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02-20-2009, 10:00 PM

vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap 3.0
We are extremely pleased to inform the vBulletin.org community that a fully revamped version of the vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap (previously "vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator" (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=206169)) v.3.0, is being released to all licensed vBulletin users effective immediately!

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Note: The NEW vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap 3.0 replaces all previous versions of the "vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator", and includes support for all the new URL types in vBulletin 4.x.

New in the vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap v.3.0
The new sitemap alters the way data is structured in fundamental ways. Sitemap 3.0 segments different content areas into separate files, so you end up with a unique set of files per content type: forums, blogs, cms, groups, albums, members, tags, etc. In addition, the new sitemap has an extended priority feature that utilizes the built in 'weight' tool of the vBulletin XML sitemap generator for individual forums, CMS sections and articles to act as a multiplier.

We believe these changes are responsible for delivering increased returns for a number of forums from customers and testers we've been tracking. Please track your own progress via your Google Webmaster tools account, Google Analytics or Gravity Insights (http://www.vbseo.com/en/gravity-insights/).

A Clean and Beautiful Interface
The new sitemap also features a clean and beautiful interface, built from the ground up. We believe it reflects the quality, precision and attention to detail placed into each aspect of this release. We are passionate about building software, and great software is beautiful inside, and out.

Overview
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The "vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap" plugin provides an easy to use solution that allows your forum to be indexed by all major search engines, including Google (http://www.google.com/), Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com/), Bing (http://www.bing.com/), and Ask (http://www.ask.com/), faster, more completely, more effectively, and with less bandwidth consumption.

The ultimate goal is to help you achieve more web traffic for your forum.

https://services.google.com/inquiry/publishertools?hl=en_US (https://services.google.com/inquiry/publishertools?hl=en_US)
Google Sitemaps is an easy way for you to help improve your site?s representation in the Google index. It's a collaborative crawling system that enables you to communicate directly with Google. You get a smarter crawl because you can provide Google with specific information about all your web pages, such as when a page was last modified or how frequently it changes.Note: This plugin is fully compliant with vBSEO 3.5.x versions. The current version is vBSEO 3.5.2 (http://www.vbseo.com/f5/security-bulletin-vbseo-3-5-2-released-45358/). If you are running vBSEO, please upgrade to vBSEO 3.5.2 (or greater) before installing for optimal results.

Compatibility
============================

Fully compatible with:
vBulletin 3.8.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x
vBulletin Blogs *Optional
vBulletin CMS *Optional
vBSEO 3.5.2 + higher *OptionalWhat does it do?
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Auto-generates an XML sitemap for all of your specified forum URL types (including vBulletin Blog & CMS URLs).
NEW! Groups forum areas into individual sitemaps grouped by section type for greater flexibility, for example:
sitemap_forum_X.xml.gz
sitemap_tags_X.xml.gz
sitemap_cms_X.xml.gz
Auto-notifies Search Engines when a new sitemap is generated (optional)
Automatically sends you a summary of the sitemap generation via email each time it is created (optional)
Includes only publicly accessible forums and threads and includes the option of not including any specific public forums
Allows Search Engines to find all of your forum URLs without having to spider the forum to find the links. Great for Deep Page linking!
Allows Search Engines to find your forum URLs without having to account for query string and/or session ID information.
Allows Search Engines to give precedence to crawling your higher priority forum pages.
Allows Search Engines to give precedence to crawling your forum pages that change more frequently.
Allows you to conserve bandwidth by more efficiently facilitating the crawling processes for GoogleBot, Yahoo Slurp, Ask's Teoma, Bing's msnbot, and other search engine bots.
Is 100% compatible with the static CRUs (Content Relevant URLs) used by vBSEO (http://www.vbseo.com/)-enabled forums.
Is 100% compatible with the 'Friendly URLs' offered default with vb4.x.How does it work?
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Whenever it is scheduled or invoked via the URL, this plugin will generate an XML formatted that search engines are able to read and parse. If you selected "Yes" to the Auto-notification setting, The 4 major search engines will be notified each time the sitemap is generated.
Google Sitemap files are gzipped for space savings
Forum and thread pages are listed with pagination (i.e. all pages for each forums/thread are included in the sitemap)
Maximum Priority is set for Sticky threads.
Optimization for sitemap generation on large forums.Automated Reporting Tool
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The vBSEO Sitemap includes a report tool, allowing you to track your progress. To access your reports enter the following URL:

http://www.example.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/ (http://www.example.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/)

NOTE: Replace "http://www.example.com/forums/ (http://www.example.com/forums/)" with the full URL to your vB forum root.

You will be required to login by providing your "Sitemap Interface Access Password" from your vBSEO Sitemap settings in:
vBulletin Admin CP -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Settings
Once you successfully login, you will see a number of tabs. Here are the 4 main links:

Reports List
The 'Show Reports List' link will display a report of each time your vBSEO Sitemap generator executed, including the (1) date, (2) run time, (3) total URLs included, and (4) and change in # of URLs included from the last generation.

