I see I originally posted a completely test item (hence
brand=iceback), but the url structure is crafted the same way as the
real products we've pushed up.

On Nov 26, 7:18 am, icebackhaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can't find it anywhere but on "products'.  The generalized google
> search for the significant portion of the title does not find the
> item.
>
> We send our items up in draft mode.  When we preview them (MyItems >
> edit > preview) the url is exactly what we want. 
> (http://www.ourclient.com/neat/stuff/we/use).  We then publish that item. Once
> it's searchable, the representation on "products" only links (from the
> title) to the googlebase page (http://www.google.com/url?
> cad=AKjqRoBn6VSl99RaSOZk_nYrZ4Tjn0VnncU65zSJys8e7RIibd1nDG0AAAAAAAAAAA&cd=1&ct=jasfe&q=http
> %3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fbase%2Fa
> %2F4302211%2FD341385117718411320&usg=AFQjCNFH2L8E5ynbfKnWcORV0T76VYdZ9g)
> and the last line, in green, (which look like a url but isn't a link)
> show just the page idwww.google.com/base/a/4302211/D341385117718411320)
>
> Hope that answers your question. We're somewhat flummoxed by this
> one.  The urls we're sending are real, extant links to products
> already available for sale (that's partially why these are sent as
> draft)
>
> I think I've ruled out eford's suggestion that the product_type is
> malformed.  The feed is generated via the java api and I set the title
> using gentry.setTitle(new PlainTextConstruct(item.getTitle()));  If I
> edit the '>' as suggested on the googlebase editor they show up in
> preview as '&gt;' (i.e. verbatim).
>
> Thanks,
>
> On Nov 26, 6:45 am, Tom Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > When you say they are showing up what exactly do you mean ?
>
> > Has the item mentioned been successfully submitted and you can't find
> > it on GB or GPS ?
>
> > Tom Wilson
> > Freelance Google Base Developer and Consultantwww.tomthedeveloper.com
>
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> > Featured Project 
> > :http://google-code-featured.blogspot.com/2008/02/google-base-competit...
>
> > On Nov 26, 8:02 am, icebackhaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Thanks.  I'll look in to that.  Much appreciated.
>
> > > On Nov 25, 5:27 pm, eford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Only obvious problem I see is not in the url structure.
> > > > <g:product_type xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > type='text'>Apparel > outerwear</g:product_type>
>
> > > > needs to have the greater than symbol encoded, like so:
>
> > > > <g:product_type xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > type='text'>Apparel &gt; outerwear</g:product_type>
> > > > this is documented 
> > > > athttp://base.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=78170&hl=en,
> > > > the attribute list, just look for product_type on that page and it
> > > > shows it in the answer.
>
> > > > On Nov 25, 5:05 pm, icebackhaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > Fake host names and data of course, but we're looking for a problem in
> > > > > the url structure (or are just too impatient and these would show up
> > > > > eventually?)
>
> > > > > <atom:entry>
> > > > >   <atom:id>8eba6d1b-058f-4012-b2d8-1d1d4c8dd555</atom:id>
> > > > >   <app:control xmlns:app='http://purl.org/atom/app#'>
> > > > >     <app:draft>yes</app:draft>
> > > > >   </app:control>
> > > > >   <atom:title type='text'>Iceback-Parka</atom:title>
> > > > >   <atom:link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://
> > > > > app.testCompany.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/asdbasdf/vpcsid/0/SFV/
> > > > > 1001' hreflang='us_EN' title='BUY IT'/>
> > > > >   <atom:link rel='alternate' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://
> > > > > app.testCompany.com/img/image/fp/VPID/asdbasdf'/>
> > > > >   <g:id xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='text'>8eba6d1b-058f-4012-b2d8-1d1d4c8dd555</g:id>
> > > > >   <g:item_type xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='text'>products</g:item_type>
> > > > >   <g:price xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='floatUnit'>395.0 USD</g:price>
> > > > >   <g:Description xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='text'>Snowshoes</g:Description>
> > > > >   <g:product_type xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='text'>Apparel > outerwear</g:product_type>
> > > > >   <g:condition xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='text'>used</g:condition>
> > > > >   <g:model_number xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='text'>model 1001</g:model_number>
> > > > >   <g:brand xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='text'>Iceback</g:brand>
> > > > >   <g:weight xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='floatUnit'>1.2 kg</g:weight>
> > > > >   <g:height xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='floatUnit'>1.0 in</g:height>
> > > > >   <g:width xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='floatUnit'>2.0 in</g:width>
> > > > >   <g:length xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='floatUnit'>3.0 in</g:length>
> > > > >   <g:upc xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='text'>100100000000</g:upc>
> > > > >   <g:application xmlns:g='http://base.google.com/ns/1.0'
> > > > > type='text'>test1-lister-1.0</g:application>
> > > > >   <batch:id>BN000001</batch:id>
> > > > >   <batch:operation type='insert'/>
> > > > > </atom:entry>
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