SitemapXML v.2

HI again.. another update... hopefully someone can help me... I've figure out the issue with the categories. Meaning they are loading my homepage casue i really don't use categories, meaning i don't ahve setup anything in the categories or define them as a matter of fact i really don't use them. My sell page jsut load another page using the direct link form the product . So i think that the solution to my problem is to somehow disable sitemaxml and default zencart sitemap to actualy show any categories.
Can you guys please let me know how to do this... Thank you in advance

SiteMapXML (v 2.1.0 30.04.2009 10:35)
Ping
Ping Google
http://www.google.com/webmasters/sit...temapindex.xml
cURL Error: "couldn't connect to host" reading "http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Flovelykidz.com%2Fsitemapindex.xml"
Ping Yahoo!
http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExpl...temapindex.xml
cURL Error: "couldn't connect to host" reading "http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Flovelykidz.com%2Fsitemapindex.xml"
Ping Ask.com
http://submissions.ask.com/ping?site...temapindex.xml
cURL Error: "couldn't connect to host" reading "http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Flovelykidz.com%2Fsitemapindex.xml"
Ping Microsoft
http://www.moreover.com/ping?u=http%...temapindex.xml
cURL Error: "couldn't connect to host" reading "http://www.moreover.com/ping?u=http%3A%2F%2Flovelykidz.com%2Fsitemapindex.xml"
Total Execution Time 12:36.1150


I have this reply from SiteMapXML, may I have some advise rgarding this matter?

Thank you. Regards, Jean

Hi,
I have installed the Sitemap XML and it works perfectly.
Thanks!!
I have also set a cron job using cronless and I get the sitemaps updated regularly.
The only thing I do not know how to do is to auto submit the files to the search engines. I can submit them with no problem manually, but I would like to have a automatic submission using a cron job.
Can this be done? If yes, how?
Thanks
enzo

Hi, I tried searching for an answer to this but found nothing.

I'm just preparing to upgrade from Zen Cart v1.3.7 to the latest v1.3.9h, and I currently have Google Sitemap v1.3.13 installed.

Do I need to uninstall my current version of Google Sitemap before I upgrade Zen Cart and if so, how?

I am unable to successfully submit a sitemap to yahoo. After doing a search online I found they are discontinuing this service as of March 2011. If you are able to submit a sitemap to yahoo, what ping URL are you using?

Hello,

I tried a lot to create sitemap using this one..but not working at all. It generated sitemap for me till I had 80K products and when I went to more than 170K it stopped working saying mysql ran out of memory...

Did almost everything on mysql and NGINX to make it work after that..no matter how much memory or read/write timeout adjust...it will simply not work.

Any idea what we can do?

I used the sitemap generator at www.xml-sitemap.com to generate a site map for my site. I was just wondering what was the difference between that and the mod being offered here. Thanks for any help you can offer.

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No one answered this.

I,m getting this also, The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

XML document must have a top level element. Error processing resource 'http://www.mydomain.com/sitemapreviews.xml'.
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Any one know what this mean.

also where do you add the fix for the EZpages. sitemapxml_ezpages
and the nofollow-reciprocity my web site is weezeesgifts

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I get this error on all of the generated sitemaps when viewed in a browser. However, I can view source and see my perfectly formed XML, so this really puzzles me. I've also validated the resulting XML elsewhere and no problems found.
Example:
http://www.truesolutions.com/sitemapproducts.xml

All I can figure is that the XSL stylesheet definition at the very top is somehow invalid:

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="includes/templates/template_default/css/gss.xsl"?>

I did copy the installation files that went into the /template_default folder into my custom template folder, but it seems to still refer to the ones in template_default.
Is the path out of whack or something?

Thanks,
Steve

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Originally Posted by embryo

I get this error on all of the generated sitemaps when viewed in a browser. However, I can view source and see my perfectly formed XML, so this really puzzles me. I've also validated the resulting XML elsewhere and no problems found.
Example:
http://www.truesolutions.com/sitemapproducts.xml

All I can figure is that the XSL stylesheet definition at the very top is somehow invalid:

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="includes/templates/template_default/css/gss.xsl"?>

I did copy the installation files that went into the /template_default folder into my custom template folder, but it seems to still refer to the ones in template_default.
Is the path out of whack or something?

Thanks,
Steve

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What version of zen cart are you using?

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Originally Posted by lankeeyankee

This is a sitemap for search engines and is not meant to be viewed in a browser. You need this, though, to help improve your organic search engine result placement (SERP) in the search engines. I recommend updating this sitemap every time you make any changes to your categories, products, meta tags, or anything else in your website. The search engines respond more and place a higher value on your content when you are pinging them with updated sitemaps as it shows that the site's content is actively changing and isn't static.

I think that you are confusing this with the zen cart sitemap that is displayed on your site for visitors to quickly find what they are looking for.