Each vBSEO Sitemap generation record will include a (1) "View details" and (2) "Remove record" link. The "View Details" link shows more detailed information about the sitemap generated. The "Remove record" will permanently delete the record from your reports.

Downloads Log
The 'Show Sitemap Downloads Log' link will display a report of each time your vBSEO Sitemap was downloaded by either a search engine (Identified by the Bot's name) or by another user agent (i.e. Web browser, etc.).

The report includes the (1) date, (2) name of sitemap file downloaded, (3) Bot, (4) IP address of the downloader, and the (5) User-agent.

Each vBSEO Sitemap download record will include a "Remove record" link which will permanently delete the record from your reports.

Search Engine Bots Activity Log
Use it to track Search engine activity on your sitemaps. This area displays how often, and what volume of pages search engines visit your site on a daily basis.

Run Generator
The 'Run Sitemap Generator' link will automatically regenerate your vBSEO Search Engine XML Site sitemaps.

Additional Links
Additional links to various other related Search Engine/SEO resources are also included.

Click "Install"
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Please click "Mark as Installed" to show your support for this script. :)

Installation, Upgrade, & Configuration
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Follow the installation/upgrade instructions provided in the docs/readme.html file.

Webmaster Accounts
============================
It is NOT required for you to have a Webmaster account on the search engines' websites to run the plugin, however, we recommend everyone set one up for tracking purposes.
Google Webmaster Central. Get data about crawling, indexing and search traffic. Increase traffic to your site. (http://www.google.com/webmasters/)
Bing Toolbox (http://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmasters/)
https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/Copyright & Licensing
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vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap plugin is copyright protected by Crawlability Inc.
You are free to download and install this plugin on any vBulletin forum for which you hold a valid vB license.
Unauthorized distribution of any code and/or documentation, whole or in part, included here is strictly prohibited.
In addition, the following copyright notice must be maintained.vBSEO(TM) ? 2010 Crawlability, Inc.

Revision History
============================

11/11/2010 - Version 3.0 Released
Compatible with vB3.7.x+ and vB4.x+
NEW FEATURE: All CMS URLs are supported
NEW FEATURE: Sitemap Groups by content type
NEW FEATURE: Enhanced layout and design of the Sitemap Generator Control Panel
NEW FEATURE: XSL Style sheet of the xml files for easier human reading
NEW FEATURE: Extended Priority. Utilizes the built in 'weight' tool of the vBulletin XML generator for all content areas (Forums, Blogs, CMS, Albums, etc.) to act as a multiplier. (vb4 Suite only)

Other vBSEO Plugins
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vBSEO - vBulletin Search Engine Optimization (http://www.vbseo.com/)vBSEO Affiliate Program
============================
We welcome you to join the vBSEO Affiliate Program (http://www.vbseo.com/aff/).

kavehch

02-21-2009, 09:27 PM

1 insted wow nice

bigtime

02-21-2009, 10:19 PM

Thanks!

veenuisthebest

02-21-2009, 10:20 PM

thanks for the update.

Just 1 problem in "Sitemap Downloads Log", I am unable to delete any record. Getting below 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

XtremeOffroad

02-21-2009, 11:39 PM

Will be updating later.
Thanks

dilbert

02-22-2009, 12:22 AM

Do you offer a brand free option?
Will this work on a Windows server?
Do you need vBSEO installed?

Hornstar

02-22-2009, 12:32 AM

Been waiting for this update. Hopefully this will fix my problems.

Michael Biddle

02-22-2009, 12:34 AM

thanks for the update.

Just 1 problem in "Sitemap Downloads Log", I am unable to delete any record. Getting below errors.

Did you CHMOD your data directory to 777?

Do you offer a brand free option?
Will this work on a Windows server?
Do you need vBSEO installed?

This is not vBSEO this is the sitemap generator. The sitemap generator does not have any copyright on the board. For vBSEO, we do offer a branding free with it. vBSEO will work on a windows server, but you need Isapi Rewrite Manger. vBSEO does not need to be installed for the sitemap generator, but it is recommended.

veenuisthebest

02-22-2009, 01:06 AM

Did you CHMOD your data directory to 777?

Obviously!

Infact, I upgraded so it was already 0777. Sitemap files create successfully in data folder. The problem is just with removing download log records from the interface.

Hornstar

02-22-2009, 01:06 AM

- Manually ran it, and I went to google webmaster tools. Last downloaded 4 minutes ago. Status: Warnings

- Clicked on details. Every single one shows up with Warnings.

