FatGuyinAZ:

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>
 
I just got around to playing with the cron jobs, and you are right, this one works
thanks
:smile:

This is a post from numinix web site about running cron jobs.

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powerhour**
So you want to manually have your base feed ftp to Google Base? Well, it doesn't work on GoDaddy's shared hosting accounts due to limitations. However, just login to google base and setup a scheduled fetch of your product feed.
Enter the URL location of the feed: https://www.powerhourstore.com/feed/domain_products.xml

It pretty much accomplishes the same tasks. It's auto-pilot! > Response from **numinix **powerhour, that is really great information. I didn't know Google was now offering that service. I would definitely recommend this for everyone as it would also reduce cpu load from having a cron run on a daily schedule.I hope this helps some of you with this issue, it sure helped me.

greenhat:

Following up on my own thread. After a few emails back and forth with GoDaddy, we figured out that they were wrong in their first email and that ftp from inside out is not allowed - something about security risk (didnt make much sense, since ftp access from outside in is allowed). They offered to get a different plan that would cost about 10 times the price of what im paying now - not an option.
In case others here are in the same shoes , here's how i solved the problem:

• signed up for a free (ad based) hosting here: reallyfreehosting.com (there are other free hosts out there..
• wrote a script to create the product.xml file, download it from my site, and upload it to google
• put the script in a cron job on the free hosting site..dont forget to set it to executable.

here's the script (just replace all the variables and directories):

#!/bin/sh
USERNAME_TO="aaaaa"
PASSWORD_TO="bbbbb"
SERVER_TO="uploads.google.com"
USERNAME_FROM="xxxxx"
PASSWORD_FROM="yyyyy"
SERVER_FROM="your_domain.com"

FILE="zzzz_products.xml"
FEED_DIR="/{your_store}/feed"

#create new feed file
curl "http://{your_domain}.com/{your_store}/googlefroogle.php?feed=yes&upload=no&type=products"

sleep 10

echo
echo "file:$FILE created ... "
echo

login to server and get product.xml file

ftp -n $SERVER_FROM <<EOF
user $USERNAME $PASSWORD_FROM
cd $FEED_DIR
get $FILE
quit
EOF

echo "ftp download from server:$SERVER_FROM file:$FILE ...done!"

login to google server and upload the file

ftp -n $SERVER_TO <<EOF
user $USERNAME $PASSWORD_TO
put $FILE
quit
EOF

echo "ftp upload to server:$SERVER_TO file:$FILE ... done!"

I tried this and the cron job is giving me :"command not found"? Any ideas?

countrycharm:

This is a post from numinix web site about running cron jobs.

I hope this helps some of you with this issue, it sure helped me.

I am going to try this and see if it works, scheduled to go off at noon!

Worked, thanks!

I'm glad you have it working.

Hank3rd:

I tried this and the cron job is giving me :"command not found"? Any ideas?

That method would defeat the purpose of a cron job and would take just as much time to upload your feed file directly through the Google website or with your own client FTP program.

The new method is the way to go and I will eventually update the documentation once I've tested it out myself.

magneteye:

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!

Would like to know this as well, I have an old version running on 1.3.7 of google froogle, and a google base feeder. Wanted to dl the newest version will it work on 1.3.7

First off thanks for the contribution and support. I do however have one error on the feed that causes Google to break while processing the feed. It looks like an HTML character is the source of the problem "ü". I replaced it with a regular "u" and everything worked fine. I am using 1.6.15 with zen 1.3.8. Does anyone else have problems with encoded letters? Should a string replace in zen_xml_sanitizer function be used to catch this?

I have just decided to change this character to a regular "U" in my admin due mainly to SEO reasons. I don't know if it matters for those or not but it's a select number of products so why not. Thought I might point this out.

Thanks

Hi,

i am using version 1.3.7 and just installed google base feeder 1.6.14a. under the folder "sql updates", i just copy and paste all the updates from the 1_6_12 backward until mysql told me that there is a duplicate entry.

everything goes fine and i can generate a xml feed without any problem. but when i tried to open the xml file in IE, it told me that there is a problem at this particular line. i do a comparison with my previous working version and discover this:

original text on my website: Hörbiger
the working version of xml: Hrbiger
after upgrade: Hörbiger

Can someone advise me what should i do with the utf code? it it those weird code (Hörbiger) that cause ie and google fail to read the xml file. tks a million

andy

You should have gone forward from the previous version, not backward. Just write down all your google base settings, run the uninstall sql, then run the new install sql, then put all your settings in and you should be fine.

