Help: Generate Google Base File

Hi I'm using version 3.51, and when I select Generate Google Base File, it automatically grabs the short description of the products instead of the main description. Can someone tell me a way to change this?

Is it also possible to add a custom, identifiable characteristic, such as mpn, without making a searchable link in the product page?

Thanks in advance,
Mike
www.ShopAtDean.com

Mike,

ProductCart automatically looks to see if there is a short description. If there is one, it uses the short description as it is typically a better fit for a bulk upload file, compared to the long description, which could be too long (it has a 10,000 character limitation).

If you want to remove this logic, you will need to edit the file exportFroogle.asp in the Control Panel.

Locate this block of code:

'// Check Short Description Text                     if trim(strShortProductDesc)<>"" then                         strProductDesc=strShortProductDesc                     else                     '// No Short Description Text, Use Long Description                         strProductDesc=ClearHTMLTags2(strProductDesc,0)                                    end if

... and replace it with:

strProductDesc=ClearHTMLTags2(strProductDesc,0)

As for the other question: those are the fields that you need to use. You can turn off visibility for them in the storefront, so they would not be shown as search fields. This is done on the page where you manage Custom Search Fields. See the documentation for more information: http://wiki.earlyimpact.com/productcart/managing_search_fields

I have recently updated my productcart to 4.1 and the exportfroogle.asp has changed slightly where the above code no longer works to change the long description from showing up instead of the short description. Can someone from Early Impact let me know what I should do to fix this?

Is there also a way to include product weights into this feed?

Thanks,
Mike