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1. If entered products whose weight is less than this value will be excluded The next group of fields are used to compensate for a bug in the SMT compiler that is part of Miva Empresa You will need to use these fields if you want to create short links or other hardcoded URLs within your template and you are using a version of Empresa lower than 5 08 To check what version you are using click the Main link at the top of the left frame in your Miva Merchant administration and then on the right side look for a line like Miva Merchant Engine v5 06 If the version is 5 08 or higher you do not need to use these fields Category Short URL Format The short link format for your category page urls An example would be http www yourdomain com catcode html See the section string tokens for a list of available tokens This can be accessed in the template with the entity amp mvt category shorturl Product Short URL Format The short link format for your product page urls An example would be http www yourdomain com prodcode html See the section string tokens for a list of available tokens This can be accessed in the template with the entity amp mvt product shorturl Token String 1 Format An additional token string field that works like the short URL format fields for the purpose of creating additional hardcoded URLs in your feed files For example if you base your image filenames on your product2. example fruits vegetables The radio button Exclude these categories will build the file with all categories except the ones listed here The radio button Include only these categories will build the file copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC with only these categories PLEASE NOTE this does not exclude or include PRODUCTS based on the categories they are assigned to the next option Include Exclude Products by Category does that Users often get these two fields confused Include Exclude Products by Category Enter a pipe delimited list of category codes that you want to include for example fruits vegetables The radio button Exclude products in these categories will build the file with all products except the ones assigned to categories listed here The radio button Include only products in these categories will build the file with only products that are assigned to these categories Maximum Price If entered products whose price is greater than this value will be excluded Minimum Price If entered products whose price is less than this value will be excluded Maximum Cost If entered products whose cost is greater than this value will be excluded Minimum Cost If entered products whose cost is less than this value will be excluded Maximum Weight If entered products whose weight is greater than this value will be excluded Minimum Weight
3. gt O Daud ese progecs O basde ont Dere posudi gt Excuse AS N Mee CNAs VDE Ory HEOTI N PESE CHEGO copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC There are a number of settings on this page Feed Name The name you assign the feed this is for descriptive purposes and is not used when generating the feed File Name The name of the file that gets created when you generate the feed This will be an actual file that is stored on your server and that can be downloaded to your harddrive uploaded to comparison shopping engines etc Last Run This is not an editable field but it lets you see when the feed was last generated If it has not yet been generated it will say Never Copy Completed Feed File To By default the feed files are placed in your exports directory such as mivadata Merchant5 s01 export This location is typically not accessible by a web browser If you want to copy the file to a web accessible location after it s been generated enter that value here For example enter a forward slash to copy it to your root directory Or enter feedsoutput to copy the file to a folder called feedsoutput Then you could read the file by going to http www yourdomain com thefile txt or http www yourdomain com feedsoutput thefile txt Template This is where you define what your template will generate when it s run against your store Use Store Morph Technology for if statements and foreach
4. loops and to print out the values of variables such as the category name or product price Use a character to print a tab to the output file For more details see the Store Morph Technology section of this document Notes Like many Miva Merchant templates Ultimate Feed Generator stores a revision history of the template Here you can give your revision a name Leaving it blank will assign the current timestamp to the revision name Versions Use this section to recall previous revisions of the template if needed Exclude Inactive Products Categories Checking this box will exclude any products and categories that are marked as inactive in your store Unchecking the box will include both active and inactive products and categories Exclude Out of Stock Products If checked this excludes out of stock products using the built in inventory system availability with Miva Merchant It does not yet work with the new Wombat enabled attribute level inventory Include Exclude Products Enter a pipe delimited list of product codes that you want to include for example apple banana pear The radio button Exclude these products will build the file with all products except the ones listed here The radio button Include only these products will build the file with only these products Include Exclude Categories Enter a pipe delimited list of category codes that you want to include for
