Hello,

I tried a lot to create sitemap using this one..but not working at all. It generated sitemap for me till I had 80K products and when I went to more than 170K it stopped working saying mysql ran out of memory...

Did almost everything on mysql and NGINX to make it work after that..no matter how much memory or read/write timeout adjust...it will simply not work.

Any idea what we can do?

I used the sitemap generator at https://www.xml-sitemap.com to generate a site map for my site. I was just wondering what was the difference between that and the mod being offered here. Thanks for any help you can offer.

weezee:

No one answered this.

I,m getting this also, The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

XML document must have a top level element. Error processing resource 'http://www.mydomain.com/sitemapreviews.xml'.

Any one know what this mean.

also where do you add the fix for the EZpages. sitemapxml_ezpages
and the nofollow-reciprocity my web site is weezeesgifts

I get this error on all of the generated sitemaps when viewed in a browser. However, I can view source and see my perfectly formed XML, so this really puzzles me. I've also validated the resulting XML elsewhere and no problems found.
Example:
http://www.truesolutions.com/sitemapproducts.xml

All I can figure is that the XSL stylesheet definition at the very top is somehow invalid:

I did copy the installation files that went into the /template_default folder into my custom template folder, but it seems to still refer to the ones in template_default.
Is the path out of whack or something?

Thanks,
Steve

embryo:

I get this error on all of the generated sitemaps when viewed in a browser. However, I can view source and see my perfectly formed XML, so this really puzzles me. I've also validated the resulting XML elsewhere and no problems found.
Example:
http://www.truesolutions.com/sitemapproducts.xml

All I can figure is that the XSL stylesheet definition at the very top is somehow invalid:

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="includes/templates/template_default/css/gss.xsl"?>

I did copy the installation files that went into the /template_default folder into my custom template folder, but it seems to still refer to the ones in template_default.
Is the path out of whack or something?

Thanks,
Steve

What version of zen cart are you using?

lankeeyankee:

This is a sitemap for search engines and is not meant to be viewed in a browser. You need this, though, to help improve your organic search engine result placement (SERP) in the search engines. I recommend updating this sitemap every time you make any changes to your categories, products, meta tags, or anything else in your website. The search engines respond more and place a higher value on your content when you are pinging them with updated sitemaps as it shows that the site's content is actively changing and isn't static.

I think that you are confusing this with the zen cart sitemap that is displayed on your site for visitors to quickly find what they are looking for.

ckosloff:

It will throw error if there are no reviews.
Try opening other .xml files in the root of your store and they will display, if there is some content.

Payam:

(This is for if you have the stylesheet error with gss.xsl)
Here is why this addon won't work with zencart. You don't need to move anything anywhere or do anyother hack except to change the .htaccess file under your "includes" folder.

/web-site-root/includes/.htacess

on line 26 you will find:
<FilesMatch ".*.(js|JS|css|CSS|jpg|JPG|gif|GIF|png|PNG|swf|SWF)$">

Change the line to:
<FilesMatch ".*.(js|JS|css|CSS|jpg|JPG|gif|GIF|png|PNG|swf|SWF|xsl|XSL)$">

You are by doing that allowing the filetypes *.xsl and *.XSL to be accessed by an external browser.

My .htaccess version is:

@version $Id: .htaccess 16111 2010-04-29 22:39:02Z drbyte $

So perhaps that is why on zencart 1.38 it works and not on the newer 1.3.9a.

drbyte is working some late hours, send him some coffee :)

MODERATOR NOTE: xsl has been added to the .htaccess for v1.3.9f and newer.

Thanks countrycharm!

The .htaccess tweak did the trick for me.

Oh, and my ZC version is 1.3.9.e

Steve

embryo:

Thanks countrycharm!

The .htaccess tweak did the trick for me.

Oh, and my ZC version is 1.3.9.e

Steve

What tweak fixed the ezpages?. It does not work for an external site..

I don't use ezpages, so I couldn't say...
I do have a bunch of static pages in our site that I was easily able to add.

I just copied one of the generated sitemaps and changed the values to my static page URL's, and named it sitemapstaticpages.xml

Subsequently, when I ran the script, it included my new sitemap in the sitemapindex. Sweet.

