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Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:53 am
by damian
I'm running 1.4.8B and enabled google base feed but when I go to the link it transfers me to rss site with only two of my products (out of 100) when I uploaded this to google merchant centre I got this error:
Error parsing/validating XML feed
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Our system encountered an error when processing your XML data feed. Please see the following Help Centre topics for more information:
XML tag mismatch
Invalid RSS/Atom document format
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:51 pm
by damian
Has anyone successfully added their products to Merchant Centre?
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:48 pm
by Qphoria
check your site in IE8 and see what the More information shows. A googlebase/merchant center feed IS an RSS feed with extra hidden gbase fields so looking at it in your browser will show an rss list
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 4:53 am
by damian
I got error:
Internet Explorer cannot display this feed
This feed contains code errors.
Reference to undefined entity 'plusmn'.
Line: 41 Character: 574
</description><g:brand>Galaxy Yin-He</g:brand><g:condition>new</g:condition><g:id>50</g:id><g:image_link>
http://prott.co.uk/image/cache/data/gal ... mpn>Galaxy T-2</g:mpn><g:price>16.9900</g:price><g:product_type>Blades</g:product_type><g:quantity>3</g:quantity><g:upc>Galaxy T-2</g:upc><g:weight>150.00g</g:weight></item><item><title>Galaxy W-5</title><link>
http://prott.co.uk/index.php?route=prod ... li>Speed:9 <li>Control:9 <li>Plies:5+2 <li>Thickness:5.8±0.2mm <li>Weight:85±3g <li>Type:OFF- <p> <b>Yasaka Soft Carbon substitute</b>
link:
http://prott.co.uk/index.php?route=feed/google_base
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:22 pm
by speedingorange
IM getting an error on my base feed
http://averncleaningsupplies.com/index. ... oogle_base
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Whitespace is not allowed at this location.
Line: 1725 Character: 453
</description><g:brand>Numatic</g:brand><g:condition>new</g:condition><g:id>97</g:id><g:image_link>http://averncleaningsupplies.com/image/cache/data/Products/Numatic/hvx-200-22-500x500.jpg</g:image_link><g:mpn>HVX-200-22</g:mpn><g:price>124.9900</g:price><g:product_type>Cleaning Machines > Domestic Vacuums Wet & Dry</g:product_type><g:quantity>0</g:quantity><g:upc>HVX-200-22</g:upc><g:weight>6.60kg</g:weight></item><item><title>Charles Wet & Dry Hoover / Vacuum Cleaner, Numatic, CVC370-2</title><link>http://averncleaningsupplies.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=98</link><description><table border="0" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="100%">
The RSS displays fine, but wont submit to google if submited by the scheduler, im having the same problem on another site.
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:38 pm
by JAY6390
I'm in the process of creating a feed for it that will be created using the DOM rather than output in stages as a string as it is currently. This will be for version 1.4.8b
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:01 am
by speedingorange
am i right in thinking the rss module works 100% independant of the base xml feed section ?
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:06 am
by JAY6390
Yeah it does (The google sitemap feed I'm guessing you mean)
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 12:14 am
by speedingorange
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:25 am
by Qphoria
speedingorange wrote:IM getting an error on my base feed
http://averncleaningsupplies.com/index. ... oogle_base
Code: Select all
Whitespace is not allowed at this location.
Line: 1725 Character: 453
</description><g:brand>Numatic</g:brand><g:condition>new</g:condition><g:id>97</g:id><g:image_link>http://averncleaningsupplies.com/image/cache/data/Products/Numatic/hvx-200-22-500x500.jpg</g:image_link><g:mpn>HVX-200-22</g:mpn><g:price>124.9900</g:price><g:product_type>Cleaning Machines > Domestic Vacuums Wet & Dry</g:product_type><g:quantity>0</g:quantity><g:upc>HVX-200-22</g:upc><g:weight>6.60kg</g:weight></item><item><title>Charles Wet & Dry Hoover / Vacuum Cleaner, Numatic, CVC370-2</title><link>http://averncleaningsupplies.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=98</link><description><table border="0" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="100%">
The RSS displays fine, but wont submit to google if submited by the scheduler, im having the same problem on another site.
The problem is likely the <title>Charles Wet & Dry Hoover / Vacuum Cleaner, Numatic, CVC370-2</title>
doesn't like the &.
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:46 am
by speedingorange
Will swap it out see if that cures it, the rss feed seems to be working fine now which was what made me discover this issue. But afaik the rss is independent of the base feed anyhow?
Are your products back on google shopping now Q? as they had vanished earlier? and i know they normally appear. i think google had a wobble
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:00 am
by Qphoria
I just checked when you first mentioned it and they were there the whole time so I'm not sure what you were seeing
Re: Google Base/Merchant centre feed doesn't work
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:14 pm
by JAY6390
For those that still want it, here's the new feed I created using the DOM
http://forum.opencart.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=17072