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Originally Posted by ckosloff

It will throw error if there are no reviews.
Try opening other .xml files in the root of your store and they will display, if there is some content.

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Originally Posted by Payam

(This is for if you have the stylesheet error with gss.xsl)
Here is why this addon won't work with zencart. You don't need to move anything anywhere or do anyother hack except to change the .htaccess file under your "includes" folder.

/web-site-root/includes/.htacess

on line 26 you will find:
<FilesMatch ".*\.(js|JS|css|CSS|jpg|JPG|gif|GIF|png|PNG|swf|SWF)$">

Change the line to:
<FilesMatch ".*\.(js|JS|css|CSS|jpg|JPG|gif|GIF|png|PNG|swf|SWF|xsl|XSL)$">

You are by doing that allowing the filetypes *.xsl and *.XSL to be accessed by an external browser.

My .htaccess version is:
# @version $Id: .htaccess 16111 2010-04-29 22:39:02Z drbyte $
So perhaps that is why on zencart 1.38 it works and not on the newer 1.3.9a.

drbyte is working some late hours, send him some coffee :)


MODERATOR NOTE: xsl has been added to the .htaccess for v1.3.9f and newer.

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Thanks countrycharm!

The .htaccess tweak did the trick for me.

Oh, and my ZC version is 1.3.9.e

Steve

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Originally Posted by embryo

Thanks countrycharm!

The .htaccess tweak did the trick for me.

Oh, and my ZC version is 1.3.9.e

Steve

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What tweak fixed the ezpages?. It does not work for an external site..

I don't use ezpages, so I couldn't say...
I do have a bunch of static pages in our site that I was easily able to add.

I just copied one of the generated sitemaps and changed the values to my static page URL's, and named it sitemapstaticpages.xml

Subsequently, when I ran the script, it included my new sitemap in the sitemapindex. Sweet.

Hi..you don't actually need to upload any sitemap files to the search engines...they permanently reside on your server. You just need to ping the engines to let them know to "take another look" at your sitemaps.

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Originally Posted by enzo-ita

Hi,
I have installed the Sitemap XML and it works perfectly.
Thanks!!
I have also set a cron job using cronless and I get the sitemaps updated regularly.
The only thing I do not know how to do is to auto submit the files to the search engines. I can submit them with no problem manually, but I would like to have a automatic submission using a cron job.
Can this be done? If yes, how?
Thanks
enzo

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Hi-

You don't actually ever have to upload/submit your sitemap files..they permanently reside on your server. You just need to ping the engines on occasion to tell them to "take another look" at your sitemaps for additions/updates.

Steve

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Originally Posted by embryo

Hi-

You don't actually ever have to upload/submit your sitemap files..they permanently reside on your server. You just need to ping the engines on occasion to tell them to "take another look" at your sitemaps for additions/updates.

Steve

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Just make sure you specify the location of the Sitemap in a robots.txt file.
Sitemap: http://your_shop.com/sitemapindex.xml

ZC v1.39H

So I got a message on my Goggle Webmaster page proclaiming my sitemap to be unfit for Google.....arrogant B*stards!!!

So I did a little light reading and then downloaded this add-on.

So of course I've questions...

From the ReadMe.txt file:

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Install:
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1. Unzip and upload all files to your store directory; Root or Public HTML dir?

2. Go to Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patches and install install.sql.
I haven't got that far, but seems pretty straight forward. famous last words)

3. Go to Admin->Configuration->Google Sitemap Configuration and setup all parameters
(See #2)

4. Go to Admin->Tools>Google XML Sitemap (If error messages occur, change permissions on the XML files to 777);

5. To have this update and automatically notify Google, you will need to set up a Cron
job via your host's control panel
Huh?!? What heck is CRON?

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Anyone?

Tried installing this add-on and got everything loaded into the correct folders.

Got to Step #2 and keep getting a "Failed" message.
(Go to Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patches and install install.sql.)

No idea where to go from here. Sure could use a hand if someone can spare a minute to help me out.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Well I'm not seeing "Google Sitemap" in my admin area...

Anyone?

Bueller? Bueller?

I think I'ce got this installed finally.
When I go to Admin>Tools>Sitemap xml I get the followung and have no clue if it's supposed to be there, correct, incorrect, or a plot to take over Mars.

