vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator

[Ogmuk]

My sitemap xml file is at: http://#####.co.nz/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_1.xml.gz
and the .htaccess file is at http://#####.co.nz/ I have no Forum file so all sub files are off my root directory.

Since you do not have a forum directory, your sitemap should be accessible at: http://#####.co.nz/sitemap_index.xml.gz - if it's not then the htaccess isn't forwarding correctly.

[jack the lad]

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

I have now moved my http://#####.co.nz/sitemap_index.xml.gz to my root directory.

I will let you know how I get on.

Many thanks

[Ogmuk]

You shouldn't move it. The htaccess forwards each request at http://#####.co.nz/sitemap_index.xml.gz to http://#####.co.nz/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz (but there should not actually be a file at http://#####.co.nz/sitemap_index.xml.gz, it just forwards). In fact, you should not be able to even access http://#####.co.nz/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz directly if you put the other htaccess there. It should only be accessible at http://#####.co.nz/sitemap_index.xml.gz. Are you using Apache?

[jack the lad]

Are you using Apache?

Don't know, why and where would I find out?

Cheers

I have move back my http://#####.co.nz/sitemap_index.xml.gz and Google webmaster tools say's everything is sweet, for now anyway :)

[jack the lad]

Nah, still got the same errors :down:

Any idea's?

[Ogmuk]

There are various ways to check which internet server is running on your server. But usually if it's Linux, it's using Apache. If it's Windows, it's usually IIS (internet information server). One way to do it is using this site:

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph
Insert your domain name at the top. Then at the results, you may get various different results but the OS and server listed at the top should show what the server is running now.

If you're using Windows with IIS then htaccess files don't work. There are still work-arounds for it (since I'm using IIS too) but you need to figure out which internet server you're using first.

[jack the lad]

Ogmuk- It's Apache.

Thanks for the link.

Does this affect me?

[Ogmuk]

Ok, htaccess should work then. Check if it's called .htaccess, so that starts with a dot. Also check if the .htaccess inside vbseo_sitemap/data is present. This is a different one, which just says "deny from all".

The .htaccess from the vbseo_sitemap-2-5.zip, inside the htaccess directory, should be located at http://#####.co.nz/.htaccess - if you would try to load it from your browser it should say Forbidden. If it says "The page cannot be found" then it's not in the right place. Also check if http://#####.co.nz/vbseo_sitemap/data/.htaccess is present.

There might also be the possibility that your host doesn't let you use .htaccess files. In that case there is little you can do. You can test this with these steps: http://www.webune.com/forums/how-to-test-check-if-mod-rewrite-is-enabled-t40.html

[AKBAR]

Thanks!

[jack the lad]

I must say a BIG thank you to Ogmuk. You have been fantastic in helping me out with my problems getting my site working correctly.

Above and beyond the call of duty my friend ;)

[shinng]

the installation went smoothly, but i have no idea if it is working properly. can someone please confirm that it is working properly? i'd appreciate the confirmation.
thanks.

[Ogmuk]

the installation went smoothly, but i have no idea if it is working properly. can someone please confirm that it is working properly? i'd appreciate the confirmation.
thanks.

On which domain did you install it? If it's the domain from the signature then it's not working. This URL should give a sitemap and it doesn't: http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Check if the sitemap files are here: http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz and if you have a .htaccess in http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/ which forwards each request to the data/sitemap_index.xml.gz url.

[almohd]

Thanks

[W!cKeD]

* Thanks & Installed * :up:

[rrudeboy]

i installed this and ran it.. nice but i thought this was also required to make links look nicer like giving them a title so i don't have to do it with BB code... anyone ?

[iojam]

That is a feature of vBSEO product, not vBSEO Sitemap Generator.

[shinng]

On which domain did you install it? If it's the domain from the signature then it's not working. This URL should give a sitemap and it doesn't: http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Check if the sitemap files are here: http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz and if you have a .htaccess in http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/ which forwards each request to the data/sitemap_index.xml.gz url.

thanks for the quick response, unfortunately, i don't know how to get it fixed. all the folders/files seem to be in the correct location.

before you (or anyone else) answers that question, i want to go back to the domain issue you brought up. i have a sitemap as you saw on my main site, which is sportsgatherings.com so do you think i need to create a sitemap for sportsgatherings.com/forum? technically since it's off the same domain, i wouldn't need to right? usually the reason why people would want this mod installed is because their site is a forum from the get go as opposed to a blog/website like mine is. let me know, thanks again.

[Ogmuk]

i have a sitemap as you saw on my main site, which is sportsgatherings.com so do you think i need to create a sitemap for sportsgatherings.com/forum? technically since it's off the same domain, i wouldn't need to right? usually the reason why people would want this mod installed is because their site is a forum from the get go as opposed to a blog/website like mine is. let me know, thanks again.
This is a sitemap for your forum, not your entire website and since you can submit multiple sitemaps to search engines, it will help get the more popular threads indexed quicker.

1) Insert a password for people to access vbseo_sitemap/index.php because it's publicly accessible now. (AdminCP -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Settings -> vBSEO Sitemap Interface Access Password)
2) Check the value of "Sitemap Files URL" (also in AdminCP -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Settings). It should be empty.
3) AdminCP -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Reports -> Run Sitemap Generator
4) Check if /forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_1.xml.gz is there. If it is then it's a .htaccess problem.

[gamerfu]

Google and Yahoo! fails, what is wrong?

Summary:
============================
Forum Display: 126
Show Thread: 7677
Show Post: 65949
Member Profiles: 388
Poll Results: 138
Blog Entries: 0
Blog Tags: 0
Album URLs: 4
Social Groups URLs: 51
Tag URLs: 43
Archive: 2032

Total Indexed URLs: 76341
Total Processing Time: 23.14 seconds

Google ping: FAILED.
Yahoo ping: FAILED.
Ask ping: Successful.
Moreover ping: Successful.
Live.com ping: Successful

[shinng]

This is a sitemap for your forum, not your entire website and since you can submit multiple sitemaps to search engines, it will help get the more popular threads indexed quicker.

1) Insert a password for people to access vbseo_sitemap/index.php because it's publicly accessible now. (AdminCP -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Settings -> vBSEO Sitemap Interface Access Password)
2) Check the value of "Sitemap Files URL" (also in AdminCP -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Settings). It should be empty.
3) AdminCP -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Reports -> Run Sitemap Generator
4) Check if /forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_1.xml.gz is there. If it is then it's a .htaccess problem.

thank you very much for the step by step instructions. i did everything you suggested and after running the sitemap generator, i do see this:
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_1.xml.gz, number of urls: 294 [3,222.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]

and this:
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 1 [3,223.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]

Sitemap has been created

i'm assuming that it's good to go.

[Ogmuk]

It's not working yet. Check if this file exists on your server:
/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz

[shinng]

It's not working yet. Check if this file exists on your server:
/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz

I see it in my server (I use filezilla), but the sitemap_index.xml.gz is a winzip file. Should this be extracted?

[ugurcafe]

thnks

[Crystal Shards]

Can you make this so it works with "Check Version"?

[Ogmuk]

I see it in my server (I use filezilla), but the sitemap_index.xml.gz is a winzip file. Should this be extracted?

No, that's fine. Your server keeps giving a 404 though. I am checking this URL:
http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz

You can start with temporarily removing or renaming the .htaccess in forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/ to exclude the possibility that this .htaccess file is causing this problem.

[shinng]

No, that's fine. Your server keeps giving a 404 though. I am checking this URL:
http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz

You can start with temporarily removing or renaming the .htaccess in forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/ to exclude the possibility that this .htaccess file is causing this problem.

I removed the .htaccess file from forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/. However, I noticed that when I open the htaccess folder, this folder contains the .htaccess file along with htaccess.txt, isapi_rewrite.txt, lighttpd_rewrite.txt, and zeus_rewrite.txt. I see those 5 files in the folder, but I don't think I uploaded those 4 txt files into my forum/vbseo_sitemap/data folder. Should I try reuploading all 5 files or are those 4 txt files irrelevant? Previously the 4 .txt files were not uploaded, only the .htaccess file was before I deleted it.

[Ogmuk]

I removed the .htaccess file from forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/. However, I noticed that when I open the htaccess folder, this folder contains the .htaccess file along with htaccess.txt, isapi_rewrite.txt, lighttpd_rewrite.txt, and zeus_rewrite.txt. I see those 5 files in the folder, but I don't think I uploaded those 4 txt files into my forum/vbseo_sitemap/data folder. Should I try reuploading all 5 files or are those 4 txt files irrelevant? Previously the 4 .txt files were not uploaded, only the .htaccess file was before I deleted it.

Worry about that htaccess after it's working.

http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz
This is working now because you removed the htaccess.

Now the next step is to get the forward from http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz to http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz working with the .htaccess.

1) Upload the .htaccess from the zip, in the htaccess folder to http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/ or if you already have a htaccess there, edit it and add the 2 lines.
2) Check if http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz works now.
3) If it does, upload the .htaccess from the zip: upload/vbseo_sitemap/data/.htaccess to http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum//vbseo_sitemap/data/
4) Check if http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz still works. http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz should now give an error. If so, then you're done.

[shinng]

Worry about that htaccess after it's working.

http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz
This is working now because you removed the htaccess.

Now the next step is to get the forward from http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz to http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz working with the .htaccess.

1) Upload the .htaccess from the zip, in the htaccess folder to http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/ or if you already have a htaccess there, edit it and add the 2 lines.
2) Check if http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz works now.
3) If it does, upload the .htaccess from the zip: upload/vbseo_sitemap/data/.htaccess to http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum//vbseo_sitemap/data/
4) Check if http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz still works. http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz should now give an error. If so, then you're done.

I noticed that there are 2 .htaccessfiles when I extracted the zip file from here.
The 1st is located in the htaccess folder that contains .htaccess (123 bytes) and 4 txt files.
The 2nd is located in the uploads/data folder that contains .htacess (13 bytes) and index.php.

When I look at my /forum root, I already have a .htaccess file in there (121 bytes). When I upload the .htaccess (123 bytes) from the htaccess folder to the root, do I rename it and just upload it? If so, that is what I did. I also uploaded the.htaccess file (13 bytes) from the uploads/data folder to my forum/vbseo_sitemap/data. I think I'm still getting errors.

[tommac3]

I am getting this error:

This page contains the following errors:

error on line 1 at column 1: Document is empty
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.

[Ogmuk]

When I upload the .htaccess (123 bytes) from the htaccess folder to the root, do I rename it and just upload it? If so, that is what I did.
Shouldn't need to rename it. It's already called ".htaccess". Unless you are using htaccess.txt and renaming that to .htaccess. Which is the same thing.

I also uploaded the.htaccess file (13 bytes) from the uploads/data folder to my forum/vbseo_sitemap/data. I think I'm still getting errors.
Better to delete that until you get the first 2 steps working. That htaccess is making it more difficult to troubleshoot. If I were you I'd turn off the custom error pages on your server for now until you get this thing working. It's hard to see what's going wrong when I'm not seeing the precise error.

[kmatwill]

Hi, I've been using this for a little while and just realized that for the most part, only my member profiles are being reported. This is supposed to report all posts, threads, etc. right? Is it because most of my forum is private?

