create-a-feed question

[gary]

Once I download this create-a-feed data to my hard drive, how do i get it loaded or upload to where.
Is there a special script, a plug in, file, ftp.
I am new at this and confused.

http://datafeed.api.productserve.com/datafeed/download/apikey/cea2a97131b5952a5a1ce90cf2b1d120/cid/209/mid/808/columns/merchant_id,merchant_name,aw_product_id,merchant_p roduct_id,product_name,description,category_id,cat egory_name,merchant_category,aw_deep_link,aw_image _url,search_price,delivery_cost,merchant_deep_link ,merchant_image_url/format/csv/delimiter/,/compression/zip/

Thanks for any help.

[currentstyle]

Phew, you're a long way down the ladder my friend, firstly, what you have downloaded is a zip file, you need to unzip the contents to your hard drive, tell me something, PC or Mac? So I can carry on without giving you wrong information :rolleyes:

[gary]

Thanks for your reply currentstyle.

PC.

[currentstyle]

OK, PC, unzip the file using winzip winrar or windows zip folders, you should then see a file called datafeed_89617.csv

You can open this in excel or notepad to view the contents.

Tell me something, do you have web-hosting with php and mysql databases?

Anthony

[gary]

I am with justhost.com.
Yes I have have web-hosting with php and mysql databases.

[currentstyle]

Do you have any idea how to insert a csv file into a mysql database, excuse all the questions, but, its hard to gauge your knowledge without asking, if the answer to the above is no, then I'll point you at these resources http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=108159 , http://www.legend.ws/blog/tips-tricks/csv-php-mysql-import/ if the answer is yes, then all is well and good, and thats what you should do after unzipping the archive.

Anthony

[Bluesplayer]

I think your best bet is to use a script like this one:

Affilistore (http://www.affilistore.com/)

You will find tutorials for incorporating affiliatewindow feeds here:

Affilistore date feeds (http://www.affiliate-stores.co.uk/index.php/tutorials/affilistore/affilistore-data-feeds/)

Pretty easy to incorporate shopwindow feeds into the above script.

Free if you keep the footer urls in place.

[lizdav]

Yep.

It is really easy with the right script.

I am owner of the Affiliate Stores - Build your own online store (http://www.affiliate-stores.co.uk) blog.

The Affilistore and Affilistore Enhanced scripts do make it easy to import feeds, not just from Affiliate Window, but also from the other networks that support csv type datafeeds.

I spent a lot of time developing the tutorials to help those starting with various levels of knowledge ... i.e. I even assume no knowledge about how to even register a domain. I therefore hope that anyone can find the right level of Affilistore 'getting started' help to suit their base knowledge.

My barbecue store (http://www.bbq-store.co.uk) is a simple example of what can be done with Affilistore 2.1. Affilistore Enhanced is even more powerful.

I am not knocking ShopWindow here or seeking to promote one script over another as others do exist such as Datafeed Studio (http://www.datafeedstudio.com). Have a look around and see what works for you.

Shopwindow only works with AffiliateWindow, wheras other scripts will work cross-network by pulling in regular feeds.