vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator

[iojam]

Katelynn,

you can move sitemap to domain root as described in http://www.vbseo.com/wiki/Sitemap:FAQ#How_To_Move_Sitemap_To_Domain_Root

Pebbled,

what is the sitemap URL you submit?

[Pebbled]

The sitemap I'm submitting to Google is http://www.example.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Where obviously the only piece Google ask for in their input box is after the /

as in sitemap_index.xml.gz

I don't understand why it's only the 1st sitemap generated which displays errors and not the 2nd?

Like I say, I'm not a php coder :(

[Katelynn]

Katelynn,

you can move sitemap to domain root as described in http://www.vbseo.com/wiki/Sitemap:FAQ#How_To_Move_Sitemap_To_Domain_Root

Pebbled,

what is the sitemap URL you submit?

THANK you iojam ...

I Created .htaccess in domain root: (with the code)
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

I defined "Sitemap Files URL" option in vBSEO Sitemap Generator configuration to: "http://www.mysite.com"

And I then reopened the sitemap generator on my site and re-generated the sitemap.

Now for Google Web Master Tools, do I setup ONLY the one sitemap for /ROOT? Or should I have one for both sitemaps?
One for /ROOT http://www.mysite.com
and One for /FORUMROOT http://www.mysite.com/forum

I have my robot.txt file pointing to my sitemap in the "ROOT" location ... I hope that is right?

Thanks for the help! Trying to get those Threads and Posts listed in MSN, Google, and Yahoo so I can get some people to start really finding my site! ;)

[Katelynn]

Should I remove .htaccess information pointing to my forumROOT? sitemap generator?

Sorry for so many questions, thanks for the help!

Thanks

[Super Jinni]

Hi,

I hope you can help me with this

I've installed vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator v.2.1 in my vbulletin

and I did everything as mentioned in the Installation Instructions

and everything went but

when I go to add my sitemap in google webmaster tools it gives me this error:

General HTTP error: 404 not found
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.


I don't know what's wrong and I hope someone can tell me how to get over this issue

I've installed this in another website and everything went ok and I hadn't any problem with it and it works just great and a few days later I installed it to my other website but I have this problem...

why do I have this problem with my new website and I didn't have it in my first one?

any idea about how I can fix this, please? because this problem is reall driving my crazy


thank you

[Gosef]

thank you

[Pebbled]

Super Jinni,

What URL did you submit to Google?

Was it the same as mine, i.e. sitemap_index.xml.gz

[iojam]

Katelynn,

you can keep a sitemap in your domain root only now.

Super Jinni,

make sure that you created .htaccess file and that your server supports mod_rewrite.

Pebbled,

I meant what exactly is your (real) sitemap URL, including domain name? You can PM it to me so that I can check it.

[Super Jinni]

Super Jinni,

make sure that you created .htaccess file and that your server supports mod_rewrite.



thanks for your reply iojam

I've uploaded the .htaccess as mentioned in the installation instructions

and I believe that the service supports mod_rewrite because that already works with my first website just a few days before I installed the vbseo generator in the second website.. both websits are in the same server..

I don't know what's wrong.. and I hope you can really help me with this and solve this problem I face...

it's really driving me mad...

:erm:

[Super Jinni]

Super Jinni,

What URL did you submit to Google?

Was it the same as mine, i.e. sitemap_index.xml.gz

not exactly

after I generated it it gave me url like this

www.mysite.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml

no gz in the end

and I've tried both with gz and without it

and every time tells that sitemap file not found...


I don't know what's worng...

[Gersfan]

Enter your "vBSEO Sitemap Interface Access Password" from admincp:

WTF?

[JustAskJulie]

I'm not sure this worked. I can't seem to access my sitemap. I'm getting a 404 error when I try to access the reports area (and I was able to get in there earlier).

[JustAskJulie]

I can get into the reports area again now but it's still not writing the sitemap. I've checked and the chmod settings are 777, but there is nothing in the data folder.

[Super Jinni]

it still doesn't work
:(

[cehago]

thanks

[beatthecasino]

I cant seem to get the map to generate looks like i does but no files?

VB3.6
But then if I click on the lin k to here is your google site map its not there???

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Database error
The Beat The Casino Forums "Where The Pros Are" database has encountered a problem.

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Please try the following:
Load the page again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser.
Open the beatthecasino.com home page, then try to open another page.
Click the Back button to try another link.

The beatthecasino.com forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may contact them if the

[iyihost]

<i>thanks.</i>

[raagaswaram]

do i need to have vbseo? to use this mod?

thanks

[iojam]

Super Jinni,

do you have sitemap files created in vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder?

JustAskJulie,

what do you see when executing it manually via vbseo_sitemap/ interface?

beatthecasino,

please check the html source of that page to find out what exactly is the db error message.

raagaswaram,

vBSEO Sitemap Generator is a separate mod and can be used without vBSEO product.

[beatthecasino]

<!--
Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT t_threadid,count(*) as cnt
FROM vb3_linkback
GROUP BY t_threadid;

MySQL Error : Table 'beatthec_survey.vb3_linkback' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Date : Monday, March 31st 2008 @ 04:33:26 PM
Script : http://beatthecasino.com/bb/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php
Referrer : http://beatthecasino.com/bb/vbseo_sitemap/index.php?rlist=true
IP Address : 71.230.12.111
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
-->


</body>
</html>

[Super Jinni]

Super Jinni,

do you have sitemap files created in vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder?




these are the files that I found in vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder:

.htaccess
index.php
sitmap_1.xml.gz
urllist.txt.gz

does that mean my sitemap is the third one?

[JustAskJulie]

When I tell it to create the sitemap it looks just like what Beatthecasino posted except that it says it's done and doesn't say there's an error. Then when I click "here is your google sitemap" I get a 404.

[JustAskJulie]

Just uninstalled and re-installed. not sure what was different but it seems to be working now.

Thanks.

[chattykathy]

I was about to post that I was having the same problem as Super Jinni

When I clicked on the link for my site map:http://www.mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml

It said: Sitemap file not found

Then I click on "run sitemap generator" and that didn't change anything

I had to walk away for about 45 minutes and now when I login to my sitemap admin area I see a different link: http://www.mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

So maybe it just takes time?

[iojam]

beatthecasino,

if you have vBSEO product installed, try to reinstall xml product file in vB admincp.

Super Jinni,

what do you see when executing sitemap generator in browser? Looks like sitemap generation is not completed in your case.

chattykathy,

yes, depending on the number of threads/posts, it may take a while to create sitemaps.

[furst]

Does this let Google know about all of the pictures in my albums (3.7)? They don't seem to be getting indexed too well.

[Super Jinni]

Super Jinni,

what do you see when executing sitemap generator in browser? Looks like sitemap generation is not completed in your case.


this is what I get when running sitemap generator:

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so what's the problem? :confused:

[iojam]

furst,

only stock vB URLs are included by default (showthread/showpost/forumsdisplay/member).

Super Jinni,

try to disable "Include Blog URLs" option.

[Super Jinni]

Super Jinni,

try to disable "Include Blog URLs" option.


I did.
still nothing...
:(:(:(

[rule0]

i'm havnig similar problem with jinni

i first tried to create sitemap with default options and ended up with 63mb file and i guess it was still incomplete. (when i download the files and check inside, uncompressed sitemap file was shoing 2gb size)

so i tried to remove all but "Include forum display pages" but it still generates huge files and never finishes.
I was migrated from phpbb to vbulletin last week. vbseo works fine.

any idea what may cause this problem?

[Gersfan]

Enter your "vBSEO Sitemap Interface Access Password" from admincp:

WTF?

Hi,

Can anyone help? Where do I get my password to enter the sitemap?

Thanks,

[rule0]

Hi,

Can anyone help? Where do I get my password to enter the sitemap?

Thanks,

http://YOURSITE/forum/admincp/options.php?do=options&dogroup=vbseo_sitemap
replace YOURSITE with your site name and /forum with your vb path.
Set the
vBSEO Sitemap Interface Access Password
option here.

[Gersfan]

Thanks....

When I go to .....Forum/sitemap_index.xml

I get a Not Found ?

[CyberOto]

Thanks....

When I go to .....Forum/sitemap_index.xml

I get a Not Found ?

Hi,

Make sure u have generated first the site maps.


