Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

Think I found a bug, not sure.
I'm running the latest version (1.6.5)...
I cannot get this to upload via the admin panel no matter what.

Sooooo....
I decided to create a CRON job to do it. But here is the problem. Cron job works, but it is not grabbing the proper info from the php file. It's not appending the new format to the upload. See below..

Google Base Feeder v.1.6.5 09.11.2007 11:22:59 started 2007/11/26 08:20:03<br /> Feed file - .../html/feed/AS_.xml<br />
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No<br /> Google Base File Complete In 0.031642 Seconds 0 Records<br />

The file getting generated normally should be AS_products.xml... as you can see on the emailed results, it's missing. Nor does it show it uploaded it. Yet, it generates the proper file and in the proper place.

Am I missing something or maybe this is a bug. If a bug, maybe this is why some people cannot upload via the admin panel as well. Any thoughts?

Num?

How you setup your cron?

I am having a problem with the generated feed file. I tried a bulk upload and continually get this error:

"We didn't understand some of the XML formatting in your file. You may be missing a tag or have a nesting or formatting error. Bad Line # 1"

Tried importing it to Excel and it tells me to make sure this is a valid XML file. Any ideas?:unsure:

Using the Get command sample that is provided in the readme.

a_berezin:

How you setup your cron?

Contact your host for the proper command.

Hi,

All the products in my store are of the same kind; they are all personalized and packaged in the same way; this is a very important fact about my products. When the products are viewed in my website, the packaging and the personalized message are obious (as it is written all over the site).

I want to be able to add a paragraph explaining the packaging and personalization (always the same) before each product. Is there a way of modifying the code to add this phrase to every product at the time of creation of the XML file?

Thank you very much (also for making and maintaining this great module, very important to my site).

Sure, at the beginning of the description just type out what you want to add like:

'<description>' . '<p>Blah blah blah</p>' . $products->fields['descriptions'] . '</description>';

That is not a line from the code. But it'll look something like that.

Guys, any thoughts on that alleged bug? Commands work, but the improper xml file name is not right. So commands got nothing to do with it. Is there something in one of the php files that is wrong?:frusty:

I'm wondering if the problem I am having is also related to yours, bhunted. Looks like it is a bug.

I have an issue that may have already been addressed. I read through some of the posts on here and did not see. After following the instructions and configuring the Google Base Feeder Configuration under the configuration and creating an account with base.google.com and getting and FTP account. I also registered my .xml file with base.google. I then went back to my zencart admin page under tools ( like the readme file states) and could not see Google Froogle Feeder. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong. If anyone knows what might cause this please let me know. :dontgetit

I am getting these errors

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Operation not permitted in /home/mommy3/public_html/lps.php on line 69

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Operation not permitted in /home/mommy3/public_html/lps.php on line 177
Live Product Search File Complete In 0.671567 Seconds 199 Records
I found this in response to a similar problem but I still can't get it to work.

numinix:

Did you manually create your feed file?

The mod now creates the feed file for you. Delete your file in your server and re-run the script.

Thanks for your help!

First, this is the Google Base Feeder support thread. Are you getting the same errors with the GBF?

If so, try to chmod your feed folder to 777.

Yes I am getting the same errors with both wlp and gbf. My chmod is already set to 777 for both the feed folder and the file googlefroogle.php
I had this working and I changed hosts and now it will not work. I even tried uploading it all fresh. Any other ideas?
Thanks!

No need to make googlefroogle.php 777, 644 should be fine.

I'm not sure then what it is. Somehow changing hosts has made the difference, maybe you should contact the new host?

If no file is present, the script will make the file thus becoming the owner. It should then be able to chmod the feed file itself... If a file is already created, then it cannot be the owner and won't have permissions to chmod.

I have an issue that may have already been addressed. I read through some of the posts on here and did not see. After following the instructions and configuring the Google Base Feeder Configuration under the configuration and creating an account with base.google.com and getting and FTP account. I also registered my .xml file with base.google. I then went back to my zencart admin page under tools ( like the readme file states) and could not see Google Froogle Feeder. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong. If anyone knows what might cause this please let me know. Some please help

I figured it out:clap:

Just a little FYI on Google Base Feeder Cron Jobs. Although the mod is a very good mod and greatly appreciated, I experienced a problem with the cron job application. Both suggested examples work great except that the googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes part of the statement seems to drop off everything after feed=yes& and therefore does not upload. SOLUTION: Run one job for googlefroogle.php?feed=yes and about 15 minutes later run a statement that says googlefroogle.php?upload=yes This solves the problem and works perfectly.

A better solution is to contact your host and find out the correct cron job for you and test different ones. You're missing the type parameter which may be important...

This one works for me to pass all the variables:

wget 'http://www.domain.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes&type=documents' > /dev/null 2>&1

The example in the readme.txt was a sample that Andrew created for the client who most likely funded the original project.

point0fsale:

Both suggested examples work great except that the googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes part of the statement seems to drop off everything after feed=yes& and therefore does not upload.
Try this:

googlefroogle.php?feed=yes\&upload=yes

numinix:

hmm, why would your configuration settings have changed? All you had to do was overwrite the files. Anyways, it says to just use a word like "domain." So, in your case just put secret_garden. Then it should create a file called secret_garden_products.xml.

This upgrade made no changes to the code other than to the FTP so there is no reason for it to timeout if the previous version worked for you...

I am having the same problem. It is appending an extra xml in the output.

So, I deleted the .xml suffix for my feed name and it shows:
Google Base Feeder v.1.6.5 09.11.2007 11:22:59 started 2007/12/02 10:35:23
Feed file - /home/jimmsdep/public_html/store/feed/google_base_.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
Google Base File Complete In 0.010036 Seconds 0 Records

Still does not process records? Any idea? I have uninstalled, reinstalled no luck