SitemapXML v.2

After installing in SitemapXML v2 into ZC v1.5.3, there seems to be reference to sitemapindex.xml**** ****being sent to ASK and BING but that file doesn't exist. Yahoo and Google are being sent a link to sitemap.xml which does exist

Can someone point me in a direction to find the problem?

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Ping

Ping Google

http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fchainweavers.com%2Fsitemap.xml
Sitemap Notification ReceivedPing Yahoo!

Ping Yahoo!

http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExpl...ooDemo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchainweavers.com%2Fsitemap.xml

Ping Ask.com

http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http//chainweavers.com/sitemapindex.xml
http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http//chainweavers.com/sitemapindex.xml"

Ping Microsoft

http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?sitemap=chainweavers.com/sitemapindex.xml

My cron job isn't working as expected. I have WordPress as my main page, with a Zen Cart install as a sub page (/store).

My cron job statement is http://www.operationhomebrew.com/store/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml\&rebuild=yes\&ping=yes

The email response from the cron job indicates a run down of the main page, not the /store. However, if I run the statement in the address bar of my browser, it runs just fine and gives me the results I would expect.

Any help is much appreciated.

weif:

the current version of Sitemap XML is 3.2.12 available from http://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=367

Check that you have the current version and that you installed correctly. You should have this entry in the tools menu and in the configuration menu in ZC 1.5.1

Your output looks like you just don't have the plugin configured, and possibly not completely installed...

I have the latest version (3.2.12) installed on 1.5.3 Zencart version, but I am not getting any of the sitemap menu items either. I've checked that each file has been uploaded in the proper place, re-uploaded, but still nothing. Any help would be appreciated.

dschmidthawk:

I have the latest version (3.2.12) installed on 1.5.3 Zencart version, but I am not getting any of the sitemap menu items either. I've checked that each file has been uploaded in the proper place, re-uploaded, but still nothing. Any help would be appreciated.
readme-sitemapxml.txt:
5.1. If your are running Zen-Cart 1.5.x. Run install-sitemapxml_only_for_zen-cart-1_5_x.sql (If you are running Zen Cart 1.3.9, SKIP THIS STEP!)
5.2. If you are using Admin Profiles contribution you need to set the SitemapXML plugin Admin page permission. Go to Tools -> Admin Settings -> Permissions Button and put a checkmark at SitemapXML plugin.

a_berezin:

readme-sitemapxml.txt:

Ahh, clarity. I changed the table name, performed an insert into the database and all is right with the world. Apologies for the confusion, but the last plugins I installed updated the db as a matter of course so I was not expecting a manual update. Thanks.

zen 1.51
I just installed sitemapxml but it doesn't create a sitemap.xml file.
I gete a 404 error in the pop-up that is created when I hit the send button.
what am I missing?

Here's my log error

[21-Dec-2014 07:47:20 America/Phoenix] PHP Warning: stat() [<a href='function.stat'>function.stat</a>]: stat failed for ../extras in /home/.../store/YOURADMIN/includes/classes/archive.php on line 245
[21-Dec-2014 07:47:20 America/Phoenix] PHP Warning: stat() [<a href='function.stat'>function.stat</a>]: stat failed for ../pub in /home/.../store/YOURADMIN/includes/classes/archive.php on line 245

AND THIS ONE

[21-Dec-2014 07:44:46 America/Phoenix] PHP Warning: session_start() [<a href='function.session-start'>function.session-start</a>]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/.../store/YOURADMIN/includes/functions/extra_functions/backup_zc.php:41) in /home/.../store/includes/functions/sessions.php on line 113
[21-Dec-2014 07:44:46 America/Phoenix] PHP Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/.../store/YOURADMIN/includes/functions/extra_functions/backup_zc.php:41) in /home/.../store/YOURADMIN/includes/init_includes/init_templates.php on line 28

And a few other questions perhaps.
I have not used EZpages, but maybe I need to learn about them, as I would like too utilize the testimonials part of sitemapxml and have no idea how to go about putting it together.

OOPS as you can probably tell, I added a backup utility and those were in the log folder.
So no logs created, no cache created, there was the original sitemap.xml in the sitemap file list, but it was empty. I deleted it, and now nothing appears in the sitemap file list.

How many times do I have to go over the copying of files before I get it right?
Apparantly when I copied the includes/modules/pages/sitemapxml folder I dumped it into another folder in the pages directory.
Now to figure out how to use sitemapxml

respect to a_berezin!

0 problems on my development server and on my live server. running zen v1.5.3.... went down the list and up and going in short period.

thanks!

Hi,

carlwhat:

respect to a_berezin!

0 problems on my development server and on my live server. running zen v1.5.3.... went down the list and up and going in short period.

thanks!
Thank You!:blush:

Actually there is no point including pings to ask.com and yahoo anymore. Ask.com no longer accepts submissions, which is why the ping would fail. Ask.com expects to locate your sitemap file via the appropriate information in your robots.txt file. Yahoo no longer accepts pings. It uses Microsoft/Bing now.

lloyd_borrett:

Actually there is no point including pings to ask.com and yahoo anymore. Ask.com no longer accepts submissions, which is why the ping would fail. Ask.com expects to locate your sitemap file via the appropriate information in your robots.txt file. Yahoo no longer accepts pings. It uses Microsoft/Bing now.

Sorry, I did not understand this remark. This is an old well-known information. In sitemapXML these systems not ping a long time.

a_berezin:

Sorry, I did not understand this remark. This is an old well-known information. In sitemapXML these systems not ping a long time.
I was responding to an earlier post where the person was asking why those pings weren't working. I should have quoted parts of it.
But Sitemap XML still makes references to Ask on its Tools page.
Many thanks for the great plugin Andrew.

lloyd_borrett:

But Sitemap XML still makes references to Ask on its Tools page.

Oh! Yes, forgot to remove. (: Thanks, will fix!

Hello Andrew,

I receive the following error when I ping - is there something I need to do?

XML Parsing Error: junk after document element
Location: http://www.mothersdayaustralia.net.au/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml&rebuild=&inline=yes&ping=yes&
Line Number 16, Column 16:</sitemapindex><h3>Ping</h3><h4>Ping Google</h4>http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mothersdayaustralia.net.au%2Fsitemapindex.xml<br /><div style="background-color: #FFFFCC); border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 5px">Sitemap Notification Received<br />
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thank you,
Mike

G'day,

It seems that Sitemap XML generates entries for categories and manufactures that have no active products and 1 active product.

The problem is that the URL put into the sitemap is never shown by Zen Cart. If there is only 1 product, Zen Cart redirects to the product info page for the product.

My thinking is that it's not good SEO to have URL entries being put into sitemaps that will generate redirects. It might be better if the URLs are only put into the sitemap if there are two or more products and the URL will be displayed. Alternatively, Zen Cart should still show the category listing or manufacturer list pages even if there is zero or one product.

Best regards, Lloyd Borrett.

sitemapXML does not show up in admin->Tool?
my ZC version is 1.5.3