Jack_mcs Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 The product type, as mentioned on the referenced google page above, is a category. From three pages back. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaine109 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 hmmm....don't know how looked right over it, must have been one of the early morning snafoo's. I do have a question though... How/where does it pull the category from that it will be placed in? Can I set it to a custom category that would match what Google already has? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 It's whatever category it is in your shop. Code to be added to intercept that and change it to what you want but that might be confusing to the vistors since it wouldn't match and may even cause google to disallow it. If you want to have a different name, you should rename the actual category or move the product to a new one that matches it. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartwork Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 $OutFile = "../feeds/your-outfile.txt"; //Replace "your-outfile" with the filename provided by Google Where does Google assign this file name? I don't see it anywhere in the Webmaster Tools section. We've submitted maps in the past where we told it the file name, but I don't see where it assigns me a .txt file. Any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwalker Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I am by no means a pro, but if you go to Google Base, then go to data feeds, then hit create new data feed and you can name it whatever you want, like "store.txt". That is what I did and it worked. . . I hope this helps (and I am right). . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartwork Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I am by no means a pro, but if you go to Google Base, then go to data feeds, then hit create new data feed and you can name it whatever you want, like "store.txt". That is what I did and it worked. . . I hope this helps (and I am right). . . Kudos to you, jwalker. Thanks! I was searching in the wrong area (obviously). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaine109 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 It's whatever category it is in your shop. Code to be added to intercept that and change it to what you want but that might be confusing to the vistors since it wouldn't match and may even cause google to disallow it. If you want to have a different name, you should rename the actual category or move the product to a new one that matches it. Jack Jack, My categories in my store are more defined than the general categories that google has. Renaming/changing categories in my store would not be good for me. What are my options? Blaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Google doesn't say you have to use what they suggest. If you use the department column title, they will accept the names you have. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartwork Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Installed and am generating the feed file which appears correct. I'm receiving this error though - which when I search on, it appears a lot people run into this when using it for a variety of purposes: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: ftp_connect() in /mysitepath/admin/googlefeeder.php on line 378 According to phpinfo, the ftp is enabled. Any advice anyone can toss me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 You'll need to ask your host about that one. It's a function in php and controlled by them. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwalker Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Hello I think you guys were discussing this earlier, but when I go into Data Quality, it states all my products are "Missing Product Type Values", is this because my categories are different than Google, and do you think this will affect us negatively? Secondly, about the "Missing recommended attribute: weight ", I was scanning through this Thread and it one post it stated a new version had fixed this, but I have the newest version but I a still receiving the error. Is that this big of a deal??? Thanks. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 For the product type, read the previous posts. For the weight, enable that option in the settings. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smartwork Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 While talking with my host about ftp_connect, the mentioned (based on just looking at this one file) that $ftpservername was not declared which they thought was affecting ftp_connect. I got looking more at the line: function ftp_file( $ftpservername, $ftpusername, $ftppassword, $ftpsourcefile, $ftpdirectory, $ftpdestinationfile ) and don't see where those are assigned values from the master config. Am I looking at that right? Am I missing a section where all of those are assigned the values from the master config? I don't seen anything in master config that relates to the FTP_DIRECTORy or FTP_DESTINATION_FILE either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 They are set in the settings of the file. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I have just set this up. The script is now running after some problems. The problem that I am having si the file is sent to google ok but no products are inported. I get the email from google to say 0 out of 8 products installed. Here is a link to the txt file. outfile Is the script not creating it properly or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 You need to login to your googlebase account and see why the links were not accepted. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I think it is to do with the Delimiter. How do you change it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I don't understand what you mean by "the Delimiter" but there are settings in the file of this contribution and settings in your googlebase account. You need to set them all correctly. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 The belimiter would be the charicter that seperates each section. IE a , in a CSV file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaine109 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 It looks like Google has changed some rules around. 1 of which says not to include any shipping info in the title. Problem is I have "FREE SHIPPING" in all of my titles, and they are not inserting any of my items anymore. Is there a way to put in some extra code to strip out the phrase "FREE SHIPPING"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaine109 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Scratch that, I figured it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satish Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 /feeds/wwhproducts.txt Check whether the directory exist and is writable. Also make sure the given file name is writable. Satish Quote Ask/Skype for Free osCommerce value addon/SEO suggestion tips for your site. Check My About US For who am I and what My company does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwalker Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I just wanted to thank Jack again. I have been up and running for about 10 days and have already noticed an increase in orders!!! Thanks Again Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I have managed to change the seperators. The problem that I am having is the google is not inporting any products. They are not giving an error code. Is there a way of adding products manualy? As at the moment I have not got that many and they will not be updated much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I have managed to change the seperators. The problem that I am having is the google is not inporting any products. They are not giving an error code. Is there a way of adding products manualy? As at the moment I have not got that many and they will not be updated much. If you submit a feed and google accepts it but doesn't list the products, the problem is with google. You will need to talk to them to find out why they are refusing it. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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