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json-ld file in Shadows 26.02.00 - no product schema?

lesliekirk — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:31:17 GMT

I think I fell asleep in class again. I'm trying to add/update the json-ld file for a site currently using a heavily customized version of Levels. I went back through old forum posts and found where Matt Zimmermann had posted something and mentioned that the file would be added in "upcoming" versions of Shadows. I thought to myself, "Cool, I just go to the dev branch of the site that does have Shadows, then make sure it's the latest and greatest because I'm sure it will be." I copied the json-ld file from the dev branch and recreated it in the production branch. I didn't pay much attention when I copied and pasted the file. I did notice some conditionals for a couple of screens but went on to test the schema. It was all good except that it is missing the Product schema. Do I have to go back and manually add that info to the file? Or do I have to create the product-json-ld as Matt had outlined it?

what is entended use of the Miva API

wajake41 — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:12:41 GMT

I have a PHP program running on our store's server. I wanted to retrieve product rows from the store's Product table into that program. I thought that I could use the API to do that using a curl call to the API. The call apparently runs but nothing is returned not even an error message. When I asked support about the issue they told me that I cannot call the API from our server. My question is: what is the intended use of the API?
Thanks, Larry

Dynamic coupon codes?

Patd265 — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:22:47 GMT

We want to create a page to list various limited coupons. Limited in usage and with fairly short expiration dates.
Would there be a way to hide or gray-out coupons (codes) that have expired or have reached their usage limit?
Has anyone done anything like this?

Mulitiple Subscription errors today

Jim Cockerham — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:06:33 GMT

I am getting multiple subscription authorization failures today: "Authorization failure: XML request does not contain the expected toplevel member." Is anyone else seeing this? I was going to create a ticket but I can't login to My.Miva .

Best practice for splitting a large Sitemap into multiple sitemaps with Templates

mjstonez — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:52:12 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm working on a Miva 26.01.03 store with approximately 45,000–50,000 active products.

I'm currently using a Template Based Feed to generate my sitemap because I wanted to include product images using Google's Image Sitemap extension. It's working well so far.

As the catalog continues to grow, I'd like to split the sitemap into multiple files before approaching the 50,000 URL / 50 MB limits.

My questions are:

Is there a supported way in Miva to generate a sitemap index (sitemap.xml) that references multiple product sitemap files (for example sitemap-products-1.xml, sitemap-products-2.xml, etc.)?
Does Template Based Feed support any type of pagination, record offset, or record limit that would allow splitting a product feed into multiple sitemap files without maintaining multiple manually filtered feeds?
If not, is there a recommended way to override or extend the built-in Standard Sitemap Protocol Feed so it can generate multiple sitemap files while still remaining upgrade-safe?
Has anyone implemented automatic sitemap splitting for larger catalogs, and if so, what approach did you use?

My goal is to stay as close as possible to Miva best practices while keeping the sitemap fully automated.

Thanks!

Need server outbound ip address

wajake41 — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:40:05 GMT

I am creating a Miva JSON API token and it requires my server's outbound IP address. Can anyone tell me how to determine that please.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, ;)
Larry

Previewing Flex Component Content at a Future Date

delcorsets — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:10:46 GMT

I have some seasonal Hero Images that are scheduled to start/stop displaying at a certain date. They are not visible when I test using the branch Previewing at a Future Date. The images will start displaying at the specified date, but the preview for the future date does not show them. I tried multiple components with scheduled elements and found that same issue an all that I tested so far. I really thought I had used Preview at a Future Date to test these features in the past but maybe I'm remembering incorrectly.. Or, has something changed that might be affecting the future-date previewing?

<lastmod> on sitemap

wajake41 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:56:58 GMT

We are using the Miva built in sitemap generator. This updates the date on all products in the sitemap with the date the sitemap is generated. ChatGPT is telling me this is a bad idea because the search engines realize that the date is not real. Chat suggests creating the sitemap external to Miva using the Miva generated sitemap as input and performing a hash comparison of each product's page in the sitemap to a stored version of the page from the last sitemap creation. Chat says doing this will provide an accurate date. Is anyone doing something like this and is it worth considering? Is date actually important?

On Page Buy Now

lesliekirk — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:09:57 GMT

Is it possible to have an instant on-page product purchase? The product would be a free digital product but needs to be limited to one per customer. The customer would already be logged in; a shipping address would not be needed since it would be a digital download. Adding it to another product won't work for this, as these will be PDF order forms for customers who prefer to place large orders with this method.