SitemapXML v.2

[a_berezin]

Hi RoPey,

The response I got is as follows:

"The cron jobs you've listed are loop-back connections. Scripts cannot open a connection to the internet only for it to loop-back to the same server - scripts should be executed locally instead.

However, because of the parameters that need to be passed, there might not be an easy way to do this. The easiest method would be to set these cron jobs up on a different hosting package - a different webserver - as that wouldn't be subjected to the same loop-back limitation."

The first time I hear about such restrictions. I do not even understand what it means.

[RoPey]

Hi RoPey,

The first time I hear about such restrictions. I do not even understand what it means.

Oh I'm so glad I'm not alone Andrew.

I queried it with them and they've told me that I need to set it up on a different server (we're hosting resellers) that relates to any of the other hosting accounts that we run, or by creating a random domain reference to the account ie domain-reference.co.uk instead of domain.co.uk!

Is there a way of doing this without the scripts - cgi, perl etc?I've seen a few posts where users said they were using a simple url - something ending in domain.co.uk/public_html/cgi-bin/sitemapxml.php, but that isn't mentioned in the tips.

Thanks

[RoPey]

Well I think I've answered my own question, I fiddled a bit more and found that this seems to work just fine. Just in case it's of any use to anyone else with the same problem.

/usr/bin/php /home/sites/domain.com/public_html/cgi-bin/sitemapxml.php

Regards
RoPey

[SPH]

Hi, just installed this plugin on a fresh 1.5.1 cart. Everything appears to be working.

However, after pinging google I see in whoisonline that google tried to access sitemap/sitemap.xml, which went to a page not found. Is this normal? I recall this issue in the past on a former 1.5.1 cart.

I also put the url to the sitemap in my robots.txt file, I guess an added thing to do. I hope it corrects the google/page not found issue above.

Thanks for any input.

[a_berezin]

Hi,

after pinging google I see in whoisonline that google tried to access sitemap/sitemap.xml, which went to a page not found. Is this normal?

Strangely, this is old bug, which I've already fix. I upload the latest version, wait for moderators to approve.

[jodean]

Is there any way that certain folders can be excluded?

[jodean]

I am using the Images4 plugin with SitemapXML. When the site is crawled it records the BMZ_Cache name instead of the actual image link.

This is what is generated by SitemapXML
http://tennesseetraditionalflies.com...ge.750x453.jpg

Google dosnt like the above link.

The actual image location is
http://tennesseetraditionalflies.com...ying%20Pad.jpg

Is there any way to control which link Sitemap uses?

[DivaVocals]

I am using the Images4 plugin with SitemapXML. When the site is crawled it records the BMZ_Cache name instead of the actual image link.

This is what is generated by SitemapXML
http://tennesseetraditionalflies.com...ge.750x453.jpg

Google dosnt like the above link.

The actual image location is
http://tennesseetraditionalflies.com...ying%20Pad.jpg

Is there any way to control which link Sitemap uses?

Not sure why you say "Google dosnt like the above link". To my knowledge, there isn't any reason Google wouldn't "like" this link..

[jodean]

Google does not generate a index for file names which are not descriptive of the image file. Have been waiting for three months for Google to index the images. I recently found blogs discussing problems with Google not generating image indexes with non-descriptive image file names.

[a_berezin]

Google does not generate a index for file names which are not descriptive of the image file.

This is one of the myths. You can see https://www.google.ru/search?q=site:...me.ru&tbm=isch.

The actual image location is
http://tennesseetraditionalflies.com...ying%20Pad.jpg

Is there any way to control which link Sitemap uses?

File includes\modules\pages\sitemapxml\sitemapxml_products.php
Find

define('SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_IMAGES_FUNCTION', 'true'); 

replace by

define('SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_IMAGES_FUNCTION', 'false');