Comments on: Using PhpBase to update GoogleBase

By: Simple SEO » Has GoogleBase missed the mark?

Simple SEO » Has GoogleBase missed the mark? — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:44:55 +0000

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By: z landolt

z landolt — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:29:35 +0000

Thanks for the rss example. Hopefully I will be able to use that on my blog someday.
Keep up the good work.

By: Branden Moskwa

Branden Moskwa — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:22:16 +0000

I wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate you on a very high quality Blog. I have personally added your Blog to the http://www.nubbit.com Blog directory as I feel it meets our high acceptance standards providing our site visitors the quality Blog content they are in search of.

[snip]brown nosing[/snip]

Congratulations and thanks in advance,
Branden Moskwa, co-founder
http://www.nubbit.com

By: Bermi Ferrer

Bermi Ferrer — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:23:27 +0000

“I just used the code in the download file and missed all those extra bits in the repository. Perhaps there should be something on the PhpBase site to make it clearer that people should look there.��

On the PhpBase’s left menu you can find the option “Souce Code” http://www.phpbase.org/source_code where you have a link to the Subversion repository, and on the top menu a link to the Berlios development site http://developer.berlios.de/projects/phpbase/

“Now, my outstanding problem, and I�ll check to see if your RSS code has a different output, is that Google won�t validate my feed. Grrr��

At the end of the google base Rss2 specs page http://base.google.com/base/rss_specs.html you have some samples, and surprisingly http://base.google.com/base/news2.xml doesn’t have a prolog like the ones they recommend.

Have you tried uploading your articles as tabbed data?

By: sarahk

sarahk — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:20:37 +0000

Hi Berni

I just used the code in the download file and missed all those extra bits in the repository. Perhaps there should be something on the PhpBase site to make it clearer that people should look there.

As for the a+ -> New Zealand webhosts have a fascination with safe_mode and no number of examples and explanations will convince them otherwise. Most of the time it’s no big deal but from time to time you just want to scream. In this case the original code wouldn’t work until I made the change. You can lose alot of time fighting little things like this

Now, my outstanding problem, and I’ll check to see if your RSS code has a different output, is that Google won’t validate my feed. Grrr! I copied the code from their site so it jolly well should! Here’s where I have asked for assistance:

Google Base Help Discussion > Bulk uploads > RSS2.0: Content is not allowed in prolog.
DigitalPoint > Google Base: Bulk Upload: RSS2.0: Content is not allowed in prolog

In the meantime there’s only one movie theatre in town still showing the Harry Potter movie and they have only one session this weekend. I promised the kids they could see it at the movies on a wet day and if I want to avoid being the “worst mother” I’d better hot foot it out the door! Shame it’s a beautiful day