Cs Cart Tutorial – How to create a data feed
Oct 11, 2013, by admin
Hi all Now we are going to see in the post is How to create a data-feed in Cs Cart the steps are given below
- In the administration panel, go to Administration > Data feeds.
- Click the Add data feed button.
- Fill in the fields in the opened window:
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- Data feed name – Name of the data feed.
- Filename – Name of the exported file.
- Language – Language of the data in the feed.
- Category delimiter – Delimiter to separate child and parent categories.
- Features delimiter – Delimiter for product features.
- Images directory – Directory where product images are located. Used for images without a path specified.
- Files directory – Directory where files for downloadable products are located. Used for files without a path specified.
- Price decimal separator – Decimal separator for product prices.
- CSV delimiter – Delimiter to separate data in the feed.
- Status – Status of the data feed (Active or Disabled).
- Server directory – Directory on your server where the data feed will be exported to. Make sure the directory has writable permissions.
- FTP server – URL of the target directory on the FTP server to which the data feed must be uploaded.
NOTE: The URL that you enter into this field must be of the following format: host[:port]/directory. For example, ftp.example.com:21/home/johndoe/feeds.
- FTP username – Your username to access the FTP server.
- FTP password – Your password to access the FTP server.
- Export by cron to – Option to select where the data feed must be uploaded to: A directory on the current server or a third-party FTP server.
- Open the Exported items tab in the same window and add the necessary products and/or categories.
- Open the Fields mapping tab.
Use this tab to arrange a list of fields included in the data feed. Each field has the following attributes:- Pos. – Position of the field relatively to the position of the other fields in the data feed.
- Field name – Name of the field.
- Field type – Meaning of the data in the field.
- Active – Checkbox to control the availability of the field.
- Click the Create button.
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- Data feed name – Name of the data feed.
- Filename – Name of the exported file.
- Language – Language of the data in the feed.
- Category delimiter – Delimiter to separate child and parent categories.
- Features delimiter – Delimiter for product features.
- Images directory – Directory where product images are located. Used for images without a path specified.
- Files directory – Directory where files for downloadable products are located. Used for files without a path specified.
- Price decimal separator – Decimal separator for product prices.
- CSV delimiter – Delimiter to separate data in the feed.
- Status – Status of the data feed (Active or Disabled).
- Server directory – Directory on your server where the data feed will be exported to. Make sure the directory has writable permissions.
- FTP server – URL of the target directory on the FTP server to which the data feed must be uploaded.
NOTE: The URL that you enter into this field must be of the following format: host[:port]/directory. For example, ftp.example.com:21/home/johndoe/feeds.
- FTP username – Your username to access the FTP server.
- FTP password – Your password to access the FTP server.
- Export by cron to – Option to select where the data feed must be uploaded to: A directory on the current server or a third-party FTP server.
- Open the Exported items tab in the same window and add the necessary products and/or categories.
- Open the Fields mapping tab.
Use this tab to arrange a list of fields included in the data feed. Each field has the following attributes:- Pos. – Position of the field relatively to the position of the other fields in the data feed.
- Field name – Name of the field.
- Field type – Meaning of the data in the field.
- Active – Checkbox to control the availability of the field.
- Click the Create button.
