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    Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

    I can't seem to figure out how to get Template Data Feed module to export the variant item attributes (color & size) for a Google feed. Here is what I am using:

    Header:
    Code:
    link%^%
    title%^%
    description%^%
    image_link%^%
    price%^%
    id%^%
    expiration_date%^%
    brand%^%
    condition%^%
    product_type%^%
    google_product_category%^%
    weight%^%
    availability%^%
    mpn%^%
    gender%^%
    age_group%^%
    item_group_id%^%
    color%^%
    size
    Product:
    Code:
    http://www.rashguardshirtco.com/%category:code%/%master:code%.html%^%
    %product:name%%^%
    %product:descrip%%^%
    %image:custom%%^%
    %product:price%%^%
    %product:code%%^%
    %year:29%-%month:29%-%day:29%%^%
    %custom:product_brand%%^%
    new%^%
    %category:name%%^%
    %custom:product_gpc%%^%
    %product:weight%%^%
    %availability:0:in stock:out of stock%%^%
    %custom:product_mpn%%^%
    %custom:product_gender%%^%
    %custom:product_age_group%%^%
    %item_group_id%%^%
    %variant:Color%%^%
    %variant:Size%
    Anyone have any experience with this?

    Thanks in advance,
    Mike
    Mike Bader
    Visotek Designs
    www.visotek.net

    #2
    Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

    Look up the inactive variant product name of one of those which is not showing the color and size and paste it here.
    Bill Weiland - Emporium Plus http://www.emporiumplus.com/store.mvc
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      #3
      Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

      Hi Bill,
      It appears none of them are showing the size and color field. Here's one of the variant records of the generated feed:

      Code:
      http://www.rashguardshirtco.com/men-...fit/11181.html     Long Length Body Glove 50+ UPF Loose Fit  Long Sleeve Rash Guard-Our Longest     Loose Fit Long Length - Our Longest!  Looking for a loose fit long sleeve shirt from Body Glove? You've found it!  As loose as O'Neill's 24/7 series shirts, except traditional Poly/Spandex throughout, this is Body Glove's largest fitting shirt. And on average it's a couple inches longer. Another feature is the quick drying characteristic of this unique composition.  Long Length Body Glove 50+ UPF Loose Fit Long Sleeve Rash Guard Features:   Quick Dry  50+ UVA protection  Loose-Fit  Long Length (XL is 31 1/4" Shoulder seam to bottom hem. Small is 28 1/4")   Long Length Body Glove 50+ UPF Loose Fit Long Sleeve Rash Guard Construction:   6oz Poly/Spandex (Lycra) thoughout  Overlock stitching   Color:  Black, White  or  Green  - Note: Different designs for each color! - Check the closeup pics  Note: This shirt is Body Glove's largest fitting rash guard. It is cut similar to T-Shirts (If you wear a Large T and want the same exact fit-order a large) If you want a loose, t-shirt fit, this shirt is for you.     http://rashguardshirtco.com/mm5/grap...1/11181-BK.jpg     34.99     11181-2XLarge_Black     2013-02-15     Body Glove     new     Long Sleeve Loose Fit     Apparel & Accessories > Clothing > Swimwear > Swimsuit Tops     0.5     in stock     11181     male     adult     11181
      thanks,
      Mike
      Last edited by mbader; 01-17-13, 03:57 PM.
      Mike Bader
      Visotek Designs
      www.visotek.net

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        #4
        Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

        I don't need the feed line. I need to know the name of the variant from the products database in your admin. The TDF is using it to get the color and size.