Hi,

Thank you for you reply. I have first copy and past the content of uninstall.sql. then i copy and paste the content of googlefroogle.sql. enter my settings again and export the xml file. however, the same error occurs: i.e Hörbiger

can someone advise please?

tks a lot

andy

hi,

can someone help?

tks

andy

Ive been working on getting this feed working. On the zencart side everything seems fine it creates the feed and says it uploads but nothing shows up on google's site. I then download the feed to my computer and upload the xml file manually it shows my products as submitted and searchable soon but I get this error from google.:frusty::frusty::frusty:

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: 558
Number of inserted items: 556
Uploaded at: Jun 26, 2008 3:26 pm PDT
Processed at: Jun 26, 2008 3:27 pm PDT

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

upc

We recommend including this attribute. help

isbn

We recommend including this attribute. help

image link

The item is missing a required attribute. help

description

11136

This expiration date is too far in the future. help

expiration date:2009-06-25

11141

We couldn't understand the web address (URL) you submitted. Please check the format of your URL. help

image link:no_picture.gif

11144

The item is missing a required attribute. help

description

11156

This expiration date is too far in the future. help

expiration date:2009-06-25

11161

We couldn't understand the web address (URL) you submitted. Please check the format of your URL. help

image link:no_picture.gif

11164

So, can we use this with ZC 1.3.7?

Yes, it was written for 1.3.7+

I posted this on the Numinix Forum last night. Still no joy so trying here.

eb

Hi,
I just installed this google base addon tonight and in the Tools/Google Base Feeder page when I run the "Click Here to Create" I get a blank window pop up, and when I view the results I get my custom 404 page indicating that no file is being output.

ZenCart is a fresh install of 1.3.8 (only been using the software for a few weeks). The only other addon is the Google Analytics tie in which I just installed before this add on and it is working fine.

There is no wordpress add-on installed as mentioned by an earlier poster with the same issue.

I checked the php code and it indicates that I should get a 'die' message if the directory is not writable, so as a test I Chmod'ed the feed directory from 777 to 444 just to see if I would get an error message and there was no change, same blank box.

In the configuration I have tried the store address ( http://www.magneticbreeze.com/ZenCart) with and without a trailing slash with no change.
The view link does point to the feed directory but the file magbreeze23 is never created.

I'm usually pretty good at troubleshooting and testing these things, but I'm at a 5am dead end and about to give up for the night, so any ideas or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Eric Burke
http://MagneticBreeze.com

edit: using FireFox 3. hosting is 1and1.com, in case that might be relevant.

2nd edit: Since posting this I have also created an empty output file and chmoded it to 777 with no change other than view now shows me the empty file.

I need help!
Zen cart 1.3.8a
Latest Google Feed Mod.

Problem:
I was able to generate domain_products.xml file.
Error: When I click on View The File on the admin/tool/google feeder.
I got a page with NO Proruducts. / Empty page.

I upload the file to Google Base any way, get this error from Google base after a few days:
Outcome: Data feed upload failed. No items are live.

nguyenkhv:

I need help!
Zen cart 1.3.8a
Latest Google Feed Mod.

Problem:
I was able to generate domain_products.xml file.
Error: When I click on View The File on the admin/tool/google feeder.
I got a page with NO Proruducts. / Empty page.

I upload the file to Google Base any way, get this error from Google base after a few days:
Outcome: Data feed upload failed. No items are live.

Verify that the file is really being created in the /feed/ directory.
If it is, your doing better than me, if not, then we might be sharing the same problem.

eb

I can now create datafiles!
I had 1.6.14a which I downloaded from this site, and thought that it was the latest version.
I just downloaded 1.6.16 from:
http://www.numinix.com/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&products_id=756
uploaded the new files, did nothing else (no SQL updates) and now I can make datafiles.

Joy Joy Joy!

eb