5. 1 image jpg amp mvt product price Product Price no price groups or other adjustments made amp mvt product cost Product Cost amp mvt product descrip Product Description as entered including all line breaks and HTML amp mvt product descripNoHtml Product Description with all HTML and line breaks removed amp mvt product descripNoBreaks Product Description with line breaks removed but without any HTML tags removed amp mvt product weight Product weight amp mvt product taxable 1 or 0 depending on if product is taxable or not amp mvt product active 1 or O depending on if product is active or not amp mvt product lastupdated When the product was last updated amp mvt product tstr1 Product s token string 1 see explanation of token strings above where the admin settings screen is described amp mvt product tstr2 Product s token string 2 amp mvt product tstr3 Product s token string 3 amp mvt product tstr4 Product s token string 4 amp mvt product tstr1L Product s token string 1 converted to lower case copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC amp mvt product tstr2L Product s token string 2 converted to lower case amp mvt product tstr3L Product s token string 3 converted to lower case amp mvt product tstr4L Product s token string 4 converted to lower
6. BLAZON Version 5 091 Check for Updates Copyright 2002 2006 by NetElazon Module Stings Select a ID Feedname Filename Last Run Ferdina faedexacioni 11 16 2010 1022 Run Feed Edit XO Shemap Google Yahoo and Bing sitemaps Never Run Feed Edit GoogeGase ooglebasett 11 16 2010 1022 Runfeed Edit PriceGrabber pricegrabbertt Never Bun feed Edit Yahoo Product Submit daad Never Run fees Edit The main screen lists the feed templates already defined in the module For each template you can see its numeric ID the name of the feed the filename generated and the last time the feed was run You can run a single feed by clicking on its Run Feed link or you can generate multiple feeds by selecting their Select checkboxes and then clicking the Run Selected button in the lower right corner To edit a feed click its Edit link and to delete a feed check its Select checkbox and then click the Delete button You can add a new template by clicking the Add button in the top right corner When you add or edit a new feed template you ll see the details screen copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC Qaumata EAG I iire NETBEBLAZON Qoogiesase St Never Coty Compote Feed Fie ttn Tongi demription ia iink price pitie imepe LNW VELGIT SONIITLOM lt mytifgesech iteretor prodoct arraye products gt QmyEtprodsctidescesp oters imye procsctroode teyergichal comain lt mee LOReeEh
7. In the popup window click the Browse button Browse to the location where you stored the files from extracted from the ZIP file Select NBFEEDS5 mvc Click the Upload button When the module has been uploaded the small Upload File window will disappear leaving you with the main Miva admin screen visible 11 Click the Add button on the main Miva admin screen won Oo es Ne Associating the Module with a Store 1 Under your store on the left side of the admin click Utilities 2 In the module list you should see an entry for NetBlazon s Ultimate Feed Generator 3 Check the checkbox next to this module and click the Update button Entering your License Key 1 After assigning the module to the store you should see a tab across the top of the right hand screen in admin labeled Ultimate Feed Generator 2 Click the tab and the module will present you with a form for entering your license key 3 Copy and paste your license key into the box and click the Update button copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC Usage To use the Ultimate Feed Generator module click the plus sign next to Utilities on the left side of your Miva Merchant administration screen Then click the Ultimate Feed Generator link in the section that opens up below Utilities The main Ultimate Feed Generator screen will be displayed on the right side mentation FAQs Support Ultimate Feed Generator Lcense key r NSTS
8. Ultimate Feed Generator user manual Miva Module for Miva Merchant 5 Contents e Introduction e Requirements Installation e Usage e Store Morph Technology e Support copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC Introduction Ultimate Feed Generator is a tool for generating product feeds and sitemaps It can be used to create feeds for e Comparison Shopping Engines such as Shopzilla NexTag Shopping com PriceGrabber etc e Search engine sitemaps XML Sitemaps for Google Bing Yahoo and Ask com e HTML Store Maps static site map page s on your own site that link to every or selected product and category The module comes with several pre defined feeds an XML Sitemap a GoogleBase template and a feed for our FeedExact service Feeds are defined using Store Morph Technology the same scripting language you use to build your Miva Merchant store s pages Ultimate Feed Generator fully supports SMT s mvt if mvt else statements mvt foreach loops and entities for bringing in dynamic data Feeds can be generated individually or you can select multiple feeds and run them at once Check them all off and go to lunch while it processes for instance The output feeds can be delimited text files XML files HTML files or other plain text files The module has built in support for the following e Custom Product Fields e Custom Category Fields e Attributes and Options including Attribute Templates e Primary Category f
