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[lech]

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[mark27uk3]

Okay continuing on this topic

I have uncommented the chdir but now I am back to the original error of

[/quote]The SAVE_LOCATION directory: feeds/ does not exist in /home/mobiacc/public_html/. Please create this directory or change the path to an existing directory[quote]

The feeds folder is in the root of my store (I dont have a catalog folder) and the permissions are set to 777

Mark

[mark27uk3]

I have also tried setting the path to:

define('SAVE_LOCATION', 'home/mobileac/public_html/feeds/');


with the same result

[lech]

Ok, pm me your catalog configuration configure.php, but get rid of your passwords at the bottom - i don't want to see those.

This probably has something to do with the way you configured it to run from the htdocs root dir instead of a catalog dir (I have this set-up as well, so it will work fine).

Lech

[lech]

No, define('SAVE_LOCATION', 'home/mobileac/public_html/feeds/'); wouldn't work since this is the absolute path to feeds. If all else fails you can find $save_path and set it to

$save_path = '/home/mobileac/public_html/feeds/';

But it is worth first investigating, because the failure may be symptomatic of a fault in your configuration file.

[lech]

your configure.php looks fine.

put this:

echo DIR_FS_CATALOG . SAVE_LOCATION;

right below:

define('SAVE_LOCATION', 'feeds/');

run the script and tell me what the output is.

Lech

Edited by lech, 25 June 2006, 14:04.

[mark27uk3]

I changed the $save_path as suggested and it generated the feed files with the correct image path (now that I the chdir is back to what it should be).

However when uploading the feed to googlebase it now gives the error that 'Feed parameter error: Required field must not be blank'

Urgh!

Mark

[mark27uk3]

Ok this is what is echo'd after adding that echo after the require:

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/home/mobiacc/public_html/SAVE_LOCATIONThe SAVE_LOCATION directory: feeds/ does not exist in /home/mobiacc/public_html/. Please create this directory or change the path to an existing directory

hmmm

Mark

[lech]

yeah sorry, the

echo DIR_FS_CATALOG . SAVE_LOCATION;

was suppose to be after:

define('SAVE_LOCATION', 'feeds/');

edited the post but you were too quick.

That is very interesting...

Add this below define('SAVE_LOCATION', 'feeds/');

echo '/home/mobileac/public_html/feeds/<br>';
echo DIR_FS_CATALOG . SAVE_LOCATION . '<br>';
echo ( DIR_FS_CATALOG . SAVE_LOCATION ) === '/home/mobileac/public_html/feeds/' ? 'yes' : 'no';

And let me know what the output is.

RE the feed that was generated: did you modify my original froogle configuration? If so try it first with the original setup - I know for sure this works.

Lech

[lech]

GOT IT

/home/mobileac/public_html/

and

/home/mobiacc/public_html/

Slight difference No??? Looks like you did make a mistake in your catalog configuration.

Edited by lech, 25 June 2006, 14:23.

[amigaman]

Sorry if this is a stupid question but how do I run the script?

Do I visit www.mysite.com/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00 where the script is located?

If so I just get forwarded to my front page (after having to type in my password etc.).

Edited by amigaman, 25 June 2006, 17:10.

[amigaman]

amigaman, on Jun 25 2006, 06:08 PM, said:

Sorry if this is a stupid question but how do I run the script?

Do I visit www.mysite.com/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00 where the script is located?

If so I just get forwarded to my front page (after having to type in my password etc.).

EDIT: Get it to run, but it just forwards me to the front page. Nothing seems to happen, no feed are in the feed folder.

[mark27uk3]

Hi Lech,

Well spotted that man! I totally did not notice that (after 2 years of running and modding the store hehe)

Now the only problem is that the big G does not recognise the one of the fields ie

Quote

'We did not understand that.

Feed parameter error: Required field must not be blank'

Amigaman, that happened to me and all I did was add the define in catalog/admin/includes/filenames.php

Mark

[lech]

amigaman, on Jun 25 2006, 07:02 PM, said:

EDIT: Get it to run, but it just forwards me to the front page. Nothing seems to happen, no feed are in the feed folder.