Hi..you don't actually need to upload any sitemap files to the search engines...they permanently reside on your server. You just need to ping the engines to let them know to "take another look" at your sitemaps.

enzo-ita:

Hi,
I have installed the Sitemap XML and it works perfectly.
Thanks!!
I have also set a cron job using cronless and I get the sitemaps updated regularly.
The only thing I do not know how to do is to auto submit the files to the search engines. I can submit them with no problem manually, but I would like to have a** automatic submission using a cron job**.
Can this be done? If yes, how?
Thanks
enzo

Hi-

You don't actually ever have to upload/submit your sitemap files..they permanently reside on your server. You just need to ping the engines on occasion to tell them to "take another look" at your sitemaps for additions/updates.

Steve

embryo:

Hi-

You don't actually ever have to upload/submit your sitemap files..they permanently reside on your server. You just need to ping the engines on occasion to tell them to "take another look" at your sitemaps for additions/updates.

Steve

Just make sure you specify the location of the Sitemap in a robots.txt file.
Sitemap: http://your_shop.com/sitemapindex.xml

ZC v1.39H

So I got a message on my Goggle Webmaster page proclaiming my sitemap to be unfit for Google.....arrogant B*stards!!!

So I did a little light reading and then downloaded this add-on.

So of course I've questions...

From the ReadMe.txt file:

Install:

1. Unzip and upload all files to your store directory; Root or Public HTML dir?

2. Go to Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patches and install install.sql.
   I haven't got that far, but seems pretty straight forward. famous last words)

3. Go to Admin->Configuration->Google Sitemap Configuration and setup all parameters
   (See #2)

4. Go to Admin->Tools>Google XML Sitemap (If error messages occur, change permissions on the XML files to 777);

5. To have this update and automatically notify Google, you will need to set up a Cron
   job via your host's control panel
   Huh?!? What heck is CRON?

Anyone?

Tried installing this add-on and got everything loaded into the correct folders.

Got to Step #2 and keep getting a "Failed" message.
(Go to Admin->Tools->Install SQL Patches and install install.sql.)

No idea where to go from here. Sure could use a hand if someone can spare a minute to help me out.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Well I'm not seeing "Google Sitemap" in my admin area...

Anyone?

Bueller? Bueller?

I think I'ce got this installed finally.
When I go to Admin>Tools>Sitemap xml I get the followung and have no clue if it's supposed to be there, correct, incorrect, or a plot to take over Mars.

TEXT_SITEMAPXML_OVERVIEW_HEAD TEXT_SITEMAPXML_OVERVIEW_TEXT TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_HEAD TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_STEP1 TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_STEP2
TEXT_SITEMAPXML_LOGIN_HEAD
TEXT_SITEMAPXML_LOGIN

When I go to Admin>Configuration>Sitemap xml> I get this:

Compress XML File false
Lastmod tag format date
Use Existing Files true
Generate language_id for default language true
Ping urls Google => http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=%s; Yahoo! => http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping?sitemap=%s; Ask.com => http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=%s; Microsoft => http://www.moreover.com/ping?u=%s
Products order by products_sort_order ASC, last_date DESC
Products changefreq weekly
Categories order by sort_order ASC, last_date DESC
Category changefreq weekly
Reviews order by reviews_rating ASC, last_date DESC
Reviews changefreq weekly
EZPages order by sidebox_sort_order ASC, header_sort_order ASC, footer_sort_order ASC
EZPages changefreq weekly
Testimonials order by last_date DESC
Testimonials changefreq weekly
Compress XML File

Compress Google XML Sitemap file

Date Added: 04/24/2011

Right? Wrong? bacon?

So now that I've got this addon installed...

What do I do? I don't see a magic button that will create a sitemap or provide a link to this elusive file that google is so desperate to have.

Help me out here folks. I'm trying to figure this out but really don't know what to do now.

I've done a search through this thread for the word CREATE and none of the results told me how to actually create the applicable file.:no:

Serious:

I think I'ce got this installed finally.
When I go to Admin>Tools>Sitemap xml I get the followung and have no clue if it's supposed to be there, correct, incorrect, or a plot to take over Mars.

When I go to Admin>Configuration>Sitemap xml> I get this:

Right? Wrong? bacon?

