This dam forum doesnt send me emails when people post, so i only see if i check it, sorry.

If you open the XML file in IE7, it shows

An invalid character was found in text content.
Line: 1396 Character: 26

then if you right click on the page and click view source, copy and paste it into Notepad2 and goto line 1396, you will see this

<li>Available in: 2’, 3’, 4’, 5’, 6’ sizes</li>

Which is coming from http://www.afriendlyscooter.com/mobility-scooters/scooter-ramps/suitcase/2-foot-single-fold-ramp-silverstar.html

Which means it is picking info up from the detailed description, not the short description. Unless you have detailed description in the short description as well, which i haven't checked.

The reason it is failing is because it is picking up the ' as a special character and failing it. You need to upgrade to the next version which is 4.3 and run it again, you will probably find it works fine.

All the best
Ian

how to you get to the xml file?

which part of google base do you write click? I just can't get it all to work..

how to you get to the xml file?

which part of google base do you rightclick and press view? I just can't get it all to work..

Its definitely pulling from the short description.

This is the link I sent: http://www.afriendlyscooter.com/mobility-scooters/scooter-ramps/suitcase/2-foot-single-fold-ramp-silverstar.html

This is the preceding page: http://www.afriendlyscooter.com/mobility-scooters/scooter-ramps/suitcase.html

Look at the browse page and compare to the xml..... It is undoubtedly coming from there....

Not the least of my problems is that it is also pulling the pricing from the short description box which is all wrong.

Im using V4 of the Froogle feed right now. Are there several versions of V4 available and if so where can I download the updates?

Thanks for your time and your anticipated response.

Ahh yes, i can see what you mean there.

QUOTE:
<item>
<title><![CDATA[2-Foot Single-Fold Ramp - Silverstar]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.afriendlyscooter.com/mobility-scooters/scooter-ramps/suitcase/2-foot-single-fold-ramp-silverstar.html]]></link>
<description><![CDATA[<table width=\"310\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#A7E405\"><tr><td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><div align=\"center\" class=\"style30\">
<table width=\"310\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#A7E405\">
<tr>
<td width=\"80\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><div align=\"center\" class=\"style30\">
<p><span class=\"style9\">List Price</span></p>
</div></td>
<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><div align=\"center\" class=\"style30\"><span class=\"style9\">Weight Capacity</span></div>
<div align=\"center\" class=\"style30\"></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#98B8D8\"><div align=\"center\" class=\"style10\">
<p class=\"style29\">$220</p>
</div></td>
<td valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#98B8D8\"><div align=\"center\" class=\"style28\">
<p>600 LBS</p>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#D3E1EF\"><ul class=\"style21\">
<li>Lightweight & portable</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#D3E1EF\"><ul class=\"style21\">
<li>Slotted for moisture drainage</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#D3E1EF\"><ul class=\"style21\">
<li>Integrated, high traction surface</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#D3E1EF\"><ul>
<li>Available in: 2’, 3’, 4’, 5’, 6’ sizes</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
</table>
<span class=\"style9\"></span></div> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>
<div align=\"center\" class=\"style30\"><span class=\"style9\"></span></div>
<p> </p>
</body>
</html>
]]></description>
<g:image_link><![CDATA[http://www.afriendlyscooter.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/423b018d476a9279e6ac3145fe52bbd2.jpg]]></g:image_link>
<g:mpn>2-Foot Single-Fold Ramp - Silverstar</g:mpn>
<g:brand><![CDATA[Pride Silver Star Lifts]]></g:brand>
<g:id>382</g:id>
<g:currency>USD</g:currency>
<g:price>129.00</g:price>
<g:product_type><![CDATA[Suitcase]]></g:product_type>
<g:condition>New</g:condition></item>

That's the one product i was referring to in the previous post, and can see the price (i coloured blue) it says on there
<grice>129.00</grice>
Is the price on the "Our Price" of the page http://www.afriendlyscooter.com/mobility-scooters/scooter-ramps/suitcase.html

All the content you have on the short description (I coloured red), is what the Froogle feed is drawing in, as it takes the info from the table in Products "product_s_desc " field of the database as below.

( 'description', $this->_addCDATA( $product->product_s_desc ) );

There is no other way for me to do this.

So its not really picking up the price from the price part of the database, it is more like picking it up from the content you have added into the short description.

Also off the subject of my feed, the content that is added to the small content in your database has html (which is fine except not for my feed), but actually its not added properly, as the html ends with

</body>
</html>

which means the page is finished, but its not, thats just the end of the short description.

I just had a look at the source code for this page http://www.afriendlyscooter.com/mobility-scooters/scooter-ramps/suitcase.html
And there are 9 cases of </body> which means one for each of the 8 products, and one for the template its self.

Just a pointer as it wont be doing you any favours in SEO.

Regards
Ian

Just to confirm to readers, that Bargain boy Rob, was solved through emails, he just didnt know how to see the errors in the XML doc, which i told him, open thge XML file in IE7, and it shows you them, the line and charactor.

He had an "&" charactor in the middle of a Product Title, which he changed to "and" and it worked