Cheers

[brasolino]

just installed

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, postmaster@xxxx.xxx and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

[iojam]

Super Jinni,

try to increase memory_limit and max_execution_time settings in PHP configuration on your host.

rule0,

how many URLs are there on your forum? Did you modify anything in vbseo_sitemap_config.php file?

brasolino,

please check your server's error log for more details.

[varkjie]

wh I try to run sitemap generator I get

Warning: gzopen(/home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_1.xml.gz) [function.gzopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 579

Warning: gzopen(/home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/data/urllist.txt.gz) [function.gzopen]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 583

Warning: gzwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 593

Warning: gzwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 604

Warning: gzwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 607

Warning: gzwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 604

Warning: gzwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 607

Warning: gzwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 604

Warning: gzwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/coupontr/public_html/ctc/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 607

and keeps going?

[iojam]

Make sure that you have 0777 permission set for vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder.

[rule0]

..
rule0,

how many URLs are there on your forum? Did you modify anything in vbseo_sitemap_config.php file?
..


I dont know how many links my site have :) Google showing 18.300 but that includes my old phpbb forum's links, still in google's cache.
anyway.
I did not modify anything in that file. But checking now
vbseo_sm_config30x.php
file doesnt have the settings i set via admincp->vBSEO Sitemap Settings
it still has every include option set to 1 like
'vbseo_sm_showpost' => '1',
and the interface access password i set vai admincp is empty here.
I manually set vbseo_sm_xx settings and included only thread and forum in sitemap but it still generates huge files.

I will remove and try reinstalling vbseo Sitemap.

[rule0]

still the same after reinstall.

if changes i made in "vBSEO Sitemap Settings" should be written and saved in "vbseo_sm_config30x.php" file than thats related to my problem because this file does not reflect my changes I made in acp.

[varkjie]

:up:Make sure that you have 0777 permission set for vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder.

boy do I feel smart now, I was thinking that it was a file I forgot to chmod but wasn't sure which one!!! Thanks .... going to go hide under a rock now! LOL

[Super Jinni]

Super Jinni,

try to increase memory_limit and max_execution_time settings in PHP configuration on your host.



I couldn't do that because PHP configuration settings are customizable by the server administrator. They are listed for reference only.


but I don't think that is the problem, because in my other website it works fine with the same php configuration...

[Super Jinni]

I reinstalled vbseo generator and deleted the vbseo_sitemap folder form the forum root the uploaded a fresh copy that I downloaded just now from here.
when I went to the vBSEO Sitemap Reports I found that the url of (Your Google Sitemap Index) still there before I generate it. after I generated it it still the same as before. and the sitemap ends with .xml not
with .gz as in the other website...

I've done everything that mentioned... but the problem still there..
hopeless
:(
aouuuuuugh

[varkjie]

Please forgive my lack of an intelligent question here but, How quick is this expected to work? what kind of hits results should I expect?

I ask cause tonight I have had a FLOOD of users on my forum! I LOVE IT!!!! I am just wondering if it's from this add on??? I don't see what else could have caused such a huge incredible jump in my stats?????

[nirvana43]

my sitemaps are getting stored only in vbseo/data/ folder!!! how do change 'em so that they will be stored on root????
i tried this option :

Sitemap Files URL
Enter the url to use for sitemap files in case if you want to specify non-default URLs. For instance:
http://www.example.com

Leave this setting empty to use default vB url.
i wrote my root url in there but still its not storing sitemaps on root!!

also when i generate sitemap, it shows me this :
[homepage] [0s (+0s)]
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[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_1.xml.gz, number of urls: 4254 [1s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #2 [1s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 1 [1s (+0s)]

i have total 612 topics in my forum and 684 posts!
and in google when i look for site:mysitename.com
it shows me links to only main forums and homepage!! but none of the topics or posts are getting crawled!

In vbseo exclude pages settings i've put :
calendar.php
editpost.php
member.php
memberlist.php
misc.php
newreply.php
newthread.php
printthread.php
private.php
register.php
report.php
search.php
showgroups.php
usercp.php
impressum.php
/admincp/
/modcp/
online.php
subscription.php
sendtofriend.php
threadrate.php
poll.php
attachment.php
avatar.php
faq.php
usercp.php
profile.php
memberlist.php

then what could be the problem???
please help! :(

[iojam]

I did not modify anything in that file. But checking now
vbseo_sm_config30x.phpThis file is only modified if you are running vBulletin v3.0.x

my sitemaps are getting stored only in vbseo/data/ folder!!! how do change 'em so that they will be stored on root????You should create .htaccess as described in installation instructions toaccess them via forums root.

[varkjie]

You should create .htaccess as described in installation instructions toaccess them via forums root.



I did that but it's also not getting stored there for me, I actually had to download from /data and reupload to my forum root to get it submitted to google. and the file is chmoded 777

[iojam]

You should not copy the files into the forums root, although files are physically stored in the data/ folder, they can be accessed via forums root with rewrite rule specified in .htaccess.

[varkjie]

You should not copy the files into the forums root, although files are physically stored in the data/ folder, they can be accessed via forums root with rewrite rule specified in .htaccess.



oopps should I delete it? I got an error 404 page before

I just checked the uploaded file and it doesn't work so yeah!

[nirvana43]

Well now i did as you said.... but now when i submit sitemap url in google webmasters tool
i.e. http://www.mysitename.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz
its accepting the sitemap but after downloading that sitemap its saying there are errors which is robots.txt unreachable.

Error :
Network unreachable: robots.txt unreachable
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.

My robots.txt is chmod 777 and contains following :
User-agent: *
Sitemap: http://www.mysitename.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz
Sitemap: http://www.mysitename.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/urllist.txt.gz
Disallow: /calendar.php
Disallow: /editpost.php
Disallow: /member.php
Disallow: /memberlist.php
Disallow: /misc.php
Disallow: /newreply.php
Disallow: /newthread.php
Disallow: /printthread.php
Disallow: /private.php
Disallow: /register.php
Disallow: /report.php
Disallow: /search.php
Disallow: /showgroups.php
Disallow: /usercp.php
Disallow: /impressum.php
Disallow: /admincp/
Disallow: /modcp/
Disallow: /online.php
Disallow: /subscription.php
Disallow: /sendtofriend.php
Disallow: /threadrate.php
Disallow: /poll.php
Disallow: /attachment.php
Disallow: /avatar.php
Disallow: /faq.php
Disallow: /usercp.php
Disallow: /profile.php


please help man... where i'm missing?? :(

[varkjie]

oopps should I delete it? I got an error 404 page before

I just checked the uploaded file and it doesn't work so yeah!


so where do I begin to fix this?

[iojam]

varkjie,

try to remove sitemap files from forums folder, create .htaccess as described, regenerate sitemaps via vbseo_sitemap/ interface and try to open http://yourforumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz in browser.

nirvana43,

you should change this:
Sitemap: http://www.mysitename.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz
Sitemap: http://www.mysitename.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/urllist.txt.gz

to:
Sitemap: http://www.mysitename.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz


Also, is your sitemap working for you when opened in browser?

[nirvana43]

varkjie,

try to remove sitemap files from forums folder, create .htaccess as described, regenerate sitemaps via vbseo_sitemap/ interface and try to open http://yourforumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz in browser.

nirvana43,

you should change this:

to:


Also, is your sitemap working for you when opened in browser?

ok i did that change but still its not working sir. When i try to open sitemap in browser, it shows me this :


This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

−
<sitemapindex xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/09/siteindex.xsd">
−
<sitemap>
<loc>http://www.mysitename.com/sitemap_1.xml.gz</loc>
<lastmod>2008-04-05T08:01:04+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>



where i'm missing sir?? :(

[rule0]

ok i did that change but still its not working sir. When i try to open sitemap in browser, it shows me this :
*snip*
where i'm missing sir?? :(

Although I couldnt manage to get vbseositemap working, I can say with my previous sitemap creation experience, your sitemap file seems normal. sitemap_index is an index file as name says. it includes the location of sitemap files. and it really does, it points to sitemap_1 file.
I've seen some software or seo pros do that. an example sitemap_index file could include:
sitemap_forums.xml.gz
sitemap_threads.xml.gz
etc.

So yours seem normal. Did you try to open
sitemap_1.xml.gz
on your browser? try that.

[nirvana43]

Although I couldnt manage to get vbseositemap working, I can say with my previous sitemap creation experience, your sitemap file seems normal. sitemap_index is an index file as name says. it includes the location of sitemap files. and it really does, it points to sitemap_1 file.
I've seen some software or seo pros do that. an example sitemap_index file could include:
sitemap_forums.xml.gz
sitemap_threads.xml.gz
etc.

