Resolved VM3 Exclude No-Image products from export

Hello Chris,

All is well thanks, how about yourself?

This is not so easy to do with the current implementation because certain data might already have been spit out before it gets to the image, so you would end up with a broken export.

I have said it before and will say it again, CSVI could do with a specialised Google Merchant export. Could you send me an email with the basic requirements that such an export would need? I can build the export accordingly, we can tweak it where necessary. It would be appreciated.

Hi Roland,

All is ok here too, ofcourse still shaken by the Paris attacks.

This is not so easy to do with the current implementation because certain data might already have been spit out before it gets to the image, so you would end up with a broken export.

Understood, i just thought that it would be easier to have a flag which, if set, CSVI will first check the image and then decide whether to proceed with the product processing.

CSVI is already doing a good job on the export, ofcourse tweaks are needed and i can help with that, if you are interested see below relevant product feed specification:

https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/188494?hl=en

See also attached one of our Google Merchant Export Templates which we are currently using.

Rgrds,
Chris

Hello Chris,

Thank you for the information, I will have a look at it and see what I can come up with.

Hello Chris,

It has been some time since I had a chance to look at this. Now there is news

In CSVI 6.6.0, the next feature release I have added code to check for images of a product, if they don't exist, look for any possible parent images. If those do not exist, check for a default value. If that doesn't exist either, the product will be excluded from the export.

In addition I am building support for shipping rates using the VirtueMart shipping rules, so it's all dynamic