SitemapXML v.2

Hi,
I have installed this module and the sitemaps were generated.
I have three issues though,

1. I can not see the xml files clicking on them from the tools page
2. I can not make the various definitions to appear, I keep seeing thinks like TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_DIR_WS despite I have controlled that the language files are in place.
3. I do not understand why google is not indexing my reviews. In webmaster tools I can see that my sitemapreviews has 162 contents but only two are indexed.
   I have done an upgrade form previous version to version v 3.2.6 and I am using zen 1.5.1
   Thanks for your help
   Ciao from Italy

Sorry!!
Forget about issue 1 I have now understande that I need to use the button view to view the file content.
Issue 2 in now limited to the configuration page ( I think the cache was driving me crazy about the tools page.)
In the config page, sme of the def are missing and I see things like TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_DIR_WS instead of the definition.

With developers tool kit I get this result:

/includes/languages/english/sitemapxml.php

Line #88 : define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_DIR_WS', 'Directory for sitemap files. If empty all sitemap xml files saved on shop root directory.');

/includes/languages/italian/sitemapxml.php

Line #88 : define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_DIR_WS', 'Directory for sitemap files. If empty all sitemap xml files saved on shop root directory.');

/includes/languages/russian/sitemapxml.php

Line #88 : define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_DIR_WS', 'Директория, в которой будут сохраняться файлы sitemap');

Therefore I think that the language files are in the correct position.
I put a copy of the english in the italian folder since I can read english and find easier to use the tools and menu in english.
Thanks agian for the help.
Ciao from Italy.
enzo

enzo-ita:

Issue 2 in now limited to the configuration page ( I think the cache was driving me crazy about the tools page.)
No, this is not a cache.

enzo-ita:

I put a copy of the english in the italian folder since I can read english and find easier to use the tools and menu in english.
Now uninstall and install SitemapXML.

a_berezin:

Now uninstall and install SitemapXML.
OK Done and it works, thanks.
What about this:

3. I do not understand why google is not indexing my reviews. In webmaster tools I can see that my sitemapreviews has 162 contents but only two are indexed.
   Thanks
   enzo

enzo-ita:

What about this:
3) I do not understand why google is not indexing my reviews. In webmaster tools I can see that my sitemapreviews has 162 contents but only two are indexed.
Ask Google about this ;)
If the pages of reviews all right, it probably did not have time to index.

a_berezin:

Ask Google about this ;)
If the pages of reviews all right, it probably did not have time to index.
hahhaaha a ha ah ah like if asking google you get an answer.
thanks however.
enzo

enzo-ita:

What about this:
3) I do not understand why google is not indexing my reviews. In webmaster tools I can see that my sitemapreviews has 162 contents but only two are indexed.
Thanks
enzo

That is a difficult one to answer. Nobody can tell the search engines what to index. They have their own algorithms and rules for figuring out what they will include and won't include, or how much of a site they will include. These rules change frequently and are not made public. in addition, there are issues such as the age of the information, the overall importance the search engines have assigned to your site, the crawl frequency the search engines have set for your site, etc. How many pages of your site are indexed, and which pages those are can vary from search engine to search engine and from week to week even in one search engine. On top of that, Google even states that their estimates of the number of pages in a sitemap that are included in the Google index is not always accurate for a variety of reasons.

the purpose of a sitemap generator like this plugin is to give the search engines a list of all the pages you feel are relevant or important on your site so they have one place to look. Search engine spiders may not see all the links on a page for many reasons, and this gives them an additional list so they can see the majority of your site so that they can decide what, and how much, to index.

Thanks.
It seems that there is not much to do about.
It is a pity because I have many reviews and they cold lead to a better positioning.
ciao from Italy.
enzo

enzo-ita:

Thanks.
It seems that there is not much to do about.
It is a pity because I have many reviews and they cold lead to a better positioning.
ciao from Italy.
enzo

Yeah, it's complicated. What you can do is make sure that the pages are listed in the XML sitemap for the site, and make sure the pages have good content and valid, search engine (and user) friendly markup, and the search engines will get them indexed.

Hi There

I am running 1.5.1 and overwrote all the files from our recent 1.3.8a upgrade. All of the files are installed in the correct places however when I force the rebuild the popup screen appears stating the following:

SiteMapXML (3.2.6 17.06.2012 16:13)
Categories Sitemap

And that's it! A black file is created in the root of public_html

I have tried several versions to no avail. I am using ultimate seo urls (this was fine in 1.3.8a)

Any ideas , by the way the .htaccess has not been altered.

Regards
T

sorry i meant blank file

tracstev:

I am running 1.5.1 and overwrote all the files from our recent 1.3.8a upgrade.
What steps were taken to perform the upgrade from 1.3.8a to 1.5.1?
Did you remove all the obsolete files from version 1.3.8a?
Did you remove all plugins added to 1.3.8a before "overwriting"?
Did you install new plugins compatible with Zen Cart 1.5 after upgrading?
Are there any debug files in "/cache" or "/logs"? Are there any errors in the server log?

I am running zencart v 1.3.9f. I have followed all the instructions as directed. After completion when I got the sitemap url which I fed to google, bing... I get this error message:
Error loading stylesheet: An unknown error has occurred (805303f4)http://floridasdying.com/catalog/includes/templates/template_default/css/gss.xsl

Also when I tried to "Specifying the Sitemap location in your robots.txt file "
I get this a 404 not found message.

Does this mean that the sitemap is not correctly installed? I followed the directions to the dot. Please let me know.
THanks,
Rich

tahiti amin:

...After completion when I got the sitemap url which I fed to google, bing... I get this a 404 not found message...
I am not seeing a 404 when I access your sitemap at "/catalog/sitemap.xml"... Did you already get this part sorted?

I also noticed your web server is replying with content-type "text/xml" instead of "application/xml" for XML files. I will not spend a long time going into the differences, but I would recommend having your hosting company change the settings so XML files are served using content-type "application/xml".

tahiti amin:

Also when I tried to "Specifying the Sitemap location in your robots.txt file "
I get this a 404 not found message.
Do not worry - you do not file robots.txt. It is not necessary.

Running SiteMapXML (3.2.6 17.06.2012 16:13) on Zen Cart v1.5.1.

I noticed that when the sitemap is regenerated, the file /sitemap.xml is created but the file submitted to the search engines is /sitemap/sitemap.xml. It's resulting in file-not-found errors when the search engines ultimately come by to see what's up.

My quick fix is to copy the sitemap.xml file from the root to the /sitemap directory; I'm not sure where to look for the long-term fix.

Hi,

lat9:

Running SiteMapXML (3.2.6 17.06.2012 16:13) on Zen Cart v1.5.1.

I noticed that when the sitemap is regenerated, the file /sitemap.xml is created but the file submitted to the search engines is /sitemap/sitemap.xml.
This bug fixed in 3.2.7.
File includes\classes\sitemapxml.php
Found

$this->submit_url = utf8_encode(urlencode($this->base_url . $this->sitemapindex));

replace by

$this->submit_url = utf8_encode(urlencode($this->base_url_index . $this->sitemapindex));

Wow, Andrew, that was fast! Thanks a bunch.

hi, i try to Submit your Sitemap to goole but i encounter a error :General HTTP error: HTTP 406 error (Not acceptable), HTTP Error: 406, does anyone has this problem?

Hi,

I'm thinking to install this module alongside with Ultimate SEO Urls.
Are they compatible? Is there a better combination?