Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

does anyone know if its possible to add a few lines of code to be able to override the expiration date and the google checkout?

my issue is when i try to upload the file to google base its giving me an error that says "item's expiration date is greater than 31 days" and for google, i want to change it so <g:payment_accepted>GoogleCheckout</g:payment_accepted> is deleted from all feeds.

is this possible?

thanks!

fvb:

did a feed file actually get created?, and if you open it, doe it look like all the info is there?

Sorry to take so long to reply fvb, but I have only just got roung to looking at this again, as important as it is to me.

Yes, a file was created and it looks ok to me.

I had thought that my problem was that I was trying to link into the google base account that was linked to my name rather than the website. I have sorted this out with goole and also created an new ftp account. When I went to upload my login failed about 8 times out of 10. Logging in to view the feed has been equally problematic, although I have just started getting in. It is reporting 0 uploads though!! (Mind you, I have only just uploaded)

So, I still don't do where I am.

Any advice would be apreciated.

Philip

fvb:

you did not answer any of the questions?
is the data feed empty, or is the upload failing

The data feed is empty, sorry i didnt clarify it the first time

ecmauto:

Hi Numinix,
Thanks for the offer but I think I'm ok on the the installation.
The problem is that the mod. did not put my web add. into any of the links. That is why the 1st upload failed. It wasn't until I edited the .xml file GBF generated and added my web add. into all the links that I was able to get a successful upload.
I tried the install twice, double checked the local of all files and I used cut and paste with notepad++ to install the .sql patch. I did not use upload.

Thanks,Jim
https://ecmauto.com

Has anybody gotten this mod to work ?
I have not been able to figure out the problem so far so unfortunately I have had to uninstall it.
If anybody has any suggestions I would love to hear them.
Thank's in advance,Jim
https://ecmauto.com

The mod works great, google base on the other hand is goofy. For some reason every site I have use this or the other google base/froogle mods with take about a month to work. Just make really sure you have followed the directions exactly, set up a cron job, and ignore the errors for about a month. Then (magicaly as far as I can tell) google decides it like you and will accep your feed.

gothstone:

The mod works great, google base on the other hand is goofy. For some reason every site I have use this or the other google base/froogle mods with take about a month to work. Just make really sure you have followed the directions exactly, set up a cron job, and ignore the errors for about a month. Then (magicaly as far as I can tell) google decides it like you and will accep your feed.

Alright I figured it out, got the feed to upload an all, but it's only generating a feed of 1 out of my 400 items! Plus its listing it all as 1 word (i.e. welcometozencartpleasesignin). What going on?

Sorry! I had to repost so the code would look readable instead of some smilies that showed up...

does anyone know if its possible to add a few lines of code to be able to override the expiration date and the google checkout?

my issue is when i try to upload the file to google base its giving me an error that says "item's expiration date is greater than 31 days" and for google, i want to change it so ```php
<g:payment_accepted>GoogleCheckout</g:payment_accepted>

is this possible?  

thanks!

MachaNeko:

Sorry! I had to repost so the code would look readable instead of some smilies that showed up...

does anyone know if its possible to add a few lines of code to be able to override the expiration date and the google checkout?

my issue is when i try to upload the file to google base its giving me an error that says "item's expiration date is greater than 31 days" and for google, i want to change it so ```php
<g:payment_accepted>GoogleCheckout</g:payment_accepted>

>  
> is this possible? 
>  
> thanks!
you should find theses setting under the config area, in  admin

byrd813:

Alright I figured it out, got the feed to upload an all, but it's only generating a feed of 1 out of my 400 items! Plus its listing it all as 1 word (i.e. welcometozencartpleasesignin). What going on?

is google giving you error messages? if so, what are they?

byrd813:

The data feed is empty, sorry i didnt clarify it the first time
well, i'm no expert, but when I had that problem, I had to remove all the files from this mod and reinstall them. (one of them must have been corupt)

also make sure your settings are right in admin/config

philip56:

Sorry to take so long to reply fvb, but I have only just got roung to looking at this again, as important as it is to me.

