CartProductFeed API: Feed Generation Part 3 – PActionBeforeFeed

Data leaves the Content Management System and enters a feed in a controlled process. There are four points where your custom modifier can hook the feed generation process. This post discusses the third of those four points and the differences. PActionBeforeFeed is the third hook. It takes the harmonized product and makes any changes that […]

CartProductFeed API: Feed Generation Part 2 – PActionAfterLoad

Data leaves the Content Management System and enters a feed in a controlled process. There are four points where your custom modifier can hook the feed generation process. This post discusses the second of those four points and the differences. PActionAfterLoad is the second hook. It occurs once for each product immediately after that product […]

CartProductFeed API

These topics discuss how to extend the functionality of the Cart Product Feed plugin using “Custom Modifiers”. To make use of this, you will need an understanding of PHP.   Custom Modifiers can add and remove attributes on the fly. They can change the contents of the attributes or even reformat the feed output. They […]

Upgrading the Plugin: Old to New

This page will bring you up to date and guide you in upgrading to the new Shopping Cart Export Plugin! Our old Purple XMLs plugin has been rebranded and updated considerably: we have enhanced performance and scalability, tweaked the way attributes are mapped and have added (and will continue to add) new targets, such as Amazon Seller, Bing, […]

WP e-Commerce to Bing! Product Ads Upload

Pre-requisites Before you’re able to publish a Bing Catalog File: Create a Bing Ads Account: Sign up for Bing Ads Verify your website through: Bing Webmaster Tools Add a Merchant Center Store: Create your Bing Merchant Center Store *View the videos below for a complete video guide to setting up Bing Product Ads. Step-by-step How […]

WP e-Commerce to Amazon Seller Central Product Upload

Pre-requisites An Amazon Professional Seller Account – which will provide access to Amazon’s volume listing tools Have a WP e-Commerce Store with products, Amazon’s required attributes, categories and variations Step-by-step How To’s View the supported Templates/Categories – Request a category Install the Shopping Cart Product Feed Plugin Generate an Amazon Inventory File Upload an Inventory […]

WP e-Commerce to Google Merchant Shopping Product Upload

Pre-requisites To upload your products to Google Shopping, you will need to: Create a Google Merchant Account Verify and claim your website URL Have a WP e-Commerce Store with products, variations and attributes Step by Step Instructions Install the Shopping Cart Product Feed Generate Google Data Feed Upload Data Feed to Google Merchant Center – […]

Generate Merchant Feed From WP e-Commerce

This page explains how to configure the Cart Product Feed plugin to generate your first data feed. *Note: Steps here are similar across all Merchants 1. Create Feeds Page To start creating feeds, from the WordPress Admin’s left navigation bar click CartProductFeed. 2. Enter Valid License Key Skip this step to continue using the product for free […]

VirtueMart to Bing! Product Ads Upload

Pre-requisites Before you’re able to publish a Bing Catalog File: Create a Bing Ads Account: Sign up for Bing Ads Verify your website through: Bing Webmaster Tools Add a Merchant Center Store: Create your Bing Merchant Center Store VirtueMart Store complete with products, product categories and custom fields *View the videos below for a complete […]

Google Merchant Shopping Upload Errors

Item Errors (you may come across one or more of these) Missing tax information Tax must be specified in the ‘tax’ attribute or in your account settings. Note: Allow 15 minutes for account settings to take effect before uploading a new feed. Missing required attribute: gender Please make sure you include all required attributes in […]