SitemapXML v.2

[asimms1]

One other thing that might help figure this out. My google base mod works fine and does have the SEF URL in the feed... This is driving me crazy!

Why can't I figure this out?

[Feznizzle]

Grrrrr!

Ok, I was getting cURL 403 errors on submission to Yahoo. In searching back thru the forum, I made some changes to my configuration based things I read.

One change I made was to the code associated with the creation of gzip files based upon THIS COMMENT.

I then went into Configuration / Sitemap XML and flipped on the gzip function. I went back to Tools / Sitemap XML and did STEP 1 (update sitemap).

It kicked out the following errors for each of the four sitemaps:
Failed to open file "sitemacategories.xml.gz"!!!

In looking at the directory via ftp, I found that:
• sitemapcategories.xml <-- does exist!
• sitemapcategories.xml.gz <-- does not exist!

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

[Nick_H]

Hi,

I have had this working fine on a number of 1.39d shops, but one of them gives me a blank popup when I click "STEP 1: Click [HERE] to create / update your site map. "

ZC 1.39d, SEO URLs and a bunch of other plugins - but exactly the same as two shops that work fine!

Uninstalled and reinstalled with no joy - any ideas?

Cheers,

Nick

[AndyChap]

What did you find wrong when it was directing you to the "Page Not Found"? I having same issue.

[robax]

Hi there,
I've just now isntalled this and set it up and am unsure on the correct URL to insert at Google.

I want to ensure that Google receives a fresh set of data whenever it comes looking.

Is this the correct URL for that:

index.php?main_page=sitemapxml&inline=yes&rebuild=yes

It generates a page with 3 sitemap URLs listed. However I can't tell if it's going to stay fresh automatically.

Thanks for any advice on this
Rob

[Nick_H]

What did you find wrong when it was directing you to the "Page Not Found"? I having same issue.

I just get a blank page - no error or 404 messsage...

Hi there,
I've just now isntalled this and set it up and am unsure on the correct URL to insert at Google.

I want to ensure that Google receives a fresh set of data whenever it comes looking.

Is this the correct URL for that:

index.php?main_page=sitemapxml&inline=yes&rebuild=yes

It generates a page with 3 sitemap URLs listed. However I can't tell if it's going to stay fresh automatically.

Thanks for any advice on this
Rob

I usually submit yourdomain.com/sitemapindex.xml and then google picks up the other three from there. You can submit them manually using sitemapcategories.xml etc if you prefer.

Nick

[robax]

I usually submit yourdomain.com/sitemapindex.xml and then google picks up the other three from there. You can submit them manually using sitemapcategories.xml etc if you prefer.

Nick

Thanks for the reply,

That's yet another version of the URL to add to the list. This addon has very confusing setup.

However, the URL I have seems to work, and the question is whether the extra bits on the URL will cause it to automatically generate a fresh sitemap or if I have to trigger that manually.

index.php?main_page=sitemapxml&inline=yes&rebuild=yes

[countrycharm]

Thanks for the reply,

That's yet another version of the URL to add to the list. This addon has very confusing setup.

However, the URL I have seems to work, and the question is whether the extra bits on the URL will cause it to automatically generate a fresh sitemap or if I have to trigger that manually.

index.php?main_page=sitemapxml&inline=yes&rebuild=yes

You can set up a cron job to run the sitemap auto in your cpanel.
Not confusing at all.

Tips
====

To run it as a cron job (at 5:0am like you wanted), put something in your crontab like the following:
0 5 * * * GET 'http://your_domain/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml'
or
0 5 * * * wget -q 'http://your_domain/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml' -O/dev/null
or
0 5 * * * curl -s 'http://your_domain/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml'
or
0 5 * * * php -f <path to shop>/cgi-bin/sitemapxml.php rebuild=yes

[robax]

You can set up a cron job to run the sitemap auto in your cpanel.
Not confusing at all.

Tips
====

To run it as a cron job (at 5:0am like you wanted), put something in your crontab like the following:
0 5 * * * GET 'http://your_domain/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml'
or
0 5 * * * wget -q 'http://your_domain/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml' -O/dev/null
or
0 5 * * * curl -s 'http://your_domain/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml'
or
0 5 * * * php -f <path to shop>/cgi-bin/sitemapxml.php rebuild=yes

Thanks for the reply, but I don't have cronjobs and I don't have a cpanel.

I'm looking for the answer to this: Does anyone know whether this URL:

index.php?main_page=sitemapxml&inline=yes&rebuild=yes

With "rebuild=yes" at the end, actualy rebuilds the sitemaps when it is accessed, or does it do nothing of the sort?
Regards
Rob

[kelvyn]

The beginning of the end of Yahoo?

Looks like Yahoo are slowly closing down their search engine.
After digging around for the correct ping URL for about an hour, I found another forum with the same problem:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/4169558.htm

All the Yahoo ping services have been taken offline a few weeks ago.
The help pages still mention them. I submitted a support ticket, but I'm not holding out hope. For now I'm just going and manually doing it through Yahoo SiteExplorer, which still seems to exist, but for how long?

EDIT: Looks like I'm a bit behind the times - Yahoo and Bing are merging. http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/news/...ing-algorithm/
Nice of them to keep their docs out of date...