So yours seem normal. Did you try to open
sitemap_1.xml.gz
on your browser? try that.

ohh yeah!! its working man!! but then whats the problem with google webmaster sitemap submission thing??? its saying robots.txt is unreachable. And also my question is why none of my forum threads are getting crawled by google or any of the search engine??? where i'm missing??? :(
thank you for reply sir.:o

[rule0]

ohh yeah!! its working man!! but then whats the problem with google webmaster sitemap submission thing??? its saying robots.txt is unreachable. And also my question is why none of my forum threads are getting crawled by google or any of the search engine??? where i'm missing??? :(
thank you for reply sir.:o

in google webmaster tools:
1) click TOOLS to expand menu
2) click Analyze robots.txt
3) paste your robots.txt file there
4) click the check button

maybe it says where's the problem. also i'd try removing the sitemap: lines from the robots.txt and try that.

I assume you are able to open www.YourSite.com/robots.txt on your browser succesfully.

[rule0]

And also my question is why none of my forum threads are getting crawled by google or any of the search engine??? where i'm missing??? :(
thank you for reply sir.:o

my guess for google not crawling;
google has, i dunno, maybe millions of sites to crawl, so it has its priorities. Even if you submit your site to google for indexing it may take long time. if your site has links from important, high ranked sites, i'm sure it will be crawled soon after it sees the links. And its always fast. If no links, than sitemap is one of the helpers. It's worth the effort. After that, it's up to your site's content update frequency.

[varkjie]

varkjie,

try to remove sitemap files from forums folder, create .htaccess as described, regenerate sitemaps via vbseo_sitemap/ interface and try to open http://yourforumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz in browser.



I have the .htaccess folder, but I just deleted everything and reuploaded from scratch and this is what I see http://www.coupontradercentral.com/ctc/sitemap_index.xml.gz
is that what the page is suppose to look like?

[GoTTi]

my site is already submitted to yahoo, do i have to submit the www.site.com (http://www.site.com) again or should i submit the forum this time around, www.site.com/forums/ (http://www.site.com/forums/) or should i submit a direct link to one of the xml.gz files that has been created?

thanks.

ps...

i do not have vbseo. do i need vbseo for this to work?

[GoTTi]

i am also seeing, like usual, a lot of these in my users online area:

crawl-66-249-67-184.googlebot.com

and

lj513278.crawl.yahoo.net

arent these now suppose to download or read the xml.gz file because i do not see any traffic under the "Sitemap Downloads Log" area.

[Alfa1]

http://myforumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz and http://www.mysitename.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz do not work for me or for google.
Yahoo faithfully downloads my sitemap every week. But other MSN, Google and Ask do not. Pings to all SE are successful. robots.txt is good.
I have followed installation instructions.
How do I fix this?

[varkjie]

i submitted the page to google and came back with errors for
http://www.coupontradercentral.com/ctc/sitemap_1.xml.gz
and
http://www.coupontradercentral.com/ctc/sitemap_2.xml.gz

I have no idea whats going wrong with this??
I took a look inside the .htaccess fold thats inside /data/ and that one said "deny from all" not sure if thats correct or if the may be playing a part in this??

[GoTTi]

http://myforumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz and http://www.mysitename.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz do not work for me or for google.
Yahoo faithfully downloads my sitemap every week. But other MSN, Google and Ask do not. Pings to all SE are successful. robots.txt is good.
I have followed installation instructions.
How do I fix this?


what is robots.txt and do i need it on my forums for this mod to work right?

[Mark.B]

what is robots.txt and do i need it on my forums for this mod to work right?
No...robots.txt just controls spider activity.

[rule0]

my site is already submitted to yahoo, do i have to submit the www.site.com (http://www.site.com) again or should i submit the forum this time around, www.site.com/forums/ (http://www.site.com/forums/) or should i submit a direct link to one of the xml.gz files that has been created?

thanks.

ps...

i do not have vbseo. do i need vbseo for this to work?

* if what you submitted, the urllist file, differs from the one you create with vbseositemap, and vbseositemap one includes the old ones urls, then you better submit the new one.

[rule0]

i am also seeing, like usual, a lot of these in my users online area:

crawl-66-249-67-184.googlebot.com

and

lj513278.crawl.yahoo.net

arent these now suppose to download or read the xml.gz file because i do not see any traffic under the "Sitemap Downloads Log" area.

1) googlebot may be indexing your site content (even if the site doesnt have sitemap)
2) if you have adsense ads on site's pages, then google media agent may be checking content for ad relevancy.
so it doesnt have to be sitemap related all the time. if you submit and it succesfully reads the sitemap file, you will surely see the activity in vbseositemap reports.

[GoTTi]

what am i suppose to submit to yahoo and google, if anything? direct link to the xml.gz file?

[raagaswaram]

is it worth it use sitemap without vbseo?

[Super Jinni]

I reinstalled vbseo generator and deleted the vbseo_sitemap folder form the forum root the uploaded a fresh copy that I downloaded just now from here.
when I went to the vBSEO Sitemap Reports I found that the url of (Your Google Sitemap Index) still there before I generate it. after I generated it it still the same as before. and the sitemap ends with .xml not
with .gz as in the other website...

I've done everything that mentioned... but the problem still there..
hopeless

[ziahaq21]

i'm having problem in getting sitemap. Here's what i did
uploaded all the files as per instructions in folder (forum) under my root folder i.e
www.mydomain/forums/
here i installed vbseo_sitemap,
i gave 777 permission to data folder
i also updated.htaccess file too
everything is done i think correctly.

but how to add sitemap
i visited www.google.com/sitemaps
there i don't know what to put, in this forum sometimes i see vbseo_sitemap.xml.gz
and sometimes different
do i have to put like this
www.mydomain.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap.xml.gz or
www.mydomain.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/data/vbseo_sitemap.xml.gz

Can anyone just mention everything from start to end on how to install and what files have to change, and in which folder we have to install, whether root, or else. Please if anyone did installed correctly give me the step by step procedure. I will be very greatful to him

waiting for someone to help me out.

[virb]

Can anyone just mention everything from start to end on how to install and what files have to change, and in which folder we have to install, whether root, or else. Please if anyone did installed correctly give me the step by step procedure. I will be very greatful to him

waiting for someone to help me out.

I second this. Google is giving me 404 errors and yahoo says the file doesn't exist. A decent walkthrough for those who don't have vBSEO installed would be much appreciated.

[cellow]

Anybody who use vBSEO Sitemap Generator 2.1 and DownlaodsII with vBSEO DownloadsII Extension, than you should read this Thread in vBSEO Forum:
http://www.vbseo.com/f23/downloads-ii-vbseo-extension-16269/index6.html#post137424

[dieselpowered]

Can anyone confirm that this works correctly with 3.7??

Thanks!

[Icy]

Works fine for me & I'm on vBulletin 3.7 RC2

[virb]

Can anyone tell me if there is an easy way to configure this add-on so that it saves its sitemaps to the forum root rather than the vbseo_sitemap directory?

[raagaswaram]

i installed sitemap but the sitemaps generating inside data folder but when looking inside vb_sitemap page it says our Google Sitemap Index URL /forum/sitemap.xml.gz do i have to move the site maps inside data folder manually to forum root?

or when generating site map getting this

[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_12.xml.gz, number of urls: 20000 [4,145.8Kb mem used] [11s (+1s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #13 [4,145.8Kb mem used] [11s (+0s)]

is that right?

[ziahaq21]

hi all,
need some help.
I installed vbseo sitemap as per the procedure given here. all generated sitemaps are created in data folder, whichis given 777 permission.
Another thing in the admin cp, under vbseo settings, url of sitemap was blank, and give it the path like this "http://www.mydomain.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/data/

Under vbseo reports, i checked the generated sitemap links and clicked it and its working...
Hope i did everything correctly.

Next i went to google.com/sitemaps
and added a site like this " www.mydomain.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/data"
because previously when i put www.mydomain.com/forums/ " its not accepting giving error like sitemap should be in homepage, or if you want to use www.mydomain.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/data as the link for sitemap, use it as your website in your accounts.
after this i added the sitemap "sitemap_index.xml.gz" and got message ok.
and 3 other sitemaps too got updated and status is ok.