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TEXT_SITEMAPXML_OVERVIEW_HEAD TEXT_SITEMAPXML_OVERVIEW_TEXT TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_HEAD TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_STEP1 TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_STEP2
TEXT_SITEMAPXML_LOGIN_HEAD
TEXT_SITEMAPXML_LOGIN

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When I go to Admin>Configuration>Sitemap xml> I get this:

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Compress XML File false
Lastmod tag format date
Use Existing Files true
Generate language_id for default language true
Ping urls Google => http://www.google.com/webmasters/sit...ng?sitemap=%s; Yahoo! => http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExpl...ng?sitemap=%s; Ask.com => http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=%s; Microsoft => http://www.moreover.com/ping?u=%s
Products order by products_sort_order ASC, last_date DESC
Products changefreq weekly
Categories order by sort_order ASC, last_date DESC
Category changefreq weekly
Reviews order by reviews_rating ASC, last_date DESC
Reviews changefreq weekly
EZPages order by sidebox_sort_order ASC, header_sort_order ASC, footer_sort_order ASC
EZPages changefreq weekly
Testimonials order by last_date DESC
Testimonials changefreq weekly
Compress XML File


Compress Google XML Sitemap file

Date Added: 04/24/2011

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Right? Wrong? bacon?

So now that I've got this addon installed...

What do I do? I don't see a magic button that will create a sitemap or provide a link to this elusive file that google is so desperate to have.

Help me out here folks. I'm trying to figure this out but really don't know what to do now.

I've done a search through this thread for the word CREATE and none of the results told me how to actually create the applicable file.:no:

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Originally Posted by Serious

I think I'ce got this installed finally.
When I go to Admin>Tools>Sitemap xml I get the followung and have no clue if it's supposed to be there, correct, incorrect, or a plot to take over Mars.



When I go to Admin>Configuration>Sitemap xml> I get this:


Right? Wrong? bacon?

So now that I've got this addon installed...

What do I do? I don't see a magic button that will create a sitemap or provide a link to this elusive file that google is so desperate to have.

Help me out here folks. I'm trying to figure this out but really don't know what to do now.

I've done a search through this thread for the word CREATE and none of the results told me how to actually create the applicable file.:no:

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Make sure you have rename the admin folder to the custom folder name that you are using when uploading to your sever. Make sure you have rename includes/templates/template_default to the custom folder name that you are using when uploading to your sever.

Okay, I did miss renaming the Template_default to the same name as the template i'm using (Darkness).

Thanks!

But I'm still lost as to how to actually create the actual Sitemap file.

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Originally Posted by Serious

Okay, I did miss renaming the Template_default to the same name as the template i'm using (Darkness).

Thanks!

But I'm still lost as to how to actually create the actual Sitemap file.

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Go to Admin->Configuration->Google Sitemap Configuration and setup all parameters making sure you set the Use Existing Files to false.
Go to Admin->Tools>Google XML Sitemap (If error messages occur, change permissions on the XML files to 777);

You can specify the location of the Sitemap using a robots.txt file. To do this, simply add the following line:
Sitemap: http://<your shop>/sitemapindex.xml

When you go to Admin->Tools>Google XML Sitemap you should see this, if not you still do not have your files in the right place.


OVERVIEW:
This module automatically generates several XML Google compliant site maps for your Zen-Cart store: a main site map, one for categories, one for products, and one for EZ-pages.
INSTRUCTIONS:
STEP 1: Click [HERE] to create / update your site map.
NOTE: Please ensure that you or your web developer has registered with Google, Yahoo! and Ask.com SiteMaps, and submitted your initial site map before proceeding to step 2.
STEP 2: Click [HERE] to notify crawler of the update to your XML sitemap.
CURL is used for communication with the crawlers, so must be active on your hosting server (if you need to use a CURL proxy, set the CURL proxy settings under Admin->Configuration->My Store.)

Using Zen Cart 1.3.9h.

Having read the readme file I installed this module and admin/configured it. Then went to admin/tools and :cry:found there was no reference there to sitemap.

Have read all 62 pages of this forum and found several other people have had the same problem without a solution. Re-checked, and then checked again, that all my files were in the right place.

Google is telling me my sitemap is blank.

Given up. It should be far more straight forward than this. Have now deleted the module.

Pitty!

countrycharm,
Thank You for helping me out...I really appreciate it.

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Originally Posted by countrycharm

Go to Admin->Configuration->Google Sitemap
When you go to Admin->Tools>Google XML Sitemap you should see this, if not you still do not have your files in the right place.


OVERVIEW:
This module automatically generates several XML Google compliant site maps for your Zen-Cart store: a main site map, one for categories, one for products, and one for EZ-pages.
INSTRUCTIONS:
STEP 1: Click [HERE] to create / update your site map.
NOTE: Please ensure that you or your web developer has registered with Google, Yahoo! and Ask.com SiteMaps, and submitted your initial site map before proceeding to step 2.
STEP 2: Click [HERE] to notify crawler of the update to your XML sitemap.
CURL is used for communication with the crawlers, so must be active on your hosting server (if you need to use a CURL proxy, set the CURL proxy settings under Admin->Configuration->My Store.)

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Crap...still not right.

I went back ththrough all the folders and made sure that I copied the contents to the correct folders.

