New feature at Google Base - Data quality> Invalid Identifie

[AlexG]

Google add a new New feature at Google Base - Invalid Identifiers !
How Can I to add the Invalid Identifiers to the feed from AC?

[jmestep]

You can't- it's in the dll. There is a sample feed on the Wiki that you can adapt. I've done that for Googlebase because most of our products didn't have a summary text and that was what Able's was coded for.

[AlexG]

I know that is in DLL!
That's way I ask the forums admins to check it and maybe made some update for AC!

[Robbie@FireFold]

This does the job correctly: http://www.ablemods.com/CPC-Marketing-F ... er-P8.aspx

[seoqueen]

How do I access that DLL file to modify the feed. Currently I am not using the UPC but it's picking up my products SKU # for the UPC #. I need to comment the UPC line out.

The AbleCommerce page for my products doesn't list Title it list Name, will it pull the Name for the Title in the feed?

Thanks

seoqueen

[AbleMods]

How do I access that DLL file to modify the feed. Currently I am not using the UPC but it's picking up my products SKU # for the UPC #. I need to comment the UPC line out.

The AbleCommerce page for my products doesn't list Title it list Name, will it pull the Name for the Title in the feed?

Thanks

seoqueen

You can't modify the DLL without purchasing full source code.

Google Base requires a UPC value, so the SKU is used in its place since there is no UPC field in the AC7 products table.

The product name will be used as the title in Google Base.

[seoqueen]

Hey Joe thanks.

I'm getting a message from Google Base that the UPC data is invalid and it's not picking up the description. Is there another place to modify that code in AbleCommerce? I'd like to uncomment some fields.

Thanks,

seoqueen

[AbleMods]

Hey Joe thanks.

I'm getting a message from Google Base that the UPC data is invalid and it's not picking up the description. Is there another place to modify that code in AbleCommerce? I'd like to uncomment some fields.

Thanks,

seoqueen

No. All the Google Base code is in the DLL. None of the feed file information can be modified without full source code.

That's why I wrote my own feed builder and sell it on AbleMods.com. It allows me to modify at will and gives me a bunch of handy filtering options not available in the included feed makers.

The AC7 feed file uses the Summary field on the product record, not the description field. You must also populate the SKU field.

[seoqueen]

Thanks Joe!

But I think it will work as is but the UPC is telling me invalid data. I have both numeric and alpha in the SKU field. Could that be the reason why the sitemap won't work? It's also telling me the description field is missing as well.

Thanks,

seoqueen

[AbleMods]

But I think it will work as is but the UPC is telling me invalid data. I have both numeric and alpha in the SKU field. Could that be the reason why the sitemap won't work? It's also telling me the description field is missing as well.

If you're referring to the Google WebMaster tools for sitemap, there's shouldn't be a connection. The sitemap file doesn't have specific product record fields, it's simply an XML file that specifies the URLs in your site. You shouldn't be using it as the upload file for Google Base if that's what you're trying to do.

My SKUs have both alpha and numeric. I will have to check to see if my alpha-SKU'd products are getting dropped by Google Base. I have thousands of SKU's with "-01" in the SKU which then populate to the UPC field, so I imagine it'll accept both.

[seoqueen]

John

Sorry about that I didn't mean to mention the sitemap...too much on the brain this morning. I was referring to the GB file. I don't have UPC set up on my Able product page just the SKU but the file is detecting the UPC and the data is invalid. I think I've found another way to help geth this into Google Base.

I am going to upload the file to my local machine and manipulate the format from there and see what happens. It's just 2 fields for now until I can figure out whether to purchase the source code or buy your mod. Is your mod simple to use? I am no programmer by all means but know enough to be dangerous.

Again thank you!

seoqueen

[seoqueen]

This just doesn't make sense, Able provides this feature but does not allow any modification to the format without purchasing. Weird.

However, UPC is a recommended not a required field and it only accepts a 12-digit field. I don't currenlty have UPC in the admin section only the SKU and that is being picked for UPC. So that explains why my data comes back invalid. The description field is required but it doesn't pick up the description box that is from the admin section of the product page.

Does anyone know what description field I need to use for the feed without having to buy the DLL file?

Thanks,

seoqueen

[AbleMods]

This just doesn't make sense, Able provides this feature but does not allow any modification to the format without purchasing. Weird.

However, UPC is a recommended not a required field and it only accepts a 12-digit field. I don't currenlty have UPC in the admin section only the SKU and that is being picked for UPC. So that explains why my data comes back invalid. The description field is required but it doesn't pick up the description box that is from the admin section of the product page.

Does anyone know what description field I need to use for the feed without having to buy the DLL file?

Thanks,

seoqueen

When building feed files, Able pulls the Summary field from the product record not the description. Since most feed engines require non-HTML descriptions, this allows you to maintain a separate non-HTML description specifically for marketing feeds.

[seoqueen]

Thanks Joe!

Now, is there somewhere on this CMS that will allow me to export the description content and import them into the Summary box?

Thanks,

Seoqueen

[AbleMods]

The DataPort utility should allow you to download the catalog, manipulate it in another program (Excel etc) and then upload it again to update your store.

You could also do it via SQL scripts if you have access to your SQL database console.

[seoqueen]

Thanks Joe!

Where do I find the DataPort utility? I've looked every where on the CMS.

Thanks,

Seoqueen

[AbleMods]

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