But still it shows, the total urls in sitemap is zero
indexed urls in sitemap is zero..
what does it mean. Because while in admin cp when sitemaps are generated it showed 1,42,000 urls and divided in to 3 parts...

Can anyone explain me why it shows zero urls, because i'm not getting any errors.

Or is there any problem with static or dynamic urls, i'm not an expert here so guide me. My forum is having more than 80k threads but not a single page is indexed in url.

Or is it important to have vbseo, i read in forum 'not'...
please help me out, today only...as its sunday and i'm free to put all my time in updating my forum...

thanks in advance
zia

[iojam]

virb, raagaswaram,

you should create .htaccess file as described in installation instructions, and you will be able to access sitemaps as if they were in forum folder, although files are stored in data/ folder.


ziahaq21,

you should submit http://www.mydomain.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz to Google (not http://www.mydomain.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz)

[steveneff]

I have my forum in a folder www.mysite.com/forums/ I already have a sitemap for the rest of my site in the site root.
Will I be able to use this mod to add the forums sitemap into my static root sitemap.xml or is there another mod that can do this?
My forum also uses rewrite urls like thread122.html (not vbseo or zoints) would this be compatable?

[iojam]

Hello,

you can submit both sitemaps to Google, one for forum and another one for non-forum pages.

[Alfa1]

Can you please help me with this:http://myforumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz and http://www.mysitename.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz do not work for me or for google.
Yahoo faithfully downloads my sitemap every week. But other MSN, Google and Ask do not. Pings to all SE are successful. robots.txt is good.
I have followed installation instructions.
How do I fix this?
I am using vb 3.7 RC3.

[steveneff]

Installed and working but it's listing my old php urls and not the rewrite's. they are not vbseo, is there a fix for this

http://www.mysite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15

they should be listed as

http://www.mysite.com/forums/forum15.html

[Super Jinni]

I reinstalled vbseo generator and deleted the vbseo_sitemap folder form the forum root the uploaded a fresh copy that I downloaded just now from here.
when I went to the vBSEO Sitemap Reports I found that the url of (Your Google Sitemap Index) still there before I generate it. after I generated it it still the same as before. and the sitemap ends with .xml not
with .gz as in the other website...

I've done everything that mentioned... but the problem still there..
hopeless

anyone Can help please?

please:(

[iojam]

Alfa1,

what exactly is the error you get from Google?

steveneff,

vBSEO Sitemap Generator supports only native vBulletin URLs or vBSEOed URLs.

Super Jinni,

do you have sitemap files created in vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder?

[Wobbly Goblin]

Hum...I see in the instructions this program uses ".htaccess", so will it run on a Windows 2003 server?

Thanks,
Nick

[forumbust]

Hi,

I have follow the instructions and it seems i encounter a problem. I have transferred the whole vbseo_sitemap folder to my forum folder. At the sitemap Report homepage, there is a link to my Google Sitemap Index URL: http:// my site.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.

The problem of it is that there is no page found. Did i do anything wrong?

Thanks in advance for helping.

btw, i am using 3.6.9. Does it work on 3.6.9?

[Paul M]

Hum...I see in the instructions this program uses ".htaccess", so will it run on a Windows 2003 server?

Thanks,
Nick
If you are using apache then yes.

[Wobbly Goblin]

If you are using apache then yes.

Maybe you can help me with that as well? Here's my info.

vBulletin Version: 3.6.9
Server Type: Windows NT
System Architecture: i586
MySQL Version: 5.0.27-community-nt
Web Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
SAPI: isapi
PHP: 5.2.3

Thanks,
Nick

[nighthalk]

Maybe you can help me with that as well? Here's my info.

vBulletin Version: 3.6.9
Server Type: Windows NT
System Architecture: i586
MySQL Version: 5.0.27-community-nt
Web Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
SAPI: isapi
PHP: 5.2.3

Thanks,
Nick

Thats not apache thats IIS.

[Wobbly Goblin]

Thats not apache thats IIS.

Ya...that's what I thought you'd say. I was hoping the "isapi" had something to do with Apache.

Thanks for your help,
Nick

[Paul M]

You can get mod_rewrite modules for IIS, google is your friend. :)

[alm3refh]

The problem in the work vbseo_sitemap
Where to send reports Should Google be reduced began links indexed

http://www.alamuae.com/up/Folder-013/1208324048_154d5.jpg


A reply to me earlier in the context of the topic

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1452719&postcount=693

[Alfa1]

Alfa1,

what exactly is the error you get from Google?
General HTTP error: 404 not found

[iojam]

forumbust,

did you generate sitemap in vbseo_sitemap/ interface?

Alfa1,

what is the sitemap URL you submit?

[Alfa1]

<a href="http://www.mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz" target="_blank">http://www.mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz</a>

[forumbust]

forumbust,

did you generate sitemap in vbseo_sitemap/ interface?



Alfa1,

what is the sitemap URL you submit?

Yes, i did it twice and now the report show that sitemap is submitted at the sitemap history. But still i get this when i click the " Google site map URL"

<<Not Found
The requested URL /forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.>>

At my forum folder, there is no .gz file in it. i am not sure what happen. Will the gz file shown on a page normally?


Err.. Do i have to submit anything or create my own sitemap URL????? I thought it will be submitted automatically? Did i miss something? btw, i am running vb 3.6.9

[iojam]

Did you create .htaccess file in forum folder as described? Does your server support mod_rewrite?

[timefactor]

Excellent mod, working fine with vbulletin 3.7 RC1

[Alfa1]

Did you create .htaccess file in forum folder as described? Does your server support mod_rewrite?
Yes, to both.
I see the sitemaps are being created.
The contents of my .htaccess of my forum DIR is:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^$ index.php
RewriteRule (^[-_A-Za-z0-9\ ]*$) member.php?&username=$1
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

I do have a .htaccess active at site root.

Here is it's content:
RewriteEngine on
RedirectMatch permanent ^/index.html$ http://www.mysite.com/index.php
RedirectMatch permanent ^/$ /index.php
RewriteRule local_links/links/(.+)/(.+) local_links.php?catid=$1&linkid=$2 [R]
RewriteRule local_links/links/(.+) local_links.php?catid=$1 [R]
RewriteRule local_links/jump/(.+)/(.+) local_links.php?action=jump&id=$1&catid=$2 [R]
RewriteRule local_links/jump/(.+) local_links.php?action=jump&id=$1 [R]

[iojam]

You should move sitemap rewrite rule above others (right after "RewriteEngine on" line).

[Alfa1]

I followed your instruction and changed the .htaccess, but opening http://www.mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz does not open the sitemap index. The sitemap index should be accessible from that url right?

[baymortgage99]

Have the bugs been worked out on this?

[baghdad4ever]

any idea please

i want to put the entire folder inside /vb/archive/

instead of

/vb/

how to make that??

[forumbust]

My .htaccess at the root is input like this:

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Is there anything wrong?

Do i need a .htaccess for my forum folder too? The instruction didn't state that.

[iojam]

Alfa1,

sitemap URL is: http://yourforumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz


forumbust,

rewrite rules for vBSEO Sitemap Generator should be entered in .htaccess file in forums folder.

[Alfa1]

Yes, this works: http://www.mysite.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz
but google says it needs to be at http://www.mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

[Parabellum]

Yes, this works: http://www.mysite.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz
but google says it needs to be at http://www.mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

I had the same problem. The way I got it to work was to go to settings and in the box for Sitemap Files URL enter http://www.yoursite.com now in your root .htaccess file add forum/ in front of vbseo_sitemap/.
example below: RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]


btw this great product works perfect with vB 3.7 RC3

[Alfa1]

I had the same problem. The way I got it to work was to go to settings and in the box for Sitemap Files URL enter http://www.yoursite.com now in your root .htaccess file add forum/ in front of vbseo_sitemap/.
example below: RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Many thanks!!!!!!
That did it.

[Super Jinni]

Super Jinni,

do you have sitemap files created in vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder?

these are the files that I have in the vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder:

.htaccess
index.php
sitemap_1.xml.gz
urllist.txt.gz


so what's wrong?

should I install the first version of this and uninstall this one?

[baghdad4ever]

any idea please

i want to put the entire folder inside /vb/archive/

instead of

/vb/


how to make that??


plz any idea about that???

i want somebody help

[zeus_r6]

For whatever reason, this mod has stopped submitting URL's .... what should I look for as a source of the problem?

