Google Base - Product broken down by each attribute

[schlottke]

I have been unable to get easy populate to work with google base lately and have been stuck with feedmachine.

I'd like to know a couple of things...

1) Is there a Google Base .csv/.txt creator that is working perfectly with oscMax at this time?

Explained: I'm getting "We couldn't understand the URL you submitted. Please check the format of your URL" errors for about half of my URLs even though every one of their failed examples works.

2) Can any of the current Google Base feeders break down each product by its attribute variable?

Explained: If my product name is Havard Wrestling T-Shirt and the attributes are colors: Maroon, Silver sizes: Large, Small, Medium I want to have it list each item: Maroon Small Havard Wrestling T-Shirt, Maroon Large Havard Wrestling T-Shirt, Silver Small Havard Wrestling T-Shirt, etc.. rather than simply, "Havard Wrestling T-Shirt"

Thanks a bunch!

[ridexbuilder]

Some time back I discovered the issues with the "Froogle" feeder and though it can be tweaked to work, it is cumbersome and requires some 'hard-coding'.
Hence the addition of Feedmachine and its' flexible means of feeding to a number of 'malls'.

I have just checked one of my client sites and you are right to observe that it is only the base product that gets fed - dunno how I didn't spot that one, given my drive for more flexible attributes. The phrase with "Wood and trees" springs to mind.

I'm going through a bit of a jaded spell at the minute. (lack of beer money doesn't help). When I 'pick up' again, I'll try to rewind on the changes that I made to the Froogle feed to get it to work. Wasn't anything too drastic - mainly missing some fields, like 'condition', if I recall.

EJ

[ridexbuilder]

Attention:
Typo in catalog/admin/easypopulate.php - should read...

 define ('EP_FROOGLE_IMAGE_PATH', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES. DYNAMIC_MOPICS_THUMBS_DIR); 
  

Also, I suggested some time ago, in a different thread, that EP should be upgraded to version '2_76i' - it's only three files but you'll need the change shown above plus this one below:

 define ('EP_MODEL_NUMBER_SIZE', 24); // default is 12 
  

[ridexbuilder]

EP Upgraded and corrected in 2.0.25 SVN.

[ridexbuilder]

Feedmachine tweak for correct image path (2.1 SVN).

[ridexbuilder]

Have been looking a bit more into FM:
In the configuration file, google-simple.php, change line 78
'include_record_function' => '', //(optional) specify a function that determines whether the product should be included in the feed
'attributes_handling' => '2' // output all attributes
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This will produce the additional lines for each attribute combination, however, it doesn't pick up the attribute value and price differential. I'm not versed enough (yet) in the innards of QTPro to get this bit to work. Maybe if Michael somehow finds the time, he could glance over the code in feedmachine.php (around lines 150 and 395).

(Set attributes handling to 'false' to return to original.)

EJ