9. butes and options For example lt mvt foreach iterator product array products gt amp mvt product code amp mvt product name etc lt mvt foreach iterator attribute array product attributes gt lt mvt foreach iterator option array attribute options gt amp mvt attribute code amp mvt option code etc lt mvt foreach gt lt mvt foreach gt lt mvt foreach gt Category Entities amp mvt category id Numeric category ID amp mvt category parent_id Numeric ID of this category s parent category amp mvt category parent_code Code of this category s parent category amp mvt category agrpcount Count of the number of availability groups the category is assigned to amp mvt category disp_order Numeric display order of the category within the store amp mvt category code Category code amp mvt category name Category name amp mvt category active 1 or O depending on if category is active or not amp mvt category shorturl The short URL to the category page as defined in the short URL field see explanation of token strings above where the admin settings screen is described amp mvt category tstr1 Category s token string 1 see explanation of token strings above where the admin settings screen is described amp mvt category tstr2 Category s token string 2 amp mvt category tstr3 Category s token string 3 amp mvt
10. case amp mvt product tstr1U Product s token string 1 converted to upper case amp mvt product tstr2U Product s token string 2 converted to upper case amp mvt product tstr3U Product s token string 3 converted to upper case amp mvt product tstr4U Product s token string 4 converted to upper case amp mvt product prodstats Number of times the product has been sold since the last time the store s statistics were reset amp mvt product rating Product rating only available when Sebenza s Ultimate Ratings and Reviews is installed amp mvt product reviewcount Number of product reviews only available when Sebenza s Ultimate Ratings and Reviews is installed amp mvt product inventory The actual number of items in inventory may be positive or negative or zero amp mvt product positivelnventory The actual number of items in inventory where negative counts have been changed to zero necessary for Amazon Seller Central feeds amp mvt product shorturl The short URL to the product page as defined in the short URL field see explanation of token strings above where the admin settings screen is described amp mvt product catcodes A comma delimited list of category codes amp mvt product catcodespipe A pipe delimited list of category codes amp mvt product catids A comma delimited list of numeric category IDs a
11. category tstr4 Category s token string 2 amp mvt category tree_image The category tree image is not fully qualified exactly as shown in database amp mvt category title_image The category title image is not fully qualified exactly as shown in database Product Entities amp mvt product id Numeric product id amp mvt product catcount Count of the categories the product is assigned to amp mvt product agrpcount Count of the number of availability groups the product is assigned to amp mvt product pgrpcount Count of the number of price groups the copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC product is assigned to amp mvt product disp_order Numeric display order of the product within the store amp mvt product code Product code amp mvt product name Product Name amp mvt product nameNoHTML Product Name with all HTML removed amp mvt product thumbnail Thumbnail as stored in the database e g graphics 00000001 thumbnail jpg amp mvt product thumbnailFull Fully qualified path to the thumbnail e g http wwwyourdomain com mm5 graphic s 00000001 thumbnail jpg amp mvt product image Full sized image as stored in the database e g graphics O0000001 image jpg amp mvt product imageFull Fully qualified path to the full sized image e g http wwwyourdomain com mm5 graphic s 0000000
12. code instead of specifying them in the database fields you might set this to http www yourdomain com images prodcode jpg This can be accessed in the template with the entity amp mvt product tstr1 Token String 2 A second token string see Token String 1 Format This can be accessed in Format the template with the entity amp mvt product tstr2 Token String 3 A third token string see Token String 1 Format This can be accessed in Format the template with the entity amp mvt product tstr3 copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC Token String 4 A fourth token string see Token String 1 Format This can be accessed in Format the template with the entity amp mvt product tstr4 The remaining fields can be used no matter what version of Empresa your site uses Load Attributes and Check this box if you want to load and use the attribute and option data Options for your products Loading this data takes the feed longer to generate so leave it unchecked if you do not need this data Load Custom Fields Check this box if you want to load and use the custom category and or custom product field data Loading this data takes the feed longer to generate so leave it unchecked if you do not need this data Load Primary Check this box if you are using our Category Breadcrumbs Plus module Category from and its primary category feature It will load the primary category for Category each product Loading th
