SitemapXML v.2

[CarStickersDecals]

Hello All, I installed Sitemap XML... When I click [HERE] to create the sitemap window pops up and it starts creating the sitemap after about 6 minutes it stops and loads the page not found page.. I looked at the xml file and it started creating the file but never finished.. Any ideas of what might be going on.. Thanks for all your input..

[orange_juice]

Hallo,

I am trying to use the Sitemapxml-2.1.0 module.

I have an issue with pinging:

Although google seems to be working OK, all the others do not. I get the following message:

Ping Yahoo!
cURL Error: Error http_code "403" reading "<submitted url>"

Ping Ask.com
cURL Error: "couldn't connect to host" reading "<submitted url>"

Ping Microsoft
cURL Error: Error http_code "404" reading "<submitted url>"

The line that I have inserted in my
admin -> configuration -> sitemap XML -> Ping Urls
and works best, is the following:

Google => http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=%s; Yahoo! => http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/updateNotification?appid=YahooDemo&url=%s; Ask.com => http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=%s; Bing.com => http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?sitemap=%s

Yahoo has changed its address
Moreover has ceased working
Ask.com has a timeout issue with its servers.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Kind regards,
orange_juice

[Donn]

I've used this mod for a while, but only recently took a better look at it. I was able to submit my sitemap to Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft, but not Ask. Ask returned an "error 111".

Should the ping urls for those search engines be set to sitemapindex.xml, or sitemap.xml? I noticed the default was sitemap.xml, but when I changed it to sitemapindex.xml, Microsoft still worked, while the other two (that had been working) no longer did.

The sitemapindex file point to the bunch of other sitemap files that are created by this module. I would think this is a better place to point the search engines.

Anyone with any help, thanks....

[Justwade]

Ok, this makes sitemaps. and Google finds them.
But all my urls are not produced right like before I upgraded.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled scripts including the old and this new version to no avail. Checked the files...

So, is this contribution working for anyone who has upgraded to 1.3.9h?

And if so, is there a code change needed?
(and Yes I read this thread a lot and I am still "Lost", with no cool intro and theme music to entice me to continue on and I do apologize if I am not seeing an obvious clue)

So far- clean install 1.3.9h, +
Image handler v2_0
FCKeditor
CSS Flyout Menu
Simple_google_analytics_1-2-3

Any ideas please, is it just me or is there more to this?
Thank you,

[rjspomer]

Old version is right below new version, it's ZC team policy to publish this way, precisely to prevent these issues.

I must be quite dense but what do you mean by below it. In the download section?
Sorry

[Justwade]

Also what I noticed as well is when it generates the product URL's it inserts this & in place of &. That makes all my Links not work. I had to go through and Find and replace all of those &. How can I get it to use the correct symbol?

So far, manually changing my sitemaps to repair all the urls inserts of & to a & was my only solution that I could find to make the links work.
I wish I could learn more about code to help with this but I can barely keep up with just the other store needs.
Good luck

[Justwade]

I must be quite dense but what do you mean by below it. In the download section?

It easy to over look somethings, I am doing it daily.
In the "Free Software Add Ons" a contributor's first or older version remains available below the latest and newest version for downloading. This is very helpful as you upgrade and you may need to go back and see what files you may have installed or want to use an older version of the Add On with an older Zen. The later I highly do not recommend, go with 1.3.9h.
I keep a file of all my add ons per cart version, clear back to my first Zen Cart, but sometimes it helps to look at the original files again in download area just in case one may have overlooked something or why it was changed up.

[orange_juice]

Invalid URLs in the site map

I've installed simple seo url with link alias on. When I generate the sitemaps all my products URLs are generated as follows.

http://www.mysite.co.uk/-c-0/products_name1
http://www.mysite.co.uk/-c-0/products_name2
http://www.mysite.co.uk/-c-0/products_name3

etc


But the categories URLs are correct.

Have I done something wrong ? Can someone help me to fix this error.

Many Thanks

This happens because your products do not have the master ID set.

You need to go to Admin -> Tools -> Store Manager
and "Reset ALL Products Master Categories ID" and then "Update ALL Products Price Sorter"

However be careful if you have linked products:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...2&postcount=27

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...8&postcount=30

Kind regards,
orange_juice

[Thannaree]

Hello,
Please advise how is this mod better than simply generating a regular sitemap.xml online and uploading it under google webmaster?
Many thanks!

[Redbaron2]

So far, manually changing my sitemaps to repair all the urls inserts of & to a & was my only solution that I could find to make the links work.
I wish I could learn more about code to help with this but I can barely keep up with just the other store needs.
Good luck

Proper XML is &, <, and > so this mod is correct. The problem lies in the SEO conversion scripts .htaccess file. It is converting out the & as superfluous. Changing the handling of this in the .htaccess file is done at your own risk. I remember a comment of a certain SEO mod in the readme for this mod.
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Red Baron