SitemapXML v.2

[lylamle]

Ping Yahoo!
http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExpl...ooDemo&url=%s;

[mafiasam]

Ping Yahoo!
http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExpl...ooDemo&url=%s;

Yep, this works perfectly. Should probably list it in a code box though

http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/updateNotification?appid=YahooDemo&url=%s;

thanks

[aozhaver]

Doesn't matter I've just realised it only seems to happen in firefox not IE and google hasn't a problem with my site maps.

HI,

I seem to have your original problem... When I generate my sitemap in admin and then click to preview it Firefox throws this error...

Error loading stylesheet: A network error occurred loading an XSLT stylesheet:http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...11/css/gss.xsl

With Chrome and IE it just brings up a blank page for the preview on http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/store/sitemapindex.xml

I don't know much about SEO but I thought it would be nice to have a system to ping google with site updates.

To be honest I can even be sure this mod is generating a site map for me.

I include here the output text from the site map generator in admin...

SiteMapXML (v 2.1.0 30.04.2009 10:35) Categories Sitemap "sitemapcategories.xml" have not changed - using existing file(s)
Ezpages Sitemap EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=103" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...ndex&cPath=103)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=92" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...index&cPath=92)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=95" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...index&cPath=95)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...=index&cPath=1)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=113" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...ndex&cPath=113)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=109" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...ndex&cPath=109)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=111" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...ndex&cPath=111)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=105" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...ndex&cPath=105)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=99" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...index&cPath=99)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=107" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...ndex&cPath=107)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=80" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...index&cPath=80)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=99" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...index&cPath=99)
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=80" (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...index&cPath=80)
File http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...mapezpages.xml. Written 0 items (0 bytes), Filesize: 0 bytes
Products Sitemap "sitemapproducts.xml" have not changed - using existing file(s)
Reviews Sitemap File http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...mapreviews.xml. Written 0 items (0 bytes), Filesize: 0 bytes
Sitemap Index Include sitemapcategories.xml (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...categories.xml)
Include sitemapproducts.xml (http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor...approducts.xml)
URL - http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/store/sitemapindex.xml
Written 2 items (729 bytes), Filesize: 729 bytes
Total Execution Time 0:0.0253

so can anyone see anything wrong or some hint about what to test?

I triple checked all the files are in the right places and I set 777 permissions for the xml files in the root plus that one file thats in the CSS directory but nothing helps..
suggestions please

[aozhaver]

yep... searched through the thread a little more and found the answer here:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=416

[finlander]

This is going to be a very dumb question, but I haven't stumbled on the answer yet.

Do we use the sitemap(s) we generate with Sitemap XML as our website's store sitemap for customers to view on a webpage when browsing the store?

In other words, do we somehow plug in the XML sitemap(s) in place Zen Cart's native http://www.domainname.com/index.php?main_page=site_map ??

??

Sorry for such a dumb question....

[aozhaver]

No not dumb at all if you read through the thread youll see this question asked a few times.

Basically its just for google, if you want a nicer site map for customers I saw an add on
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=939

but I havent tested it yet... looks promising

[idealgraphix]

I have v1.39g installed and just installed SitemapXML v2.10. The configuration box works fine under Configuration/Sitemap XML, but under Tools all I see is BOX_SITEMAPXML. When I click on that I receive the following error:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /admin/FILENAME_SITEMAPXML.php on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Does anyone know the resolution to this? BTW, I changed the real name of my admin directory in the error above to just "admin" for security reasons :)

[aozhaver]

This seems like a faulty install, reupload all the files one by one and check 100% they all go in the right place.

Also check this thread about setting 777 permissions for your XML files and about editing your .htaccess file

[aozhaver]

After the install my regular site map is acting strangely. Normally it would display all the categories in a tree type format all indented but now its just a straight vertical list.

see here:

http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor..._page=site_map

Any ideas which file might have been modifies or which file controls this behaviour so I can check and perhaps upload a replacement from backup.

Thanks!

[DivaVocals]

After the install my regular site map is acting strangely. Normally it would display all the categories in a tree type format all indented but now its just a straight vertical list.

see here:

http://www.majesticsilver.co.uk/stor..._page=site_map

Any ideas which file might have been modifies or which file controls this behaviour so I can check and perhaps upload a replacement from backup.

Thanks!

Looks like a stylesheet issue.. You might want to start a different thread for this or post your issue here: Improved SiteMap Display.. A discussion about the Zen Cart site HTML map is slightly off target for this support thread..