Sitemap errors and warnings

- URLs not followed
When we tested a sample of URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs redirect to other locations. We recommend that your Sitemap contain URLs that point to the final destination (the redirect target) instead of redirecting to another URL.

dilbert

02-22-2009, 01:31 AM

This is not vBSEO this is the sitemap generator. The sitemap generator does not have any copyright on the board. For vBSEO, we do offer a branding free with it.
I asked this because I saw this in the description:
In addition, the following copyright notice must be maintained.vBSEO(TM) ? 2005-2009 Crawlability, Inc.

So, there is no branding?

vBSEO will work on a windows server, but you need Isapi Rewrite Manger.

I'm on a shared Windows server, and this isn't an option.
They do have a server I can move to that has Micronovae mod_rewrite installed.

http://www.micronovae.com/ModRewrite/articles/SEOSolutions.html

Will that work?

vBSEO does not need to be installed for the sitemap generator, but it is recommended.

Same question as above. If I were to purchase vBSEO (sorry if I shouldn't ask here), will the above solution work?

yahoooh

02-22-2009, 02:24 AM

thanks , installed

Black Tiger

02-22-2009, 02:51 AM

Thanks for the update.
Have you remembered this time to update the downloads.php addon file for downloads II?
(change the table prefix to "dl_cats ORDER BY `id`"?

p@ndu

02-22-2009, 04:06 AM

got this error while runing http://www.indianhackers.net/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php

Internal Server Error

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

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@indianhackers.net 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.

Phaedrus

02-22-2009, 06:00 AM

thanks for the update.

Just 1 problem in "Sitemap Downloads Log", I am unable to delete any record. Getting below errors.

I am getting this same problem.

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

vBSEO

02-22-2009, 06:13 AM

I asked this because I saw this in the description:
In addition, the following copyright notice must be maintained.vBSEO(TM) ? 2005-2009 Crawlability, Inc.

So, there is no branding?

I'm on a shared Windows server, and this isn't an option.
They do have a server I can move to that has Micronovae mod_rewrite installed.

http://www.micronovae.com/ModRewrite/articles/SEOSolutions.html

Will that work?

Same question as above. If I were to purchase vBSEO (sorry if I shouldn't ask here), will the above solution work?

Branding is only avaible on vBSEO Sitemap Generator page and we donot offer a branding free for Sitemap Generator

- Manually ran it, and I went to google webmaster tools. Last downloaded 4 minutes ago. Status: Warnings

- Clicked on details. Every single one shows up with Warnings.

Sitemap errors and warnings

- URLs not followed
When we tested a sample of URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs redirect to other locations. We recommend that your Sitemap contain URLs that point to the final destination (the redirect target) instead of redirecting to another URL.
If you are including showpost urls , you should disable disable including showpost urls , delete all your existing sitemaps and regenerate sitemap files.

got this error while runing http://www.indianhackers.net/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php

Make sure your vbseo_sitemap/data folder is set to chmod 777

I am getting this same problem.

Make sure your hits folder has chmod 777 permissions.

Hornstar

02-22-2009, 08:48 AM

so the setting: Include Show Post Pages I should have that set to no? whys that?

MARCO1

02-22-2009, 09:05 AM

so the setting: Include Show Post Pages I should have that set to no? whys that?

If you replacing your showpost link on your thread pages with Permalink because Google gives your sitemap warnings for having 301 redirects in it.

moheet

02-22-2009, 09:19 AM

Hi all,
any one can help me in my problem

I have a problem when installing vBSeo sitemap builder
when I copy the .htaccess file to the root directory of the VB I get this message

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

Please contact the server administrator, mail@mysite.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.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) Server at www.mysite.com Port 80

Thanks

KURTZ

02-22-2009, 11:19 AM

just wondering: is possible send the auto-generated report to other users (e-mails) and not to only one?

hamode4

02-22-2009, 11:54 AM

<font color="Blue">Thanks</font>

teuor

02-22-2009, 11:57 AM

very nice, upgraded and it is working
Many thanks

carrlos

02-22-2009, 02:27 PM

Tocallo, hice esta pregunta en el thread de 3.7 pero nadie me contesta. Hice el upgrade pero tengo el mismo problema:
I tested mod_rewrite and it works. The generator generates the sitemap in the .../data folder. The problem is that I get a 404 error when trying to access it. Google is saying the same thing. I have the .htaccess file in the forum root. I gave this link to Google:

http://www.mywebsite.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Any suggestions?Ayudame porfavor!

forumevrensel

02-22-2009, 03:08 PM

hey guys..I am using vbuletin version 3.8.0 but this sitemap version created for 3.8.1..should upgrade my vbulletin..?

kall

02-22-2009, 03:47 PM

djbaxter

02-22-2009, 03:53 PM

Just 1 problem in "Sitemap Downloads Log", I am unable to delete any record. Getting below errors.

I upgraded so it was already 0777. Sitemap files create successfully in data folder. The problem is just with removing download log records from the interface.

I am getting this same problem.

Make sure your vbseo_sitemap/data folder is set to chmod 777

Make sure your hits folder has chmod 777 permissions.

