why the file is not working, I think you should add to the readme file that one should also append this to the file registered in Google Base.
For example, if one has my_gbase_file in the output file name field, the file you registered with GoogleBase should be named my_gbase_file_products.xml

I just was at Google Base browsing the FAQ and noticed they have a little desktop program called Google Base Store Connector. It allows you to publish your products from eBay stores, Yahoo stores and OSC stores, pretty neat! Here's the link: http://www.google.com/base/storeconnector

Too bad it doesn't support ZenCart yet. I just submitted my suggestion. I think support for ZenCart will be added in due time, after all ZC is superior to OSC and has a very large user base, just wished Google would realize this and give priority support to ZC. :)

Anyone who wants to submit a suggestion telling them you want support for ZenCart can do it here: http://base.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact=1

well, Dumbo reporting in here. I had a previous version of FG feeder and just installed 1.5.3 and am getting this error.

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Operation not permitted in /home2/shabecom/public_html/googlefroogle.php on line 67
Error opening google base output file "/home2/shabecom/public_html/feed/shabbychiccottagefeed.txt"

I have permissions set at 777.

I don't know what I need to do to fix this............any help appreciated.:dontgetit

tolefairy:

well, Dumbo reporting in here. I had a previous version of FG feeder and just installed 1.5.3 and am getting this error.

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Operation not permitted in /home2/shabecom/public_html/googlefroogle.php on line 67
Error opening google base output file "/home2/shabecom/public_html/feed/shabbychiccottagefeed.txt"

I have permissions set at 777.

I don't know what I need to do to fix this............any help appreciated.:dontgetit

Delete your feed file and then run the script again, let it generate the file for you. Also, the file should be named .xml in all 1.5.x versions.

In 1.6.0, the feed file is just a word like shabbychiccottagefeed. It will automatically add _products.xml (for a product feed), _documents.xml (for a documents feed), and _downloads.xml (for a downloads feed).

I will be modifying the downloads feed to be similar to the products feed to support prices etc. I will also be looking to add the product-music and product-free shipping to have more unique attributes in upcoming 1.6.x versions.

marvin:

I am using 1.5.3.

Everything is ok except google shows no images.
The latest "thought" from one of their techies is as follows:

"Hello Marvin,

Thank you for your email. I checked your image_links again and noticed
that you're content-type header is incorrect. Currently, your header line
is setting the value as "text/html;" however, an acceptable content-type
would be "image/jpeg" or "image/gif," depending on the format of your
image.

Please make sure that the header information is correct for your images;
otherwise, our image processor will be unable to cache a copy of your
image.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to respond
to this email."

Does this make sense? Does'nt the contribution have the correct header?

The read me file does not say anything about any changes to the header file.

Help, anyone?

Still need help with this image problem??????????????

I'm not an expert on XML so I don't know why this wouldn't work for you, but would work for everyone else.

Furthermore, there is no header in the file for text/html:

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0">
<channel>
.
.
.
</channel>
</rss>

Delete your feed file and then run the script again, let it generate the file for you. Also, the file should be named .xml in all 1.5.x versions.

ok, I deleted the shabbychiccottage.txt file on my server. Then ran the script again. It created a shabbychiccottage.txt file again but it's empty.

This is what it said:
Google Base Feeder v.1.5.3 28.08.2007 10:25 started 2007/09/19 19:50:00
Feed file - /home2/shabecom/public_html/feed/shabbychiccottagefeed.txt
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
Google Base File Complete In 0.107445 Seconds 0 Records

so........it's not creating any records? Ftp is working fine BTW

I remaned the new file on my server with a .xml extension and ran the script again. same response. No records.

I've messed up somewhere.

Also I might add, in admin>configuration I now have TWO of these:
Google Base Feeder Configuration

Under admin>tools I only have one Google Base Feeder

Also after I run the script and get the above result and then click to view product feed file, I get a screen about LiveBookmarks and under that the title Shabby Chic Cottage and the rest of the page is blank.

Should I uninstall 1.5.3? What about the previous version I had? I copied and pasted all of the sql updates that were in the download for 1.5.3. There were 4 in a folder and then the one for 1.5.3.

TIA for any assistance..........:smile:

The sql for 1.4.9 should have changed the name to Google Base Feeder Configuration.

Use this to uninstall it:

 
SET @configuration_group_id=0;
SELECT @configuration_group_id:=configuration_group_id
FROM configuration_group
WHERE configuration_group_title= 'Google Froogle Feeder Configuration'
LIMIT 1;
DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_group_id = @configuration_group_id;
DELETE FROM configuration_group WHERE configuration_group_id = @configuration_group_id;

See if that fixes it.

ok I used that to uninstall. Ran it as a sql patch.

I still have two, repeat two, "Google Base Feeder Configuration" in my drop down menu of admin>configuration
One asks id and such and the other asks for my domain name and store description. They are completely different configs but have the same name in the drop down. Is this correct? Should there be two?

Ran the script again and same thing.............0 records

Maybe if I uninstalled everything related to froogel/google feeder?

Oops, I thought you had one installation called Google Froogle Feeder Configuration

Run the same patch but replace the name with

Google Base Feeder Configuration

Run it twice and then run the SQL of the version you want to install.

If installing 1.6.1, you'll need to re-register your file name as it now appends the feed content type in the title to distinguish different feeds from each other _products _documents _downloads and eventuallly _music

Hmm...just installed 1.61 (an upgrade from 1.53) and all seems to work but get this repeating stuff in the admin? Just copied the zip files up to my host, no SQL changes...