Dear Admin,
I am interested in purchasing this product and would like to know something more about it. I have my requirements as below:
1. Having different xml data files containing products price,description,keywords etc from different vendors.
2. I have MySQL support and php 4 installed on my web hosting provider.
3. I need to display products based on key word(s) entered by user
4. I don't want my xml data to be stored in my database.
5. My xml data provided by vendors will keep on updating and search results should consider updated xml data
6. I need to have map URL of vender xml data instead of physically store those xml data files on my server.
7. I need to map my own defined categories with different products of various xml data provided by multiple vendors
Please let me know that this product can satisfy my all above requirements. Also let me know that if I purchase this Price Tapestry product, I will get Magic Parser with it or I need to buy it separetly?
Nailesh
Hello Nailesh,
>> Having different xml data files containing products price,description,keywords etc from different vendors.
Price Tapestry can read almost any XML file so this is no problem. Just put the feed from each vendor into the /feeds/ directory of your site. However, please note that "keywords", if they are in a separate field in the feed are not imported. The search engine is based entirely on the product name.
>> I have MySQL support and php 4 installed on my web hosting provider.
That is fine, as long as MySQL is > 3.23.23. You can check with this script:
http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/82
>> I need to display products based on key word(s) entered by user
That sounds like a normal search. Please try the search box on the demo site below to see if it does what you want:
http://www.webpricecheck.co.uk
>> I don't want my xml data to be stored in my database.
The XML itself is not stored in the database, but all the products that have been imported are. The script does not search in the XML, it only searches the database.
>> My xml data provided by vendors will keep on updating and search results should consider updated xml data
(see above) Whenever you get an updated feed from your vendor (via an affiliate network) you must import the feed again. You can set it up so that you can automate all of this, for example once a week - please see the following page for more info:
http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/198
>> I need to have map URL of vender xml data instead of physically store those xml data files on my server.
With Price Tapestry, the XML files do have to be uploaded to the server. They go into a directory called /feeds/, and you can then load them into the database by going to the admin area of your site.
>> I need to map my own defined categories with different products of various xml data provided by multiple vendors
You can import products with a category that is in a field in the feed OR you can import all products from a vendor into your chosen category. I'm afraid you cannot load different products into your own different chosen categories.
You can however map vendors categories to your own categories - this is called "Category Mapping" - here's the documentation:
http://www.pricetapestry.com/node/134
>> if I purchase this Price Tapestry product, I will get Magic Parser with it or I need to buy it separetly?
You will get Magic Parser with it :)
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
David.