SitemapXML v.2

[Kevin205]

1. includes/modules/pages/sitemapxml/

There are several files there. Which one do you modify or delete, to eliminate generation of sitemapcategories.xml and sitemapezpages.xml?

[a_berezin]

There are several files there. Which one do you modify or delete, to eliminate generation of sitemapcategories.xml and sitemapezpages.xml?

You will be surprised!!! These files are sitemapxml_categories.php and sitemapxml_ezpages.php

[Kevin205]

Surprised?
Let me explain what I need,

When you select the check box in front of “Force rebuild all sitemap*.xml files!” and press send under Admin>Tools> Sitemap XML, the following pages get regenerated in the sitemap/ folder:

Sitemapcategories.xml
sitemapezpages.xml
sitemapmainpage.xml
sitemapmanufacturers.xml
sitemapproducts.xml
sitemapreviews.xml

and sitemap.xml file at the root level gets populated and regenerated with the above files.

How do I prevent the generation of sitemapezpages.xml and sitemapxml_categories.php in both locations; in sitemap/ folder and the sitemap.xml ,file at root?

[a_berezin]

Surprised?
Let me explain what I need,

When you select the check box in front of “Force rebuild all sitemap*.xml files!” and press send under Admin>Tools> Sitemap XML, the following pages get regenerated in the sitemap/ folder:

Sitemapcategories.xml
sitemapezpages.xml
sitemapmainpage.xml
sitemapmanufacturers.xml
sitemapproducts.xml
sitemapreviews.xml

and sitemap.xml file at the root level gets populated and regenerated with the above files.

How do I prevent the generation of sitemapezpages.xml and sitemapxml_categories.php in both locations; in sitemap/ folder and the sitemap.xml ,file at root?

DELETE THIS FILES!!!!!!!

includes/modules/pages/sitemapxml/sitemapxml_categories.php
sitemap/sitemapcategories.xml
includes/modules/pages/sitemapxml/sitemapxml_ezpages.php
sitemap/sitemapezpages.xml

[Kevin205]

Andrew that did it. Thank you.

How often do you recommend updating the site xml? Daily, Weekly, etc.

[a_berezin]

How often do you recommend updating the site xml? Daily, Weekly, etc.

As often as you add and change the products.

[Kevin205]

One more question. Even thought the file extension is .xml and it is a file containing xml format. It is producing html like output with a style.

Would that be a problem for search engines?

[a_berezin]

One more question. Even thought the file extension is .xml and it is a file containing xml format. It is producing html like output with a style.

Would that be a problem for search engines?

NO!!! It's a XML files with xml content!!!

[MaartenJ]

Dear a_bezerin,

First: thank you so much for this great module. I use it about 3 years and still love it! Today i've upgrade tot the newest version and noticed something strange (although this strange thing was also happening with the older versionsof sitemapXML).

When I create the sitemap everythings goes great. Categories etc is all fine, but on products sitemap I have a strange issue:

all the product urls are okay, except the urls from one particular Parent Category ("Chunks"). The only generate url is -c-0/"product name". Please see http://www.charms.nl/sitemap/sitemapproducts.xml
and http://www.charms.nl As you can see in the sitemap from the products all the products are good except for the products in parent category chunks. The url on our site is right.

Please notice i'm using SSU (simple seo url) for url rewriting.

Do you have any idea what the problem is? I already tried changing the name of: subcategories, parentcategories. Always followed by a total cache refresh for SSU.

Thanks already!

[lhungil]

... on products sitemap I have a strange issue ...
all the product urls are okay, except the urls from one particular Parent Category ("Chunks"). The only generate url is -c-0/"product name". ... Please notice i'm using SSU (simple seo url) for url rewriting.

On your site under "Customers who bought this product also purchased..." the URLs being generated for products in "chunks" also contain "-c-0/name". I do not use SSU, but as the generation of URLs is not consistent on your site I would venture something is off with SSU... You may want to try resetting the affected category and products URLs in SSU.