Date 2009-06-14 05:42
Processing time 4.59 s
Total URLs 1,586 (-19)
Forumdisplay URLs 1 (-1)
Showthread URLs 0 (-)
ShowPost URLs 0 (-)
Archive URLs 2 (-1)
Member Profile URLs 1,581 (-17)
Poll Results URLs 0 (-)
Blog Entries URLs 0 (-)
Blog Tag URLs 0 (-)
Album URLs 0 (-)
Social Group URLs 0 (-)
Tag URLs 1 (-)

[Ogmuk]

Yeah, personally I have Showpost URLs turned off because else the number gets too large but it looks like you have Showthread URLs turned off as well, which is the most important one.

[kmatwill]

Thank you. Unfortunately those options are set to Yes, so I'm not sure why they aren't showing... Anyone else have any ideas?

[iojam]

The threads must be visible to guests, otherwise they are not inlcuded in sitemap (since search engines will not be able to view them anyway).

[KipLarson]

I run a wordpress blog on the main portion of my site and have the forum installed on mysite.com/forum/

So through Wordpress I use a plugin that does a Google sitemap generator:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/

So my question is should I use the vBSEO sitemap plugin in addition to this wordpress one as well or should I just run the wordpress one perhaps?

I assume Google doesn't take multiple sitemaps...

Thoughts?

[Ogmuk]

I assume Google doesn't take multiple sitemaps...

Thoughts?

https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
Get your site verified there, then you can submit multiple sitemaps.

[Blue91]

Can someone help me verify if this is working? I get a log file within my vbseo_sitemap/data directory stating google received the sitemap, etc etc.

I feel like I did everything correctly but in reading post #263 by Ogmuk (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1821850&postcount=263), he states to Shinng that his link (http://www.sportsgatherings.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz) should show a sitemap. When I try to see a sitemap at that same location but with my domain, I do not. I have that file on my server in the data directory, but when I go to www.pomoforacing.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz, I get a "site not found."

Is it just that the link he typed above was incorrect? If I go to http://www.pomoforacing.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz, I get a "forbidden" (it's there, just forbidden to view).

Thanks.


*edit* For now, nevermind... for some reason, I don't have access to upload the .htaccess file to my forums directory. I can add the /data/ one, but not the main one. Unsure why and cannot access server control panel until I get home from work.

[accludetuner]

I installed this mod, checked it out and due to the fact that it ONLY adds links to your forum specific stuff like posts and blogs I uninstalled it. I would love if it actually crawled the site and indexed all the links from your site, not just the VB specific ones. Great idea, but very limited control and scope of what gets added to the sitemap files so I had to pass on this one.

[SirHappy]

thx. nice works.

[TosaInu]

Hello,

the .htacces goes to the forumroot (/forum) not the web accessible root of the site (/), right?

[Ogmuk]

Hello,

the .htacces goes to the forumroot (/forum) not the web accessible root of the site (/), right?

Correct.

[TosaInu]

Thank you Ogmuk.

My data folder contains some 87 sitemap-x-.xml.gz now and googlebot just started downloading them. It has downloaded over 260 files though (duplicates). Is that normal?

[TosaInu]

Hello,

Our forum is stored on a subdomain: http://forum.mysite.com The forum is located inside its own directory: http://forum.mysite.com/vb

I installed this version like instructed by the manual. So, the .htacces goes to http://forum.mysite.com/vb and the whole vbseo_sitemap directory and contents to http://forum.mysite.com/vb. Folders are CHMOD 777. In the ACP VBSEO settings search engines are notified automatically.

I ran the sitemap script and sitemaps are generated and stored inside http://forum.mysite.com//vb/vbseo_sitemap/data/

According to the report list in the ACP, the search engines are notified (confusing again, because Yahoo has to be notified manually?). According to the sitemap download log, the files are downloaded by googlebot. They were downloaded more than once yesterday after having installed the hack (shouldn't that be just once?).

Today there still is not a single sitemap file in google webmasters tool.

I guess something is still wrong?

This also confuses me. In the ACP/VBSEO settings it reads:

By default the vBSEO Sitemap files will be located in your forum root. Use this field to specify a different location, for example, your site root: http://www.yourdomain.com

NOTE: You must edit the .htaccess file of the folder in which you want to locate your sitemap files. More information here. Leave this setting empty to use default vB url.

I thought the files are stored in http://forum.mysite.com//vb/vbseo_sitemap/data/ by default?

[djbaxter]

My data folder contains some 87 sitemap-x-.xml.gz now and googlebot just started downloading them. It has downloaded over 260 files though (duplicates). Is that normal?

No. Why do you have all those duplicates? Updates to the sitemap should overwrite the old files, not create brand new ones.

Our forum is stored on a subdomain: http://forum.mysite.com The forum is located inside its own directory: http://forum.mysite.com/vb

I installed this version like instructed by the manual. So, the .htacces goes to http://forum.mysite.com/vb and the whole vbseo_sitemap directory and contents to http://forum.mysite.com/vb. Folders are CHMOD 777. In the ACP VBSEO settings search engines are notified automatically.

I ran the sitemap script and sitemaps are generated and stored inside http://forum.mysite.com//vb/vbseo_sitemap/data/

:confused:

If you created a subdomain for your forum, why would you then create a subfilder in that subdomain to install it? It would seem far more logical to install the forum in the root. You're making things unnecessarily complicated.

Second, the instructions as to where to find the sitemap need to be in the root directory unless you otherwise specifiy where to find them using the sitemap declaration in a robot.txt file in the root directory. In your case, the root directory is forum.mysite.com/ not forum.mysite.com/vb/.

According to the report list in the ACP, the search engines are notified (confusing again, because Yahoo has to be notified manually?).

I believe that was only when Yahoo was using the text format. Now that they're using the XML format like everyone else, it's all automatic. I've never done a manual notification.

According to the sitemap download log, the files are downloaded by googlebot. They were downloaded more than once yesterday after having installed the hack (shouldn't that be just once?).

It depends on how often you run the sitemap generator. Check your cron files.

Today there still is not a single sitemap file in google webmasters tool. I guess something is still wrong?

Any errors will be noted in your Webmaster Central account - check there to find out what's wrong.

This also confuses me. In the ACP/VBSEO settings it reads:

By default the vBSEO Sitemap files will be located in your forum root. Use this field to specify a different location, for example, your site root: http://www.yourdomain.com

NOTE: You must edit the .htaccess file of the folder in which you want to locate your sitemap files. More information here. Leave this setting empty to use default vB url.

I thought the files are stored in http://forum.mysite.com//vb/vbseo_sitemap/data/ by default?

They are. Ignore this part for now. You have enough to figure out already and you certainly don't want to complicate it any further by messing with that setting.

[TosaInu]

Hello djbaxter,

Thank you for replying.

No. Why do you have all those duplicates? Updates to the sitemap should overwrite the old files, not create brand new ones.

It doesn't make duplicate files in the directory. The googlebot seems to download them several times (within an hour, so they are not updated ones).



:confused:

If you created a subdomain for your forum, why would you then create a subfilder in that subdomain to install it? It would seem far more logical to install the forum in the root. You're making things unnecessarily complicated.

Because I can't create subdomains myself. The host is doing that and I have only a few. So, I have to put several things on one subdomain to prevent a cluttering and clash of names.

Second, the instructions as to where to find the sitemap need to be in the root directory unless you otherwise specifiy where to find them using the sitemap declaration in a robot.txt file in the root directory. In your case, the root directory is forum.mysite.com/ not forum.mysite.com/vb/.

Hmm, thus the .htaccess supplied with this hack needs to be in forum.mysite.com and not forum.mysite.com/vb? But how comes google seems to be downloading the sitemap?
And that means I have to change the .htaccess a bit from

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

to:

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

Right?


I believe that was only when Yahoo was using the text format. Now that they're using the XML format like everyone else, it's all automatic. I've never done a manual notification.

Ok.

It depends on how often you run the sitemap generator. Check your cron files.

The default one, I recall it's once a day.


Any errors will be noted in your Webmaster Central account - check there to find out what's wrong.

No errors are reported.

They are. Ignore this part for now. You have enough to figure out already and you certainly don't want to complicate it any further by messing with that setting.

Ok, the problem is just with the location of the .htaccess I guess?

[djbaxter]

1. I don't understand how it's possible that Google is trying to download the sitemap, not shoiwing it as successful, and yet not reporting any errors... unless you already have a sitemap in the root for forum.mysite.com? Try deleting ALL existing sitemaps and the manually running the cron job again from your vBulletin Admin CP (after relocating the .htaccess file).

2. No, you don't change the rewrite rules/instructions. That is already set up in the vB ACP. Leave it as it is.

[TosaInu]

Hello djbaxter,

No, I don't have a sitemap in the root.

I recall having experimented with vbseo a year ago or so and I did edit the .htaccess in the root then (http://forums.mysite.com). That info is still there in the rewrite rules:

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

{{Aik, I'm starting to understand what went wrong this year: nothing was there.}}

So, I only have the default htaccess supplied by this hack in forums.mydomain.com/vb and I remove the line from the root .htaccess? But how does google then know it should look into forums.mydomain.com/vb? Through the robot.txt like you mentioned? What do I put there?

Nothing at all? Is the right url submitted to the searchengines when completing the creation through CRON or run?

[djbaxter]

No, I don't have a sitemap in the root.

I recall having experimented with vbseo a year ago or so and I did edit the .htaccess in the root then (http://forums.mysite.com). That info is still there in the rewrite rules:

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


Is this the edited version? or the version created when you installed vbseo_sitemap? Don't use the edited one.

So, I only have the default htaccess supplied by this hack in forums.mydomain.com/vb and I remove the line from the root .htaccess? But how does google then know it should look into forums.mydomain.com/vb? Through the robot.txt like you mentioned? What do I put there?

No. I didn't say remove the lines from .htaccess in the root. I said remove any sitemap files currently in the root. You need the redirect lines in the root directory version of .htaccess because it will redirect Google spiders when they go there to access them. Leave the lines in an .htaccess file in the /vb/ folder as well (I don't know how you have things set up in Webmaster Central - having it in both places shouldn't hurt and it may help).

Is the right url submitted to the searchengines when completing the creation through CRON or run?

It should be unless you've messed up any of the settings. If worst comes to worst, uninstall and then reinstall vbseo_sitemap to get back to the proper settings and then follow the directions given to you during the installation or in the instructions for installation.

[TosaInu]

Is this the edited version? or the version created when you installed vbseo_sitemap? Don't use the edited one.

It's an edited line I appended to an existing .ht in http://forums.mydomain.com
I'm pretty sure vb/ needs to be added to the path, otherwise it points to the non-existing folder http://forums.mydomain.com/vbseo_sitemap It is http://forums.mydomain.com/vb/vbseo_sitemap ?



You need the redirect lines in the root directory version of .htaccess because it will redirect Google spiders when they go there to access them. Leave the lines in an .htaccess file in the /vb/ folder as well (I don't know how you have things set up in Webmaster Central - having it in both places shouldn't hurt and it may help).

You mean in vb's ACP regarding VBSEO? The default values.

[djbaxter]

It's an edited line I appended to an existing .ht in http://forums.mydomain.com
I'm pretty sure vb/ needs to be added to the path, otherwise it points to the non-existing folder http://forums.mydomain.com/vbseo_sitemap It is http://forums.mydomain.com/vb/vbseo_sitemap ?