13. default option amp mvt attribute disp_order Display order of the attribute amp mvt attribute code Attribute code amp mvt attribute type Attribute type text select checkbox memo radio amp mvt attribute prompt Attribute prompt amp mvt attribute price Attribute price only for text checkbox and memo types amp mvt attribute cost Attribute cost amp mvt attribute weight Attribute weight amp mvt attribute required 1 or O depending on if attribute is required or not amp mvt attribute image Attribute image Option Entities amp mvt option id Numeric ID of the option amp mvt option disp_order Display order of the option amp mvt option code Option code amp mvt option prompt Option prompt amp mvt option price Option price amp mvt option cost Option cost amp mvt option weight Option weight amp mvt option image Option image copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC Support For questions or problems with your Ultimate Feed Generator module please send email to support netblazon com or visit our helpdesk at https www netblazon com support helpdesk copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC
14. is data takes the feed longer to generate so Breadcrumbs Plus leave it unchecked if you do not need this data Store Morph Technology With your template definition you should use the same Store Morph Technology used on the pages within Miva Merchant You can use the pre defined templates to get an idea of how this works within Ultimate Feed Generator The main things you will use are lt mvt if gt lt mvt else gt tags and lt mvt foreach gt loops and entities such as amp mvt product name Most likely in a feed template you will want to loop through your categories and or products and print out information about each one The two main loops you can use in a template look like this Category loop lt mvt foreach iterator category array categories gt amp mvt category code amp mvt category name etc lt mvt foreach gt Product loop lt mvt foreach iterator product array products gt amp mvt product code amp mvt product name etc lt mvt foreach gt The caret character is a special character that will be replaced with a tab when the feed is generated This is used to make tab delimited text files Inside each loop you use entities such as amp mvt product code which are replaced with the actual code for each product A full list of available entities is shown later in this document copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC Within the product loop you may want to loop through attri
15. mp mvt product catidspipe A pipe delimited list of numeric category IDs amp mvt product catnames A comma delimited list of category names amp mvt product catnamespipe A pipe delimited list of category names amp mvt product categorytrail A breadcrumb style hierarchy based on the first category assignment in the database copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC such as Food gt Fruits gt Citrus amp mvt product primarycategorycode The code of the primary category as specified in NetBlazon s Category Breadcrumbs Plus module amp mvt product primarycategoryname The name of the primary category as specified in NetBlazon s Category Breadcrumbs Plus module amp mvt product primarycategorybreadcrumbs A breadcrumb style hierarchy based on the primary category as specified in NetBlazon s Category Breadcrumbs Plus module such as Food gt Fruits gt Citrus amp mvt product customfield_values customfields T HECODE The value of the custom field with the code THECODE amp mvt product customfield_values customfields_c lean THECODE The value of the custom field with the code THECODE with all HTML removed Attribute Entities amp mvt attribute id Numeric attribute id amp mvt attribute attemp_id Numeric attribute template ID only if it s a linked attribute template amp mvt attribute default_id ID of the
16. rom our Category Breadcrumbs Plus module e Sales Statistics e Ratings and Review Count from Sebenza s Ultimate Reviews module e Any style of short links including optional the URLSTUB custom product field format from our Smart Links for SEO module There are also options that allow you to include or exclude products categories based on the following rules e Whether the product or category is active or inactive e Whether the product is in stock e Minimum and maximum weight e Minimum and maximum price e Minimum and maximum cost e Include or Exclude products by code pipe delimited list of product codes e Include or Exclude products by category code pipe delimited list of category codes e Include or Exclude categories by code pipe delimited list of category codes copyright 2009 2010 by NetBlazon LLC Requirements 1 Miva Merchant 5 5 2 MySQL backend while the module may work on mivasql based stores it is not supported and may be subject to Application Timeout errors 3 Miva Merchant Engine v5 06 or higher see note below about short URLs and token strings if you re using a version lower than 5 08 Installation Installing the Module Unzip the module s ZIP file to your hard drive Log into your Miva admin utility Expand the navigation tree next to Global Settings on the left side of the screen Click the link Add next to the Modules link Click the Upload button on the right side of the screen
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