I have the same issue. /data/ is 777. What is the "hits folder"?

hscorp

02-22-2009, 04:16 PM

thanks but

All the URLs in your Sitemap have the same priority. ERROR @ google

ll the URLs in your Sitemap are set to the same priority (not the default priority). Priority indicates the importance of a particular URL relative to other URLs on your site, and doesn't impact your site's performance in search results. If all URLs have the same priority, Google can't tell which are more important

tried this http://www.vbseo.com/f44/google-sitemap-have-same-priority-24325/#post152275

and regenerate the site map twice and submitted twice to Google

every time says the same error after two or three days

any help??

p@ndu

02-22-2009, 04:20 PM

Make sure your vbseo_sitemap/data folder is set to chmod 777

.

ya its chmod is set to 777 but having same problem

lgnd

02-22-2009, 04:22 PM

Ugraded thanks! I have one question, don't have vbseo which setting should I use for "vBSEO Installed?" option? Now it's marked as yes. Thanks!

djbaxter

02-22-2009, 04:26 PM

Ugraded thanks! I have one question, don't have vbseo which setting should I use for "vBSEO Installed?" option? Now it's marked as yes. Thanks!

Set it to No.

eTiKeT?

02-22-2009, 04:50 PM

Very Nice Thanks

İnstalled

karlm

02-22-2009, 05:34 PM

Thanks for the update :)

Hornstar

02-22-2009, 06:36 PM

I deleted everything in the data folder that you asked of me. set showposts to no. Re ran the sitemap.

But I am still getting: Warnings

URLs not followed
When we tested a sample of URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs redirect to other locations. We recommend that your Sitemap contain URLs that point to the final destination (the redirect target) instead of redirecting to another URL. Help (http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=48551&hl=en) https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Jasem

02-22-2009, 07:13 PM

thank you very much!

hscorp

02-22-2009, 10:40 PM

ok thanks now it works fine without any errors

maamon

02-23-2009, 01:39 AM

Upgraded, will generate a new sitemaps now

Phaedrus

02-23-2009, 02:18 AM

Branding is only avaible on vBSEO Sitemap Generator page and we donot offer a branding free for Sitemap Generator

If you are including showpost urls , you should disable disable including showpost urls , delete all your existing sitemaps and regenerate sitemap files.

Make sure your vbseo_sitemap/data folder is set to chmod 777

Make sure your hits folder has chmod 777 permissions.

It does. It isn't like this is the first version of this mod I've had. This is quite annoying.

I went in and just deleted the .dat file and let it rebuild itself. Let's see if that will change the problem...

Lee G

02-23-2009, 08:57 AM

thanks for the update.

Just 1 problem in "Sitemap Downloads Log", I am unable to delete any record. Getting below errors.

Theres a fix to this problem on the vbseo site now.
http://www.vbseo.com/f67/sitemap-downloads-log-31344/index2.html#post197608

I have just tried it and it cures the error problem

tictic

02-23-2009, 01:46 PM

i habe pro.

[SECTION START] tags [5,448.1Kb mem used] [5,812,948s (+5,812,948s)]
[SECTION START] blog tags [5,809.1Kb mem used] [5,812,957s (+9s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_8.xml.gz, number of urls: 5331 [5,472.0Kb mem used] [5,812,957s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #9 [5,471.9Kb mem used] [5,812,957s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 8 [5,473.5Kb mem used] [5,812,957s (+0s)]

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 11534336 bytes) in /home4/xxxxxxxxx/public_html/vb/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

tictic

02-23-2009, 01:56 PM

ana. pro.
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

pein87

02-23-2009, 02:47 PM

Thanks switching to the new one good work.

newsoftw

02-23-2009, 05:04 PM

thanks & great working with vb 3.8.1.......................................

safakuygur

02-23-2009, 05:27 PM

thanks friends

projectego

02-23-2009, 05:52 PM

Fantastic! Good to hear this plugin has been updated! Cheers. :)

MARCO1

02-23-2009, 07:02 PM

havard20009

02-24-2009, 03:16 AM

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

Please try to modify vbseo_sitemap/index.php file:

find:
PHP Code:
$pf = fopen($dl_log, 'w');

replace with:
PHP Code:
$pf = fopen(VBSEO_SM_DLDAT, 'w');

CHMOD the /vbseo_sitemap/data/ directory to 777
and any files INSIDE it to 666

and delete downloads.dat from ftp

Way2Fonky

02-24-2009, 12:14 PM

Ive just installed vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator 2.5 and I just get a blank screen on;

www.mysite.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/

and also a blank screen on vBSEO Sitemap Reports, does anybody know why?

tictic

02-24-2009, 12:16 PM

I have hosted by Bluehost php.ini file and what is right for increase Php_Memory

Lizard King

02-24-2009, 01:17 PM

just wondering: is possible send the auto-generated report to other users (e-mails) and not to only one?