You mean in vb's ACP regarding VBSEO? The default values.

:confused:

How can it be both the "default values" and an "edited line"?

In any case, try what I've suggested so far. I don't understand a lot of what you're posting here, not the least of which is the statement that Webmaster Central is trying to download the sitemap, apparently not finding it, and yet not showing any errors. Either I'm missing something or you are - I don't see how that's possible.

If my suggestions don't work, you may need to wait for one of the vBSEO people to log in.

[TosaInu]

:confused:

How can it be both the "default values" and an "edited line"?

In any case, try what I've suggested so far. I don't understand a lot of what you're posting here, not the least of which is the statement that Webmaster Central is trying to download the sitemap, apparently not finding it, and yet not showing any errors. Either I'm missing something or you are - I don't see how that's possible.

If my suggestions don't work, you may need to wait for one of the vBSEO people to log in.

Hello djbaxter,

Sorry for the confusion. By default values I mean what I set in Vbulletins ACP/VBSEO settings.

The edited line applies to the .ht I already had before I even knew about VBSEO. As far as I know searchbots only look in the root of a domain or subdomain for a sitemap. So, it has to be told there that it's somewhere else.

According to the VBSEO control panel, the sitemaps are created (and they are) and google is notified. Google then manages to download the files (according to the same VBSEO control panel). But when I go to googles Webmaster Central for my site, nothing is there.

[Brathamike]

hello what are the these files for in the htaccess file

isapi_rewrite, lighttpd_rewrite, zeus_rewrite

do i keep them in the htaccess folder and put the whole folder in the root directory
or
do i take those files out of the htaccess folder and put them in the root directory

Also it says that this file is in my root directory sitemap_index.xml.gz but its not. when i generate
a site map i dont see this in my root directory when i click on the link to see my site map it says
page not found? any thoughts on this

thanks

please answer..

going to buy gold soon as i get the ansawer

[Budweiser]

Hello. I use VBSEO and installed the sitemap v2.5
I want to add a line to robots.txt (EG: "sitemap: http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml")

What file is the sitemap? I see "sitemap_1.xml.gz" and "sitemap_index.xml.gz" and few others... I assume one of these is the file I need to point to?

Thnx, Kev

[djbaxter]

The edited line applies to the .ht I already had before I even knew about VBSEO. As far as I know searchbots only look in the root of a domain or subdomain for a sitemap. So, it has to be told there that it's somewhere else.

Yes. That's what the mod_rewrite line and vbseo_getsitemap.php does. The bots will look in the root (usually); the mod_rewrite and vbseo_getsitemap.php redirect it to where the files are actually physically located. If you try to do the work of those two functions, you'll end up confusing the bots, yourself, and everyone else. Think simple. Let the add-on do the complicated work.

hello what are the these files for in the htaccess file

isapi_rewrite, lighttpd_rewrite, zeus_rewrite

do i keep them in the htaccess folder and put the whole folder in the root directory or do i take those files out of the htaccess folder and put them in the root directory
If you are using an Apache server with mod_rewrite enabled, ignore those files. They are for alternate server operating systems or configurations.

Also it says that this file is in my root directory sitemap_index.xml.gz but its not. when i generate a site map i dont see this in my root directory when i click on the link to see my site map it says page not found? any thoughts on this

See my reply to TosaInu above.

Hello. I use VBSEO and installed the sitemap v2.5
I want to add a line to robots.txt (EG: "sitemap: http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml")

What file is the sitemap? I see "sitemap_1.xml.gz" and "sitemap_index.xml.gz" and few others... I assume one of these is the file I need to point to?

Thnx, Kev

No. Just point to sitemap.xml -- mod_rewrite and vbseo_getsitemap.php take care of the rest.

[Budweiser]

Hello. I use VBSEO and installed the sitemap v2.5
I want to add a line to robots.txt (EG: "sitemap: http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml")

What file is the sitemap? I see "sitemap_1.xml.gz" and "sitemap_index.xml.gz" and few others... I assume one of these is the file I need to point to?

Thnx, Kev


No. Just point to sitemap.xml -- mod_rewrite and vbseo_getsitemap.php take care of the rest.

Yes but... there is no sitemap.xml file to point to.. I am supposed to point to a file that is not there??

[djbaxter]

Yes but... there is no sitemap.xml file to point to.. I am supposed to point to a file that is not there??

Yes. That's what those mod_rewrite lines do. They intercept any attempts to retirve sitemap.xml and redirect them to the appropriate file name and location.

[Brathamike]

Originally Posted by Budweiser
Yes but... there is no sitemap.xml file to point to.. I am supposed to point to a file that is not there??
Yes. That's what those mod_rewrite lines do. They intercept any attempts to retirve sitemap.xml and redirect them to the appropriate file name and location.

I don't have mod rewrite and I still don't
see the site map and I still get a page that's not there
when I try to viewy site map

I still don't get it

[djbaxter]

I don't have mod rewrite and I still don't
see the site map and I still get a page that's not there
when I try to viewy site map

I still don't get it

If you don't have mod_rewrite enabled on your server, the standard solution contained in the installation instructions for the vbseo_sitemap add-on will not work.

In that case, try the following...

Add the following line to the robots.txt file in the root directory of your site or create a plain text file (ASCII/ANSI format) containing the line and upload it to the root of your site:


Sitemap: http://www.yoursite.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz

This assumes your forum is installed in a subfolder called "forum". If the subfolder name is something else, change the line to reflect both your actual domain and the actual subfolder name.

If your forum is installed in the root directory, the line would look like this:

Sitemap: http://www.yoursite.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz

If your forum is installed in the root of a subdomain, it would look something like this:

Sitemap: http://forum.yoursite.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz


Note that in all cases you are pointing the spiders to the real location of the sitemaps index file, which tells the spider how many sitemap files to look for and their filenames. This index file is created automatically by the vbseo_sitemap cron job.

Note that what I'm suggesting in this post is to be used instead of the standard mod_rewrite solution indicated in the vbseo_sitemap installation insturctions.

[Brathamike]

If you don't have mod_rewrite enabled on your server, the standard solution contained in the installation instructions for the vbseo_sitemap add-on will not work.

In that case, try the following...

Add the following line to the robots.txt file in the root directory of your site or create a plain text file (ASCII/ANSI format) containing the line and upload it to the root of your site:


Sitemap: http://www.yoursite.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz

This assumes your forum is installed in a subfolder called "forum". If the subfolder name is something else, change the line to reflect both your actual domain and the actual subfolder name.

If your forum is installed in the root directory, the line would look like this:

Sitemap: http://www.yoursite.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz

If your forum is installed in the root of a subdomain, it would look something like this:

Sitemap: http://forum.yoursite.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz


Note that in all cases you are pointing the spiders to the real location of the sitemaps index file, which tells the spider how many sitemap files to look for and their filenames. This index file is created automatically by the vbseo_sitemap cron job.

Note that what I'm suggesting in this post is to be used instead of the standard mod_rewrite solution indicated in the vbseo_sitemap installation insturctions.


Hello i check the server and i do have it
mod_rewrite is enabled :
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/mod_rewrite.so

so what should i do now since i do have mod_rewrite

thanks

[djbaxter]

Hello i check the server and i do have it
mod_rewrite is enabled :
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/mod_rewrite.so

so what should i do now since i do have mod_rewrite

thanks

Follow the installation instructions for the add-on and add the lines to your .htaccess file.

[Brathamike]

Follow the installation instructions for the add-on and add the lines to your .htaccess file.

i dont see any place in the insstructions that mentions the add on as you mention and the .htaccess files i in the root directorie of the forum

[Brathamike]

Ok its working my .htaccess was not correct thanks for your help..going to your website right now as were speaking to see whats the difference on the free version and paid version

[djbaxter]

It's not my website. I'm not associated weith vBSEO and there is no "paid version" of the vBSEO sitemap. It is a free offering.

vBSEO itself is a vBulletin SEO package and it's not free.

[Budweiser]

I am trying to verify that I have this installed correctly. I tried testing my mod_rewrite as described at bvseo.com (Forum Link) (http://www.vbseo.com/f77/how-check-if-mod_rewrite-working-my-site-21502/) but it didnt work right. I will follow up on that issue on their website.

Here is a screen shot of my report details (the site isn't open yet, not many posts)

Note: ALL of the search engine pings failed. Does that mean it is not installed correctly?

When I click on Sitemap Files>Index File... There is a reference to this URL but it is not valid on my server.. Is this correct/incorrect? (http://www.usamusicians.com/forum/sitemap_1.xml.gz)

Also when I click on urllist.txt I get this message..."Sitemap file not found:"
Looks like a problem to me but who knows...:erm:

[djbaxter]

I am trying to verify that I have this installed correctly. I tried testing my mod_rewrite as described at bvseo.com (Forum Link) (http://www.vbseo.com/f77/how-check-if-mod_rewrite-working-my-site-21502/) but it didnt work right. I will follow up on that issue on their website.

Here is a screen shot of my report details (the site isn't open yet, not many posts)

Note: ALL of the search engine pings failed. Does that mean it is not installed correctly?

When I click on Sitemap Files>Index File... There is a reference to this URL but it is not valid on my server.. Is this correct/incorrect? (http://www.usamusicians.com/forum/sitemap_1.xml.gz)

Also when I click on urllist.txt I get this message..."Sitemap file not found:"
Looks like a problem to me but who knows...:erm:

There is no urllist.txt - that is an oudated, now-defunct format previously used by Yahoo. The link you posted to your sitemap worked just fine for me.

Please read what I posted above. I think you are confusing vBSEO, a commercial vBulletin SEO package, with vBSEO_sitemap. You have installed the free vbseo_sitemap only. You have NOT installed the vBSEO package. They are separate products and there is a huge difference.

[Budweiser]

Please read what I posted above. I think you are confusing vBSEO, a commercial vBulletin SEO package, with vBSEO_sitemap.

I am not confused. I purchased and installed VBSEO a few days ago and it was suggested to me by their staff to install the sitemap also.... so I did. I just want to make sure everything is working optimally because I haven't used VBSEO or a sitemap before. If it is not installed correctly or is just not working correctly then what's the sense... I'm sure you can understand where I am coming from...

So the fact that the search engine pings failed is not an issue?

and.. If urllist.txt is an oudated, now-defunct format previously used by Yahoo then why is it included in this updated version of the sitemap app? (This is just a nag/rhetorical question)

[djbaxter]

My apologies. But if you have a l;egal vBSEO license, your best bet is to submit a support ticket and/or post in the sitemap forum there. You'll likely get a much faster response. Chances are one of the support people will get your authorization for FTP access and sort it out for you.

As for urllist.txt, I don't know - you'll have to ask the developers that question.

I don't know what's going on with the pings. Do you have a Google Webmaster Central accounbt? If not, get one. Add your forum as a site and add a sitemap to that listing in Webmaster Central. If Google is having a problem retrieving your sitemap, they should indicate that via error messages.

[tssg]

thanks post :)

[ctrlbrk]

Has anyone written an add-on module for vbSEO that will index the "Links and Downloads" vb module? I see one exists for Downloads II... but I'm using LDM...

Mike

[Brathamike]

im getting a 404 page error when google is trying to find the robot.txt file. this program dossent have this so how do i make or get a robot.txt file

any thoughts on how to make this??

