Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

numinix:

No, but you should be using the latest version regardless:

http://www.numinix.com/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&products_id=756

Thanks for that.

One thing that could make a difference our website developer has included an RRP field in the product listing, will I need to add code to ignore this field as sometimes it is blank. That must be the reason?

Hello,
Can anyone give me a good site to get information about Cron Jobs? I set up a Cron Job in my cPanel through my host but the results were not correct. The Cron Job command line I put in was:

GET http://www.values-galore.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes&type=products
```The file is saved in the /feed folder as vg_google_products.xml but the command line above saved it as vg_google_.xml. It omitted the **products** from the file name. It also only parsed the store name and the store website information into the xml file. It did not upload it to Google, which is fine since it would not have been accepted because it wasn't the correct named file. Lastly, it saved the file with the file permissions of 777, which isn't correct either. 

If I put the above command into the address bar of my browser, it runs perfect (omit the GET). So we know the googlefroogle.php file is working properly. My store has close to 3000 products and when I run all the steps from the **Admin -> Tools -> Google Base Feeder** it all works perfect (both the creating of the feeder and the uploading).

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

FatGuyinAZ:

Hello,
Can anyone give me a good site to get information about Cron Jobs? I set up a Cron Job in my cPanel through my host but the results were not correct. The Cron Job command line I put in was:

GET http://www.values-galore.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes&type=products

>  
> If I put the above command into the address bar of my browser, it runs perfect (omit the GET). So we know the googlefroogle.php file is working properly. My store has close to 3000 products and when I run all the steps from the **Admin -> Tools -> Google Base Feeder** it all works perfect (both the creating of the feeder and the uploading).
>  
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
 
I'm not sure, but i think you need to use PHP instead of GET

I just tried the PHP instead of GET and the email I got said:

/bin/sh: PHP: command not found

I will keep watching for more ideas.

:smile:

I just got it working with the following:

GET 'http://www.values-galore.com/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=yes&type=products' > /dev/null 2>&1

I found this on the forum at http://www.numinix.com/forum

OK, I've looked all throughout this thread and simply can't find the answer I'm looking for :(

I just installed GBF and I also use USEO URLs. I changed the two settings that numinex said to change in the USEO config section, but when I click to create a new feed, a new window pops up for my domain and it a page not found :(

Any ideas on what I need to do?

Thanks Guys!

hi
i am getting the following message:
Not Found

The requested URL /GOOGLE_FROOGLE_DIRECTORYGOOGLE_FROOGLE_OUTPUT_FILENAME_products.xml was not found on this server.

done everything by the book, anyone know whats up ???

Egg:cool:

UPS! forgot the googlefroogle.php file in the main directory, all is well now :)

Now that I've got this mod working, I wonder if it is at all possible for special characters to exist in seo urls, and still use the feeder at the same time?? I would prefer if the categories and products don't run together. any way to avoid this and still have my feed work?

Thanks!

Hello,
Seems the feeder strips out all the quote (") marks. About 90% of my products use this character in the description to define measurements. Does the XML file require the quote marks be removed? If it does, then I will just have to live with it. If it doesn't, can the GBF be adjusted to leave the quote marks in?

Thanks

Help With Google base feeder install!!!

I've uploaded all the files to my store directory as per instructions and checked that they are all in the proper locations.
I set the permissions on the feed directory to 777
I opened the file googlefroogle.sql in my text editor and copied the code to the clipboard.
I went to Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patches and pasted the code into the Enter the query to be executed box and clicked send.
I Whent to Admin>Configuration>google base feed configuration. and set
I whent to go to Admin>tools>google base feeder. and nothing their is nothing there.
I read a post of one guy haveing the same problem but never saw an answer