So now that I've got this addon installed...

What do I do? I don't see a magic button that will create a sitemap or provide a link to this elusive file that google is so desperate to have.

Help me out here folks. I'm trying to figure this out but really don't know what to do now.

I've done a search through this thread for the word CREATE and none of the results told me how to actually create the applicable file.:no:

Make sure you have rename the admin folder to the custom folder name that you are using when uploading to your sever. Make sure you have rename includes/templates/template_default to the custom folder name that you are using when uploading to your sever.

Okay, I did miss renaming the Template_default to the same name as the template i'm using (Darkness).

Thanks!

But I'm still lost as to how to actually create the actual Sitemap file.

Serious:

Okay, I did miss renaming the Template_default to the same name as the template i'm using (Darkness).

Thanks!

But I'm still lost as to how to actually create the actual Sitemap file.

Go to Admin->Configuration->Google Sitemap Configuration and setup all parameters making sure you set the Use Existing Files to false.
Go to Admin->Tools>Google XML Sitemap (If error messages occur, change permissions on the XML files to 777);

You can specify the location of the Sitemap using a robots.txt file. To do this, simply add the following line:
Sitemap: http://<your shop>/sitemapindex.xml

When you go to Admin->Tools>Google XML Sitemap you should see this, if not you still do not have your files in the right place.

OVERVIEW:
This module automatically generates several XML Google compliant site maps for your Zen-Cart store: a main site map, one for categories, one for products, and one for EZ-pages.
**INSTRUCTIONS: **
STEP 1: Click [HERE] to create / update your site map.
NOTE: Please ensure that you or your web developer has registered with Google, Yahoo! and Ask.com SiteMaps, and submitted your initial site map before proceeding to step 2.
STEP 2: Click [HERE] to notify crawler of the update to your XML sitemap.
CURL is used for communication with the crawlers, so must be active on your hosting server (if you need to use a CURL proxy, set the CURL proxy settings under Admin->Configuration->My Store.)

Using Zen Cart 1.3.9h.

Having read the readme file I installed this module and admin/configured it. Then went to admin/tools and :cry:found there was no reference there to sitemap.

Have read all 62 pages of this forum and found several other people have had the same problem without a solution. Re-checked, and then checked again, that all my files were in the right place.

Google is telling me my sitemap is blank.

Given up. It should be far more straight forward than this. Have now deleted the module.

Pitty!

countrycharm,
Thank You for helping me out...I really appreciate it.

countrycharm:

Go to Admin->Configuration->Google Sitemap
When you go to Admin->Tools>Google XML Sitemap you should see this, if not you still do not have your files in the right place.

OVERVIEW:
This module automatically generates several XML Google compliant site maps for your Zen-Cart store: a main site map, one for categories, one for products, and one for EZ-pages.
**INSTRUCTIONS: **
STEP 1: Click [HERE] to create / update your site map.
NOTE: Please ensure that you or your web developer has registered with Google, Yahoo! and Ask.com SiteMaps, and submitted your initial site map before proceeding to step 2.
STEP 2: Click [HERE] to notify crawler of the update to your XML sitemap.
CURL is used for communication with the crawlers, so must be active on your hosting server (if you need to use a CURL proxy, set the CURL proxy settings under Admin->Configuration->My Store.)

Crap...still not right.

I went back ththrough all the folders and made sure that I copied the contents to the correct folders.

Copied the cgi-bin folder to my Public_HTML folder

Renamed the Admin folder to match the name of my admin folder.
Copied all of the remaing files to my Public_HTLM folder.
Copied the contents of the Install.SQL file to Admin>Tools>Install SQL Patches and clicked "Send" then got a message on top of the admin page that said "22 Statements Processed."

Back to Admin>Configuration> Sitemap XML and changed Use Existing files from "True" to False". I didn't change anything else at this point.

Back to Admin>Tools>SitemapXML> and all I get is this:

TEXT_SITEMAPXML_OVERVIEW_HEAD TEXT_SITEMAPXML_OVERVIEW_TEXT TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_HEAD TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_STEP1 TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_STEP2
TEXT_SITEMAPXML_LOGIN_HEAD
TEXT_SITEMAPXML_LOGIN