[djbaxter]

Create a basic plain text (ASCII/ANSI) file called robots.txt (note: robots not robot) containing just the following:

User-agent: *
Disallow:

This tells all nspiders to "disallow" nothing, i.e., crawl andindex everything.

Upload this to the root directory of your site, not a subdirectory.

[Dflow75]

why do I get Sitemap file not found on "Your Google Sitemap Index URL"

I have just installed the sitemap mod

[80's]

Is this mod compatible with Zoints SEO? If the answer is "yes" can anybody tell me which settings do I have to make. Sorry for my bad English. I hope you will understand what I mean.

[iojam]

Dflow75,

make sure that you create sitemap after installing the mod (click "Run sitemap generator" in vbseo_sitemap/ interface).

80's,

no, sorry - it's not compatible with Zoints SEO.

[Budweiser]

im getting a 404 page error when google is trying to find the robot.txt file. this program dossent have this so how do i make or get a robot.txt file

any thoughts on how to make this??

Look at post #306 pn page 21 of this thread. I already asked this and the answer I was given is there...

I dont understand it... but there is an answer... :confused:

..

[rajubd]

anyone know about this problem? my site map generated to this directory - vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_1.xml.gz . how can i move this to root...

[Biker_GA]

Look at post #306 pn page 21 of this thread. I already asked this and the answer I was given is there...

I dont understand it... but there is an answer... :confused:

..

You create a text file called robots.txt and upload it to your root directory for your forum. It's as easy as that.

[cloferba]

i dont know why my site is keeping transfering information later this:

[SECTION START] showthread [3,935.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_1.xml.gz, number of urls: 30000 [3,857.4Kb mem used] [22s (+21s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #2 [3,857.5Kb mem used] [22s (+0s)]

and nothing else occur...why vbseo sitemap doesnt finish the sitemap creation?

[RetroDreams]

Where does this pull location information from? For some reason, my location isn't working, thus all of my URLs are invalid.


<url>
<loc>/</loc>
<priority>1</priority>
<lastmod>2009-07-09T18:41:43+00:00</lastmod>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
</url>

[Ogmuk]

i dont know why my site is keeping transfering information later this:

[SECTION START] showthread [3,935.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_1.xml.gz, number of urls: 30000 [3,857.4Kb mem used] [22s (+21s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #2 [3,857.5Kb mem used] [22s (+0s)]

and nothing else occur...why vbseo sitemap doesnt finish the sitemap creation?

Try turning off "Generate Yahoo-Compatible Text Sitemap".

[Budweiser]

Originally Posted by Budweiser View Post

Hello. I use VBSEO and installed the sitemap v2.5
I want to add a line to robots.txt (EG: "sitemap: http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml")

What file is the sitemap? I see "sitemap_1.xml.gz" and "sitemap_index.xml.gz" and few others... I assume one of these is the file I need to point to?

Thnx, Kev

reply: No. Just point to sitemap.xml -- mod_rewrite and vbseo_getsitemap.php take care of the rest.
I added the sitemap to my new google account and got this error. google doesnt see a file either. What do I do to fix this?

Thnx...

[oddball118]

Has anybody had this issue when they run the scheduled task?


Scheduled Task Manager

vBSEO Sitemap Generator
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Fatal error: Call to undefined function vbseo_filter_text() in /home/blah/public_html/blahblah/vbseo_sitemap/addons/vbseo_sm_downloads2.php on line 30



Then I get this sql DB error...

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.3:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM links_categories WHERE private = 0;

MySQL Error : Table 'blah_blahblah.links_categories' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Thursday, July 9th 2009 @ 07:45:12 PM
Error Date : Thursday, July 9th 2009 @ 07:45:13 PM
Script : http://www.blahblah.com/admincp/cronadmin.php?do=runcron&cronid=32
Referrer : http://www.blahblah.com/admincp/cronadmin.php?do=modify
IP Address : 24.105.140.142
Username : ME
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.67-community

[Ogmuk]

Originally Posted by Budweiser View Post


I added the sitemap to my new google account and got this error. google doesnt see a file either. What do I do to fix this?

Thnx...

You forgot to add "forum/" and the file name is "sitemap_index.xml.gz". Try this: "forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz". If you really want forum/sitemap.xml.gz to work too then you could make a symbolic link:

cd /var/www/yourdomain.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data
ln -s ./sitemap_index.xml.gz sitemap.xml.gz

[cloferba]

Try turning off "Generate Yahoo-Compatible Text Sitemap".

now it works!

but when i go to google webmaster and i submit my 2 sitemaps, google said:


Invalid tag value
This XML tag has an invalid value. Please fix it and resubmit.
Parent tag:
url

whats the problem!!!???

help! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

[Saviour]

Tried several times to get this installed and working on a board powered by vb 3.8.3. Followed directions as per the "read me".

Made sure I checked which files I wanted included in the sitemap, against my robots.txt file. Generated the sitemap. Info was sent to Google, and Google Sitemaps show no errors, but they also show no files, either.

Clicked the link to the sitemap...error 404. Mod_rewrite is enabled by default on a shared server.

I currently have an .htaccess file in the root of my domain. Added the included .htaccess file to the forum root. Files are being generated and stored in the vbseo_sitemap/data folder which was set at 777. The sitemaps are not being stored in the forum root.

Even removed the .htaccess file from the forum root and added the rewrite rule to site root .htaccess file, including forums folder as path. Changed path in options of mod...still have the same issue.

After about 7 tries trying to get this to work...I finally gave up.

Uninstalled...

[Sephirot]

now it works!

but when i go to google webmaster and i submit my 2 sitemaps, google said:




whats the problem!!!???

help! :eek::eek::eek::eek:
same here

I opened the file and saw that the priority tag was empty for my forumdisplay and member profile pages!

<priority></priority>

I guess I know why ... when using smart priority and the result priority is zero, the failsafe test in the function vbseo_add_url fails.


function vbseo_add_url($url, $priority = 1.0, $lastmod = 0, $freq = '')
{
//some code
if(!$priority) // this test is true for $priority = 0
$priority = $vboptions['vbseo_sm_priority']; // but this option does not exist!

[Saviour]

Okay...I've decided to give this one last shot. LOL!

Anyway...Followed the instructions to install for my version of vB, which is currently 3.8.3.

The htaccess file in my forum root is the one that came with this mod. I didn't change a thing in the htaccess file.

If it matters, I also have an htaccess file in the root of my site which basically reads this:

RewriteEngine On

ErrorDocument 400 http://glitchpc.com/error400.html
ErrorDocument 401 http://glitchpc.com/error401.html
ErrorDocument 403 http://glitchpc.com/error403.html
ErrorDocument 404 http://glitchpc.com/error404.html
ErrorDocument 500 http://glitchpc.com/error500.html

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

I uploaded all the files in the upload folder to my forum's root. I also changed the permissions of the "data" folder to "777".

I configured the vBSEO settings in my ACP and left the Sitemap Files URL field blank so that vBSEO site files will be stored in my forum root. However, that's not the case. They seem to be stored in the "data" folder.

When I go to my Sitemaps Reports page and click the link to the sitemap in "Your Google Sitemap Index URL", I get an error 400 page.

What am I missing here?

If it matters, I'm on a shared server and my host is 1and1.com.

If I had a million dollars...I'd give it to the next person who can solve this issue I'm having.

[cellarius]

I corrected an issue and added seperate database support to benFF's addon for Photopost Pro:
http://www.vbseo.com/f44/sitemap-addon-photopost-photopost-classifieds-5035/index2.html#post224775

[Saviour]

Update...

Okay...here's the thing with this mod...

The sitemap is generated. I receive an email that it's been updated. I haven't configured it to automatically notify the SEs though...until I can find out what's causing this error. If you click the link, below...you'll see what I mean.

Your Google Sitemap Index URL: http://glitchpc.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Again...I've followed the installation instructions to the letter. I can see the information in the data folder. The data folder has been CHMOD to 777. I've uploaded the .htaccess file to the forum's root. Originally, the sitemap was submitted to Google and, again, I receive no errors from Google regarding the sitemap. Yet...Google shows no URLs associated with it. The plus side...no URLs...no errors...LOL! Yet...the link above still isn't working.

Again...I certainly would appreciate any help. I don't have vBSEO installed...so I know support is probably limited, but I'm at my wits end as to why I'm getting an error 404 page when clicking the above referenced link.

Additional Update...

Issue has been resolved by the great support provided at vBSEO.com.

[Strike-Force.ne]

Installed on a newly installed 3.8.3 with no issues, so it will work for 3.8.3

[dre]

How did you fix it?

Update...

Okay...here's the thing with this mod...

The sitemap is generated. I receive an email that it's been updated. I haven't configured it to automatically notify the SEs though...until I can find out what's causing this error. If you click the link, below...you'll see what I mean.

Your Google Sitemap Index URL: http://glitchpc.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Again...I've followed the installation instructions to the letter. I can see the information in the data folder. The data folder has been CHMOD to 777. I've uploaded the .htaccess file to the forum's root. Originally, the sitemap was submitted to Google and, again, I receive no errors from Google regarding the sitemap. Yet...Google shows no URLs associated with it. The plus side...no URLs...no errors...LOL! Yet...the link above still isn't working.

Again...I certainly would appreciate any help. I don't have vBSEO installed...so I know support is probably limited, but I'm at my wits end as to why I'm getting an error 404 page when clicking the above referenced link.

Additional Update...

Issue has been resolved by the great support provided at vBSEO.com.

[Saviour]

How did you fix it?

Follow this link: http://www.vbseo.com/f67/error-404-a-35614/

[iyama]

How to chmod 0777 on shared window hosting with cpanel?

[dre]

Looked over at VBSEO but im still getting an error 404

[Saviour]

Looked over at VBSEO but im still getting an error 404


You may get a quicker response if you post over there.

[vbplusme]

How to chmod 0777 on shared window hosting with cpanel?

You can change permissions in the cpanel file manager, its one of the picks on the menu bar.

[Meola]

One dumb question!
I'm running vB 3.8.3 and wrongly installed the 3.6.x version of this MOD!! Is there any difference between these two versions? What should I do totally? replacing the files?!

[donnie_ogm]

This is a very useful MOD.

Unfortunately on my site it seems it dosen't work.
For example when I click on "run sitemap generator" I receive back this error:

[homepage] [4,287.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay [4,287.8Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread [4,287.8Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[archive homepage] [4,287.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay archived [4,287.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread archived [4,288.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] polls [4,288.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] blogs [4,288.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] albums [4,288.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] groups [4,288.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] tags [4,289.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
Database error

What should I do to fix this problem?

Thanks for your help

[Ohiosweetheart]

any ideas why I wouldn't be receiving the email notifications when my email address is in the vbseo sitemap settings?

[Alfa1]

How can I include pages from Photopost Pro and AndrewD's Link and Download Manager in the sitemap?

[cellarius]

How can I include pages from Photopost Pro and AndrewD's Link and Download Manager in the sitemap?
For PP Pro see http://www.vbseo.com/f44/sitemap-addon-photopost-photopost-classifieds-5035/index2.html#post224775

[j1mmy]

Where is the sitemap that I give to Google?

[matthewhotdude]

Can't get this to work I get the email telling my my sitemap is done and gives me this link
http://www.chattaboxforums.com/vbseo_sitemap/ I click on it and get a error

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

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@chattaboxforums.com 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.