Copied the cgi-bin folder to my Public_HTML folder

Renamed the Admin folder to match the name of my admin folder.
Copied all of the remaing files to my Public_HTLM folder.
Copied the contents of the Install.SQL file to Admin>Tools>Install SQL Patches and clicked "Send" then got a message on top of the admin page that said "22 Statements Processed."

Back to Admin>Configuration> Sitemap XML and changed Use Existing files from "True" to False". I didn't change anything else at this point.

Back to Admin>Tools>SitemapXML> and all I get is this:

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TEXT_SITEMAPXML_OVERVIEW_HEAD TEXT_SITEMAPXML_OVERVIEW_TEXT TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_HEAD TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_STEP1 TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_STEP2
TEXT_SITEMAPXML_LOGIN_HEAD
TEXT_SITEMAPXML_LOGIN

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have you changed your admin folder name to another name?

I have a custom name for my ADMIN FOLDER and renamed the Admin folder in this add-on to match that name.

Look at post #509 and #510

Serious,
Please post back how many modules you have installed before this module..

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You have to use winmerge to munge .php files that touch each other..

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yep, saw those, did that....

Still not working.

Will running the uninstall.sql remove this add-on or will I still need to manually remove the files?

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Originally Posted by Serious

countrycharm,
Thank You for helping me out...I really appreciate it.



Crap...still not right.

I went back ththrough all the folders and made sure that I copied the contents to the correct folders.

Copied the cgi-bin folder to my Public_HTML folder

Renamed the Admin folder to match the name of my admin folder.
Copied all of the remaing files to my Public_HTLM folder.
Copied the contents of the Install.SQL file to Admin>Tools>Install SQL Patches and clicked "Send" then got a message on top of the admin page that said "22 Statements Processed."

Back to Admin>Configuration> Sitemap XML and changed Use Existing files from "True" to False". I didn't change anything else at this point.

Back to Admin>Tools>SitemapXML> and all I get is this:

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TEXT_SITEMAPXML_OVERVIEW_HEAD TEXT_SITEMAPXML_OVERVIEW_TEXT TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_HEAD TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_STEP1 TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_STEP2
TEXT_SITEMAPXML_LOGIN_HEAD
TEXT_SITEMAPXML_LOGIN

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You didn't upload the sitemapxml in admin/includes/languages/english that is the reason for the error. Check to make sure it uploaded with the correct size kb's which is 2.89kb

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Originally Posted by technologynow

Using Zen Cart 1.3.9h.

Having read the readme file I installed this module and admin/configured it. Then went to admin/tools and :cry:found there was no reference there to sitemap.

Have read all 62 pages of this forum and found several other people have had the same problem without a solution. Re-checked, and then checked again, that all my files were in the right place.

Google is telling me my sitemap is blank.

Given up. It should be far more straight forward than this. Have now deleted the module.

Pitty!

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It might help if you provided some details on HOW you installed SitemapXML.. it's not enough to know that you "copied the files over and ran the SQL"
The read me text file that come with SitemapXML is self explanatory. People just has to slow down and read How To Install This Module. If you can not install it, you can always pay someone to install it for you. With that said It's not the module creators fought it want install itself.:no:

Deleted all of the files and started fresh. Seems one or more was corrupted.

Finaly got the Admin>Tools>SitemapXML to display properly.

So I tried using the Google link to log into my google (Webmaster?) account and get a 404 error.

I can open another window and login just fine and dandy though.

When I click on the [HERE] link, nothing happens. Should I given a link to the new sitemap?

Regarding step #2, I'll have to ask my host if they require a curl proxy. Currently the curl status (Admin>Config>MyStore) is set to FALSE.

Lastly, I've been told to set the parameters in Admin>Config>Sitemap XML....Sooooooooooooooo

Ummmmmm

Welllll........

I'm clueless yet again.

Wanna point me toward some light reading so I can school myself on what parameters need to me massaged?

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Originally Posted by Serious

Deleted all of the files and started fresh. Seems one or more was corrupted.

Finaly got the Admin>Tools>SitemapXML to display properly.

So I tried using the Google link to log into my google (Webmaster?) account and get a 404 error.

I can open another window and login just fine and dandy though.

When I click on the [HERE] link, nothing happens. Should I given a link to the new sitemap?

Regarding step #2, I'll have to ask my host if they require a curl proxy. Currently the curl status (Admin>Config>MyStore) is set to FALSE.

Lastly, I've been told to set the parameters in Admin>Config>Sitemap XML....Sooooooooooooooo

Ummmmmm

Welllll........

I'm clueless yet again.

Wanna point me toward some light reading so I can school myself on what parameters need to me massaged?

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So I tried using the Google link to log into my google (Webmaster?) account and get a 404 error.

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Don't worry yourself with this. Mine does the something.

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When I click on the [HERE] link, nothing happens. Should I given a link to the new sitemap?

