Instruction GOOGLE MERCHANT FEED for CS-CART

Download and install

1. Download the plugin archive from the Shop Pinta store and save it on your computer.

2. In the admin panel of your website, select Add-ons > Manage add-ons.

3. On the Add-ons page, select Manual installation from the list of options.

4. In the opened window Upload & install add-on, click the Local button (1).

5. Upload the plugin archive (2) and click the Upload & install button (3).

6. To configure the plugin, select the section on the main menu of the admin panel Marketing > Google Merchant Feed Product. It will appear after installation.

Plugin page

The plugin page includes:

1. The Company field (1) - to select the vendor for which the feed will be generated.

2. The Language field (2) - to select the language for displaying products in the feed, which corresponds to the language of the product on your website.

3. The Currency field (3) - to select the type of currency for your products.

4. The Options block (4) - to select the appropriate options if the options of your website differ from the standard ones:

• The Type fields checkbox - to display an extended list of options (position Options / Features).

• Fields Color, Size, Pattern, Material, Brand, GTIN, MPN, Age group, Gender, Shipping label, Shipping weight - to select the options.

5. The Update Google category feed field (5) - to enter the URL of the Google categories and click the Save button to update the list of Google categories. By default, the list of Google categories is already added to the plugin.

To update the list of Google categories, enter the address where Google categories are located and click the Update button. By default, a list of Google categories is added to the plugin.

1. для обновления списка Google категорий укажите адрес, где находятся Google категории, и нажмите кнопку Save. По умолчанию, список Google категорий добавлен в плагин.

6. In the Google main category column, select the categories corresponding to your products.

7. Additionally, you can specify Google subcategories in the Google subcategory column.

 

To save the plugin settings, click the Save button.

To generate a feed in a new browser window as a web page, click the Generate xml to web page button (1) or copy the link in the Link to copy block (2).

To use the cron command, copy the data in the Command for cron block (3) and paste it into cron.

To generate a feed as a file, click the Generate xml to file button (4). The generated feed will open in a new browser window. Or copy the link in the Url to feed file block (5).

You can also generate a feed depending on the currency and language.

In the Generation of url depending on currency and language block, select the language (1) and currency (2) options. To generate a feed, click on the Create link button (3).

The data feed opens in a new browser window.

Using the Product list block, you can create custom feeds by adding or excluding certain products.

In order to use a product filter, enable the checkbox next to the Use product filter field (1).

In the Product filter type (2) drop-down list, you can select one of 4 filter types:

1. Only selected.

2. Everything except selected.

3. Add selected to list.

4. Exclude selected from the list.

Below is a list of all the store's products. You can select the desired products by checking the checkboxes.

Sign up for a Google account if you don't already have one, and create an account with Google Merchant Center.

In the Google Merchant Center, select Products (1) and click the Create product feed (2).

In the opened block New primary feed select Country of sale (1), select Language (2) and click the Continue button (3).

Next, name your feed (1), select Scheduled fetch option (2) and click the Continue button (3).

Upload your data feed:

1. Copy the feed address in the browser line (1).

 

2. Paste it into the File URL field (1).

3. Click the Create feed button (2).

Next, click the Fetch now button (1). After loading occurs, the number of products (2) will be displayed.

All products from your website corresponding to the selected categories are uploaded to your Google Merchant Center account and displayed in a table.

A detailed description of the product is in the Product Card. To open the product card, click on the product in the table.