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

[nikki712]

I installed this and it starts generating the sitempa, but then i get a db error saying that the forum.linkback table doesn't exist. I looked in PHP, and there is no forum.linkback table. I can create one, but how many fields do I need to put when I create it?

[iojam]

Do you have vBSEO product installed as well? If yes, make sure that you are running the latest version.

[matthewhotdude]

Anyone?

[iojam]

I'm getting a "File not found" error on http://www.chattaboxforums.com/vbseo_sitemap/ , did you remove the folder?

[matthewhotdude]

re-installed the mod and this
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@chattaboxforums.com 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.

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


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[nikki712]

Yes, I just updated to vbseo3.3. But, for some reason it stopped working when I was running the 3.2 version of vbseo. It hasn't worked in a few months, but it's odd b/c I haven't dropped any tables. I'm not sure what's up but it's frustrating.

[nikki712]

This is a very useful MOD.

Unfortunately on my site it seems it dosen't work.
For example when I click on "run sitemap generator" I receive back this error:



What should I do to fix this problem?

Thanks for your help
That's the same thing that's happening to me.

[nikki712]

I uninstalled the mod, cleaned up the databases, then reinstalled. I still get the same db error saying that the forum.linkback table doesn't exist. This is ridiculous.

Also, when I click on the sitemap reports link in admincp, I get a script error, which is new since installing 3.3. It says:

Line: 2
Char: 22
Error: Unterminated string constant
Code: 0
URL: http://mysite.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/index.php?rlist=true

I'm running vb3.8.3, and vbseo3.3. Mysql 5.0.81, PHP 5.2.8.

[Meola]

I can't remove downloads log records?! why?!

[Biker_GA]

Sure you can. Although they will reset after so many pages, but you can delete via FTP on your server.

[imported_silkroad]

Has anyone written an add-on module for vbSEO that will index the "Links and Downloads" vb module? I see one exists for Downloads II... but I'm using LDM...

Mike

We upgraded from 2.2 to 2.5 (of the addon) and it breaks the vBadvanced Links addon:

vbseo_sm_vba_links.php

With a database error (that provides no clues).

We had to remove the vBadvanced addon for links to get this mod version to work.

[cosy]

BTW Yandex dont appear on the bot list

[Terry2424]

I installed vbseo and that part is working fine. It generates two files

Sitemap_index.xml.gz
Sitemap_1.xml.gz

When I use the google webmaster tools I add a site map pointing to these files.

I get a green checkmark for sitemap_index.xml.gz

I get. 404 error with sitemap_1.xml.gz

These files are in the same folder and have the same permissions.

I use IIS windows 2003

Thanks for the help.

[Biker_GA]

Just point to the first one.

[Terry2424]

Just point to the first one.


Thank you very much, it worked fine and no errors.

[Lima Bean]

Ack. The calendar addon is tossing XML errors into the sitemap.

http://www.branchcountylive.com/BCL_03.gif

Any solution?

[iojam]

You should replace "&" with "&amp;" in the add-on code.

[ChandlerDog]

Not only do I get a data base error, when I run mydomain.net/vb-root/vbseo_sitemap/ I get "Oops! This link appears to be broken."

When I run mydomain.net/vbseo_sitemap/ I get "Internal Server Error"

Any ideas?

[ErrorLog]

Fixed.

[mazazangy]

nice Topic ... Very Good

[nardian]

Thanks!

[saxahan]

I have a problem. Firstly, It was working, but now it isn't working when I look up my sitemap url.
This is the error message:
This page contains the following errors:

error on line 1 at column 1: Document is empty
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.

Why do this happen? What am I suppose to do? :(

[vBsquad]

I'm running version 2.5 but it seems the scheduled task does not run. When I run it manually it runs fine and sends out the email as normal.

Any help is appreciated.

[rlneutral]

I would like to add sitemap to Yandex search engine, but it does not see
Sitemap_index.xml.gz it needs Sitemap_index.xml file.
How to make it to generate 2 more files:
Sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap_1.xml

[giyotin92]

Thanks :)

[caliman]

I can't remove downloads log records?! why?!

Sure you can. Although they will reset after so many pages, but you can delete via FTP on your server.

I have 91 pages of download logs... can someone tell me specifically how to prune them? What dir is this stored in? It's not 'hits.'

[MikesSite]

Anybody have any idea why the amount of URL's in the sitemap decreased by 50% from the previous sitemap?

Thanks!

[AfterWorldForum]

Hey,

Installed and ran it for a few days, and have been keeping an eye on my WebMaster tools to see how effective this is. I just see a major difference between total urls and Indexed urls:

Format URLs in Sitemap Submitted Downloaded
Sitemap Index Total: 791, Indexed: 19

Sep 15, 2009 ? Resubmit Sep 15, 2009
Sitemap errors and warnings


Could anyone explain the difference between the two? How can I get more indexed urls of the total amount?

I still have to update my robots etc, and do some other standard seo tweaking, but was just curious about the huge difference between these two.

Thanks in advance :)

Peter

[Chimpie]

A client of mine has developed an interesting situation that I can't figure out.

If I go under vBSEO Sitemap Reports, and run the generator I get this...
[homepage] [3,089.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay [3,089.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread [3,089.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[archive homepage] [3,089.8Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay archived [3,089.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread archived [3,090.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] member [3,090.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] polls [3,096.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] blogs [3,096.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] albums [3,096.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] groups [3,096.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] tags [3,102.8Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
Database errorThe The forum name edit database has encountered a problem.

But if I go under the Scheduled Tasks and run it, it goes through just fine, even sending me the confirmation email.

Everything was working just fine, for about 13 days, then during the scheduled task it would cause an error. Then it worked for one day after, then errors out again.

I have uninstalled the xml file and reinstalled, overwriting... no help.
I reuploaded and overrode the install files... no help.

I've turned off all the other mods and hacks... no help.

I'm really confused on this one.

[donnie_ogm]

Hi guys,

are there any codes to be inserted in .htaccess in order to try to have html link in the sitemaps?

Thanks in advance

[blackberry]

its not working for me

whenever i click on run sitemap generator

its gives me this error

any fix will be appreciated thanks

[SECTION START] tags [12,798.6Kb mem used] [5,405,634s (+191s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_239.xml.gz, number of urls: 20000 [12,862.4Kb mem used] [5,405,644s (+10s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #240 [12,862.4Kb mem used] [5,405,644s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_240.xml.gz, number of urls: 20000 [12,865.6Kb mem used] [5,405,659s (+15s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #241 [12,865.7Kb mem used] [5,405,659s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_241.xml.gz, number of urls: 20000 [12,868.3Kb mem used] [5,405,677s (+18s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #242 [12,868.3Kb mem used] [5,405,677s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_242.xml.gz, number of urls: 20000 [12,869.8Kb mem used] [5,405,696s (+20s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #243 [12,869.8Kb mem used] [5,405,696s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_243.xml.gz, number of urls: 2982 [12,866.3Kb mem used] [5,405,700s (+3s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #244 [12,866.3Kb mem used] [5,405,700s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 243 [12,926.6Kb mem used] [5,405,700s (+0s)]

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 252049792 bytes) in /h****/sa****/p****/forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

[kall]

its not working for me

whenever i click on run sitemap generator

its gives me this error

any fix will be appreciated thanks
Either just keep running it (it will pick up where it left off), or increase your memory_limit.

[blackberry]

how to increase memory_limit?

[Cloudrunner]

its not working for me

whenever i click on run sitemap generator

its gives me this error

any fix will be appreciated thanksIncrease your wait time between file making to 30, increase your total links per file to 40,000. Doing these *should* lower your memory usage. I am not a dev for this mod, so I could be wrong. These have helped me though.

Sitemap Settings -> Max URLs in Sitemap Files -> 40000
Sitemap Settings -> Delay Execution After Each Sitemap File -> 30

Also take a read on the following posts, because it looks to me like you are pushing entirely too much data to the engines (243 site files? Really?):

The original post can be found here with even more SEO information (http://www.vbseo.com/f2/briansols-ultimate-guide-vbseo-26058/)

In the sitemap, think lean. All you want is your main info. No bloat. The idea is not to index every little bit.. it's to index your important info. If you have more than 4 or 5 files per million posts, you're doing it wrong. I can't tell you how many times i've seen sub-million post forums with 70-odd sitemap files. Doing that is entirely counter productive. I recommend the following settings:
http://www.vbseo.com/attachments/f2/4597d1219039468-briansols-ultimate-guide-vbseo-sitemap_options.jpg

There is a problem introduced when you change your priorities to what Briansol has though (Sitemap will write the priorities wrong and mess up a tag within the sitemap causing google to get upset), so to avoid the issue I suggestion the following priorities (they meld with Briansol's, but avoid the issue that is introduced when using his priority settings):

Smart Frequency for Show Thread Pages: Yes
Priority Range - Show Post: 0.1-0.2
Priority Range - Member Profiles: 0.2-0.3
Priority Range - Forum Display: 0.6-0.7
Priority Range - Poll Results: 0.1-0.2
Priority Range - Show Thread: 0.9-1.0
Priority Range - Blog Entries: 0.2-0.3
Priority Range - Blog Tags: 0.2-0.3
Priority Range - Member Profile Albums: 0.2-0.3
Priority Range - Social Groups:0.3-0.4
Priority Range - Social Group Discussions: 0.3-0.4
Priority Range - Social Group Pictures: 0.3-0.4
Priority Range - Tags: 0.5-0.6
Smart Priority: Yes

Seriously, knock out a bunch of them links (most of which I'm sure are useless to you in terms of quality content in the eyes of the all seeing, all knowing Google (http://www.thechurchofgoogle.com)) out of your sitemap and not only will you see a more efficient crawl from the spiders, but since they have an easier time crawling the most important stuff, they then will have more time to spread out within your site and consume the other bits and you'll quit overloading your server's memory :D.

[blackberry]

@cloudrunner

as per ur settings i finally get this

Thanks alot

[SECTION START] tags [11,545.9Kb mem used] [5,481,734s (+486s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_287.xml.gz, number of urls: 40000 [11,598.7Kb mem used] [5,481,794s (+60s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_288.xml.gz, number of urls: 1555 [11,594.7Kb mem used] [5,481,827s (+33s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 288 [11,665.8Kb mem used] [5,481,827s (+0s)]
Sitemap has been created. Click here to return [11,559.8Kb mem used] [5,481,828s (+1s)]

[Cloudrunner]

Anytime my friend, I'm glad I could help :D.

Jeez, how long has your site been running LOL? 288 pages ... wow ... that's insane!

[MagicThemeParks]

Just had the Live.com ping fail.

Live.com ping: FAILED

....what did I miss or what do I need to fix?

[Chimpie]

Just had the Live.com ping fail.



....what did I miss or what do I need to fix?

This happens periodically. Run it again or watch it tomorrow to see if it happens again.

[MagicThemeParks]

Thanks Chimpie, if it doesn't are there any 'common' issues that I might want to take a look at?

[Chimpie]

Thanks Chimpie, if it doesn't are there any 'common' issues that I might want to take a look at?

Honestly, I've never had it happen to me enough for me to care. It may happen once every couple of months. The only recommendation I can think of is to reupload the files or uninstall and reinstall everything.