Its feedmachine-release-v1-00.php

don't forget the .php. I don't see why you should be fowarded to the front page.

Edited by lech, 25 June 2006, 21:13.

[lech]

mark27uk3, on Jun 25 2006, 08:35 PM, said:

Hi Lech,

Well spotted that man! I totally did not notice that (after 2 years of running and modding the store hehe)

Now the only problem is that the big G does not recognise the one of the fields ie
Amigaman, that happened to me and all I did was add the define in catalog/admin/includes/filenames.php

Mark

Does froogle give any other info? Which field is left blank? (As I remember it froogle gives detailed info).

If froogle is not giving you the feedback as it should, try finding the problem by elimination: first delete all but one line from the feed and see if froogle excepts this. If it does, try the first half of the feed... and keep halfing untill you isolate the offending record(s).

The feed you sent me looks very good. You have some nice long descriptions (these may actually have to be cut down for the feed if froogle has a size limit on the description field - I haven't put in this feature because I don't need it but it would be easy to add as an "option" if required).

Although the feed specification works fine for me as it is (uploaded successfully about a week ago), it does not conform the the new google-base spec: the field names are different to the new "official" ones:
http://www.google.co.uk/base/help/tab_instructions.html

Try changing the field names to the official ones (# title
# description
# link
# image link
# id ). (worth a try).

Do some investigating in the feed file generated, you should find the answer. I will have a closer look when I have time.

Good luck

[shiftlocked]

This might sound daft but you do have a feeds directory in the public_html directory and set the chmod to 777 ?

Ive just tried this and it works, just waiting to see if froogle, now google base accepts the feed all ok

[mark27uk3]

Quote

Does froogle give any other info? Which field is left blank? (As I remember it froogle gives detailed info).

If froogle is not giving you the feedback as it should, try finding the problem by elimination: first delete all but one line from the feed and see if froogle excepts this. If it does, try the first half of the feed... and keep halfing untill you isolate the offending record(s).

The feed you sent me looks very good. You have some nice long descriptions (these may actually have to be cut down for the feed if froogle has a size limit on the description field - I haven't put in this feature because I don't need it but it would be easy to add as an "option" if required).

Although the feed specification works fine for me as it is (uploaded successfully about a week ago), it does not conform the the new google-base spec: the field names are different to the new "official" ones:
http://www.google.co.uk/base/help/tab_instructions.html

Try changing the field names to the official ones (# title
# description
# link
# image link
# id ). (worth a try).

Do some investigating in the feed file generated, you should find the answer. I will have a closer look when I have time.

Good luck

Hi Lech,

Ok I have tried as you suggest but it still does not work, the problems still occur and for the time being until this is resolved I have had to revert back to my other froogle feed file which still has errors but at least most of my products get listed.

If you do manage to resolve the issues then please let me know as I really like this contrib.

Thanks

Mark

[Graveyard666]

when I ran the script on my site I got all these errors, all I did was add a "feeds" folder to my main directory and made it 777

Warning: fopen(/home/smacgil2/public_html/feeds/froogle-feed.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 475

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 476

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 477

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: No such file or directory in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 478

Warning: fopen(/home/smacgil2/public_html/feeds/shopping.com.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 475

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 476

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 477

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: No such file or directory in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 478

Warning: fopen(/home/smacgil2/public_html/feeds/kelkoo.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 475

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 476

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 477

Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: No such file or directory in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 478
feeds created.

I installed this on a highly customized site with no problems, this new site is very vanilla so I dont know whats wrong with it

[lech]

I've noticed with one host that changing file permissions takes time to come into effect. Try again shortly.

Otherwise, examine closely the differences between this site and the other one. The only error you need to worry about is the first:

"Warning: fopen(/home/smacgil2/public_html/feeds/froogle-feed.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/smacgil2/public_html/admin/feedmachine-release-v1-00.php on line 475"

The rest are a consequence of this.

Good luck

[lech]

Just to clarify what I said about "examine closely the differences..." so that you don't waste time. This error has nothing to do with the set-up of osCommerce - it is simply this function failing.

Write a short script trying to write a file and you will almost certainly get the same error.

Lech