We donot have an option for that however.

thanks but

All the URLs in your Sitemap have the same priority. ERROR @ google

tried this http://www.vbseo.com/f44/google-sitemap-have-same-priority-24325/#post152275

and regenerate the site map twice and submitted twice to Google

every time says the same error after two or three days

any help??

You need to delete all you existing sitemap files and regenerate them.

I deleted everything in the data folder that you asked of me. set showposts to no. Re ran the sitemap.

But I am still getting: Warnings

URLs not followed
When we tested a sample of URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs redirect to other locations. We recommend that your Sitemap contain URLs that point to the final destination (the redirect target) instead of redirecting to another URL. Help (http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=48551&hl=en) https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/js/2757448062-question_mark.gif

Do you enable rel=nofollow option for member nick names on vBSEO ? If yes you should also not include member pages to Sitemaps.

Hornstar

02-24-2009, 06:50 PM

My errors finally went away after a few days, but now another error is showing.

1. I have 14 sitemap files all are okay except for 2, 3 and 4 which are giving me: All the URLs in your Sitemap have the same priority.

2. I have: Total URLs in Sitemap 401566 (but on my site I have Posts: 1,042,723) is that a bad thing not to have all your posts included in the sitemap?

3. I am still having to manually run the sitemap because it is not auto generating itself.

ReviewPage

02-24-2009, 08:21 PM

I installed the script and it works great! There is however one problem. It is uploading the sitemap to the data folder and the URL to sitemaps in the admin panel is taking me to http://rooturl/sitemap.xml. How can i change it or what do i have to do so that I can make the url http://rooturl/sitemap.xml for my sitemap? Also, how do i setup a ping to google?

Thanks!

ReviewPage

02-25-2009, 04:35 AM

Anyone help me?

tictic

02-25-2009, 11:20 AM

I have hosted by Bluehost php.ini file and what is right for increase Php_Memory

ReviewPage

02-25-2009, 02:54 PM

Is anyone respond to support on this thread?

carrlos

02-25-2009, 03:07 PM

djbaxter

02-25-2009, 03:18 PM

For the 3rd time:

My sitemap is being generated with no problems. But it has never been downloaded according to the Downloads log after 8 successful generations. When I click the link to the sitemap I get a 404 error. I have tested the rewrite on my server and it works fine. My webmasters tool page says that Google gets the same 404 error and cannot find the sitemap.

Some help would be appreciated.

1. did you upload the .htaccess file or add the rewrite lines to your existing .htaccess file?

2. does your server permit mod_rewrite?

3. did you customize the location of the sitemap file in the vBSEO_sitemap options in your Admin CP?

4. did you try adding the following lines BEFORE the vBSEO_sitemap lines in .htaccess:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

5. do you have any other mod_rewrite instructions in your .htaccess file? if so, ensure that only the last one ends with "[L]".

carrlos

02-25-2009, 03:35 PM

1. did you upload the .htaccess file or add the rewrite lines to your existing .htaccess file? Yes

2. does your server permit mod_rewrite? Yes (tested)

3. did you customize the location of the sitemap file in the vBSEO_sitemap options in your Admin CP? No

4. did you try adding the following lines BEFORE the vBSEO_sitemap lines in .htaccess:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
No, I will try this.

5. do you have any other mod_rewrite instructions in your .htaccess file? if so, ensure that only the last one ends with "[L]". No, it's the one that came with the mod.

Thanks for the help, I'll report back success (or lack thereof)! :D

Edit:
Would this be correct????
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

djbaxter

02-25-2009, 04:11 PM

Would this be correct????
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Yes.

carrlos

02-25-2009, 04:47 PM

Yes.

Still 404 error. :confused:

I'm suppose to be looking for my sitemap at http://www.mydomain.com/forum/sitemap_1.xml.gz correct?

djbaxter

02-25-2009, 04:52 PM

Check that your vbseo_sitemap\data folder has permissions set to 777.

I'm suppose to be looking for my sitemap at http://www.mydomain.com/forum/sitemap_1.xml.gz correct?

No. Look at the vBSEO sitemap settings in your Admin CP. It will tell you the exact location of your sitemap according to your settings but it should end in sitemap_index.xml.gz.

carrlos

02-25-2009, 05:30 PM

Check that your vbseo_sitemap\data folder has permissions set to 777.

No. Look at the vBSEO sitemap settings in your Admin CP. It will tell you the exact location of your sitemap according to your settings but it should end in sitemap_index.xml.gz.
Sorry, I meant to type sitemap_index.xml.gz.

Data permissions are 777.

Fungsten

02-25-2009, 05:39 PM

Nevermind.

Lizard King

02-25-2009, 06:07 PM

Still 404 error. :confused:

I'm suppose to be looking for my sitemap at http://www.mydomain.com/forum/sitemap_1.xml.gz correct?
What is your forum url ?

carrlos

02-25-2009, 07:28 PM

What is your forum url ?

http://www.iphonemodding.com/forum

BTW, if you pull up a sitemap in the domain root, it's because I manually copied it there so that Google can find it.