But I really don't think it will have to come to that.

[Cloudrunner]

Don't worry about it unless it fails continuously for about 3 days. Due to the nature of this beast sometimes the ping times out, or you just caught the other server during a no response time.

[blackberry]

Anytime my friend, I'm glad I could help :D.

Jeez, how long has your site been running LOL? 288 pages ... wow ... that's insane!

from feb 2008

lolz is it too much? good or bad for my site?? sorry i dont know much abt pages thingy :d

can i delete old files in vbseo_sitemap/data?

[blackberry]

summary in email is not correct why is that so
this is what i receive
Summary:
============================
Forum Display: 4440
Show Thread: 142062
Show Post: 858830
Member Profiles: 4136

whereas i have

threads: 50,726
posts: 512,656
members: 2,694

[Cloudrunner]

from feb 2008

lolz is it too much? good or bad for my site?? sorry i dont know much abt pages thingy :d

can i delete old files in vbseo_sitemap/data?Wow, that's a hell of a run boss. Good job! Depending on what your niche is (sounds to me like you've done well in picking yours) it could be good, it could be bad. I'm no expert in Search Engine Optimization. :D

Yes, you can delete old files in that directory, in fact:

summary in email is not correct why is that so
this is what i receive


whereas i have

threads: 50,726
posts: 512,656
members: 2,694
Yeah, that looks abit backwards I'd say. My suggestion would be to delete the following from your vbseo_sitemap/data directory:

sitemap_index.xml.gz
sitemap_XXX.xml.gz - the XXX are the numbers after the file names.
urllist.txt.gz - if it exists.

After you've deleted those files login to your admincp and then to the sitemap generator page and re-create the sitemap and see if that fixes the discrepancy.

[blackberry]

this is wht i get now

the member profile is fine now but threads are still not correct

Summary:
============================
Forum Display: 2515
Show Thread: 80330
Show Post:
Member Profiles: 2697

[Cloudrunner]

That is normal if you have any forums that are being ignored by the generator. If you have forums added to the exclude area you will see less than what you really have. Run the generator again and see if it raises. If you are not running vBSEO in conjunction with this addon as well, make sure the first option on the settings page is set to "NO". If it is set to "YES" and you don't have vBSEO installed you'll run into strange things with the generator.

Can you link me your sitemap_index.xml.gz?

[donnie_ogm]

Hi guys,

are there any codes to be inserted in .htaccess in order to try to have html link in the sitemaps?

Thanks in advance

stupid question?
I've searched in the thread but I haven't understood if is possible via .htaccess or not.

[blackberry]

That is normal if you have any forums that are being ignored by the generator. If you have forums added to the exclude area you will see less than what you really have. Run the generator again and see if it raises. If you are not running vBSEO in conjunction with this addon as well, make sure the first option on the settings page is set to "NO". If it is set to "YES" and you don't have vBSEO installed you'll run into strange things with the generator.

Can you link me your sitemap_index.xml.gz?

i dont have any excluded forums .. dont know why getting more than original show threads thingy :(

[Cloudrunner]

stupid question?
I've searched in the thread but I haven't understood if is possible via .htaccess or not.
To do that you would need to hardcode the .htaccess for every page, and then redo vbulletin to spit out those rewritten URLs so that the .htaccess has somewhere to redirect folks to.

Wait, there's already something that does that, it's ... wait for it ... vBSEO.

Sorry, wasn't really picking fun, just had a sarcastic moment there. Seriously though, to do what you are asking to do you would need vBSEO installed and running. To my knowledge the other SEO mods are not compatible with this mod as the sitemaps will be generated with your .php settings (vBSEO not installed) or your vBSEO settings only.

[thincom2000]

Since recent Google acts have resulted in my site dropping from 1200 indexed pages to 300, and a lot of important content pages were missing (pretty much only tag pages were in the index now), I gave in and tried this mod again.

Previously I was disappointed that there were no hooks or anything for me to modify URLs. I have some custom mods that use forum and thread tables, but have non-showthread URLs. Because of this, last time we just made our own sitemap manually, so it included only the most important pages.

This time around I spent about 3 hours doing file edits and making this work with Project Tools, which also accounts for a large portion of our site.

I guess I'll see if it works for us. The first generated sitemap has about 5000 URLs.

I suspect we lost a bunch of indexed pages recently because it's possible Google sandboxed us -- we released a product with a copyright link, so suddenly 980,000 links to the product page appeared on the web within 1 or 2 days -- which was way more linkbacks than we had to all other pages combined.

[wswsh]

thanxx
wswsh.net

[iardon]

I'm running version 2.5 but it seems the scheduled task does not run. When I run it manually it runs fine and sends out the email as normal.

Any help is appreciated.

Yep, same here. Anybody have a fix?

[Yellow Slider]

I'm getting 2 errors in the google webmsater site,

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.
Problem detected on: Oct 12, 2009

and

Network unreachable: robots.txt unreachable
We were unable to crawl your Sitemap because we found a robots.txt file at the root of your site but were unable to download it. Please ensure that it is accessible or remove it completely.

I can access both my robots.txt file and the sitemap files -
here - http://www.iatraf.co.il/sitemap_1.xml.gz
http://www.iatraf.co.il/sitemap_index.xml.gz
http://www.iatraf.co.il/robots.txt

what do you think I need to do? I've reinstalled it and generated the files again, but google bots can't download them (I do have google bots on my site, average of 5 bots all the time)

Thanks.

[iardon]

Yep, same here. Anybody have a fix?

I applied the changes detailed in the post below and now it's working, go figure. :confused:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1894684&postcount=387

[donnie_ogm]

To do that you would need to hardcode the .htaccess for every page, and then redo vbulletin to spit out those rewritten URLs so that the .htaccess has somewhere to redirect folks to.

Wait, there's already something that does that, it's ... wait for it ... vBSEO.

Sorry, wasn't really picking fun, just had a sarcastic moment there. Seriously though, to do what you are asking to do you would need vBSEO installed and running. To my knowledge the other SEO mods are not compatible with this mod as the sitemaps will be generated with your .php settings (vBSEO not installed) or your vBSEO settings only.

Aahah don't worry and thank you for the answer... ;)

[thincom2000]

Once I figured out how to write my own addons for this, I was quite pleased with the results.

I had some mods like VaultWiki and CES Site News which use customized forumdisplay and showthread URLs. Using global_setup_complete to update the "exclude forums" option, I was able to save those forums until the addons ran, so resources weren't wasted and 2 versions of their links weren't added.

Also, I had to write an addon for Project Tools, because apparently there wasn't one. Depending how many people actually need that, I may contribute it, but it currently has my custom URL format (/projects/id/, /issues/id/, /milestones/id/) hardcoded.

[MagicThemeParks]

What are the steps to take if you're consistently getting a "FAILED" on one of the search engines?

[kho91]

I'm getting 2 errors in the google webmsater site,



and



I can access both my robots.txt file and the sitemap files -
here - http://www.iatraf.co.il/sitemap_1.xml.gz
http://www.iatraf.co.il/sitemap_index.xml.gz
http://www.iatraf.co.il/robots.txt

what do you think I need to do? I've reinstalled it and generated the files again, but google bots can't download them (I do have google bots on my site, average of 5 bots all the time)

Thanks.

Hi

I have the same probleme

please help

[jkcerda]

cool

[Yellow Slider]

Hi

I have the same probleme

please help

Tried installing again, nothing.

What should we do?

[blackberry]

I'm running version 2.5 but it seems the scheduled task does not run. When I run it manually it runs fine and sends out the email as normal.

Any help is appreciated.

Yep, same here. Anybody have a fix?

happens with me too

then i just manually set it in Scheduled Task Manager

i did mine like this

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

[MarkD793]

I seem to have a problem with the product.

I have been using the product for 7 days and it has sent approx 7 reports to google. In the product it says that the googlebot have crawled and that the pings where successful.

When I go to my Google webmaster tools I recieve the following error:

Sitemaps
« Go back
Show sitemap: forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Error: The last attempt at downloading the Sitemap failed. The details below are representative of the last successful download. Resubmit?
See SitemapFormat URLs in Sitemap Submitted Downloaded
Sitemap Index Total: 3,231, Indexed: 133

Oct 14, 2009 – Error Oct 14, 2009
Sitemap errors and warnings

Line Status Details
- 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. HTTP Error: 404
Problem detected on: Oct 14, 2009

Filename Status Format Downloaded URLs submitted Indexed URLs
forum/sitemap_1.xml.gz Sitemap Oct 14, 2009 3,231 133

© 2009 Google Inc. - Webmaster Central - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy - Webmaster Tools Help

Also in the webmaster tools it says only one sitemap has been submitted and it failed. While vbseo sitemap generator syas it has sent 7 and they were successful.

Also, when I try and view a sitemap either through the product or the address typed out in the taskbar ...google returns a broken link page

Any help would be greatly received

Thank you in advance

[iojam]

Yellow Slider, kho91


Network unreachable: robots.txt unreachable
We were unable to crawl your Sitemap because we found a robots.txt file at the root of your site but were unable to download it. Please ensure that it is accessible or remove it completely.



Please check this: http://www.vbseo.com/f67/google-sitemap-not-loaded-403-a-16179/#post98598

[iojam]

vBsquad, iardon
I'm running version 2.5 but it seems the scheduled task does not run. When I run it manually it runs fine and sends out the email as normal.

Any help is appreciated.

Please checked scheduled tasks log to see if it is started or not. Also check if other tasks are still running correctly.

[iojam]

MarkD793,

did you create .htaccess file as described in installation instruction?

[MarkD793]

MarkD793,

did you create .htaccess file as described in installation instruction?

My host Gigapros did the install.

What specifically should I ask them?

[iojam]

Make sure that "Step B" is completed:
Upload the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap .htaccess file (located in the 'htaccess' folder) to your forum root.
and check that your server supports mod_rewrite: http://www.vbseo.com/f77/how-check-if-mod_rewrite-working-my-site-21502/

[MarkD793]

I have my Host looking into it ....Thank you

Additional info:
160 Invalid tag value
This XML tag has an invalid value. Please fix it and resubmit.

I also came across the above. Does this change your advice?

[iojam]

What do you have on line 160 in your sitemap?

[MarkD793]

What do you have on line 160 in your sitemap?

Actually that is the last line reported in google toolbox there are many more than that, a couple of dozen that all say the same:

"This XML tag has an invalid value. Please fix it and resubmit."

I can't access my actual site map as it tells me that the link is broken.

[iojam]

What is your sitemap URL?

[iardon]

vBsquad, iardon


Please checked scheduled tasks log to see if it is started or not. Also check if other tasks are still running correctly.

I see more started than created. It's on and off, sometimes it works, sometimes it doestn't. Always works when I manually run it.

[donnie_ogm]

happens with me too

then i just manually set it in Scheduled Task Manager

i did mine like this

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/4706/race003.gif

And now it works?

