Google-Base Feed for VP-ASP (BYZ056/24) by BigYellowZone

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BigYellowKey News

Released: 3/10/2010 2:05:00 PM

Twitter: You can now keep up with BigYellowZone releases and news using twitter: http://twitter.com/bigyellowzone If you're a Twitter user, Click the "Follow" link on http://twitter.com/bigyellowzone to keep up to date.

Released: 12/14/2009 2:45:00 PM

VPASP V7 status for BigYellowZone Addons:
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Released: 8/25/2009 2:05:00 PM

We've decided to extend the discounting of the BYZ subscription services, where the initial fee element is reduced by the cost of BYZ Addons that you've purchased in the last 12 months. This relates to the subscription services of BYZ147, BYZ148, and BYZ149. The reduced price will be shown when you get to the confirm-order page (ie after you have entered your domain).

Released: 4/25/2009 10:45:00 AM

BYZ Subscription Services added! You can now subscribe to get addons, or hosting, or both. For people who have bought BYZ addons in the last 12 months, you can trade-in what you've spent on addons in the last 12 months against a reduction in the relevant initial-fee element of the subscription service. This trade-in offer will only last for the next 30 days, so trade-in now! This trade-in relates to BYZ147, BYZ148, and BYZ149. See "subscription services" in the right-panel above or click on "services list" at the top. You'll get/see your discounted price of the subscription when you get to the final "confirm order" page (ie before you make payment, but after you've chosen your domain(s)). For example, if you've spent £120 on BYZ addons in the last 12 months, then you can get BYZ147 for just £37. If you've spent £200 on BYZ addons in the last 12 months then BYZ147 would only cost you £7. The prices concerned relate to prices excluding vat/tax and do not include installation cover/services. PLEASE NOTE: If you already have BYZ072/02 (Installation Cover) then that installation cover becomes invalid after you subscribe.

Released: 4/14/2009 2:00:05 PM

The My-Software screen has been changed to show a traffic-light system which shows a red cross for any modules which need upgrading, and a green tick for any modules which are up to date, which allows you to see at a glance if you need upgrades. NOTE: Please check your my-software screen regularly to see if upgrades are available.

Released: 4/14/2009 2:00:00 PM

Upgrade protection has been added which you can optionally purchase whenever you buy new modules, domains, or upgrade. It will give you permanent cover against the cost of future software upgrades for your module/domain. This is a major change to the bigyellowkey.com system; please let us know if you have any problems/questions.

Released: 2/23/2009 11:05:00 PM

**Notice: There was a temporary glitch with the bigyellowkey.com checkout process today; we have now investigated/fixed the problem. Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Released: 12/1/2008 12:00:01 AM

VAT Reduced to 15% - Following the recent government announcements in the UK, VAT (only payable on orders placed from the EU) has now been reduced from 17.5% to 15% with immediate effect from Midnight 1st December 2008, and will remain at 15% for 13 months. All of the bigyellowkey.com ordering and payment processes have been changed to accommodate this. Customers outside the EU do not pay any VAT. Customers from the UK always pay VAT. Customers from the EU (but outside the UK) who have a valid VAT/Tax number do not pay vat. Customers from the EU (but outside the UK) who do not have a valid VAT/Tax number pay VAT.

Released: 11/10/2008 1:05:00 PM

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) section has been added. Click on the Help link at the top of the page, or click on the FAQs link on the right panel help section.

Released: 10/17/2008 5:05:00 PM

What's New Link added to the top of the BYK screens. This allows you to see all new software released, and all new versions (upgrades) released, in descending date order. Want to know what's been happening on the software front? Just click on "what's new?" at the top of the screen.

Released: 9/2/2008 6:00:00 PM

New Software Vendor! SQLInjectionScanner.com (a sister company of BigYellowZone) is now using the BigYellowKey.com site to distribute anti-hacker tools and other products/services which site owners will find very useful. Visit SQLInjectionScanner.com for more info. If you previously bought the BYZ "hack checker", then check your my-software screen to grab the latest update; it has now become the "SQLInjectionScanner.com Scanner" and the new version has lots more features. A data cleaner is also available, as are check/fix services.

