Google Base Feeder Support Thread [OLD]

Does the Quick Update mod catch all your products and is it useful for uploading to Google Base?

also....any problem with just using my old version of google froogle that runs on 1.3.0.2?

Does the Quick Update mod catch all your products and is it useful for uploading to Google Base?

also....any problem with just using my old version of google froogle that runs on 1.3.0.2?I'm sorry it's not the quick update Module, it's the Easy Populate Module. I don't know if the one in the downloads has this feature or not. The version I have is a bought version and it has an google base txt export feature. If you would like to try it PM me. Yes it will catch all your product, but not with out some errors you may have to fix first. Google will except it with no problem, but they will inform you of what errors you have on what products and what line in the file you need to fix them. In this case your Decription or something on your site is not just right. Text Editor problems. I like it and use it a lot.

Great! I have Easy Populate...a bought version but have not used it in awhile and have not upgraded it. I'll look into that.

I hope everything works out for you.

You know, this is a real deal-breaker for this mod if it misses products.

If I could get a txt file to preview as in our old version I could edit it but this xml thing is also a real deal-breaker since you can't preview your feed.

EP....just not convinced the "advanced" high priced version is stable enough as the current one has had many problems with the froogle feed.

I'm also thinking upgrading to 1.3.8a is a bit of deal breaker if I can't use my current reliable methods of generating a product feed for Google Base.

woe is me.

just installed this contribution. when ever i click on tools-> google base feeder, i get the error message:

"The webpage cannot be found"

Most likely causes:
There might be a typing error in the address.
If you clicked on a link, it may be out of date.

never mind i got it working.

Another question:

in the Google Base Feeder Configuration, what do i put for shipping options?

also, what do i put for Tax Region?

how do i configure these options?

in the Google Base Feeder Configuration, what do i put for shipping options?What shipping method do you use to ship. UPS Ground, USPS or what. That is what goes there.
also, what do i put for Tax Region? I would not put anything in there. Once you create and xml file and upload it to google when they click on the link it will take them to your site and if you have a tax Region set up if will do what you want it to do anyway, so don't worry about that right now.

getting the following error...

Google Base Feeder v.1.6.14a 04.23.2008 22:34:59 started 2008/07/13 09:17:10
Feed file - /data/home/httpd/goof-offs.com/feed/domain_products.xml
Processing: Feed - No, Upload - Yes
Upload started...
Your hosting does not support ftp functions.
Upload failed...

You might want to read this for you answer.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=581678&postcount=1041

Hello,

I can create the feed fine, but when I go to upload I get the error:

Google Base Feeder v.1.6.14a 04.23.2008 22:34:59 started 2008/07/17 14:34:56
Feed file - /home/meadow69/public_html/shop/feed/domain_products.xml
Processing: Feed - No, Upload - Yes
Upload started...
Login failed:
Connected to: uploads.google.comWarning: ftp_login() [function.ftp-login]: Login incorrect.
Upload failed...

I did create FTP in Google Base. I did enter my username and password into the settings in ZC Admin.

So, not sure why it would be doing this.

Use v1.6.16 if you aren't going to add quantities to your products. Previous versions will not include the product unless the quantity is greater than 0.

Thanks for the input here. I was able to get my old version of google_froogle_feeder_1.3.3 to work with 1.3.8a and produce a txt file for me that I can use to edit my master excell file. Until I can learn more about xml this will get me by.

The point of the module is that you shouldn't have to be editing the file. You should be customizing the code to output the way you'd like or store attributes permanently in your Zen Cart so that the feeder can use them.

Well...that is the ideal...but it is still telling me I have 100 less active products than I know I have and I can't see where it is logically missing them. These are instock items. 100 is about 1/6 of my store. I am using quantities. The older version doesn't miss them...and I get a txt file I can actually look at and see what is there....or not.....and not to be ungrateful for all your hard work on this project....i'm willing to work with this as is until I can learn more about how to read and/or edit the xml file.

A fix could be done quite quickly if you could list what is common between these 100 listings, and not the other 500 products. Are they the same product type?

Hi numinix I'm getting the same problem also. I have 2103 products in my store and the xml file always comes up shot like this. All my products are listed by the model. Thanks for your help.

Google Base Feeder v.1.6.16 07.03.2008 23:40:59 started 2008/07/20 11:47:25
Feed file - /home/content/d/a/r/my_name/html/feed/feedthegoodshepherdstore2_products.xml
Processing: Feed - Yes, Upload - No
Google Base File Complete In 35.804457 Seconds 2048 Records

see, that is the thing. I can't tell which ones the xml output is leaving out. I can't read it. I just know we have 600 products, the txt output of the old google-froogle is accurate and shows the exact number....but i don't know how to see what the xml is missing.

I too am having the missing products problem. It only exported 297 products when I have 544 active products in my cart. Trying to determine which ones are missing is not an easy task.

I am also noticing issues with formatting in the descriptions text.

Example, the word "can't" with the ' symbol comes out as "can39;t"

I wonder if this plays any role in google base not reading all my products from the XML file?