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Overview

The Order Manager can send information about a merchant's products and their associated Web pages to Froogle, Google's searchable and brows able shopping index that is used to find products which are for sale online. This service was renamed Google Product Search in 2008.

Once the user establishes a Froogle account, they can configure the Order Manager to send product data to Froogle with just one button click.

The use of the term, "Categories", in this topic does not refer to the Order Manager's Category field found on the product inventory record; the two are unrelated.

Configure the Order Manager

Before data can be sent to Froogle, the user must set some system parameters in the Order Manager. Please review the Froogle parameter group. For assistance in setting system parameters, refer to the Knowledge Base topic, Set System Parameters.

Levels (Categories, Subcategories and Groups)

Web Pages & Images

Froogle System Parameters

Here are the system parameters that must be set before data can be sent to Froogle:

 

Parameter Name

Notes

FroogleCategorySource

Where to get the Category that is sent to Froogle. The options are Category, Any Assigned Level, Path and Text1 through Text 5. If you select "Any Assigned Level", the program will select one of each product's page assignments from the Levels screen, and send Category, or Category > Subcategory, or Category > Subcategory > Group. If you select any other option, that field will be used for the Category.

FroogleCharsAllowedInFileNames

When the program builds file names from SKUs or item names it normally only allows letters, numbers, underscores and dashes (and slashes if Allow Slashes is True). To allow other characters (e.g. ! or . ) in file names, enter those characters here. Just enter the allowable characters - nothing else.

FroogleDescriptionField

The name of the field in the Inventory table that should be sent to Froogle for product Descriptions. The choices are Description, Item Name, Header, Footer, Headline and Text1 through Text 5.

FroogleFileName

The file name for your text data feed, as assigned to you by Froogle. This will usually be your Froogle user name or a slight variation of it.

FroogleFileNameField

Field to use for sending Froogle the paths to your product pages. If you select SKU, the program will combine the FroogleWebPagePath, the SKU and the FrooglePageType, remove any invalid characters, and send the result to Froogle. The choices are Path, SKU, Code, Text1 through Text 5, File Name and Item Name.

NOTE: Only select "File Name" if you are using the Stone Edge Product Manager or ECom Assembler with the Order Manager!

FroogleHostName

The host name of the FTP server assigned to you by Froogle for uploading your data feed. DO NOT include "ftp://" in front of the host name. Example: yourstore.google.com

FroogleImageField

Field to use for sending Froogle the paths to product images. If you select SKU, the program will combine the FroogleWebImagePath, the SKU and the FroogleImageType, remove any invalid characters, and send the result to Froogle. The choices are: Image, SKU, Path, Thumbnail, Text1 through Text5 and Item Name.

FroogleImageType

Usually .gif or .jpg. Include the leading "dot". This extension will be added to any image names that do not already have an extension.

FroogleISBNField

Field that will contain ISBN numbers for your products. Only needed for books. The choices are None, SKU, Barcode, Code, ID and Text1 through Text5.

FroogleLowerCaseURLs

If TRUE, paths for pages and images sent to Froogle will be converted to all lower case.

FroogleOutputLoc

Path where the program should create the Froogle feed files.

FrooglePageType

Usually .htm or .html. Include the leading "dot". This extension will be added to any product page names that do not already have an extension.

FrooglePassword

The password assigned to you by Froogle for uploading your data feed.

FrooglePriceLevel

Price Level (1 to 10) to use when sending prices to Froogle.

FroogleReplaceSpacesWith

Select _ or - to replace spaces and other invalid characters in automatically generated file names with that character.

FroogleSendParentSKUs

If TRUE, the program will include Parent SKUs in Froogle product feeds.

FroogleSendSubSKUs

 If TRUE, the program will include Sub SKUs in Froogle product feeds.

FroogleUserName

The user name assigned to you by Froogle for uploading your data feed.

FroogleUseSalePrices

If TRUE, the program will check the Sale On field for the price level specified in FrooglePriceLevel for each of your products, then send Froogle either the standard or sale price. If FALSE, the standard price for the selected price level will always be sent and the sale prices will not be used.

FroogleWebImagePath

The full path on your web site where product images are located.

FroogleWebPagePath

The full path on your web site where HTML product pages are located.

Sending Data to Froogle

After all group, subcategory and category information has been entered into the Order Manager and the Froogle system parameters have been set correctly:

  1. Go to the Main Menu > Maintenance Menu > Import/Export tab.

  2. Click Froogle Feed from the list of activities.

  3. The Order Manager creates a text file with the product information and FTPs it directly to Froogle.

 

Created: 2/14/11

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