[zeus_r6]

Reinstalled and the problem went away :)

[nsolanki]

I noticed, that everything works fine, except that the program doesn't generate a text file for yahoo submission. Any ideas? In the options panel, I set output textfile for yahoo, and it still doesn't do it.

[Alfa1]

I had the same problem. The way I got it to work was to go to settings and in the box for Sitemap Files URL enter http://www.yoursite.com now in your root .htaccess file add forum/ in front of vbseo_sitemap/.
example below: RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
Ehm. correction. Google now finds my sitemap index, but not my sitemaps. Does anyone have a clue how to solve that one?

[nirvana43]

ok now its been 2 months and here is my sitemap status :
Sitemap statistics:
Total URLs: 3132
Indexed URLs: 2
also how come it shows my PR = 0 for all pages???

what could be the problem? :(

[iojam]

Super Jinni,

there should be also sitemap_index.xml.gz file, so probably sitemap was not completed.


baghdad4ever,

do you mean vbseo_sitemap/ folder? Why do you want to put it into archive/ ?


nsolanki,

Yahoo now supports xml sitemaps, there is no need for text sitemap now.


Alfa1,

you should set "Sitemap Files URL" to http://www.domain.com and regenerate sitemap.

[Super Jinni]

Super Jinni,

there should be also sitemap_index.xml.gz file, so probably sitemap was not completed.


but there is no..

ok, I think I have found out what's the difference between the two site that I have

this software worked with the first website because I installed the first version.. but in the second website I installed the newest version of vbseo generator..

so I'll try to uninstall this version and install the oldest one and see if it going to work..

[Possemaster]

I got the same problem, my forum is at the root of the site. Default setting in vbseo, sitemap generates perfectly. only it is not there.
chmod 777 data and all sub dirs and files.
settings in admincp site url is www.console-forums.net
there is a sitemap1.xml.gz in de data dir, but the isn?t any sitemap_index.xml.

my .htaccess look like this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]


i don?t know what i could done wrong

[baghdad4ever]

baghdad4ever,

do you mean vbseo_sitemap/ folder? Why do you want to put it into archive/ ?


.

google doesnt enter my site

i write in google groups

some one tell me

Wit a vb forum I would think you can get a lot more out of letting
only the archives get indexed rather than the whole forum


press here (http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Tools/browse_thread/thread/9b3dd60acfee9e81/0897b67b39db9be6?hl=ar#0897b67b39db9be6) please



so i want to disallow /vb

and allow /vb/archieve

in robots


thanks

[Alfa1]

How long should it take before google indexes the urls in the sitemap?
Yahoo is all over the place with up to 1100 bots.
Google lists to have downloaded the sitemap on the 23rd, but nothing indexed yet. Listing: 'No data available. Please check back soon.' Previously google indexed my site immediately.

[iojam]

Possemaster,


there is a sitemap1.xml.gz in de data dir, but the isn?t any sitemap_index.xml.You should generate sitemap - open vbseo_sitemap/ interface in browser and click "Run generator" link.


baghdad4ever,



so i want to disallow /vb

and allow /vb/archieve
This is not related to the location on vbseo_sitemap/ folder.

[Wobbly Goblin]

Are there any issues with this running on version 3.6.10?

Thanks,
Nick

[iojam]

There are no known issues.

[MissKalunji]

uhm id on't see if i did posted so ill ask around do i have to submit manually yahoo or does it do on its own?

[Wobbly Goblin]

There are no known issues.
Thanks iojam :)

Nick

[forumbust]

forumbust,

rewrite rules for vBSEO Sitemap Generator should be entered in .htaccess file in forums folder.

Shall i remove the rewrite rule in the .htaccess at the root folder? I guess i have to create a new .htaccess in my forum folder as there is non there at the moment.

[forumbust]

After i have done that i click on the http://mysite.com/forum/sitemap_1.xml.gz

It shows me this:

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

−
<sitemapindex xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/09/siteindex.xsd">
−
<sitemap>
<loc>http://mysite.com/forum/sitemap_1.xml.gz</loc>
<lastmod>2008-04-22T17:04:55+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>

[baghdad4ever]

baghdad4ever,

This is not related to the location on vbseo_sitemap/ folder.

i disallow google spider from vb folder which is contain vbseo folder

so how it download the sitemap parts which is present inside vbseo folder??

this is my question and because this i want to move vbseo folder to archive

thanks

[iojam]

MissKalunji,

you can submit it here: http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/


forumbust,

that is ok, you can submit sitemap to Google now.


baghdad4ever,

vBSEO Sitemap Generator doesn't allow that and I wouldn't suggest that.

[Riccardo83]

Does it work with vb 3.70 ?

[iojam]

Yes.

[glennybee]

Yes.

That's the answer I've been looking for! :)

Thanks

[MissKalunji]

MissKalunji,

you can submit it here: http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/


forumbust,

that is ok, you can submit sitemap to Google now.


baghdad4ever,

vBSEO Sitemap Generator doesn't allow that and I wouldn't suggest that.

what would be the proper url to sbutmit?

[Super Jinni]

I've tried everything but it still doesn't work

this problem is really going to drive me crazy
when I run Sitemap Generator I get this:
[homepage] [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 1, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 27, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 28, total threads: 16, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 71, total threads: 11, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 29, total threads: 14, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 35, total threads: 12, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 33, total threads: 33, pages: 2 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 34, total threads: 11, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 2, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 3, total threads: 10, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 62, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 4, total threads: 4, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 5, total threads: 4, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 63, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 64, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [4,267.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 65, total threads: 5, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 6, total threads: 4, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 7, total threads: 4, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 8, total threads: 13, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 9, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 52, total threads: 3, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 53, total threads: 2, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 54, total threads: 2, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 55, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 57, total threads: 8, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 58, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [4,267.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
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[SECTION START] showthread [4,272.8Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]


and when I go back to the vBSEO Sitemap Reports page it shows as the attached pic
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=79657&d=1209676127

and when I press on the link that gives me this sentence:
Sitemap file not found

so what's wrong?

and why it gives me the link ends with sitemap_index.xml not with sitemap_index.xml.gz as it should and as it is with the other people?


is there anyway I can get it work?

[iojam]

MissKalunji,

you should submit http://yourforumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz


Super Jinni,

please PM me your vbseo_sitemap URL/password so that I can check that.

[Super Jinni]

Super Jinni,

please PM me your vbseo_sitemap URL/password so that I can check that.

check your inbox

[MissKalunji]

MissKalunji,

you should submit http://yourforumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz


Super Jinni,

please PM me your vbseo_sitemap URL/password so that I can check that.

Thank you

and now i upgraded vbseo and all sitemap Failed :-/

Any idea? i did the modification oleg gave

[Exposed_Bone]

Oups, here is the right thread ...

So, how is it possible that the file sitemap_index.xml.gz is in root whereas all the others ( sitemap_x.xml.gz) are elsewere? Google demands the index to be in the root, but its impractical to have 30-40 files in the root. :)

[iojam]

Super Jinni ,

replied to your PM.


MissKalunji,and now i upgraded vbseo and all sitemap Failed :-/Please open a support ticket on vbseo.com.

Exposed_Bone,
it is possible using rewrite rules in .htaccess file.

[Exposed_Bone]

.Exposed_Bone,
it is possible using rewrite rules in .htaccess file.
Is it easy for you, to give me more details?

Thank in advanced

[MissKalunji]

Is it easy for you, to give me more details?

Thank in advanced

what is he asking is if your host or you can create an .htaccess file (i think in the root) in it you can put your rewrite rules for vbseo.

It's usually done with (i did) notepad and just name it .htaccess and upload

some host doesn't support it

[a1exus]

when is a version compatible with 3.7.0 going come out?

[iojam]

Current version is compatible with vB3.7.0.

[gaiusrufus]

hi all!

after installation i had the problem with

Google Notify NO
Yahoo Notify NO

Google FAILED
Yahoo FAILED
Ask FAILED
Moreover FAILED


so i replaced the part in vbseo_sitemap_functions.php
as described in:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1393540&postcount=491

after that everything was ok at the beginning:
Google OK
Yahoo OK
Ask OK
Moreover FAILED

now, when i want to access teh vbSEO Sitemap Reports, after typing in the password, i get this erros message:

Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php:1) in /vbseo_sitemap/index.php (Row 38)

Any ideas??

Thank you!