DrMirth

02-25-2009, 08:01 PM

Just installed and it's working fine. Looks like the vbseo_sm_vba_links addon needs updated to work with the latest version of vBadvanced Links Directory (v3.1.0) though - I'm receiving this error when the addon is enabled:

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.1:

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

MySQL Error : Table 'vbulletin.links_categories' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Wednesday, February 25th 2009 @ 02:01:02 AM
Error Date : Wednesday, February 25th 2009 @ 02:02:18 AM
Script : http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/cron.php?rand=1235545247
Referrer : http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/general-discussion/54262-newbie-2.html
IP Address : 193.251.222.39
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database

rinkrat

02-26-2009, 02:31 AM

Mine shows this

[SECTION START] showthread [6,504.6Kb mem used] [545s (+486s)]
[archive homepage] [6,643.2Kb mem used] [549s (+5s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay archived [6,643.2Kb mem used] [549s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread archived [6,699.5Kb mem used] [550s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] member [6,604.2Kb mem used] [555s (+6s)]
[SECTION START] polls [6,869.6Kb mem used] [558s (+2s)]
[SECTION START] blogs [6,911.2Kb mem used] [558s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] albums [6,570.8Kb mem used] [558s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] groups [6,575.8Kb mem used] [558s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] tags [6,591.1Kb mem used] [558s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] blog tags [6,789.9Kb mem used] [577s (+19s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_5.xml.gz, number of urls: 45669 [6,550.8Kb mem used] [578s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #6 [6,550.7Kb mem used] [578s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 5 [6,550.7Kb mem used] [578s (+0s)]

Then it hangs right there and won't finish

Martell

02-26-2009, 03:06 AM

havard20009, thank you, work...

Phaedrus

02-26-2009, 04:19 AM

Theres a fix to this problem on the vbseo site now.
http://www.vbseo.com/f67/sitemap-downloads-log-31344/index2.html#post197608

I have just tried it and it cures the error problem

YES! That worked!

River_rush

02-26-2009, 05:56 AM

got this error while runing
Code:

http://www.indianhackers.net/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php

you are aware that your use of this board software prohibits the kind of content you are advertising on your board?

Lizard King

02-26-2009, 08:26 AM

http://www.iphonemodding.com/forum

BTW, if you pull up a sitemap in the domain root, it's because I manually copied it there so that Google can find it.

You are missing vBSEO Sitemap Generator files. Make sure you uploaded the content of upload folder to your forum rolder.

howcome

02-26-2009, 08:32 AM

is there a fast easy way to mass remove 4,211 404 not found urls from the webmaster section of google?

tictic

02-26-2009, 09:58 AM

I have hosted by Bluehost php.ini file and what is right for increase Php_Memory

in /home4/xxxx/public_html/vb/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

HALF MOON

02-26-2009, 10:38 AM

thanks

hassshasss

02-26-2009, 12:02 PM

ReviewPage

02-26-2009, 12:06 PM

Someone please help me! I moved the sitemap_index.xml.gz manually from the /data/ directory to my forums main folder. If i try to directly access it via www.mydomain.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz it gives me a "404 - File Not Found" error.

Why is it doing this?

Lizard King

02-26-2009, 12:52 PM

ReviewPage

02-26-2009, 02:35 PM

This modification is awful. Not only can i not get it to work, but everyone refuses to provide any help to me. Im uninstalling.

veenuisthebest

02-26-2009, 02:39 PM

This modification is awful. Not only can i not get it to work, but everyone refuses to provide any help to me. Im uninstalling.
You do not need to move it anywhere. Let it remain in data/ folder. Its the htacees rewrite rules that does the job of accessing it from root.

rinkrat

02-26-2009, 09:59 PM

I get this:

SECTION START] blog tags [6,537.9Kb mem used] [70,208s (+69,631s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_8.xml.gz, number of urls: 6 [6,538.4Kb mem used] [70,208s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #9 [6,538.3Kb mem used] [70,208s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 8 [6,540.5Kb mem used] [70,208s (+0s)]

Then it hangs.

WHAT CAN IT DO TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN?

thephoneclub

02-27-2009, 12:11 AM

rinkrat I went to the same. should increase the value of max_ejecution_time in php.ini

just install this product and send sitemap and google has told me this:
Invalid tag value
The value of this tag is not valid XML. Fix it and resubmit your information.

Help!!

carrlos

02-27-2009, 12:44 AM

You are missing vBSEO Sitemap Generator files. Make sure you uploaded the content of upload folder to your forum rolder.

I re-uploaded everything and every file was overwritten which means they were there already. If you know which specific files I'm missing, please let me know. I have no trouble generating the sitemap. It runs automatically without any trouble. I tested the mod_rewrite and it works fine. I was able to access the Google page as a test.