Can anyone help with this?

duquecigars:

Help With Google base feeder install!!!

I've uploaded all the files to my store directory as per instructions and checked that they are all in the proper locations.
I set the permissions on the feed directory to 777
I opened the file googlefroogle.sql in my text editor and copied the code to the clipboard.
I went to Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patches and pasted the code into the Enter the query to be executed box and clicked send.
I Whent to Admin>Configuration>google base feed configuration. and set
I whent to go to Admin>tools>google base feeder. and nothing their is nothing there.
I read a post of one guy haveing the same problem but never saw an answer

Can anyone help with this?

Check that the admin files are uploaded properly. If you've renamed your admin folder, you'll need to make sure the files are uploading to the correct location.

nope I have not re named the admin file yet so the file names match

Are you using the latest version available at numinix.com?

Im useing 1.6.14 mod and I, runing Zen 1.3.8

Just installed Google Base Feeder v.1.6.14a downloaded from you site.

If I create a feed, it reports: Google Base Feeder v.1.6.13a

How come? Is this ok?

I upgraded because I get error reports from Google:

Some items do not get inserted and I don't know why....

Feed status details

Outcome: Data feed has some errors. Some items contained errors and were not processed successfully, but all other items are active. - help
Number of items processed: 223
Number of inserted items: 181
Uploaded at: May 8, 2008 10:38 pm EDT
Processed at: May 8, 2008 10:39 pm EDT

Errors:
Error Bad data Line #
We recommend including this attribute. - help

isbn:

647

We recommend including this attribute. - help

upc:

647

The item is missing a required attribute. - help

description:

647

This is a product feed, why would it want isbn attribute? I see that it required a product description. Maybe this is the main problem? I have some items with just title but no description.

Google Base Feeder v.1.6.14a

I was missing the googlefroogle.php in the root. My bad..

Question about the errors from google about my feed still apply.

I want to activate my Google Checkout and searched this thread but don't quite understand yet how to activate or add the Payment_accepted attribute in the google_base.xml file - can you tell me where to add the info I got from Google's web site. <g: payment_accepted>GoogleCheckout</g: payment_accepted> and where to add it in the file named??

Google info:
http://base.google.com/base/formattinginstructionswizard?verticalId=1051960&alertMessageId=3&country=US

Payment_accepted
What it is: The acceptable payment methods for this item.How to format: Acceptable values are: Cash, Check, GoogleCheckout, Visa, MasterCard, AmericanExpress, Discover, and WireTransfer. You may include as many methods as you accept. For tab-delimited, separate each payment method by a comma. For XML, include each payment method as a separate tag.Tab-delimited example: Visa, MasterCard, DiscoverXML example: <g: payment_accepted>Visa</g: payment_accepted>
<g: payment_accepted> MasterCard</g: payment_accepted>
<g: payment_accepted> Discover</g: payment_accepted>

mydanilo:

Google Base Feeder v.1.6.14a

I was missing the googlefroogle.php in the root. My bad..

Question about the errors from google about my feed still apply.

I am not sure what assistance you need on top of the explanations returned by Google? These are required attributes. If you do not have a UPC, you must have an ISBN. If you don't have an ISBN, you must have a UPC.

seanscully:

I want to activate my Google Checkout and searched this thread but don't quite understand yet how to activate or add the Payment_accepted attribute in the google_base.xml file - can you tell me where to add the info I got from Google's web site. <g: payment_accepted>GoogleCheckout</g: payment_accepted> and where to add it in the file named??

Google info:
http://base.google.com/base/formattinginstructionswizard?verticalId=1051960&alertMessageId=3&country=US

Payment_accepted
What it is: The acceptable payment methods for this item.How to format: Acceptable values are: Cash, Check, GoogleCheckout, Visa, MasterCard, AmericanExpress, Discover, and WireTransfer. You may include as many methods as you accept. For tab-delimited, separate each payment method by a comma. For XML, include each payment method as a separate tag.Tab-delimited example: Visa, MasterCard, DiscoverXML example: <g: payment_accepted>Visa</g: payment_accepted>
<g: payment_accepted> MasterCard</g: payment_accepted>
<g: payment_accepted> Discover</g: payment_accepted>

This is already supported in the latest version.