[iojam]

re: moreover

please try this: http://www.vbseo.com/f77/all-pings-failed-21750/#post142796

now, when i want to access teh vbSEO Sitemap Reports, after typing in the password, i get this erros message:

Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php:1) in /vbseo_sitemap/index.php (Row 38)
Most likely you have edited the file incorrectly (added a few extra line breaks at the top or at the bottom of file). Try to reupload file from the package and apply modification again.

[gaiusrufus]

damn it..yes

i tried the thing with breaks and extra lines a few times before
now i did the replacing with old style EDITOR and it worked :)

thank you jojam! :)

[dcw]

Does this work with the final 3.7 the one that is released now?

[nsolanki]

hi guys,

I upgraded to vb 3.7

now when I run sitemap generator,

it does the run like usual
and at the bottom of the report it says

database error

Any Ideas? Please Help

[iojam]

Please check this: http://www.vbseo.com/f5/vbseo-sitemap-update-3-2-0-release-candidates-22747/

[Exposed_Bone]

what is he asking is if your host or you can create an .htaccess file (i think in the root) in it you can put your rewrite rules for vbseo.

It's usually done with (i did) notepad and just name it .htaccess and upload

some host doesn't support it
I know this. I ask how to make this rewrite rules :)

[MissKalunji]

in the zip file you have all the info you need on how and what to put

[Exposed_Bone]

I checked the files and didn't find anything related. However my question is:
All the search engines require the site index to be in the root folder.
However vbseo creates it in www.company.com/[...]/vbseo_sitemap/data (http://www.company.com/%5b...%5d/vbseo_sitemap/data).
How can I change sth like that? There isn't even an option from the admin panel.
Also, would it be possible to only have the index in root and not all the zipped files, in order to reduce the file clutter in the root folder.

[LinkBliss_com]

There's an .htaccess re-write that makes them appear at the root level.. check it out.

Eric

[Exposed_Bone]

Should i edit the .htaccess located in the root?

[LinkBliss_com]

It depends if you already have an .htaccess file in your forum root... look at the readme in the docs folder, there are installation and upgrade instructions. I think the part you want is this:

B. Enable rewriting via .htaccess (vBSEO Users skip this step):
Upload the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap .htaccess file (located in the 'htaccess' folder) to your forum root.

Note: In some operating systems, the .htaccess file is not visible. If this is your case, find the htaccess.txt file in the same folder, (1) upload it to your forum root folder and (2) rename it to .htaccess.

Note: If you already have an .htaccess file in your forum root, DO NOT upload the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap .htaccess file as it will replace the contents of this file. Instead, enter the following code in your 'forum-root/.htaccess' file at the bottom:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

hope this helps!
Eric

[Exposed_Bone]

Perfect, it is work ...

1000 thanks

[hankster]

nevermind.... found the answer

[|Jordan|]

Is this mod also compatible with 3.7.0 ?

[iojam]

Yes.

[Mean]

I am using Zoints, is that works on me ??

[quarum]

Hi there -

I have followed all of the directions and when I have it generate the sitemap it seems to be generating it, however it is not writing it to my sites root.

This is on a clean install of 3.7.0 and a new site. We are in the process of getting the site set up and running.

Here is what I see when I run the sitemap generator.

[homepage] [2,649.8Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay [2,649.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 1, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [2,649.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 2, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [2,649.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 3, total threads: 10, pages: 1 [2,649.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 4, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [2,650.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 5, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [2,650.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 6, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [2,650.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 7, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [2,650.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
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[SECTION START] showthread [2,650.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[archive homepage] [2,659.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay archived [2,659.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread archived [2,661.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] member [2,667.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] polls [2,668.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_1.xml.gz, number of urls: 53 [2,669.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #1 [2,669.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 1 [2,669.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]

The report details are showing this:

Report Details
Generated Sitemap Details
Date 2008-05-19 05:25
Processing time 1.15 s
Total URLs 53 (-)
Forumdisplay URLs 9 (-)
Showthread URLs 10 (-)
ShowPost URLs 10 (-)
Archive URLs 20 (-)
Member Profile URLs 3 (-)
Poll Results URLs 0 (-)
Blog Entries URLs 0 (-)
Sitemap Files
Index File sitemap_index.xml.gz
Sitemap File #1 sitemap_1.xml.gz (53 URLs, 0.60Kb) 9.72Kb uncompressed
Text Format File urllist.txt.gz (0.29Kb)
Search Engines Pings
Google Successful
Yahoo Successful
Ask Successful
Moreover Successful

The issue is that the site map is not being saved to the root, it is not being saved anywhere.

I have the chmod set to 777 on the data folder, I checked my providor to make sure they support mod_rewrite and they do. I have the .htaccess file set up just like this:

AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler x-httpd-php .php4
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Any idea why the sitemaps are not being saved to the root?

[djbaxter]

It's not designed to save them to the root. Read the instructions - that's why you need to add lines to .htaccess - the files are saved to {forum_root_}/vbseo_sitemap/data/

[quarum]

It's not designed to save them to the root. Read the instructions - that's why you need to add lines to .htaccess - the files are saved to {forum_root_}/vbseo_sitemap/data/

The files named:
sitemap_1.xmp.gz
sitemap_index.xml.gz
urllist.txt.gz
are being saved in {forum_root_}/vbseo_sitemap/data/

This is the exact /htaccess file I am using. Am I suppose to change something here?

AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler x-httpd-php .php4
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

My site is www.argoswow.com
vbulletin is in the www.argoswow.com/vb - I am using vBAdvanced with its index.php in the root of my site and the forums index.php is located in the /vb.

Do I need to put specific patch information into the .htaccess?

[iojam]

Your sitemap looks ok: http://www.argoswow.com/vb/sitemap_index.xml.gz

[quarum]

WHen I submit that to Google - it comes back showing status of ERRORS and is not submitting any links.

Sorry to sound new to all this.

[iojam]

What exactly is the error you get? Click "details" to find out.

[quarum]

What exactly is the error you get? Click "details" to find out.

We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.


I get this error with both www.allaroundkc.com and with www.fastfoodphooey.com but the www.argoswow.com seems to be working.

[iojam]

What is your .htaccess contents in both cases?

[quarum]

What is your .htaccess contents in both cases?

They are all the same

AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php
AddHandler x-httpd-php .php4
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

[iojam]

Try to add this line:
RewriteBase /

[quarum]

Try to add this line:
RewriteBase /


Bingo - that did it - thank you so very very much! Enjoy your holiday weekend.

[Kevlar]

My sitemap http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz says it hasn't been updated since 2006? Is that right? The thing says it's running, but I'm not getting it.

[iojam]

Try to regenerate sitemap manually.

[Kevlar]

Try to regenerate sitemap manually.
Tried that... no luck. The lastmod dates show up as 2006 for some reason.

[Cercle]

I have not read this step and the original .htaccess file has been rewrited :(
Note: If you already have an .htaccess file in your forum root, DO NOT upload the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap .htaccess file as it will replace the contents of this file.

What can I do now? Sorry Iojam :(

[iojam]

Kevlar,

what are the last output lines you see when execute sitemap generator?

Cercle,

you can restore your old .htaccess if you have a backup copy and then add rewrite rules for sitemap generator to the top of your old .htaccess.

[Cercle]

Hi iojam, thanks for your reply.

Is a new site and I don?t have still backups :(

[Chimpie]

Will this be updated for 3.7?

[Kevlar]

Kevlar,

what are the last output lines you see when execute sitemap generator?


[SECTION START] showthread archived [114s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_22.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [120s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #23 [120s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_23.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [127s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #24 [127s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_24.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [132s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #25 [132s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_25.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [139s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #26 [139s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_26.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [145s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #27 [145s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_27.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [151s (+7s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #28 [151s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_28.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [157s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #29 [157s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_29.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [163s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #30 [163s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_30.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [169s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #31 [169s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_31.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [175s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #32 [175s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_32.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [182s (+7s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #33 [182s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_33.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [188s (+5s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #34 [188s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_34.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [194s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #35 [194s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_35.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [200s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #36 [200s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_36.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [205s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #37 [205s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_37.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [212s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #38 [212s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_38.xml.gz, number of urls: 50000 [218s (+6s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #39 [218s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_39.xml.gz, number of urls: 22806 [221s (+3s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #40 [221s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 39 [221s (+0s)]

[Alfa1]

Please consider adding automatic url inclusion for vbadvanced and Links and Downloads Manager in your sitemaps hack.

