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Invalid string value in attribute: product_type (716 warnings)
The value that you entered for this attribute is not a valid string. Please enter a contiguous sequence of numbers, characters or symbols.
Examples: Examples:
| Item Nr. |
Line No |
| 4 |
95 |
| 9 |
185 |
| 11 |
221 |
| 12 |
239 |
| 166 |
4,447 |
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This error type is only a warning, and wont result in you having any problems, but for your own search optimization reasons, you really should have this corrected.
This is the error message in the merchant account of one of my clients. So if I now open the XML in FireFox and then view the source code, it shows the XML. Where ever you click on the code, it tells you the Line number and Col Number in the bottom status bar.
So here is a bit of the of the XML, showing one of the errors
86 - <item>
87 - <title><![CDATA[A.C. Milan Flag]]></title>
88 - <link><![CDATA[http://www.sample.com/component/virtuemart/?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&category_id=&product_id=2554]]></link>
89 - <description><![CDATA[]]>Milan Flag Key Ring</description>
90 - <g:image_link><![CDATA[http://www.sample.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/24flgacmsml.jpg]]></g:image_link>
91 - <g:brand><![CDATA[A.C.Milan]]></g:brand>
92 - <g:id>catprod2554</g:id>
93 - <g:currency>GBP</g:currency>
94 - <g:price>5.36</g:price>
95 - <g:product_type><![CDATA[]]></g:product_type>
96 - <g:condition>New</g:condition>
97 - <g:payment_accepted>MasterCard</g:payment_accepted>
98 - <g:payment_accepted>AmericanExpress</g:payment_accepted>
99 - <g:payment_accepted>GoogleCheckout</g:payment_accepted>
100 - <g:payment_accepted>Visa</g:payment_accepted>
101 - <g:quantity>85</g:quantity>
102 - <g:payment_notes><![CDATA[+ PayPal]]></g:payment_notes>
103 - <g:weight>134.0000 grams</g:weight></item>
104 - <item>
So we can see that line 95 that is reported as a problem in the report, is the product_type tag, as it said in the title of the error
"Invalid string value in attribute: product_type".
This is because it is blank, it means the product is not in a category (which isn't possible now with newer versions of Virtuemart), pop it in a category and it should be fine. If it is added to more than one category, then it will create more than one "Product Type" attribute per product.
This is how it should look.
<g:product_type><![CDATA[]]>Key Rings</g:product_type>
There is more information on the Product_Type attribute here and below from Google themselves
http://www.google.com/support/merchants/bin/answer.py?answer=188494&hl=en_GB#product_type
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