Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

Thank you for your help [B]fvb. This is what my header in the file looks like.

It's name is domain_products.xml

Is this right? If it is then I don't know why Google is rejecting it.

fvb:

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

All is working perfectly now - must have just be a glitch.

On a separate issue I have had a few errors reported - attribute no longer supported, recommended ones not being used etc. It actually rejected some listings which turned out to be gift vouchers. Is there a way of excluding gift vouchers? I'm currently using version 1.6.11. Would upgrading to the latest version solve any of these issues.

Regards

Philip

countrycharm:

Thank you for your help [b]fvb. This is what my header in the file looks like.

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

It's name is domain_products.xml

Is this right? If it is then I don't know why Google is rejecting it.

if domain_products.xml is the name that you are generating with the google feeder, thant that is the name you have to register with google

they have to match

I have been using the feeder for a while and it has been great. Yesterday, I started having problems with the submittal process. I have Goddady as a host, so I upload the XML file from my Googlebase account. I added 4 products so I decided to refresh the file. I keep getting a failed message with errors: Disapproved. I cannot figure it out. Any ideas?

Thanks!

philip56:

All is working perfectly now - must have just be a glitch.

On a separate issue I have had a few errors reported - attribute no longer supported, recommended ones not being used etc. It actually rejected some listings which turned out to be gift vouchers. Is there a way of excluding gift vouchers? I'm currently using version 1.6.11. Would upgrading to the latest version solve any of these issues.

Regards

Philip

we have gift vouchers, and I'm useing the latest version.
have not had that problem

so no one knows how to help me?

MachaNeko:

so no one knows how to help me?
Me neither....

byrd813:

Me neither....
only suggestion i have is trying this forum
http://www.numinix.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=ad55d08d7bfe65bceeb5e517f3ed64d5

My google feed failed in style today. It is a feed on my test site https://www.pleasuredisc.co.uk and has been working away every day without failure until today. I have attached below the failure results as per the google site report and would appreciate it if anyone can help with this. A further annoyance is that I also installed this mod on a client's site yesterday and got the same failures today so it is not site related as far as I can see.

Many thanks - and if I have been a proper muppet in doing something wrong then I bow to that in advance :)

My test site has 7 items but clearly I have only shown the result for one of them as they are all the same failure.

GOOGLE FAILURE REPORT TEXT:

Feed status details

Outcome: Data feed upload failed. No items are live. help
Number of items processed: 7
Number of inserted items: 0
Uploaded at: Jun 5, 2008 7:04 pm BST
Processed at: Jun 6, 2008 7:56 am BST

Errors:
Error Bad data Line #
We recommend including this attribute. help mpn
28
We recommend including this attribute. help isbn
28
We recommend including this attribute. help upc
28
We recommend including this attribute. help brand
28
The item is missing a required attribute. help description
28
This expiration date is too far in the future. help expiration date:2009-04-07
33
You entered a payment method that is not currently available. help payment accepted:Maestro
45

Many thanks in advance.

Rob

Errors:
Error Bad data Line #
We recommend including this attribute. help mpn
28
We recommend including this attribute. help isbn
28
We recommend including this attribute. help upc
28
We recommend including this attribute. help brand
28
The item is missing a required attribute. help description
28
This expiration date is too far in the future. help expiration date:2009-04-07
33
You entered a payment method that is not currently available. help payment accepted:Maestro
45

I'm getting the same thing from Google Base

countrycharm:

I'm getting the same thing from Google Base

This issue was solved in a previous post.

Hi and thanks for this but I have trawled through all 900+ posts and I cannot see this. As it has only just happened today after many weeks of working fine I assumed that it was a recent issue but still cannot see this. I will go search again but of you could point me to the post I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

Rob

I think I found what I am looking for and really wasn't trying to be lazy in asking first without looking. Now I just need to get my head around the 'recommendations' given by google such as using mpn, isbn, upc and brand attributes because as things stand right here and now - this may as well be in chinese.

Anyhow I see where I need to make a few alterations in admin but still wonder why it has taken until today after many weeks of uploading without errors, for the feed to suddenly fail. Could it be that google has changed something?

Cheers

Rob

numinix:

This issue was solved in a previous post.

where? i didn't see it and i've been reading all 100 pages.

The message from Google clearly states that a description is required for all products. It also recommends certain attributes such as UPC. Finally, you need to set an expiry date within their limits.

numinix:

The message from Google clearly states that a description is required for all products. It also recommends certain attributes such as UPC. Finally, you need to set an expiry date within their limits.

firstly, it is an issue when the information is required to properly post your products. the attributes is all im asking about. i dont know how to add certain attributes without killing the php thats why im posting here. i dont need upc or isbn just models. and finally, i didnt ask about the date, thats been set.

fvb:

we have gift vouchers, and I'm useing the latest version.
have not had that problem

Thanks for that fvb (sorry about the delay in my reply, I've only just logged in after a few busy days.

I think I'll upgade to the latest version and see what happens.

Regards

Philip

philip56:

Thanks for that fvb (sorry about the delay in my reply, I've only just logged in after a few busy days.

I think I'll upgade to the latest version and see what happens.

Regards

Philip

I just install Google Base Feeder v1.6.15
worked great, best one yet!
thanks Numinix
:clap:

Hey all,
I have been using base feeder for a while. At first it worked like a charm. I haven't edited any files on my store but for some reason the past few months i just get this from froogle

"Error Bad data Line #"

I'm not sure how to fix it. It worked before and suddenly it stopped working. Again i haven't made any changes to my store except adding new products.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Question about this mod:

Which version should I use for ZC version 1.3.7? Can I use the latest or do I need another version?

Thank you!