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You mean when you click on HERE a popup window does not show. If it does Go to Admin->Configuration->Google Sitemap Configuration and setup all parameters making sure you set the Use Existing Files to false.

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Regarding step #2, I'll have to ask my host if they require a curl proxy. Currently the curl status (Admin>Config>MyStore) is set to FALSE.

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I would ask your host for the cURL Proxy Address just to be on the safe side to see if it makes any difference. I have mine set to false also. Who is your host?

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Lastly, I've been told to set the parameters in Admin>Config>Sitemap XML....Sooooooooooooooo

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This is what mine is set to
Compress XML File - false
Lastmod tag format - date
Use Existing Files - false
Generate language_id for default language - false
Products changefreq - daily
Category changefreq - weekly
Reviews changefreq - yearly
EZPages changefreq - monthly
Testimonials changefreq - daily

Got it working...wOOT!!!!

Thanks for all the help!!

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Got it working...wOOT!!!!

Thanks for all the help!!

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You are very welcome.

How about explaining what you did to get it to work so if someone else has the same problem they will know what to try.

Not exactly sure, but I do know that some of the files in my original upload were corrupted.

It happen alot with a hick-up on the FTP program upload..
Do you use Filezilla?

Yep-a-doodle...

Hi everybody.
Thanks for this great mod. But I have just one problem with it. It has to do with reviews sitemap. It seems many of the URL's return a 302 redirect in the header response like this and Google is complaining:

HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 00:55:57 GMT Server: Apache mod_fcgid/2.3.6 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.15 Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0 Pragma: no-cache Set-Cookie: zenid=8436519d572c7ddb18286ab5ba745839; path=/; domain=.www.angiejolee.com; HttpOnly Location: http://www.angiejolee.com/index.php?...286ab5ba745839 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

I have no 302 redirects in my htaccess file only 301's.
I see a zenid in the url. could that be it?
Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
Drunkguy:dontgetit

Hello!

Hi, I'm using ZC 1.3.9 with SSU SEO along side Sitemap XML.

My sitemaps.xml are not being generated with friendly URL's.

All the ulrs are generate link:
https://www.mywebsite.com/index.php?...roducts_id=127


Can you guys help me please?


Thanks in advance!

I've come across a strange problem after using this plugin on a new site (although I've installed it on multiple sites before).

I'm using 1.3.9h; the install is pretty well customized but nothing that I think would affect this plugin.

Problem: sitemap xml is properly creating the sitemaps, however, after I generate them within tools>sitemap xml>step 1, it shows the generated sitemaps. When I click on the sitemaps they are completely blank in the browser, but if I view the source I can see that the sitemap has in fact been created (the urls's are all listed properly)

Some things I've already taken into consideration, based on reading through this thread:

-I renamed my admin folder, and ensured that the uploaded folder matches
-I renamed the template_default folder to match my custom template
-I changed the CHMOD permissions of the xml files to 777
-I've double checked that all the files that were to be uploaded have in fact been placed on the webserver

I'm at a loss as to what I should be doing next. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Many times, the pinging of yahoo and Microsoft does not work... did the addresses change?

Hi i am using: v1.3.9h and after i have installed this extenstion i do not see the menu items

Admin->Configuration->Google Sitemap Configuration

Admin->Tools>Google XML Sitemap

Does anyone know why. I have run the install.sql file.

In the file structure after you zip the modules you will see this:

admin
cgi-bin
includes
install.sql
and 6 .xml files

The highlighted admin above you have to rename to the name that you used for your_admin_name
Then upload....

Thanks haredo but i already changed the admin folder to the correct name and it didn't work.

Do you have any other suggestions???

Is this your first module you have downloaded within 139h?

yes any that i had to use the sql for.

i added some blank sideboxes and stuff.

Did you open the install.sql file and copy the coding, then in admin panel/ tools/ install sql patches click in the big box and paste then click send..

I sent you a PM (private message)

I uploaded the file and then run it.

It depends on how they write the sql...

Try the way I suggested... :smile:

What has happened is the module SEO, has messed up the core files to Zen Cart which is not allowing Googlesitemap to work..

v1.39h

Still not sure that i'm doing this right.

Google webmaster tools is still reporting lots of crawl errors (404).

This is my Robot.txt:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /images
Allow: /


Google says 4215 Not Found.

What am I doing wrong.

I've installed this module and it's working perfectly well. Thanks!

Just a question: Before installing it, I placed a sitemap.xml under my public_html and submitted it to google webmaster. It seems to have also been automatically included to the sitemapindex.xml. I'm not sure how this work. Do I need to remove it from public_html and google webmaster?

anyone??

no, you leave it there.

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no, you leave it there.

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thanks!

I am sorry that I didn't have time to look through all the pages, and I did try to search in google and can't find specific answer from this thread, so I try to ask right here.

