Exporting products to Googlebase
Posted by admin | Filed under Free Prestashop Modules, Prestashop
Getting noticed in Google Product Search
There has been huge demand for a module to allow upload of the products in Prestashop installations to Google Base. In an attempt to satisfy this, until such time as I can have a look at implementing it using the Google Base API, I threw together some code that will hopefully work. Only minimal testing has been performed, so I recommend that you use with caution.
Special thanks to Icarus for debugging the latest versions, and for the new feature suggestions for the 0.6.x series and beyond….
Changes
Version 0.6.3
- File IO modified again to reduce risk of timeouts
- Added g:weight attribute when weight is non-zero for product
- Added g:product_type attribute based on product categories
- Changed description input to textarea
- Added config entry for output filename on server
- Added advanced settings to allow a feed to be generated for another site
- Added compatibility with 1.2beta (provisional)
- Improved error checking for permissions issues
Version 0.5
- File IO reduced
- Custom entry for Feed Description
Known Issues
- In version 1.2 the price is output to 6 decimal places instead of 2
- Need to be able to select between short (current) and long description field from database
Downloads
Updated version (15 September 2008):
Googlebase v0.4
Updated version (13 July 2009):
Googlebase v0.5
Updated version (16 July 2009):
Googlebase v0.6.3 (for v1.1 and v1.2)
Maintenance Release (06 January 2010):
- Minor modification to feed writing to attempt to fix blank screen errors in some stores.
Googlebase v0.6.3.1 (for v1.1 and v1.2)
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82 Responses to “Exporting products to Googlebase”
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ok thanks, that will be really appreciated.
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Hi admin, unfortuantly still not working for me! on a new site 0.6.3.1 didnt work at all, tried 063 and turned off canonical url module and worked but only on about 9 out of 25 products. And noticed there are no pictures.
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Also google are disapproving the feed every time.
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I have posted a couple of posts on the prestashop forum as i think the proble with the “double url” comes from the htaccess fie when you enable seo links. I have the double url problem on another module (send – question) the back button in that does the same double url as the google base module.
I will post info if i get a answer back.
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It may be in the core i have tried everything i can think of including the new release you did 0.6.3.1 but still the same blank screen, i had a close look at the double url and its not duplicating the url exact on the seccond url it is miss the semi colon “:” after the http not sure if this will help – but i just seen a Tesco advert on tv so every little helps!
http://xnitrorc.co.ukhttp//xnitrorc.co.uk/14-rc-pirate-ship.html
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Thanks for the update to v0.6.3.1 – works great for me and fixes prices being displayed ex VAT – Google require inclusive prices.
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admin, I’ve tried 0.6.3 and 0.6.3.1. I keep getting hack attempt error when trying to generate the feed file. Do you know what might be causing this error?
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Checked everything. Same error.
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Admin, do you have a quick temporary fix for either the double url in the earlier base modules, or the blank screen in 0.6.3. I would of thought the double url problem is an easier problem to fix, any code edits?? need this mod desperetly.