[TosaInu]

Hello,

We had a working installation of vBSEO on our board, we didn't change settings, but vBSEO runs into an error now:

[SECTION START] member [5,611.8Kb mem used] [1,256,146,885s (+339,013s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_42.xml.gz, number of urls: 20000 [5,619.8Kb mem used] [1,256,146,887s (+2s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #43 [5,619.7Kb mem used] [1,256,146,887s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] polls [6,192.4Kb mem used] [1,256,146,890s (+3s)]

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /etc/httpd/mysite/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 365
[SECTION START] blogs [6,192.4Kb mem used] [1,256,146,890s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] albums [6,193.7Kb mem used] [1,256,146,890s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] groups [6,251.6Kb mem used] [1,256,146,890s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] tags [6,507.2Kb mem used] [1,256,146,890s (+0s)]

Warning: implode() [function.implode]: Invalid arguments passed in /etc/httpd/mysite/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 834

Does this have to do with a changed setting in PHP or is something in the database damaged and do we need to install the hack again?

[MagicThemeParks]

One of my installs is having issues with Bing. Keeps coming back as 'failed'. Any reason why or how to fix it?

[Rottimom]

Hello, can you help me here ?

I have installed the sitemap generator, ready ok, it but then prepares all files at it everything clicks the following data base error message comes onto report:

mysql_pconnect() [<a
href='function.mysql-pconnect'>function.mysql-pconnect</a>]: Access denied
for user: 'dob232537190@localhost' (Using password: YES)
/homepages/32/d232537190/htdocs/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 311

MySQL-Fehler :
Fehler-Nr. :
Fehler-Zeit : Monday, 26.10.2009 @ 01:52:22
Datum : Monday, 26.10.2009 @ 01:52:23
Skript :
http://forum.net/forum/vbseo_sitemap/index.php?rlist=true
Referrer : http://forum.net/forum/admincp/index.php?do=nav
IP-Adresse :
Benutzername :
Klassenname : vB_Database
MySQL-Version :

I don't use a vBSEO.
How can I eliminate this mistake ?

Best greetings, Rottimom

[iojam]

TosaInu,

check that at least some of your subforums are visible to guests, it looks like error is related to the empty forums list.

Rottimom,

make sure that you have correct database connection parameters defined in config.php file.

[Toupsx]

Trying to install VBSeo Sitemap Generator.. following the provided instructions I cannot seem to get it to work, I have also searched the thread for my problem and could not find the answer..
Currently when going to /vbseo_sitemap/

I get this: 500 Internal Server Error
The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.
The script had an error or it did not produce any output. If there was an error, you should be able to see it in the error log.

Full url to it: http://www.puppycute.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/

[rizvihot]

dear Sir,

I did the installation exactly as per readme.txt. My server allow mod_rewrite and sitemap_index.xml.gz successfuly directed to /data folder. and i can view the xml.

the thing is that, why my site don't convert my url to e.g http://www.vbseo.com/forum/my-personal-success-story-605/ and still keep showing http://www.vbseo.com/forum/showthreadshowthread.php?t=229 ???


tq in advance. rgds

[iojam]

Toupsx,

make sure that permissions for "vbseo_sitemap" folder are set to 0755.


rizvihot,

this product (free vBSEO Sitemap Generator) only creates xml sitemap for the forum. SEOed URLs and other seo-related features are included in vBSEO product (paid one): http://www.vbseo.com

[Ohiosweetheart]

What are the steps to take if you're consistently getting a "FAILED" on one of the search engines?

One of my installs is having issues with Bing. Keeps coming back as 'failed'. Any reason why or how to fix it?this has been asked twice with no answer. I'd really like to see this addressed, as I'm having the same issue.

Thanks!

[Ohiosweetheart]

Hello?

[MagicThemeParks]

I'd love to have some support on this "Bing" issue.

[djbaxter]

http://www.vbseo.com/f104/bing-com-34352/#post216857

http://www.vbseo.com/f67/live-com-not-index-34648/

http://www.vbseo.com/f67/live-search-engine-fail-37414/

[MagicThemeParks]

Thanks

http://www.vbseo.com/f104/bing-com-34352/#post216857

[TosaInu]

TosaInu,

check that at least some of your subforums are visible to guests, it looks like error is related to the empty forums list.


Hello iojam,

The subforums are visible to guests. It did work smoothly, but stopped for some reason.

Are there other things I can check?

[iojam]

I would try to reinstall vBSEO sitemap generator.

[TosaInu]

Hello iojam,

I downloaded a new copy here, copy the files to the server and overwrote: didn't work. I uninstalled the old copy and installed again, still didn't work.

I deleted the old data folder (including the sitemaps there) and that seems to have fixed it. I guess one or more of those files got damaged somewhere.

Edit: yes, it completed now.

[djilou]

Hi

I have a problem with Reports List, no more *.log files are created in vbseo_sitemap/data/ since april 2009?!

[mescalin]

I have vbseo and when i try to access /forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz it redirects to forumhome.

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

is allready in the htaccess file in the forum root. any idea?

[iojam]

djilou,

make sure that data/ folder permissions are set to 0777.

mescalin,

check that mod_rewrite is enabled on your host: http://www.vbseo.com/f77/how-check-if-mod_rewrite-working-my-site-21502/

[mescalin]

mod_rewrite is enabled ive tested it and im runing vbseo without problem. however when i try to redirect to sitemap it redirects to homepage and redirection doesnt work for that.

[iojam]

Hello,

what is your full .htaccess file content?

[GTX2]

I'm using this since 2007, but was checking now and have some error:
When clicking "Show SE Bots Activity Log", i get this error:
Warning: file(/home/gsm/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/data/hits/20080125.log) [function.file]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /vbseo_sitemap/index.php on line 216

also, i don't see any new file in data/hits folder, since Jan 2008....
What am i doing wrong?

[Duncan]

Basically, when this sends sitemaps to Yahoo/Google- does your CRAWLABILITY LINK get included with the information sent?

Months ago I installed this on a big-board of mine and my rankings took a huge drive in the search engine- and I was penalized. Yes, you could argue there are a number of factors that could lead to that. However, I just realized that this could be the issue.

[djbaxter]

Basically, when this sends sitemaps to Yahoo/Google- does your CRAWLABILITY LINK get included with the information sent?

Months ago I installed this on a big-board of mine and my rankings took a huge drive in the search engine- and I was penalized. Yes, you could argue there are a number of factors that could lead to that. However, I just realized that this could be the issue.

1. Having your rankings take "a huge drive" (sic) and being penalized are two very different things. Whihc was it and if you were penalized, what for?

2. How could adding one outgoing link possibly cause what you seem to think it caused? Do you really think that is even remotely plausible?

[sailnet]

I downloaded this and read the install instructions.

However my forum home is not my website root. It's one directory down from the website root and my .htaccess file is in my root, not my forums directory. I have php code that runs in the root and one of the links off the php code in the root leads to the forums directory.

therefore my question is as follows:

1) I assume that the .htaccess code that's included in this hack which follows should be changed from:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

to:

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

is this correct?

thanks in advance.

[sailnet]

your instructions on installing this mod say this:

The Yahoo sitemap must be manually submitted to http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request/.

However that page is outdated/

Does Yahoo still require a manual submission?

[Duncan]

1. Having your rankings take "a huge drive" (sic) and being penalized are two very different things. Whihc was it and if you were penalized, what for?

My big board went from 350,000 indexed pages to 8,000- and from a pagerank 4 to a pagerank 0; thus suggesting to me that my site was indeed penalized. Penalization, the act of being penalized, DOES result in a huge DIVE in terms of search engine rankings. You may want to consult with an SEO forum if you are not aware how these correlate.


2. How could adding one outgoing link possibly cause what you seem to think it caused? Do you really think that is even remotely plausible?

What I was asking in the initial post was if the link gets added as a "sitewide" link on our "sitemap" which is sent to google. I was sending no accusations; however just asking if this is what may have caused my penalization and if this is the reason that a branding free liscense is not available on this script.

[kall]

What I was asking in the initial post was if the link gets added as a "sitewide" link on our "sitemap" which is sent to google. I was sending no accusations; however just asking if this is what may have caused my penalization and if this is the reason that a branding free liscense is not available on this script.
No, it does not. The only thing that gets 'sent' to the SEs is notification that the .xml.gz has been updated.

[Duncan]

Kall,

Thank you for addressing my issue! This is good news.

[final kaoss]

Every time I run the sitemap generator I get this

[SECTION START] showthread [5,043.8Kb mem used] [1,543s (+1,538s)]
[archive homepage] [33,231.9Kb mem used] [1,547s (+3s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay archived [33,232.9Kb mem used] [1,547s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread archived [32,759.5Kb mem used] [1,547s (+0s)]

Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 62128128) (tried to allocate 2097152 bytes) in /home/-----/public_html/forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

[iojam]

GTX2,

make sure that you have 0777 permissions se tfor data/hits/ folder.


sailnet,

Yes, your modification for root .htaccess looks correct.
You should submit sitemap to Yahoo here: https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/mysites


extreme-gaming,

you should increase memory_limit setting in your PHP configuration to resolve that.

[sailnet]

the only problem I am having with this mod is when I do to deleted the downloads logs through the vbseo control panel I get the following errors:

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/vbseo_sitemap/index.php on line 259

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/vbseo_sitemap/index.php on line 260

I've set the logs to 777 and the directory they're in is 777 also. My site generate over 60 gz files every day and the logs are growing out of hand in short order.

[final kaoss]

I can't increase any setting for php as I'm on hostgator shared hosting, I made it pause 15 seconds in between each sitemap it makes though and that seems to work.

[Professional2]

veryyyyyyyyy nice ,tnx

[sudhi]

homepage] [7,371.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay [7,372.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread [7,372.5Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] member [7,372.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] polls [7,652.4Kb mem used] [1s (+1s)]
[SECTION START] tags [7,652.4Kb mem used] [1s (+0s)]

Database Error Database error

why this database error
ho to fix it ??

thanks

[znop]

Thanks.

[SVTCobraLTD]

Do you have to have vbSEO for this to work?

[djbaxter]

Do you have to have vbSEO for this to work?

No, you don't. It's entirely independent.

[giorgiogagliano]

thanks.

[iojam]

sudhi,

try to exclude Tags URLs from sitemap in options.

[Skydiver10]

Hi there,

Thanks, installed. When I run site map generator from the sitemaps log in home, everything runs fine with no errors.

It shows this for the site map link: Your Google Sitemap Index URL .... when I click on the link to the site maps I get a page not found, but the site map was created and submitted successfully.

I hope this is not a stupid question but, when I go to my server and look in the "Data" directory folder the "sitemap_1.xml.gz" is there in a zip file? Is this correct? Is this the file I submit to yahoo?

Thank you in advance...:up:

Edit: Also there is an htaccess file that is there that says "deny from all" should I leave it there?

[Skydiver10]

I just installed a fiew days ago and was wondering how often do the bots download the "sitemap_index.xml.gz"? I have checked the downloads log and are all empty.

[kall]

Hi there,

Did you upload the .htaccess file that needs to go in your forum root?

Your comment that the sitemap URL gives a not found error leads me to suspect that you didn't.

[Skydiver10]

Hi there Kall thanks for your response.

After combing through all of these posts I did see that quite a bit. I was not sure because I have many different htaccess files in different folders (including my "Admincp" folder) and in the root server, and I don't want to have any of them over command each other.

I added:
"RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]" to my htaccess file in the main index of the server. That did not work.

I know just uploaded a new htaccess file to my forums root with the same code in it, I can now access the data folder when I click on my sitemap URL from the ACP and get this:

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

Is this correct now?