Released: 11/22/2007 4:29:00 PM

Mail-Lists (with discounts) added. Your profile now has a mail-list option at the bottom where you can optionally sign up to mail-lists. Some mail-lists will give you discounts (these discounts will be explained on the mail-list description). Default will always be "no sign up" for any customer, either historic or new customers. You will need to explicitly tick the sign-up box and save the changes to get added to the mail-list (and receive the relevant discount).

Released: 10/16/2007 11:57:00 AM

Live/Archived radio buttons fixed - the live/archived/all radio buttons at the top of your "My Software" (and other "My") screens have now been fixed. They were previously one-step behind what you pressed, but are now correct and automatically refresh as soon as you click on one of the radio buttons.

Released: 10/16/2007 11:56:00 AM

localhost assigned for free - you can now add localhost to any of your licenses during purchases/upgrades, or via your "My Domains" tab, and it will automatically give you the localhost key for free.

Released: 10/16/2007 11:55:00 AM

New version of byk released - if your customer control panel shows you the login screen, then please login again. Once logged in you will no longer need to login again.

Released: 10/11/2007 12:30:00 PM

Upgrade fix applied. There was a problem when upgrading Backfilled BYZ licences, this has now been fixed, but if you upgraded on BYK prior to this news item being added then go into your "My Software" screen, and check if you have multiple versions of a given product for a given domain; if you have multiple versions then press the archive link on the old versions, then go to your license keys page and create a new license key file, then download that key file and upload it to your site.

Released: 10/8/2007 11:50:00 PM

Sub-Modules added to your software lists - We have now ensured that all of your sub-modules are now listed for your main modules on your software screen. This means that you can now upgrade/download either the main module, and/or the sub-modules. Our upgrading and purchasing procedures use "intelligent" bundling, whereby if you've upgraded/bought all the corresponding sub-modules then you'd automatically also be assigned all appropriate parent bundls, and if you buy/upgrade a bundle then it will automatically assign access to all the sub-modules as well. Checkout your "My Software" screen, as it may now be showing you additional/new sub-modules.

Released: 9/28/2007 8:15:00 AM

BYZ Interface Improved - We have now changed our sister site (bigyellowzone.com) so that you will only get directed to bigyellowkey when you checkout, and not each time you add an item to your cart. This means that you can continue freely shopping/browsing on bigyellowzone.com without having to jump between byk/byz sites for each item. Note that for upgrades you should always use bigyellowkey.com for browsing/purchasing, and not bigyellowzone.com.

Released: 9/25/2007 11:45:00 PM

Version History Displays - We've added a link on the product-codes on your "My Software" screen which will popup a printer-friendly page that displays all the product details and the full version history (ie all the release notes of all versions) so that you can now see if you want/need to upgrade specific modules.

Released: 9/23/2007 2:05:00 PM

We're Live ! - BigYellowKey.com has now become a live system. There might be some teething questions/problems following its release, so if you have any questions/problems then please do let us know.

BYZ056 - Google-Base Feed for VP-ASP

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Create a GoogleBase Data Feed file at the push of a button from your VPASP Admin area.

Compatibility, Bundling, and Status Notes:

Compatible with VPASP V4.5 to V7
(previously known as Froogle Feed)
Before installing, you must have installed:
BYZ038
BYZ036

This product includes:
BYZ038
BYZ036

This product is also available in the bundle:
BYZ058

Latest version:		24/08-MAR-2010
From vendor:		BigYellowZone
Price:		£35.00
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Runs direct from VP-ASP Shopadmin.
Specify where to save your Google-Base Feed.
Select cimageurl or extended images.
Set the maximum number of products to extract (useful for testing).

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Technical/Developer Information:
Caters for UK and USA GoogleBase format.

Allows you to split the feeds into separate files automatically using configurable break-points.

Very flexible; has top-level configuration options, as well as separate header/detail configurable files which allow you to output whatever info you like.

Highly tuned to increase speed and reduce memory usage as much as possible.

