SitemapXML v.2

**Craig Robbo** · 22 Apr 2010, 01:37 PM

Hi

Do i delete my sitemap.xml in Google Webmasters after i have uploaded my sitemap index file as it is showing as the default sitemap and is also listed with my other sitemaps when i click into my sitemapindex.xml.

Thanks for this excellent contribution

Craig

**australican** · 23 Apr 2010, 03:58 AM

Hi folks,
Is there a way that I can get this mod to create a single sitemap.xml, instead of four separate files including an index.
I've been cut and pasting products and category maps to achieve this.
Thanks,
David

If you ask why, I've had advice that unless you have 5000+ products (or items ) on your site map, the preferred method is a single file as opposed to the index route.

**phoeuth** · 30 Apr 2010, 05:24 AM

Originally Posted by Danielle

I am getting the same error. I checked and my xml files do have content. I tried sitemapproducts.xml, sitemapindex.xml, and sitemapcategories.xml, and they all give that same error even though the files do have content. Any ideas on how I can fix this error?

Thanks!

Same here. I have the same problems. I have contents in all xml files but am getting the same error as you are. I think it's because am using zen 1.3.9. If anyone can help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.

**nehoward64** · 7 May 2010, 02:02 PM

I've installed the newest site map generator and am currently using Zen Cart 138a(waiting for kinks and glitches before upgrading!)... When I generate the sitemap, and manually upload it to Google, I get an error from google saying there are XML mismatches. I've checked through the file with an editor and everything seems normal. Has anyone else encountered this and if so, what would cause it? When I look at my sitemap some of the nomenclature is a bit different than other sitemaps in various examples i've seen and i'm beginning to wonder if this utility is actually 100% compatible.

Any thoughts?

**TLC** · 7 May 2010, 08:15 PM

Just upgraded to Zen Cart 1.3.9a last week, then applied the patches to make it 1.3.9b.

I had this mod installed previously (on 1.3.8a) and it worked fine. After the upgrade I re-installed sitemapxml__formerly_google_sitemap_2-1-0. When I click to update my sitemap, I get the pop up window that has the links there. But when I click on the links all I get is the following:
##########################################################################################___
The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

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The stylesheet does not contain a document element. The stylesheet may be empty, or it may not be a well-formed XML documen...

######################################################################____

So until I can figure out what's wrong, I just uploaded the sitemaps that I had backed up before I upgraded. I don't know how to fix the gss.xsl stylesheet, which is what I gather is wrong?

**piker** · 7 May 2010, 10:18 PM

I think that is more to do with the browsers inability to view these types of files. Try opening them with Notepad++ or something similar.
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**jamesding88** · 9 May 2010, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by phoeuth

Same here. I have the same problems. I have contents in all xml files but am getting the same error as you are. I think it's because am using zen 1.3.9. If anyone can help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.

I have the same problems.

**Eyeore211** · 11 May 2010, 01:31 AM

I installed this, put all the files in the right places and reset permissions. I have installed lots of plugins so I am familiar with the process. Regardless, I cannot get this to work. It looks fine in the admin panel but when I click to generate the sitemap, the target window pops up with the address

http://mydomain/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml

But nothing happens at all. There are no errors, no text at all. I don't even get a 404 error. This is true in FF, IE and Chrome. Any ideas? The only odd thing about my site is that the admin folder has been renamed but I did put the files in the correct folders within the new admin folder.

I am using Zen Cart 1.3.8a and the current version of the plugin.

**TLC** · 11 May 2010, 02:49 AM

I have temporarily abandoned the sitemap.xml generator and have manually redone my sitemap. I went through my entire web site and copied and pasted each link into the sitemap that I had originally created with Sitemap XML generator. When I tried to access the link through the browser, I got the same error.

Upon closer inspection of the sitemap, I found this at the top of the page:
"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""UTF-8""?>"
"<urlset xmlns=""http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.9"""
" xmlns:xsi=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"""
" xsi:schemaLocation=""http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84/sitemap.xsd"">"

Notice all of the extra quotes that aren't supposed to be there? I didn't put them there!

So I removed those and re-uploaded to my web site and tried accessing the link again. This time I got an different error:

XML Parsing Error: undefined entity
Location: http://tlccreations.com/sitemap.xml
Line Number 6, Column 62:<loc>http://tlccreations.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath;=302_451_229&products_id=949</loc>
-------------------------------------------------------------^
The definition of this error according to Google's Webmaster Tools is this:
Google has detected an XML parsing error in the Sitemap. Often, this is because of an unescaped character in the URL. As with all XML files, any data values (including URLs) must use entity escape codes for certain characters such as ampersands, single and double quotes, and "greater than / less than" symbols.

Huh???

I tried to validate the sitemap and got an error and a warning:

The error has to do with having an even number of URI's... (sorry, don't know what that means.. haven't gotten that far yet...)
The warning is;
The reference to entity "amp" must end with the ';' delimiter.
I tried to put the the ';' behind the amp and of course none of the pages can be found...

Of course not! That's because that's not where the products are! So I still don't have any answers that will help. Sorry this is long and probably not helpful to anyone!

**mzimmers** · 11 May 2010, 10:42 PM

I just installed this (for the first time) on a 1.3.9b shop. I uploaded everything but the .txt files and the install/uninstall SQLs.

Install seemed to go OK, but when I tried to create the map, I got a new window with a 404 error. The address it tried to open was: http://www.cinderellaantiques.com/sh...age=sitemapxml. It's as though it's not finding the right sitemapxml.php file (in my very layman's opinion).

It's hard to imagine what 1.3.9 could have changed that would break this, but...has *anyone* gotten this add-on working with 1.3.9?