removing duplicate content from feeds

Hi Paul,

Duplicates are normally dropped by default by way of the dupe_hash unique index on the products table in the database. Could you perhaps post examples of 2 products that demonstrate the problem (i'll remove the URLs before publishing your post) and I'll take a look...

Cheers,
David.
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hi david

ok cheers, if you look at {link saved}

im using the new beta and WP on this occassion.

thanks

Hi Paul,

I see in this instance that the product name contains a band name and then also a date / time. Is that the only version of the product name that you have available in your feed?

Typically, with ticket feeds, the thing to do would be to have a product name that consists of Band and Venue. Then, your product page for that event would lead the users via your affiliate link to the ticket agency where they can then choose the date and time they wish to book.

Does your feed have a "Band" field, which you can register as the main Product Name, and then a separate "Venue" field which you can combine with the Product Name using a Text After filter? Let's say the venue field is called "VENUE" (as shown in the sample data on Feed Registration Step 2), add a new Text After filter to the Product Name field for this feed, and in the configuration box enter:

" at %VENUE%"

(without the quotes, but notice the SPACE at the beginning, which is important!)

This will give you product names like

A-Ha - Farewell Tour at MEN Arena
A-Ha - Farewell Tour at Earls Court

etc.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
David.
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PriceTapestry.com

hi david

the feed there at the moment is from affilaite window. i will be looking at importing other merchant feeds though soon i think

Hi Paul,

Should be plenty of fields to work with - if you're not sure let me know the installation URL and any password required for /admin/ and I'll take a look for you...

Cheers,
David.
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