For further information from the vendor about this product, please visit:
http://www.bigyellowzone.com/shopexd.asp?id=76

Full Version History:

VerNo	Version Date	Release Notes
01	14-DEC-2004	Initial version - Big Yellow Zone Froogle Data Feed Utility For VP-ASP. (single new version created from previously separated versions of BYZ002, BYZ009, BYZ010, BYZ011 which are now redundant following this combined new single version).
02	07-APR-2005	Enhanced to allow for very large numbers of products
03	10-JUL-2005	Enhanced to swap backslashes with forward slashes on generated product URLs and generated image URLs. Files changed were: shopa_generatefrooglefiles.asp byz056_install.asp README.htm
04	10-FEB-2006	Changed documentation to be VP-ASP V6-compliant. BYZ036 Upgraded from V01 to V02. No changes to the main froogle-file generator files were made. Files changed: byz056_install.asp README.htm BYZ036
05	06-MAR-2006	Enhanced to add missing/invalid product-image check as a new option, and submission screen format improved and parameter-field notes clarified. Files changed were: shopa_generatefrooglefiles.asp shopa_generatefrooglefiles_config.asp byz056_install.asp README.htm
06	22-MAR-2006	Minor change to cater for root paths for image data (eg /images/myimage.jpg) Files changed: byz056_install.asp README.htm shopa_generatefrooglefiles.asp
07	05-AUG-2006	Enhanced to add special-character translation and to use Google Base logic/fields instead of Froogle. All files have been changed and renamed and new files created. None of the old shopa_generatefrooglefiles* files are now used
08	06-AUG-2006	Added extra notes to documentation/screen to warn of excel de-formatting date fields and to explain character translation. Changed/corrected the translation logic. Files changed: byz056_install.asp README.htm shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp shopa_generategooglebasefiles_translate_chars_html_config.asp shopa_generategooglebasefiles_translate_chars_raw_config.asp
09	11-AUG-2006	Changed default config options and added more character translations. Added character translation to label-extras values as it was previously not used. Added Supplier logic to the Brand field source options. Files effected: byz056_install.asp (changed) README.htm (changed) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config.asp (changed) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_translate_brands.asp (new) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_translate_chars_raw_config.asp (changed) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed)
10	16-AUG-2006	Changed/corrected the translation logic. Enhanced the label fields construction to avoid spurious commas, spaces, and duplicates. Files changed: byz056_install.asp README.htm shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp shopa_generategooglebasefiles_translate_chars_html_config.asp shopa_generategooglebasefiles_translate_chars_raw_config.asp
11	18-MAY-2007	Changed to be compatible with VPASP V6.5. Upgraded BYZ038 (Licensing) module to cater for VP-ASP V6.5. Brand - existing attribute now always added to the feed, but allows blanks. Condition - new attribute added and made compulsory, and corresponding config options created. Location - new optional attribute added, and corresponding config option created. Product Type - new attribute added and made compulsory, and corresponding config options created. Label - changed to custom keywords attribute. Category - new custom category attribute added. Effected files: byz056_install.asp (changed file) README.htm (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed file)
12	17-OCT-2007	Upgraded BYZ038 (from V07 to V08) Upgraded BYZ036 (from V02 to V04) Changed instructions to be compatible with bigyellowkey.com licensing notes. Effected files: byz056_install.asp (deleted file) README.htm (changed file)
13	14-JUN-2008	Upgraded BYZ038 (from V08 to V09) Substantial changes made to configuration options/logic and field derivation logic following recent changes to Googles specifications. Changed config variable to avoid possible conflicts with other BYZ Addons (particularly with the CMS Addon, BYZ110) - tconfig_striphtml has been renamed to tconfig_gbf_striphtml. Effected files: README.htm (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_system.asp (changed file)
14	10-OCT-2008	Changed to tune (speed up) the processing of the products when generating the feed file. Changed to ReDim some arrays to help reduce memory usage. Effected files: README.htm (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed file)
15	25-OCT-2008	Added weight and payment columns. Restructured to make it easier to add/change column derivations to the feed output. Restructured processing for supplier fields to avoid additional calls to the database for each product record. Added printing of dots and flushing to help avoid timeouts. Changed to deal better with the SQLServer text column (memo) bug. Effected files: README.htm (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_categories_inc.asp (new file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config_details.asp (new file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config_header.asp (new file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_formprocessing_inc.asp (new file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_globalvars_inc.asp (new file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_namedesc.asp (deleted file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_products_inc.asp (new file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_tools_inc.asp (new file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_translate_brands.asp (changed file)