I don't want to put any ugly comments or get an attitude because after all, these hacks are free. But I cannot access the sitemap with the .htaccess rewrite rule and neither can Google. That effectively makes this mod useless if I have to manually do everything. I'd appreciate some help.

Thanks. ;)

Brandon Sheley

02-27-2009, 12:50 AM

Thanks for the update :)
* Brandon Sheley clicks install

sundarmobiles

02-27-2009, 05:20 AM

this one work with version 3.7.3?

kavehch

02-27-2009, 06:43 PM

hi

i installd zoints seo and i use vbseo sittmap but isite map warnig in google this warinig

HTTP Error:
Problem detected on: 301 (Moved permanently)

please help me

durbah

02-28-2009, 02:30 PM

When fixing this error appears the files have been installed in the proper permits with the

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 1988443 bytes) in /home/xxxxx/public_html/vb/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

Forum version 3.8.1 What is the solution, Thanks

Julian360

02-28-2009, 05:32 PM

That's rock. But i habe one (big?) Problem:
I have clicked on Run Sitemap Generator
Now show i this:
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_1.xml.gz, number of urls: 1150 [5,476.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #2 [5,476.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 1 [5,476.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
Sitemap has been created. Click here to return [5,478.5Kb mem used] [2s (+2s)]
But when i click on http://www.mywebsitex.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz then come only:
Page not foundBoard-Data:
vBulletin Version 3.8.1 + vBSEO 3.2.0

Has someone an idea? Thanks.

Carlos X

02-28-2009, 09:54 PM

In the process of installing! :)

Edit: Installed and working!

Hornstar

03-01-2009, 02:11 AM

Das UndergrounD

03-02-2009, 08:21 PM

I do not get the sitemap, leaving that management does not exist

Das UndergrounD

03-03-2009, 04:46 AM

vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator creates sitemaps me in the folder /data and can not change the route.

Lasthero

03-04-2009, 05:26 PM

Thanks

goxy63

03-04-2009, 05:28 PM

Noob asking for help

Vb 3.8.1, vbSEO this very same version 2.5 (free one)

1.
I got over 120000 urls in sitemaps but only 126 indexed from sitemap on google (sitemap is submited on google)

2.
My homepage under Vba is out of work at present so I redirected my domain to '/forums'

3.
Under setting for vbSEO 'vBSEO Installed?' i left uninstalled as I guess only for purchased version....

I hope that someone will give me some suggestion here as my indexed pages are droping down and Iam affraid they will reach 0 :D

Thanks for any help in advance

Deux3

03-06-2009, 02:25 AM

Incredibly simple to set up, very detailed instructions. Thanks!

HamidFULL

03-06-2009, 08:32 PM

Hi men!

I have some questions.

1) vBSEO Sitemap Generator is usable without vBSEO license and standalone?
2) if yes to Q1 then vBSEO Sitemap Generator would be useful without vBSEO? (even a bit!)
3) vBSEO Sitemap Generator is Free?
4) for install vBSEO Sitemap Generator I should modify my htacess or software will do it automatically?

Thank you

djbaxter

03-06-2009, 09:34 PM

1) vBSEO Sitemap Generator is usable without vBSEO license and standalone?

Yes.

2) if yes to Q1 then vBSEO Sitemap Generator would be useful without vBSEO? (even a bit!)

Yes.

3) vBSEO Sitemap Generator is Free?

Yes.

4) for install vBSEO Sitemap Generator I should modify my htacess or software will do it automatically?

If you already have an .htaccess file, you'll need to add to it - needed addition included with download. If you don't yet have an .htaccess file, you can upload the one in the download.

marshal_ramdev

03-09-2009, 05:20 PM

thank you :D insalled :)

saqib_jutt

03-09-2009, 07:35 PM

HELP ME PLEASE

When i click on run sitemap generator this error comes.

[SECTION START] blog tags [6,799.7Kb mem used] [1,188,463s (+575s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_81.xml.gz, number of urls: 2 [6,801.3Kb mem used] [1,188,463s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #82 [6,801.3Kb mem used] [1,188,463s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 81 [6,832.7Kb mem used] [1,188,463s (+0s)]

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 88627229 bytes) in /home/content/j/a/g/jaguarxtype/html/forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

C138 Kaysone

03-10-2009, 01:04 AM

I am getting this same problem.

Same here,

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

Im getting that as well, what is the problem with it? me and another admin of mine are trying to figure it out, first he already got the yahoo and google to ping, last time it said failed but that warning im getting is becoming annoying, i cannot delete my bot download records...