        Here is an example of what the variant generator produces and the TDF extracts the variables from.
        Code: BOGUS_red_update
        Name: Bogus product for testing color:red product:update

        BOGUS is the master product code and red and update are option codes.
        Last edited by wcw; 01-17-13, 04:50 PM.
        Bill Weiland - Emporium Plus http://www.emporiumplus.com/store.mvc
        Online Documentation http://www.emporiumplus.com/tk3/v3/doc.htm
        Question http://www.emporiumplus.com/mivamodu...vc?Screen=SPTS
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          #5
          Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

          sorry my misunderstanding - so it grabs the attributes from the "name" field in respect to how the variant auto-generate feature names the variants? this was a store that was migrated from a Stoneedge inventory so all of the variants were manually assigned and the variant names are in a different format. Does TDF look for the colon (:) in the variant name as the attribute identifier?

          thanks
          Mike
          Mike Bader
          Visotek Designs
          www.visotek.net

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            #6
            Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

            If it sees color:red product:update it grabs the word to the left of the : for the attribute code and the word to the right as the option code. It does that for every pair. Build a set using the built in variant generator, then see how it exports.
            Bill Weiland - Emporium Plus http://www.emporiumplus.com/store.mvc
            Online Documentation http://www.emporiumplus.com/tk3/v3/doc.htm
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              #7
              Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

              That was the issue; all of the variant names are in a different format from the other system. Many thanks for the help!
              Mike
              Mike Bader
              Visotek Designs
              www.visotek.net

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                #8
                Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

                The feature covers the 95% that use the built in method of making variants. When you implement an external system, sometimes the module would not know how to handle it. There may be other ways of handling it, e.g. custom product fields.
                Bill Weiland - Emporium Plus http://www.emporiumplus.com/store.mvc
                Online Documentation http://www.emporiumplus.com/tk3/v3/doc.htm
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                  #9
                  Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

                  Bill,
                  I'm using built in inventory variants and get the part numbers. I can't get the template feed to show any of these additional products. I tried it with my feed modified with parameters from your FAQ listing. I also just substituted your feed parameters modified with our website. Looked at both in Excel. No data listed in %%item_group_id%%^%%variant:color%. All other columns have the correct data including my custom fields. The attributes are "select color". Is there something further that I'm suppose to do create data in these fields? The attribute products are not active products yet we chose to create the template only on active. Tried it on active and inactive products and didn't see anything except addition products which were checked as inactive. module version is 5.0770
                  Thanks,
                  Chet Vincentz
                  [email protected]

                  www.electrodyne.cc Quality Motoring Accessories
                  www.racdyn-usa.com BMW, MINI & Porsche performance
                  www.artisticartifacts.com Creative art materials

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                    #10
                    Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

                    select color cannot be an attribute code. The attribute code needs to be color.
                    Bill Weiland - Emporium Plus http://www.emporiumplus.com/store.mvc
                    Online Documentation http://www.emporiumplus.com/tk3/v3/doc.htm
                    Question http://www.emporiumplus.com/mivamodu...vc?Screen=SPTS
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                      #11
                      Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

                      A bit of confusion. The prompt is Select color, not the code. Code is color.

                      I don't think that is the problem. I'm still suspicious of Sabenza's template manager which organizes the attributes and allows customers to order any quantity of each attribute on 1 page. I had a few with built in attributes but they didn't work eight. I change the prompt to color and a few and they didn't show up either.

                      When I make a feed I don't get any increase in number of total products over past submissions without the work on inventory variants. That indicates to me the feed is not picking the inventory variants.

                      Now I'm noticing an error message after creating the inventory variants. When the attribute page is selected for following message comes up.

                      The page at www.artisticartifacts.com says:
                      Unable to locate form for inventory attributes
                      Thanks,
                      Chet Vincentz
                      [email protected]

                      www.electrodyne.cc Quality Motoring Accessories
                      www.racdyn-usa.com BMW, MINI & Porsche performance
                      www.artisticartifacts.com Creative art materials

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                        #12
                        Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

                        Sounds like you have a number of unrelated issues. The Sebenza Product Template Manager does not play well with a number of Miva Merchant's new stock features, however it has no interaction with the Template Data Feed. The error you are getting means that the Attribute Machine has not been setup properly on that particular product template, but again this would not interfere with the Template Data Feed pulling in variants.