Please add Google News sitemaps support: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42738

[geevest.com]

im always getting error a lot of connection if im using vbseo.
can u help me about this?
im using vb.3.7.0 version.
thanks

[iojam]

Kevlar,

check your error log to see if there are any details.


geevest.com,

do you mean vBSEO product or vBSEO Sitemap Generator? Please post vBSEO-related questions on www.vbseo.com

[Kevlar]

Kevlar,

check your error log to see if there are any details.


Where would the error log be?

[rigodiaz]

Hi, thank you for this mod.

Im using Lighttpd... what do i have to do with the lighttpd_rewrite file?.

I Did it.

Working great.

Thank you, Installed!

[Biggles]

Hi

I've just tried installing this mod on my site and got this fatal error message when I ran the generator:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function vbseo_any_url() in /home/fhlinux145/b/XXXXXXXXx.co.uk/user/htdocs/forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 424

I have a feeling this is a problem at the (relatively new) server I'm using but, not being very experienced with such things, would appreciate some advice please.

Thanks in anticipation :up:

Biggles

[NannyMin]

Is there an updated version available for 3.7.1?

[iojam]

Kevlar,

you should contact your host to find out.

Biggles,

if you don't have vBSEO installed, make sure that you have "Include vBSEO URLs" option disabled.

NannyMin,

current version should work with v3.7.1.

[Kevlar]

Kevlar,

you should contact your host to find out.



I am 'the' host... I looked in the vbseo_sitemap directory and didn't see anything that looked remotely like an error_log. All I see is a directory called addons and data. Then the other vbseo files.

Are you talking about the httpd error log?

[iojam]

Yes, I mean Apache's error log.

[geevest.com]

i get many error connection if im install vbseo. i dont know why its because vbseo sitemap or vbseo.
and it always make my site always down.
can u help me about this?

[geevest.com]

btw its because not support in vb.3.7.0 ?

[Keyser S?ze]

i was gunna ask the same does this work in 371?

thank you

[iojam]

Yes, it does.

[joh]

Iojam, I have the latest vbseo that was install no more than 5 days ago, as well as updated the site map. Is this what my site map should look like? http://www.nsraweb.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

[geevest.com]

Yes, it does.

so how about i get many database error from vbuleltin.
its because high load traffic from vbseo?

[dknelson]

I just checked my sitemap submissions at Google and see this:

General HTTP error: HTTP 403 error (Forbidden)
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.

What would be causing it?

[iojam]

joh,

yes, your sitemap looks ok.

geevest.com,

do you always get them when sitemap is generated (nightly, depending on your scheduled task settings)?

[dknelson]

I'm still having problems. Any help would really be appreciated. Here is what I see when I check my sitemaps page:

Property Status
Sitemap type Web
Format –
Submitted May 29, 2008
Last downloaded by Google Jun 18, 2008
Status Errors
Total URLs in Sitemap 0
Indexed URLs in Sitemap Help
–
Sitemap errors and warnings
Line Status Details
Details - General HTTP error: HTTP 403 error (Forbidden)
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.

[jim6763nva]

I'm getting this error when trying to access the reports page. I'm running vb 3.7.2. This used to work on 3.7.1 PL2... It seems to be creating the sitemap file ok.. There's nothing in the server error log that I can see about this error either.

Any ideas how to fix this?

EDIT: Disregard this - I fixed my error. The issue was caused by a change I had made in my .htaccess file. My primary domain is kv-guild.net and talkvirginia (the site I was having vbSEO issues with) is a subdomain. I want traffic to enter through talkvirginia.net (http://www.talkvirginia.net) so have rewrite code which ignores requests for talkvirginia.kv-guild.net and redirects to talkvirginia.net, however the change I made in my .htaccess file, I had it redirecting to talkvirginia.net/forum/. vbSEO didn't like that. LOL :) Thought I would mention this in the event someone else ran into the same scenerio.

[dknelson]

Also, mine says "submitted May 29, 2008 but it gets submitted every day.

[iojam]

dknelson,

what is your sitemap URL?

[dknelson]

Thanks...is this the URL you are asking for?

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz

[biglamb]

ok I have a quick question or questions regarding this, my apologies before hand if this has been answered but now my head hurts from looking thru 40 odd pages.

Vbulletin 3.7.1 Patch 2
vBadvanced CMPS v3.0.1

Installed the sitemap back on 3.6.10
its keeping itself up to date but when I click 'show reports list' it goes back to login screen. Forgive me if I am losing it but isnt there a report there? what am I missing here?


I should probably add what I have done already, the basic browser things because that was my first thought, happening in both IE and Firefox. Uninstalled all the way and pulled the files and reloaded.

Thanks in advance

www.maddenfans.com

[geevest.com]

Hello Iojam.
is there any problem if i set :
Page Update Frequency - Show Post : Monthly
Page Update Frequency - Member Profile : Monthly
Page Update Frequency - Forum Display : Daily
Page Update Frequency - Poll Results : Daily
Page Update Frequency - Show Thread (Default) : daily
Smart Frequency for Show Thread Pages : Yes
Default Priority - Show Post : 0.3
Default Priority - Member Profile : 0.2
Default Priority - Forum Display : 0.8
Default Priority - Poll Results : 0.6
Default Priority - Show Thread : 0.4
Smart Priority for Show Thread Pages : Yes
Delay Execution After Each Sitemap File : 0

its can load(high) my server?
and how about if im installed : vBSEO v3.1.0 with vbseo sitemap?

thx

[geevest.com]

and its the report :

Summary:
============================
Forum Display: 788
Show Thread: 19134
Show Post: 99832
Member Profiles: 28371
Poll Results: 11
Archive: 14041

Total Indexed URLs: 162178
Total Processing Time: 55.17 seconds

Google ping: Successful.
Yahoo ping: Successful.
Ask ping: Successful.
Moreover ping: Successful.

btw im install VBSEO 3.1.0 and get error :
Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/zhazha/public_html/forum/includes/config_vbseo.php on line 292

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/zhazha/public_html/forum/includes/config_vbseo.php on line 303

how i can fixed this? thx

[Darat]

(Using vBulletin 3.7.1 Patch 2)

Doesn't seem to be generating the site-map for my forum. The installation seems fine and I'm receiving the email notification e.g.



Summary:
============================
Forum Display: 524
Show Thread: 166040
Show Post: 3797991
Member Profiles: 17704
Poll Results: 1893
Archive: 109634

Total Indexed URLs: 4093791
Total Processing Time: 3,841.70 seconds

Google ping: Successful.
Yahoo ping: Successful.
Ask ping: Successful.
Moreover ping: Successful.



But no site-map appears to have been generated!

Any ideas what I've done wrong?

[Smiry Kin's]

(Using vBulletin 3.7.1 Patch 2)

Doesn't seem to be generating the site-map for my forum. The installation seems fine and I'm receiving the email notification e.g.



But no site-map appears to have been generated!

Any ideas what I've done wrong?
URL????

[Chimpie]

(Using vBulletin 3.7.1 Patch 2)

Doesn't seem to be generating the site-map for my forum. The installation seems fine and I'm receiving the email notification e.g.

But no site-map appears to have been generated!

Any ideas what I've done wrong?

A site map is supposed to be generated?

I have to back into Google's tools to get the exact error but when I used the sitemap checker Google didn't recognize it.

Edit... here it is:
Unsupported file format
Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it meets our Sitemap guidelines and resubmit

[MnTom]

I deleted vbseo and re-installed it due to it not working........Now I get this error message from google: Empty Sitemap
Your Sitemap does not contain any URLs. Please validate and resubmit your Sitemap.
How do I fix it?
Tom

[MnTom]

I figured out why I got the message. I gave the URL of just the folder, not the actual sitemap....... Doh!! Now I get a 404 Not Found error message......... Anyhow, how can I get it to where I don't have to manually submit sitemaps?

[MnTom]

Nevermind. I figured it out.

[Chimpie]

Nevermind. I figured it out.

Care to share?

[dknelson]

I'm still having problems. Any help would really be appreciated. Here is what I see when I check my sitemaps page:

Property Status
Sitemap type Web
Format ?
Submitted May 29, 2008
Last downloaded by Google Jun 18, 2008
Status Errors
Total URLs in Sitemap 0
Indexed URLs in Sitemap Help
?
Sitemap errors and warnings
Line Status Details
Details - General HTTP error: HTTP 403 error (Forbidden)
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.

Also, mine says "submitted May 29, 2008 but it gets submitted every day.

dknelson,

what is your sitemap URL?