16	11-FEB-2009	Upgraded BYZ038 (from V09 to V10) Upgraded BYZ036 (from V04 to V05) Added version control/file. Effected files: README.htm (changed file) byz$056_version.asp (new file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed file)
17	24-FEB-2009	Change of fields (category) logic following the withdrawal of the c:category field from GoogleBases specifications (changed c:category to use c:shopcategory instead in the header file). Effected files: README.htm (changed file) byz$056_version.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config_header.asp (changed file)
18	21-JUL-2009	Added new functions which help keep comma-separated values below a certain number (eg for keywords). This is needed because GoogleBase have now started to restrict the number of comma-separated values allowed inside custom attributes to be no more than 9. See the Tip (restricting CSV values) topic within the BYZ056 readme file for more info. Effected files: README.htm (changed file) byz$056_version.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config_details.asp (changed file; call added to keywords and category field output to the BYZ_GBF_REPLACE_FORMAX_CSV_VALUE function) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_tools_inc.asp (changed file)
19	25-AUG-2009	Changed price logic in the feed to take account of minimumquantity of product if set. Note that googlebase now force you to show the (minqty*unitprice) as your price in the feed file when you have a minimum quantity set for the product in question, failure to adhere to this will cause the corresponding items to be rejected by google. Effected files: README.htm (changed file) byz$056_version.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config_details.asp (changed file)
20	03-DEC-2009	Added new config options (tconfig_gbf_columns_to_query_products and tconfig_gbf_columns_to_query_categories) to allow you to speficy columns to select from products/categories (instead of the default select *) which can be used for sites which have very large numbers of products to help minimise memory usage on the main queries. Effected files: README.htm (changed file) byz$056_version.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_formprocessing_inc.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_globalvars_inc.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_products_inc.asp (changed file)
21	05-DEC-2009	Added extra config option (tconfig_gbf_breakpoint_productcount) for break-points when very large numbers of products are listed, and changed feed generation to create additional feed files at each break-point reached. Added sql connection timeout setting so that long queries dont time out. Tuned bottom-level category logic to use a temporary table to store the levels and trees. NOTE: The tuning aspect of this version is a considerable improvement for large databases and will speed up the feed a lot. Effected files: README.htm (changed file) byz$056_version.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_categories_inc.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_formprocessing_inc.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_globalvars_inc.asp (changed file) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_products_inc.asp (changed file)
22	01-JAN-2010	Changed to be compatible with VPASP V7 (this version does not cater for situations where xSEODynamicEnable=Yes). Added new config options (tconfig_gbf_default_parent_exc and tconfig_gbf_default_child_exc) to be able to optionally exclude parent and/or sub products. Added version control settings to the bottom of the shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config.asp file. Upgraded BYZ038 (from V10 to V11) Upgraded BYZ036 (from V05 to V06) Effected files: README.htm (changed file) byz$056_version.asp (changed file for all vpasp versions) shopa_generategooglebasefiles.asp (changed file for all vpasp versions) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_config.asp (changed file for all vpasp versions) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_formprocessing_inc.asp (changed file for all vpasp versions) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_globalvars_inc.asp (changed file for all vpasp versions) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_products_inc.asp (changed file for all vpasp versions) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_categories_inc.asp (changed file for vpaspv7+ version only) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_translate_brands.asp (changed file for vpaspv7+ version only)
23	13-FEB-2010	Added calculated category tree branch description to the end of the select-list to help avoid cursors being blanked out due to sqlserver bugs. Upgraded BYZ038 (from V11 to V12) Upgraded BYZ036 (from V06 to V07) Effected files: README.htm (changed file) byz$056_version.asp (changed file for all vpasp versions) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_products_inc.asp (changed file for all vpasp versions)
24	08-MAR-2010	Corrected a bug which was not allowing the last column in the products table to be found when using the BYZ_GBF_COLUMN_VALUE functions in the details config files. Effected files: README.htm (changed file) byz$056_version.asp (changed file for all vpasp versions) shopa_generategooglebasefiles_tools_inc.asp (changed file for all vpasp versions)