I just installed sitemapxml and try to generate the sitemaps, all worked great, then submit to google's webmaster tool.

It shows many products are 404 (Not found), and I realise that are the products I disabled, ie. product status is "out of stock". These out of stock products are not visible from the store. but somehow the sitemap has those links.

how do I disable them in sitemap?

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by zekin

I am sorry that I didn't have time to look through all the pages, and I did try to search in google and can't find specific answer from this thread, so I try to ask right here.

I just installed sitemapxml and try to generate the sitemaps, all worked great, then submit to google's webmaster tool.

It shows many products are 404 (Not found), and I realise that are the products I disabled, ie. product status is "out of stock". These out of stock products are not visible from the store. but somehow the sitemap has those links.

how do I disable them in sitemap?

Thanks.

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example of "out of stock" item but still being included in sitemap:
http://top-choice.com.au/store/index...products_id=52

How do I exclude items like this?

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Originally Posted by zekin

example of "out of stock" item but still being included in sitemap:
http://top-choice.com.au/store/index...products_id=52

How do I exclude items like this?

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My apology. I realised that the generated sitemapxml already excluded the "out of stock" items. So the 404 ones I see at google webmaster tool, must be the products that they indexed prior I uploaded the sitemap.

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Originally Posted by zekin

My apology. I realised that the generated sitemapxml already excluded the "out of stock" items. So the 404 ones I see at google webmaster tool, must be the products that they indexed prior I uploaded the sitemap.

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Bingo:laugh:

does anyone have an updated ping URL for Yahoo/Microsoft? Ask and Google are working, the other two are not. Thanks!

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Originally Posted by bi11i

does anyone have an updated ping URL for Yahoo/Microsoft? Ask and Google are working, the other two are not. Thanks!

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This is what i use

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Google => http://www.google.com/webmasters/sit...ng?sitemap=%s; Yahoo! => http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExpl...ooDemo&url=%s; Ask.com => http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=%s; Microsoft => http://rpc.weblogs.com/pingSiteForm?...spx?siteMap=%s

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Thanks, that worked great!

My sitemap appears to be generating:

HTML Code:

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="keywords" content="Plant Material, Plant Extracts, Live Plants, Seeds, Plant Oils, Plant Isolates, Salvia, Kratom, Capsules, Tinctures, , SiteMapXML" /> <meta name="description" content="Phytoextractum : SiteMapXML - Plant Material, Plant Extracts, Live Plants, Seeds, Plant Oils, Plant Isolates, Salvia, Kratom, Capsules, Tinctures, " />

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When my home page is really this?:

HTML Code:

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<meta name="keywords" content="kratom, kratom extract, kratom isolates, entheogens, ethnobotanicals, resins, jurema, mimosa, salvia, extracts" />
<meta name="description" content="A long-time supplier of superior quality plant material, plant extracts, plus Kratom Isolates." />

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How can the sitemap be changed or what am I doing on my end possibly?

Thanks!

Hello,

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Originally Posted by Design75

This is what i use

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Link to Yahoo is still not working

(http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExpl...ooDemo&url=%s; )

:(


BR, AR

This plugin doesn't appear to be properly generating meta tags into the sitemap. While my meta tags below are this:

HTML Code:

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="keywords" content="Plant Material, Plant Extracts, Live Plants, Seeds, Plant Oils, Plant Isolates, Salvia, Kratom, Capsules, Tinctures, , SiteMapXML" /> <meta name="description" content="Phytoextractum : SiteMapXML - Plant Material, Plant Extracts, Live Plants, Seeds, Plant Oils, Plant Isolates, Salvia, Kratom, Capsules, Tinctures, " />

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The sitemap generates my homepage as this:

HTML Code:

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<meta name="keywords" content="kratom, kratom extract, kratom isolates, entheogens, ethnobotanicals, resins, jurema, mimosa, salvia, extracts" />
<meta name="description" content="A long-time supplier of superior quality plant material, plant extracts, plus Kratom Isolates." />

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Is this an issue?

Hi,

I am tring to install Google Sitemap version 2.1...

Here are the steps I've taken so far, plus the question that I have

1) downloaded zip file from zencart addon section
2) unziped on my local drive
3) uploaded sitemapXML folder to my store root directory
4) looged into Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patches
5) got a window "SQL Query Executor"...

6) may I know what am I suppose to type in the window...? is it the command "install install.sql" and apply send button or do I need to do anything else

Please advice

Thanks

What is latest version now? Where can I install the latest version?
thanks!

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Originally Posted by hara

What is latest version now? Where can I install the latest version?
thanks!

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What is latest version now? Where can I download the latest version?
thanks!

A quick one... I was able to follow 90% of the instructions but can't seems to follow the last step:

4. Go to your Google Analytics Settings -> Edit Settings -> Edit Main Website Profile -> E-Commerce Website : Yes

where will I find "Google Analytics Settings" option...?

