Google SitemapAdmin

[a_berezin]

I was install this module and run,but found this problem:
http://www.handicraft-vn.com/shop/googlesitemap.php?

Can somebody guide me to fix this?

Thanks you for help,

My error Fixed. Thanks!
Reload it.

[kimsonvu]

Hi,

I saw this problem with webmaster program in google.I dont know how to fix that!


Errors Unsupported file format
Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it meets our Sitemap guidelines and resubmit.

http://www.google.com/support/webmas...er=34654&hl=en

[Alex Clarke]

I've installed the Google Sitemap Admin contribution and it works great! It creates nice sitemaps for mysite, which I have no problems manually importing to Google Sitemaps.

To update the sitemaps I access www.mysite.com/googlesitemaps.php?ping=yes (I think that's the URL). In the documentation (for the contribution) it states that by accessing this URL your sitemaps will be updated and Google will be notified. However, if I log into Goolge Sitemaps after accessing this URL the 'submitted' date of each sitemap does not change!

I've tried this on several occassions and even waiting a couple of hours and even days before checking the status of my sitemaps with Google.

So my questions is...

Is this normal? Surely when you hit the above URL it should 'resubmit' your sitemaps.

Hope that all makes sense!

[a_berezin]

I don't know why so occurs. When I ping, I receive this mesage from google:

Sitemap Notification Received

Your Sitemap has been successfully added to our list of Sitemaps to crawl. If this is the first time you are notifying Google about this Sitemap, please add it via http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps so you can track its status. Please note that we do not add all submitted URLs to our index, and we cannot make any predictions or guarantees about when or if they will appear.

And nothing changed in the status sitemap.

[Alex Clarke]

I think I'm having them same problem!

[ecommercegirl]

THIS IS HOW YOU ADD THE SITEMAP TO GOOGLE!!!!

1---- Open your Admin (Zen Admin) TOOLS -- GOOGLE XML SITEMAP
2 --- CLICK ON STEP 1 - let the admin do its thing.
3- NOW IF YOU LOG INTO YOUR CPANEL AND LOOK THE ROOT FOLDER
see that there are three folders with an xml extension? dont delete them!
4 ----- Log into google ( you can do this in the admin on the right side of the tools----google xml sitemap area)
5 -- your going to add a sitemap now.
6 --- Click on Add a sitemap and create these files.. (these are the files that are in the root folder that the admin just created for you when you clicked on Step 1)

Http://www.yoursite.com/sitemapcategories.xml
Http://www.yoursite.com/sitemapproducts.xml
Http://www.yoursite.com/sitemapindex.xml

Add each one, three of them. Wait for a few hours and it should be added.

I hope this helps others installing this. I didnt find these instructions anywhere! I wish someone adds it to the download file for the mod.

Good luck!!!!

[ecommercegirl]

Oh i forgot --- you can do step 2 of the admin in (PING) google xml area only when you add new products, it should update it for you! I said should. LOL I havent tried it yet.

[a_berezin]

I didnt find these instructions anywhere!

You can find this instructions on google site.

I talk that ping does not change status sitemap on google.

[ecommercegirl]

6 --- Click on Add a sitemap and create these files.. (these are the files that are in the root folder that the admin just created for you when you clicked on Step 1)


Http://www.yoursite.com/sitemapindex.xml

JUST ADD THIS ONE! NOT ALL THREE

[Alex Clarke]

Why not add all 3?