Version 2 of the Factory in Alpha!

[teeshirtdrama]

Is there a known issue with the new factory where after you add items to your store and go to download it, the screen says Downloading shop with the category name and freezes halfway into the download and just stops? Ive tried several times with no luck

[Eric]

Originally Posted by teeshirtdrama

Is there a known issue with the new factory where after you add items to your store and go to download it, the screen says Downloading shop with the category name and freezes halfway into the download and just stops? Ive tried several times with no luck

I just accessed your account and was able to download all of your shops. On 2 of them (probably the largest ones) the process quit but then I just refreshed the page and the shop was downloaded.

Obviously, the mandatory refresh is a bug which we will look at. In the meantime, if the download just stops, try refreshing the download page and see if you have better luck.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by teeshirtdrama

Is there a known issue with the new factory where after you add items to your store and go to download it, the screen says Downloading shop with the category name and freezes halfway into the download and just stops? Ive tried several times with no luck

This issue has been fixed. It was a memory problem that was causing your download to fail.

[surfcrs]

Just signed up today for 5 sites, converting from BANS. Should I hold off just a little bit for version 2 before I start?

[stefan]

Originally Posted by surfcrs

Just signed up today for 5 sites, converting from BANS. Should I hold off just a little bit for version 2 before I start?

Version 2 of the Factory is online since last week so feel free to start building your stores.

[SoundsGood]

Originally Posted by stefan

Version 2 of the Factory is online since last week so feel free to start building your stores.

I thought some of the bugs were still being worked out, and we'd get an email about the "official" launch?

[gulfshoreslife]

Originally Posted by SoundsGood

I thought some of the bugs were still being worked out, and we'd get an email about the "official" launch?

I didn't get an e-mail either, but came here and found that the new store builder was live last week. I tried it out and it works great! I ran into no problems. For larger stores, you may need to use the FTP upload - my 1st attempt at store upload timed out because of the file size.

[SoundsGood]

Looks like Eric or Stefan just sent out the announcement a few minutes ago...

Personally I think they forgot to send it.

[stefan]

Originally Posted by SoundsGood

Looks like Eric or Stefan just sent out the announcement a few minutes ago...

Personally I think they forgot to send it.

Yes, you're right. It was queued but I forgot to send it.

[nika603]

Good morning,

Just tried it out and found it to be so much of a time saver. The only issue I have is having products that have no images appear in the search results - is there an option (like version 1) to only have products with images appear in the results.

Thanks for all that you guys do!!

Kathleen

[Eric]

Originally Posted by nika603

Good morning,

Just tried it out and found it to be so much of a time saver. The only issue I have is having products that have no images appear in the search results - is there an option (like version 1) to only have products with images appear in the results.

Thanks for all that you guys do!!

Kathleen

Yup! Just click the "plus" icon and choose "Images" from the drop down menu.

[Jerry9]

Although I was late to the party, I can see the great improvements in the Factory from v1 to v2. (v2.0 of the factory is not the same as v2.0 of Datafeedr).

Based on some of the requests here, that we be able to manage our merchants more efficiently, I would like to share my thoughts about wanting to have the option to export all our Factory data to a file so we can manage it in Excel spreadsheets, and then re-import it back to our account. This would be the ULTIMATE Factory management solution, perfect for a professional tool such as Datafeedr!

I've requested this feature in my other post: Allow Adding Merchants in Bulk Entry Form

[cashnow]

May have missed this, but will it (or does it) have the ability to show merchant names with the product? Or associate product name and merchant?

[Eric]

Originally Posted by cashnow

May have missed this, but will it (or does it) have the ability to show merchant names with the product? Or associate product name and merchant?

Yes.

[cashnow]

How do we do that? Our version is fully upgraded, but cannot find a check-box in the product listing module. Can you help?

[Eric]

Originally Posted by cashnow

How do we do that? Our version is fully upgraded, but cannot find a check-box in the product listing module. Can you help?

This feature is not yet available. It will be available in Version 2.

[cashnow]

Eric, I am a bit confused. Version 2 two is in Alpha stage, and this feature is not available, but as you write, it will be available in version 2. Can you explain?

[Eric]

Originally Posted by cashnow

Eric, I am a bit confused. Version 2 two is in Alpha stage, and this feature is not available, but as you write, it will be available in version 2. Can you explain?

You are using (as is everyone) Version 1. Version 1 does not have this feature. Version 2 does have this feature. Version 2 is not available (to anyone) yet.

I hope this helps,
Eric

[cashnow]

Yes, that does help. I thought we were using V2. Makes sense. Thank you!

[jmarino715]

Hi Eric,

Will there be a public announcement when version 2 is in beta?