Apparently, when I checked Google analytics dashboard it seems to be working fine... seems like I am able to install the addon correctly without following the last step...

my webite is gpakistan.com

Please advice

Thanks

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Originally Posted by tparvaiz

A quick one... I was able to follow 90% of the instructions but can't seems to follow the last step:

4. Go to your Google Analytics Settings -> Edit Settings -> Edit Main Website Profile -> E-Commerce Website : Yes

where will I find "Google Analytics Settings" option...?

Apparently, when I checked Google analytics dashboard it seems to be working fine... seems like I am able to install the addon correctly without following the last step...

my webite is gpakistan.com

Please advice

Thanks

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You are not talking about SitemapXML module that is for sure. Need to ask your question in the right thread.

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Originally Posted by countrycharm

You are not talking about SitemapXML module that is for sure. Need to ask your question in the right thread.

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Hi,

Is this right mod and place to download?
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=544

but I saw it is very old dated. I'm wondering it is right product and version.

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Originally Posted by hara

Hi,

Is this right mod and place to download?
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=544

but I saw it is very old dated. I'm wondering it is right product and version.

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Yes that the right one.

I just installed this. I think it is working my sitemap index has

sitemapproducts.xml
sitemapproducts.xml.gz
sitemapezpages.xml
sitemapcategories.xml
itemapcategories.xml.gz
sitemapezpages.xml.gz

Should I have both compressed and not?
Thanks

Hi,

Im getting a page not found error when first trying to generate a sitemap.

This is a new installation, what have i done wrong?

Do I need to upload file googlesitemap.php ?
Can I delete all folders named Russian ?

Successfully installed in my 1.3.9h

I found my product file is larger than 10mb. Can I just set Compress XML Fileto true in order to work properly?

http://silicalodgegardencentre.co.uk...age=sitemapxml Getting an error on this page? Any ideas anyone?

Hello!
I released version 3.0.1.
Fixed bugs found.
Added support for Zen Cart 1.5.0.
Anyone interested can contact me.
I can not download, because My IP is blocked by ZB Blotskaya thst using old and have not trusted IP base.

Hello!
I released version 3.0.1.
Fixed bugs found.
Added support for Zen Cart 1.5.0.
Anyone interested can contact me.
I can not download, because My IP is blocked by ZB Block that using old and have not trusted IP base.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by a_berezin

Hello!
I released version 3.0.1.
Fixed bugs found.
Added support for Zen Cart 1.5.0.
Anyone interested can contact me.
I can not download, because My IP is blocked by ZB Block that using old and have not trusted IP base.

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Andrew, it's nice to see this post from you. I missed seeing you around here on Zen Cart forum. Thanks for the upgrade to an already awesome mode.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by a_berezin

Hello!
I released version 3.0.1.
Fixed bugs found.
Added support for Zen Cart 1.5.0.
Anyone interested can contact me.
I can not download, because My IP is blocked by ZB Block that using old and have not trusted IP base.

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Hi Andrew! Can you please send me the new version teo1chris########################## because i am facing problems with the Version: 2.1.0 as shown below

The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.


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XML document must have a top level element. Error processing resource 'http://dayshop.gr/sitemapproducts.xml'.

Should i unistall the 2.1.0 prior to installing the new one?

Thanks in advance

Quote:

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Originally Posted by a_berezin

Anyone interested can contact me.

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PM sent...

Quote:

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Originally Posted by a_berezin

Hello!
I released version 3.0.1.
Fixed bugs found.
Added support for Zen Cart 1.5.0.
Anyone interested can contact me.
I can not download, because My IP is blocked by ZB Block that using old and have not trusted IP base.

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Hi Andrew nice to hear from you. Hope to see you around again.
I sent you a PM for the new version.

Hi,
I regained access to the forum, and now I can load the module into the DL-area.
In the near future it will be available for download.

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Originally Posted by a_berezin

Hi,
I regained access to the forum, and now I can load the module into the DL-area.
In the near future it will be available for download.

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Andrew! Thanks for the upgrade and it's nice to see some newly added features as well. I am wondering, how do I go about upgrading the database? Do I uninstall my current version first or is your new process able to handle the necessary database upgrade for those of us already using the older version?

It appears that the database sql is now included in /admin/sitemapxml.php instead of previous versions that includes install and unstall sql file separately.

Thanks!

I installed sitemapXML and uploaded the resulting sitemap file to webmasters. There is still no search in google or any other of my site.

I used to use Opencart and thats the only thing in google. Is there a way to tell google to erase the cache of the old site layout as I have my zencart one?

Or am I not understanding the concept of how to use this app. As am I suppose to make certain files 777. right now they are all 644 for files and 755 for folders going by the ZC tutorials.

thanks

edit: And to add I have 1.3.8a and have nothing in my robots.txt so it has no restrictions on what to crawl.