Yes, a file was created and it looks ok to me.

I had thought that my problem was that I was trying to link into the google base account that was linked to my name rather than the website. I have sorted this out with goole and also created an new ftp account. When I went to upload my login failed about 8 times out of 10. Logging in to view the feed has been equally problematic, although I have just started getting in. It is reporting 0 uploads though!! (Mind you, I have only just uploaded)

So, I still don't do where I am.

Any advice would be apreciated.

Philip
it takes my feed about 30-60 min to show up after a upload

I have never had problems login into google, you may want to try starting a brand new account

skip the ftp for now and use the manual web upload, till you get it working
(this will take one more thing out of the equation and also give you error messages to help trouble shoot the problems

fvb:

is google giving you error messages? if so, what are they?
Nope, no error messages just a one 1 item feed, it says upload ok everything else looks good except for the one item feed thats all

fvb:

well, i'm no expert, but when I had that problem, I had to remove all the files from this mod and reinstall them. (one of them must have been corupt)

also make sure your settings are right in admin/config

I guess i'll try that

fvb:

you should find theses setting under the config area, in admin

ah thank you. i didn't see those for some reason.

i don't suppose anyone can help me figure out how to add attributes to my feeder? i don't need all these isbn and upc codes, i need the models that are attached to the items.

Example

like this item has a few models attached to it. i'm sorry i ask some stupid questions but i just don't want to break the site...again.

Alright, i realized why they weren't producing any feed, because the quantity fields for my items are set at 0. I kinda like the quantities at 0, so how do I make it "ignore" the quantity amounts so i can produce feeds?

byrd813:

Alright, i realized why they weren't producing any feed, because the quantity fields for my items are set at 0. I kinda like the quantities at 0, so how do I make it "ignore" the quantity amounts so i can produce feeds?

Nevermind....I'm getting used to figuring things out myself now, i'm so proud...Thanx the the help though guyz!

First, sorry if this has been discussed before. I used Search and it only pointed out this thread, but not which page on the thread. I don't have the time to read through over 50 pages...

I just installed the G Base patch. Since I'm running ZenCart 1.37, I used patch v1.5.3, the last one listed as compatible with Zen 1.3.7. After pasting in the content of googlefroogle.sql, I got this response:

8 statements processed.
ERROR: Cannot insert configuration_key "" because it already exists
Note: 1 statements ignored. See "upgrade_exceptions" table for additional details.

The upgrade_exceptions table shows this record:

upgrade_exception_id: 1
sql_file: SQLPATCH
reason: Cannot insert configuration_key "" because it already exists
errordate: 2008-06-03 22:37:09
sqlstatement: INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_id, configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES

As a result, Admin -> Configuration -> Google Base Feeder Configuration only shows an empty table with columns Title/Value/Action and no content and Admin -> Tools -> Google Base Feeder brings PHP errors when clicking on the links in Step 1 and Step 2.

What can I do? Thanks!

wtf!? everything was going good, than...BOOM... my feeds process as ONEWORD! Like I want to go to the store is, "iwanttogotothestore" the descriptions, the titles everything... how do I fix this?

I know this has been ask, but I have read through the first 20 pages of this thread without finding the answer. Google base tells me that
Error
**We didn't understand the header (first) row of your file. Please make sure you're using valid attribute names. help
**
Bad data<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

**Line #**1

Could someone point me in the right direction. Thank you

countrycharm:

I know this has been ask, but I have read through the first 20 pages of this thread without finding the answer. Google base tells me that
Error
We didn't understand the header (first) row of your file. Please make sure you're using valid attribute names. help

Bad data<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

**Line #**1

Could someone point me in the right direction. Thank you

is the file name right that you uploaded to google, including the extention (.xml)