Yahoo Feed for VP-ASP Demo (BYZ040)
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Notes: We don't have a demo specifically for the Yahoo Feed, but the screen below shows an example of how our feeds generally look/work. Note that the demo is much more basic (less parameters) than the latest full version.
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Google-Base File-Creation Submission Screen (DEMO VERSION)

For your information, there are currently 10 Products in your database, with the following values:
Hide ValueStock LevelProduct Count
False(null)9
False>0 (in stock)1


PLEASE NOTE: The demo version of this screen does not show all your options and is a much older version than the one which is currently for-sale (for example it doesn't have the taxonomy import option on the demo) -
This is just the original "froogle feed" that we've used as a demo, and this demo is several years behind the version of the googlebase feed that's currently for sale.

Output File Name:
(field disabled in demo version)		 This is the name of the froogle-feed file that you want to create. This should be in the format of "username.txt" where "username" is your froogle username.
Output Directory:
(field disabled in demo version)		 This is the location of where you want to place the froogle-feed file, relative to your vp-asp admin files. If you want to create your file in the same directory as your vp-asp admin files then just leave this field blank.
Shop URL:
(field disabled in demo version)		 This is the url of your shop, and must include the "http://" prefix. Do NOT add a "/" at the end of this url.
Product Description Page: This is the name of the file that shows your product descriptions. The normal vp-asp page is "shopexd.asp".
Argument Code to Page: This is the code of the argument which is taken across to your product description page which is used to hold the product id.
Show Categories Type: Change this depending on how your site uses categories. Each option will use a separate function that is tuned to this type of category-use. Your options are:

A. Static levels (runs quickly) :
"None"
If you don't want to show categories on the feed-file. This option will cause all relevant products to be returned.
"Static (1 Level)"
If you want to show products' categories at the top level for all products. This option will only return products which are held at the top category level, and you may therefore be excluding some products.
"Static (2 Levels)"
If you want to show products' categories at 2-levels for all products. This option will only return products which are held at the 2nd category level, and you may therefore be excluding some products.
"Static (1+2 Levels)"
If you want to show products' categories at 1-level or 2-levels for all products. This option will only return products which are held at the 1st or 2nd category level, and you may therefore be excluding some products.

B. Variable Levels (runs a bit slower) :
"Variable (Bottom of Tree)"
If you want to show the lowest level of each product's category, regardless of how many levels the products have in their tree. (i.e. the entire category tree for each product) This option will cause all relevant products to be returned.
Product Image Type: VP-ASP uses 2 image types for each product; "cimageurl" is usually the thumbnail of the product, and "extendedimage" is usually the enlarged picture.
Froogle needs to have the largest image available - you should not submit thumbnails if you have a corresponding larger image.
By using "Variable" it will use the enlarged picture by default, and only use the thumbnail if no enlarged picture exists.
By using "Enlarged-only" it will only ever use the enlarged picture (extendedimage).
By using "Thumbnail-only" it will only ever use the thumbnail picture (cimageurl).
"Variable" is advised.
Enlarged Image Directory: Relative to your Shop URL.
Leave blank if using same directory. This is where your "extendedimage" images are stored - these will normally be your enlarged product pictures. If you use full pathnames (http:...) for your image filenames on your products table, then just leave this field blank.
Thumbnail Image Directory: Relative to your Shop URL.
Leave blank if using same directory. This is where your "cimageurl" images are stored - these will normally be your thumbnail product pictures. If you use full pathnames (http:...) for your image filenames on your products table, then just leave this field blank.
UPC Field Name:
(field disabled in demo version)		 This is the name of the products column that you use to store the UPC (Universal Product Code) of your products. If you don't use/store UPCs then leave this field blank.
Brand Field Name:
(field disabled in demo version) 		This is the name of the products column that you use to store the Brand/Manufacturer Name of your products. If you don't use/store Brand/Manufacturer Name then leave this field blank.
OfferID Field Name:
(field disabled in demo version)		 This is your product OfferID column. It's the products table's column that will go into the feed-file's "OfferID" column. You would normally use "catalogid" or "ccode".
In Stock: This relates to the optional "instock" froogle field.
Set this to "Yes and No" if you want to display all products regardless of whether or not they're currently in stock.
Set this to "Yes only" if you only want to display products that are currently in stock.
Set this to "Ignore" if you want to display all products regardless of whether or not they're currently in stock AND you want to exclude the "Instock" field from the feed file.
Strip-out HTML?: Do you want the feed to automatically Strip-out Additional HTML tags ?
The feed generator automatically translates newlines, carriage-returns, tabs, and <BR>'s into spaces when finalising the contents of various name/description fields.
Set this option to "Yes" if you also want to strip-out other HTML tags (and the values between the "<" and ">" tags) from your name/description fields. By setting this to "Yes" this will also strip out any legitimate text that you may have positioned between "<" and ">" characters. This only effects feed-file output; it doesn't change any of your data.
Max Products to Show: Leave blank if showing all products. You can set this to a value such as "10" if you want to test the output of the feed-file before doing a full product feed.


Please note that after you've submitted this form, it may take quite a while to generate the file. After submission, please be patient and wait for the "File Created" message before clicking on anything else on this browser window.