Thanks...is this the URL you are asking for?

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Why no responses? I appreciate the authors of the mods making them available and do try to respect that many of them are busy and get to these questions when they can but this has been a while now. Any help would be appreciated.

[jlew24asu]

does this work for 3.7.0 ?

[iojam]

dknelson,

your sitemap looks ok. The submission date is the date you sent it first in webmaster account. Check "last downloaded" date.

[iojam]

biglamb,


its keeping itself up to date but when I click 'show reports list' it goes back to login screen. Forgive me if I am losing it but isnt there a report there? what am I missing here?
What is your .htaccess file contents in forums folder? Don't you have anything else besides sitemap rewrite rule?

geevest.com,

btw im install VBSEO 3.1.0 and get error :Please post a support ticket on vbseo.com if that's related to vBSEO product (not sitemap generator).


Darat,

make sure that you have 0777 permissions set for vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder.

[iojam]

jlew24asu,

yes, it works with vB3.7.x.

[PGAmerica]

Whats the difference between this mod and the vbSEO at vbSEO.com? Are they the same thing? Different versions? Complete different? What?

[jlew24asu]

jlew24asu,

yes, it works with vB3.7.x.

thanks. I installed correctly but can not go to my site to view reports.

http://www.chicagophotoshop.com/vB-root/vbseo_sitemap/

??

[Smiry Kin's]

thanks. I installed correctly but can not go to my site to view reports.

http://www.chicagophotoshop.com/vB-root/vbseo_sitemap/

??
sure you uploaded the vbseo_sitemap folder??

as should beable to access it from

http://www.chicagophotoshop.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/

[Smiry Kin's]

Whats the difference between this mod and the vbSEO at vbSEO.com? Are they the same thing? Different versions? Complete different? What?
same thing, but the vbseo site map is released here as it is a free public addon. :)

[jlew24asu]

sure you uploaded the vbseo_sitemap folder??

as should beable to access it from

http://www.chicagophotoshop.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/

yes. I uploaded the entire upload folder to my forum root directory. :( should I upload the 2 folders separately?

edit: I answered my own question. its working now. thanks team!!!

[Chimpie]

yes. I uploaded the entire upload folder to my forum root directory. :( should I upload the 2 folders separately?

edit: I answered my own question. its working now. thanks team!!!

And that answer would be....???

[jlew24asu]

And that answer would be....???

upload the 2 folders that are inside the upload folder into your root directory instead of the entire upload folder.

[biglamb]

What is your .htaccess file contents in forums folder? Don't you have anything else besides sitemap rewrite rule?


RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

That is it, thanks in advancve for your help. I am going to back myself and see if I am missing anything

[jlew24asu]

edit

[iojam]

PGAmerica,
Whats the difference between this mod and the vbSEO at vbSEO.com? Are they the same thing? Different versions? Complete different? What?
Those are two different products - vBSEO Sitemap Generator creates sitemaps for the forum, while vBSEO is a product that has many features including URL rewrites.


biglamb,

please PM me your sitemap generator URL.

[jlew24asu]

PGAmerica,

Those are two different products - vBSEO Sitemap Generator creates sitemaps for the forum, while vBSEO is a product that has many features including URL rewrites.


biglamb,

please PM me your sitemap generator URL.

this might be the wrong place to ask but I was doing the google sitemap stuff and it told me "add your sitemap URL." what is my sitemap URL?


also, how long does it typically take for something to show up in a report. when I run it, there is nothing there. thanks

[biglamb]

biglamb,

please PM me your sitemap generator URL.


You know the oddest thing, I haven't changed anything but now its working *shakes head* sorry, I have no clue whats going on, but thank you for responding and taking the time. Peace and chicken grease

[iojam]

jlew24asu,

sitemap URL is: http://yourofrumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz


biglamb,

I'm glad it's fixed for you now :)

[jlew24asu]

jlew24asu,

sitemap URL is: http://yourofrumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz




I'm sorry for the question but my forum root is not my website? (chicagophotoshop.com) ?

when entering this. http://chicagophotoshop.com/sitemap_index.xml, I get this..."You have entered a URL to a file. Please enter the site URL"

and also what is .gz


thanks jam

[jlew24asu]

is this also why my report list is blank? :(

[iojam]

In your case, sitemap URL is: http://www.chicagophotoshop.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz
It's not loaded for me, make sure that you created ".htaccess" file as described?

[imported_FreDy]

I've got a problem runing the Sitemap Generator, so I can't create a sitemap... the sitemap starts to create but always doesn't end... always the same error:


[forumdisplay] forum_id: 67, total threads: 44, pages: 1 [5,951.0Kb mem used] [1s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread [5,951.1Kb mem used] [1s (+0s)]

Database Error Database error
The XXXXXX database has encountered a problem.

Could anybody help to solve this?

Thanks in advance

[imported_FreDy]

Ok, I've solved it... I'm using vBSeo 3.2... so there is a file modification that must be done with vBseo 3.2.x

http://www.vbseo.com/f5/vbseo-sitemap-update-3-2-0-release-candidates-22747/

[jlew24asu]

In your case, sitemap URL is: http://www.chicagophotoshop.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz
It's not loaded for me, make sure that you created ".htaccess" file as described?

yes. I copied the .txt file to my root and then renamed it without the .txt

when doing this I was then able to log into my admin site reports but have all reports have been blank when i run them :(

[Black Tiger]

Great, thanks for the 3.7.x update!

[jlew24asu]

iojam, are you done supporting this thread?

[nyunyu]

iojam, are you done supporting this thread?

WOW..that's harsh. It is a free plugin and yet you act like you deserved the prompt support. lol.. look at iojam activity, he was here almost everyday and answers almost everything asked. So, chill, he will answering you in a short while or you can just go to vbseo.com and ask the question there.

[jlew24asu]

WOW..that's harsh. It is a free plugin and yet you act like you deserved the prompt support. lol.. look at iojam activity, he was here almost everyday and answers almost everything asked. So, chill, he will answering you in a short while or you can just go to vbseo.com and ask the question there.


I'm sorry. I didnt mean for it to sound harsh at all. the only reason I ask is because he made this product available in the 3.7 forums.

I was NICELY asking if he is referring to all support/questions in that thread. I'm not demanding prompt support at all. just wondering if I should move my questions to the other forum.

iojam, please dont think I was demanding anything. I appreciate all your hard work. cheers

[iojam]

jlew24asu,

it looks like your host doesn't support mod_rewrite or rewrite rules are not allowed n .htaccess, you can check that as described here (http://www.vbseo.com/f77/how-check-if-mod_rewrite-working-my-site-21502/).
Also, I'd suggest to install vBSEO Sitemap Generator v2.2 that was released a couple of days ago: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=184573

[jlew24asu]

ok thanks iojam

[jlew24asu]

edit. cant do mod_rewrite :(

[Dean C]

I've just installed this for a client and after manually running the sitemap generator from the admincp, when I go to vbseo_sitemap/index.php I see nothing showing up in the reports at all.

[dadoc]

I am sure that I have everything uploaded right as I can access my vbseo_sitemap/ page

but when I click on Your Google Sitemap Index URL:

I get Sitemap file not found

Why would this be

I did just install it a few hours ago.

do I have to wait for this or should it still find the file even if I have just installed it?

Thanks

[Per1213]

404 error? erm? I uploaded the wrong sitemap and had to overwrite them with the 3.6 version. Will this mean that it takes a while for overwriting to take affect?

[Coldhands]

I have what might be a noob question, SIA (did a search, found nothing):

My site's setup is simple, a wordpress blog for my front pages, and a vBforum for my community discussions.

My question is: Can I have two site maps in different directories (i.e. Wordpress Sitemap Plugin + vBSEO)???

If not, what are some suggestions, so I can get my full site on one sitemap?

If not, are there any good tutorials to use the straight up python script distributed on code.google.com.

[3DG|Bugo]

I'm having the same issue after upgrading to 2.2, the sitemaps generates ok, but o don't get a new entry on the Reports List. I'll wait till the cronned generation to see what happes...

[3DG|Bugo]

Is it possible to get an older version of this mod? The new one is just not working for me, due tu VBSEO 3.1 i guess.....it generates the sitemap, but doesn't log anything, nor ping the sites, etc...it haults somewhere, dunno why...

I would like to rollback but can't find the previous version.

[princeedward]

great mod...thanks a lot...installed ;)