One question that is burning in my mind is, does an htaccess file only control the folder that it is in? What if I have a folder that is below another folder that has another htacces file in it? Will the one in the upper folder have command over the lower folder or like I mention: the htaccess file controls only the folder that it is in?:confused:

[Skydiver10]

When I go to: Sitemap Downloads Log

And try to delete logs I get this:
Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/vbseo_sitemap/index.php on line 259

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in [path]/vbseo_sitemap/index.php on line 260
Sitemap Downloads Log

Is this normal? And do I need to worry about deleting the logs? Do I have to change the htaccess file to delete logs?

Edit:

Never mind,

Found the fix for this at: http://www.vbseo.com/f67/sitemap-downloads-log-31344/index2.html#post197608
Why doesn't the coder fix the index.php file and upload it, so that the download is updated, and people do not have to manually change the code in the index file?

Do you know the answers for the htaccess questions that I stated in the previous thread?

[Alan_SP]

When I started vBSEO Sitemap Generator for the first time, I got this error message:

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.4:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO cronlog
(varname, dateline, description, type)
VALUES
('vbseo_sitemap_task',
1260252102,
'Google Sitemap Created',
0);

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006

The waiting for page automatic reload was very long, about 40 seconds. At the end it said this error message. What went wrong?

[dgparent]

Dang can't figure this out I did not change ANYTHING in the settings - the sitemaps get created OK they all go to /forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/ but in the sitemap_index.xml.gz all the URL's for the 150 sitemap files show the URL as forum/sitemap_148.xml.gz ???
Show Google says "it appears your sitemap is a HTML page..''
Any idea's ??

[Skydiver10]

Did you put the .htaccess file in your forum root? This will redirect Google to these URL's!

After uploading the attached file to your forum directory, rename file (delete the ".txt") so that it can be read as a .htaccess file. After that the file should be ".htaccess" in your forum root. Try that and let me know.....

[dgparent]

Thanks I figured it out I had to modify the vbseo_sitemap_config.php file to use forum root all is ok now

[Skydiver10]

Oh yeah, I had to do that as well, if you scroll up you will see the link to edit the index.php file.

Here is the link: http://www.vbseo.com/f67/sitemap-downloads-log-31344/index2.html#post197608 is this what you mean?

[rajubd]

is it working with vb4

[rtyagis]

No. They are bringing a new version 2.6 for 4.0

[JWL]

No. They are bringing a new version 2.6 for 4.0


Bummer

I am getting this running 2.5 with 4.0 gold and SEO3.5 RC1


Database error in vBulletin 4.0.0:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT
count(*) as maxre
FROM tagthread
GROUP BY tagid
ORDER BY maxre DESC
LIMIT 0,1;

MySQL Error : Table 'photo79_cfor.tagthread' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Tuesday, December 22nd 2009 @ 08:38:04 AM
Error Date : Tuesday, December 22nd 2009 @ 08:38:05 AM
Script : http://www.cfohrr.com/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php
Referrer : http://www.cfohrr.com/vbseo_sitemap/index.php?rlist=true
IP Address :
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :
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[djbaxter]

Really, everyone should read and re-read the recommendations for installing vBulletin 4 over at vBulletin.com.

The majority of the add-ons you've been using with 3.x are NOT going to work with 4.0. That means you have a choice: uninstall any add-on not yet upgraded, or wait to upgrade to 4.0 until the add-ons you consider to be essential have been updated. Otherwise, you are just begging for grief.

[JWL]

Really, everyone should read and re-read the recommendations for installing vBulletin 4 over at vBulletin.com.

The majority of the add-ons you've been using with 3.x are NOT going to work with 4.0. That means you have a choice: uninstall any add-on not yet upgraded, or wait to upgrade to 4.0 until the add-ons you consider to be essential have been updated. Otherwise, you are just begging for grief.

I believe that is a given, I have a fresh install of 4.0 gold. I have no add ons out side of what I will be testing as a tester for various like VBseo. I am looking to get 2.6 and am waiting for addons to be updated

Very good Point though :up:

[JWL]

Generator 2.6 Works Perfectly :up:

[Tigatoday]

Hi,

I installed it and get this error:

[homepage] [3,322.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay [3,322.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread [3,322.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] polls [3,322.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] tags [3,322.8Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]

Database error
The xxx database has encountered a problem.
Please try the following:
Load the page again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser.
Open the www.xxx.com home page, then try to open another page.
Click the Back button to try another link.
The www.xxx.com forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may contact them if the problem persists.


I'm running 3.8.3 without vbSEO. Can anybody help? Thx in advance!

[lordi]

hello

I put the hack on my forum...3.8.4 PL2

Everything worked fine...knowing that my config.php files name is changed, so i editted some files in the hack to make it work

-Everything is fine now....BUT, When I click on RUN SITEMAP GENERATOR

it takes me to a page full of links like this one:

[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_5.xml.gz, number of urls: 10 [3,975.6Kb mem used] [1,262,086,665s (+0s)]


and then the page stops loading without giving any excuse or reason

and it gives me ERRORS in the TOP of the page like this one:

[homepage] [3,969.3Kb mem used] [1,262,086,664s (+1,262,086,664s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay [3,969.7Kb mem used] [1,262,086,664s (+0s)]

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/content/MyPath/html/forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 164
[SECTION START] showthread [3,970.1Kb mem used] [1,262,086,664s (+0s)]

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/content/MyPath/html/forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 240
[archive homepage] [3,970.5Kb mem used] [1,262,086,664s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay archived [3,970.8Kb mem used] [1,262,086,664s (+0s)]

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/content/MyPath/html/forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 164
[SECTION START] showthread archived [3,971.3Kb mem used] [1,262,086,664s (+0s)]

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/content/MyPath/html/forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 240


and no sitemap is generated

PLEASE HELP

[d0zer]

Thanks You

[VBUsers]

when i click run report , it gives me this error

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(*) as cnt,max(lastpost) as lastupdate
FROM thread AS thread
INNER JOIN tagthread AS tagthread ON
(tagthread.tagid = 1 AND tagthread.threadid = thread.threadid)
WHERE thread.forumid IN()
AND thread.visible = 1
AND thread.sticky IN (0, 1)
AND thread.open <> 10
GROUP BY tagthread.tagid;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')
AND thread.visible = 1
AND thread.sticky IN (0, 1)' at line 5
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Saturday, January 2nd 2010 @ 06:24:39 AM
Error Date : Saturday, January 2nd 2010 @ 06:24:40 AM
Script : http://www.hydrocanna.com/vbseo_site...eo_sitemap.php
Referrer : http://www.hydrocanna.com/vbseo_site...php?rlist=true
IP Address : 000000000
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

[enginethatcan't]

Having a DB error when trying to run.....It worked fine in the past...

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.4:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO cronlog
(varname, dateline, description, type)
VALUES
('vbseo_sitemap_task',
1262706291,
'Google Sitemap Created',
0);

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Tuesday, January 5th 2010 @ 09:44:51 AM
Error Date : Tuesday, January 5th 2010 @ 09:46:29 AM
Script : http://chataboutcars.com/forum/admincp/cronadmin.php?do=runcron&cronid=21
Referrer : http://chataboutcars.com/forum/admincp/cronadmin.php?do=modify
IP Address : -------------
Username : ------------
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

[Jalo]

Hi,

I would like to uninstall and remove the sitemap generator from my VB. Can someone please provide me the exact steps I should take in order to do so?

Thanks!

[lycheepassion]

I can use this w/o vbseo, or not? thanks

[Alan_SP]

I would like to uninstall and remove the sitemap generator from my VB. Can someone please provide me the exact steps I should take in order to do so?

As with any other, go to AdminCP->Plugins & Products->Manage Products. Here, under Controls (on the right side) you have options, default is Edit. Choose Uninstall for the product (any one you want to uninstall). After that, you can remove leftover files, if there are any (with vBSEO Sitemap Generator are). To do that check files you had to upload. The same ones you need to delete. You don't need to delete files, if you don't want to.

[kall]

I can use this w/o vbseo, or not? thanks
Hello,

Yes, you can run this without vBSEO.

[drjdh]

I'm running 3.8.4
I downloaded all of the files as indicated by the instructions.
The vBSEO control panel seems to be working well.
When I choose vBSEO Sitemap reports from the Admin control panel I get:

"The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.
The script had an error or it did not produce any output. If there was an error, you should be able to see it in the error log. "

The data folder is set to "777"
.htaccess contains:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

I've been racking my brain trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong :eek:

Any ideas?:confused:

[drjdh]

Here is the error message that I'm getting on my server now:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT COUNT(*) as cnt,max(lastpost) as lastupdate
FROM thread AS thread
INNER JOIN tagthread AS tagthread ON
(tagthread.tagid = 1 AND tagthread.threadid = thread.threadid)
WHERE thread.forumid IN()
AND thread.visible = 1
AND thread.sticky IN (0, 1)
AND thread.open <> 10
GROUP BY tagthread.tagid;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')
AND thread.visible = 1
AND thread.sticky IN (0, ' at line 5 Error Number : 1064 Request Date : Thursday, January 14th 2010 @ 03:29:26 PM

[HeyMe]

Will the vb 4 compatible version be free?

[solidlink]

i have a problem.......... how do i login to the vBSEO Sitemap Interface Access Password?

I cant remember the password............. i cant even remember setting the password?

[sump]

anyone know about this error ??

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.4:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO cronlog
(varname, dateline, description, type)
VALUES
('vbseo_sitemap_task',
1264298425,
'Google Sitemap Created',
0);

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Sunday, January 24th 2010 @ 02:00:25 AM
Error Date : Sunday, January 24th 2010 @ 02:02:14 AM
Script : hxxp://www.myforum.com/forums/cron.php?rand=1264298423
Referrer : hxxp://www.myforum.com/forums/kbox-discussions/6820-kbox-file-release-read.html
IP Address : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

[djbaxter]

anyone know about this error ??

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.4:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO cronlog
(varname, dateline, description, type)
VALUES
('vbseo_sitemap_task',
1264298425,
'Google Sitemap Created',
0);

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Sunday, January 24th 2010 @ 02:00:25 AM
Error Date : Sunday, January 24th 2010 @ 02:02:14 AM
Script : hxxp://www.myforum.com/forums/cron.php?rand=1264298423
Referrer : hxxp://www.myforum.com/forums/kbox-discussions/6820-kbox-file-release-read.html
IP Address : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

Not sure about the first one (Invalid SQL) but it may be related to the second (MySQL server has gone away) which tells you you've lost the connection to the MySQL server, a common and saqdly frequent occurrence with shared hosting.

Try breaking up the sitemap into smaller files in the options.

[sump]

Not sure about the first one (Invalid SQL) but it may be related to the second (MySQL server has gone away) which tells you you've lost the connection to the MySQL server, a common and saqdly frequent occurrence with shared hosting.

Try breaking up the sitemap into smaller files in the options.

well, for what it is worth it is VPS.

[djbaxter]

well, for what it is worth it is VPS.

Then my guess is your cron job is timing out. Try the suggestion of


setting Max URLs in Sitemap Files to something lower, perhaps 20000 or 25000, and

increasing the pause at Delay Execution After Each Sitemap File (I use 15 seconds on a VPS)

[sump]

yes the one was 20000 i think it was default.

the 0 to 15 seconds seemed to do the trick thanks !!!

[7shashatop]

very good