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Originally Posted by fatiga

I installed sitemapXML and uploaded the resulting sitemap file to webmasters. There is still no search in google or any other of my site.

I used to use Opencart and thats the only thing in google. Is there a way to tell google to erase the cache of the old site layout as I have my zencart one?

Or am I not understanding the concept of how to use this app. As am I suppose to make certain files 777. right now they are all 644 for files and 755 for folders going by the ZC tutorials.

thanks

edit: And to add I have 1.3.8a and have nothing in my robots.txt so it has no restrictions on what to crawl.

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You seem to be confusing a lot of different things.

Google's SERPs will update slowly. You can't force them to drop any pages. They do not change instantly when old pages disappear, or when new ones appear. Submitting your sitemaps will help the process, but still expect it to take a few days to a month.

If you are not re-directing your old pages to your new ones, you will lose all your rankings and traffic.

I'd recommend following: http://corz.org/serv/tricks/htaccess2.php

Hi BlessIsaacola,

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Originally Posted by BlessIsaacola

how do I go about upgrading the database?

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Upgrade:
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0. Backup all Zen-Cart files to your server or local computer.
Backup your database.
1. Unzip and upload all files to your store directory.
2. Go to Admin->Tools->Sitemap XML and click "Update SitemapXML SQL".
3. Go to Admin->Configuration->Sitemap XML and setup all parameters.
4. Go to Admin->Tools->Google XML Sitemap (If error messages occur, change permissions on the XML files to 777).

Quote:

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Originally Posted by a_berezin

Hello!
I released version 3.0.1.
Fixed bugs found.
Added support for Zen Cart 1.5.0.
Anyone interested can contact me.
I can not download, because My IP is blocked by ZB Block that using old and have not trusted IP base.

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Have you uploaded your v3.0.1 file yet, I don't see it. If you haven't could you pm me with it.

Using Zencart V1.39, ezpages also.

Thanks,
Shane

Hi all,
Version 3.0.2 is available for download - http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=544 .

Quote:

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Originally Posted by a_berezin

Hi all,
Version 3.0.2 is available for download - http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=544 .

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Thanks Andrew for this upgrade! I installed Version 3.0.2 and everything went well as expected except for the sitemap generation. When the sitemapmanufacturers.xml is generated it's only showing 434 manufacturers even though we have more than 3,000+ I am not sure how to troubleshoot this issue.

Thanks!

we have download this module. Now Tell me how we implement it zencart based site

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Originally Posted by sbglobal

we have download this module. Now Tell me how we implement it zencart based site

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Did you follow the readme file?

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Originally Posted by sbglobal

we have download this module. Now Tell me how we implement it zencart based site

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READ THE README-SITEMAPXML.TXT THAT COMES WITH THE MODULE.
Install:
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0. Backup all Zen-Cart files to your server or local computer.
Backup your database.
1. ->Configuration->Sitemap XML and setup all parameters.
4. Go to Admin->Tools->Google XML Sitemap (If error messages occur, change permissions on the XML files to 777).
5. To have thiUnzip and upload all files to your store directory.
2. Go to Admin->Tools->Sitemap XML and click "Install SitemapXML SQL".
3. Go to Admins update and automatically notify Google, you will need to set up a Cron
job via your host's control panel.

Upgrade:
========
0. Backup all Zen-Cart files to your server or local computer.
Backup your database.
1. Unzip and upload all files to your store directory.
2. Go to Admin->Tools->Sitemap XML and click "Update SitemapXML SQL".
3. Go to Admin->Configuration->Sitemap XML and setup all parameters.
4. Go to Admin->Tools->Google XML Sitemap (If error messages occur, change permissions on the XML files to 777).

Hi,

I've installed site map version 2-1-0... in the sitemapcategories.xml file I can see URL entries such as

http://gpakistan.com/index.php?main_...38&language=en
http://gpakistan.com/index.php?main_...15&language=en
ans so on

when I tried to submit a sitemap through Google webmaster tool I got following error message:

Paths don't match
We've detected that you submitted your Sitemap using a URL path that includes the www prefix (for instance, http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml). However, the URLs listed inside your Sitemap don't use the www prefix (for instance, http://example.com/myfile.htm).


Please advice

The error that Google has given you explains the problem very clearly. Just submit the sitemap using the right URL format.

how would I do it...? do I need to make changes to the sitemap file on my website (I used sitemapXML) or should I change parameters on the Google webmaster tool

Thanks for your assistance

I am getting an error message when doing ping for Yahoo

Here is what I have for yahoo Ping url

Yahoo! => http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExpl...ing?sitemap=%s



here is the error message

http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExpl...temapindex.xml

cURL Error: Error http_code "403" reading "http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fgpakistan.com%2Fsitemapindex.xml"

thanks