                        Later versions of Miva Merchant offer multiple product and category template capabilities. We recommend that new features such as the Attribute and Image Machines be implemented on separate templates outside of the Sebenza Product Template Manager. It sounds like you are using the Sebenza Product Template Manager's QuickAdd feature, which will most definitely not function with Inventory Variants.

                        The Sebenza Category Template Manager doesn't work well with Miva Merchant's newer category pagination and sorting features, so the same applies there.

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                          #13
                          Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

                          Dan, thanks for your feedback. I believe most of our attribute displays use Sebenza Template Manager, however, there are a few that don't. They don't seem to show up either.

                          I'm posting my feed in case there is somewhere else that I screwed up and someone may spot it. The remainder of the feeds have worked ok.

                          link%^%title%^%description%^%image_link%^%price%^% id%^%expiration_date%^%brand%^%condition%^%product _type%^%google_product_category%^%shipping_weight% ^%availability%^%additional_image_link%^%gtin%^%mp n%^%gender%^%age_group%^%Color%^%Size%^%item_group _id%^%color

                          link%^%title%^%description%^%image_link%^%price%^% id%^%expiration_date%^%brand%^%condition%^%product _type%^%google_product_category%^%shipping_weight% ^%availability%^%additional_image_link%^%gtin%^%mp n%^%gender%^%age_group%^%Color%^%Size%^%item_group _id%^%color

                          I also noticed another point. We use our feed on active parts and inventory variants are not active parts. So do you use active and inactive parts (then you also pick up parts you made inactive). When I run both I don't see any part numbers that look like inventory variant part numbers with _. I get over 800 extra items in the feed but they are the normal inactive parts.

                          When I look products in admin I see many inventory variants.
                          Thanks,
                          Chet Vincentz
                          [email protected]

                          www.electrodyne.cc Quality Motoring Accessories
                          www.racdyn-usa.com BMW, MINI & Porsche performance
                          www.artisticartifacts.com Creative art materials

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                            #14
                            Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

                            I believe most of our attribute displays use Sebenza Template Manager, however, there are a few that don't. They don't seem to show up either.
                            There could be any number of issues with this part of your issue. Hard to say without knowing the specifics.

                            link%^%title%^%description%^%image_link%^%price%^% id%^%expiration_date%^%brand%^%condition%^%product _type%^%google_product_category%^%shipping_weight% ^%availability%^%additional_image_link%^%gtin%^%mp n%^%gender%^%age_group%^%Color%^%Size%^%item_group _id%^%color
                            Looks like you may have posted the header twice. Can we see what you have in the product template? A link to the feed itself would be helpful as well.

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                              #15
                              Re: Emporium Plus Template Data Feed - variants

                              Yes I posted 1 twice - here is corrected
                              link%^%title%^%description%^%image_link%^%price%^% id%^%expiration_date%^%brand%^%condition%^%product _type%^%google_product_category%^%shipping_weight% ^%availability%^%additional_image_link%^%gtin%^%mp n%^%gender%^%age_group%^%Color%^%Size%^%item_group _id%^%color

                              http://www.artisticartifacts.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=%master:code %&Category_Code=%category:code%&Store_Code=%store: code%%^%%product:name%%^%%product:descrip%%^%%imag e:custom%%^%%product:price%%^%%product:code%%^%%ye ar:29%-%month:29%-%day:29%%^%%custom:brand%%^%new%^%%category:name%% ^%%custom:gpc%%^%%product:weight% lb%^%%availability:1:in stock:out of stock%%^%%image:list%%^%%custom:gtin%%^%%custom:mp n%%^%%custom:gender%%^%%custom:agg%%^%%custom:Colo r%%^%%custom:Size%%^%%item_group_id%%^%%variant:co lor%
                              Thanks,
                              Chet Vincentz
                              [email protected]

                              www.electrodyne.cc Quality Motoring Accessories
                              www.racdyn-usa.com BMW, MINI & Porsche performance
                              www.artisticartifacts.com Creative art materials

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