Google sitemap generators not listing urls

[abidan]

Hiya

I seem to have a problem with my website baker sites. At least i think its just those using website baker and not all my other sites on the same histing platform some of which use wordpress. I used to be able to create sitempas fine. When i try to create a site map with withe the module s on here is says it has worked, (using : http://www.xml-sitemaps.com also fails) but when i look in the file all i can see is the entry below. it only has the main url listed and no others strangely?

Why cant i get the site map to list all my URLs, has anyone any ideas?

Thanks
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<urlset xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9             http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd">
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<!--
 created with Free Online Sitemap Generator www.xml-sitemaps.com
-->
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<url>
<loc>http://www.buildmeafabwebsite.co.uk/</loc>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
</url>
</urlset>

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[abidan]

I new as soon as i wrote this i would figure it out

Just in case anyone else has a problem. It was my config file i had forgottem to put the www. in front of the wb_url and admin_path settings

[abidan]

Actually, this still is not working!! For some reason i can never generate a complete site map? Does anyone have any ideas why?

I can list the URLs fine with things like :
http://www.neuroticweb.com/recursos/sitemap/

whats going on?

[Ruud]

can we have a look at your generated sitemap?

Is it the "google_sitemap.php" that is generating the sitemap? There is an old version somewhere in the forum that might not work perfectly.

The one you should use is listed here on the AMASP website.

Ruud

[abidan]

Hiya

thanks for responding

i have been using this: http://www.xml-sitemaps.com

if i type in http://buildmeafabwebsite.co.uk it does not work comes back with only main url listed
if i type in http://www.buildmeafabwebsite. co.uk it does not work comes back with only main url listed

if i type in http://buildmeafabwebsite.co.uk/index.php it does work comes back with all urls?

This means that the module does not work. I will try the upto date one as i did get my module form the forums so it may well be the out of date one.

Will come back and let you know.

Thanks in advance

[abidan]

ok i uninstalled the old sitemap version successfully

tried to install the version above and it takes me to a blank page and will not install.

Using WB2.7 on latest php and mysql

Any ideas as it wont even install?

[Ruud]

The google_sitemap.php document does not have to be installed.
Just extract the .php page from the zipfile and put it in the root of your website.

For google you just have to use the url http://yourserver/google_sitemap.php
The xml is generated dynamically every time google comes to pick it up.

Ruud

[abidan]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O I seeeeeee

Fantastic

Saves me a job Thankyou

[abidan]

I have one last question:

I have uploaded the google_sitemap.php to the root of my website

There is no sitemap.xml in there yet.

I then went to my google web master tools and submitted a site map of http://www.buildmeafabwebsite.co.uk/google_sitemap.php.

I presume google will accept this as i thought the sitemaps had to have correct ext such as .xml?

Also this script only appears to pic up first level pages and not sub pages or modules such as FAQ etc? How can i change it to pick up ALL pages as this is important?

Thanks

[Ruud]

The assumption is correct. Google doesn't care about a page extention. google_sitemap.php is fine.

About pages not listed..

It looks like your site is using a lot of hidden pages.
Meaning, you set the visibility as hidden, and use (manually created) links in the page to make them available.

The sitemap will not show hidden pages (you've set them hidden, so you don't want them to show)

The solution is to set them flagged visible. If you do not want them to be included in the menu, just use another menu for those pages (see help on how to do that) and don't display that menu.

The sub-pages in your Faq are no subpages. It is one page with parameters. Following parameters is not something you should do in a sitemap.
This is also the reason that xml-sitemaps.com was not able to generate a sitemap. (it stopped at 500 pages in the sitemap) Links in the faq pages are even linking to the same page (sometimes with double parameters).
The faq.php page itself should be listed (as long as it is set visible) and Google will eventually go deeper in your site following sub-links in the page.

Ruud

[abidan]

Oh thanks for the advice that is a great help. Thankyou for taking the time to respond 

[peterherman]

Hello Ruud,

i have a Question:
The Google_sitemap.php generates no Entrys for the "Topic" Pages.
I am using the Topics Module from Chio.
The other Pages are correct.
Can i involve the Topics-Pages into the Sitemap?

Regards
Klaus

[Ruud]

Hello Ruud,

Can i involve the Topics-Pages into the Sitemap?

Sure, that is the nice thing about Open Source software.

You could do this yourself, or maybe ask Chio if he could add his module in there.
If you (or Chio) post the new version somewhere, just send me a PM where to find it, I will add it to the AMASP page.

Ruud

[friedemann]

Hello Ruud,

i have a Question:
The Google_sitemap.php generates no Entrys for the "Topic" Pages.
I am using the Topics Module from Chio.
The other Pages are correct.
Can i involve the Topics-Pages into the Sitemap?

Regards
Klaus

Hi,

is there a solution? It's also my problem, and I don't know how to solve it.
Please, if you hav any idea, post it here...

Thanks, Friedemann

[Ruud]

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