C138 Kaysone

03-10-2009, 01:04 AM

PDM

03-10-2009, 07:00 AM

this error for me after Run Sitemap Generator:

[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 6 [4,818.0Kb mem used] [560s (+560s)]

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 12320768 bytes) in /home/mydomain/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

and all links on every site map is 49000 links

Icy

03-10-2009, 07:24 AM

monika

03-10-2009, 08:22 AM

I get database error when I Run Sitemap Generator. please help me. I really confuse.:confused::(

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

PDM

03-10-2009, 08:22 AM

1. Remove all the sitemaps from /vbseo_sitemap/data folder.
2. Set Include Show Post Pages option to No.
3. Rerun the sitemap.

again eror on : Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted

not make all links memory full ??????

i need with show post ?

my hard is 500 gb

not make list.text for yahoo site map ?

Icy

03-10-2009, 09:56 AM

Problem isn't with your HDD space. Anyway I've faced the similar problem and did the same thing I told you to resolve the problem. My problem was gone. You better wait for an official answer :) BTW including showpost in sitemap isn't a good idea AFAIK and you can retry this with disabling Yahoo text sitemap.

Julian360

03-10-2009, 12:13 PM

vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator creates sitemaps me in the folder /data and can not change the route.

Have the same problem. Do you have now found a solution?
He created the Sitemap here: http://www.forum.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_1.xml.gz (http://www.forum.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/urllist.txt.gz)

bokmade

03-10-2009, 03:07 PM

again eror on : Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted

not make all links memory full ??????

i need with show post ?

my hard is 500 gb

not make list.text for yahoo site map ?

every Php.ini have different memory limit per a minutes, by lowering the process per time till you reach the fear time which match with your php.ini setup, if you go back to page 9 you will see someone have simmler proplem he advise him to check his php memory limit ..

any way you could lower your "Max url in sitemap file per a file" ..

Thanks ..:)

stormrider2009

03-11-2009, 02:18 AM

how do you actually download the sitemap generator - can't find the actual link?!

veenuisthebest

03-11-2009, 02:42 AM

how do you actually download the sitemap generator - can't find the actual link?!
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=95301&d=1235257929

trigatch4

03-11-2009, 07:44 AM

I have two issues:

1) I'm used to seeing the traditional sitename.com/sitemap.xml file and this does not offer that. Those files are typically just a list of links with a note on how often to update whereas everything with this product is gzipped. any reasoning?

2) I'm also used to seeing a link to the sitemap.xml in the footer of the website and again, don't see that in this plugin. Curious as to why there as well.

3) When I open the gzipped xml sitemap it shows mostly unoptimized URLs. However, I just installed vbSEO and my options in the sitemap are set "no" as far as including old URLS. What's the deal here?

Thanks in advance.

C138 Kaysone

03-11-2009, 09:00 PM

Im confused with the htaccess file

My vbseo for google and yahoo sitemap is in my forum folder "as it should"

but in the htaccess file

should i have this

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

or

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

Phobos49

03-13-2009, 03:09 AM

I get database error when I Run Sitemap Generator. please help me. I really confuse.:confused::(

http://www.imageurlhost.com/images/fww88tjt315wchmemuix.png

I had the same problem... but it's easy to fix!
goto "vBSEO Sitemap Settings" and set "Include Tag Pages" to "no" -> save

thats all! :)

iojam

03-13-2009, 03:24 PM

C138 Kaysone,

it should be:

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

PDM,

yes, you should disable text sitemap option. Yahoo supports xml sitemap now.

iojam

03-13-2009, 11:11 PM

monika,

please check the html source of that page to find out exact db error message.

emucu

03-14-2009, 11:49 PM

i see two cron in my admincp
vBSEO Sitemap Generator
Generate sitemaps

and

vBSEO - Create Google/Yahoo Sitemap

which is unnecessary?

iojam

03-15-2009, 12:03 AM

You should keep only "vBSEO - Create Google/Yahoo Sitemap" one.

jmw

03-15-2009, 04:38 AM

Vbseo, can you help me here?

1. I ran the site map generator for the first time and it ran for a couple of seconds before returning the following error:

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: Unable to save result set in /home/userjim/public_html/includes/class_core.php on line 408

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.1:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT *
FROM thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(deletionlog.primaryid = thread.threadid AND type = 'thread')
WHERE forumid = 36
AND visible = 1
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
LIMIT 0,136668;

MySQL Error : Lost connection to MySQL server during query
Error Number : 2013
Request Date : Saturday, March 14th 2009 @ 11:48:48 PM
Error Date : Saturday, March 14th 2009 @ 11:48:54 PM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/vbseo_sitemap/index.php
IP Address : 85.165.128.32
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

2. Can you clearly esplain (sorry iks key is not working) where is the yahoo sitemap located and how to get the sitemap to Yahoo? The link I see in your first post takes you to "advance search" in Yahoo.

Thanks in advance.
.

dklassen

03-15-2009, 02:34 PM

Everything seems to be working fine with the mod and I've been running it for about a week. Google is picking up the sitemaps but when I look in google webmaster tools it says.

Indexed URLs in Sitemap: No data available. Please check back soon

Looks like it's reading but not indexing them. Does it take awhile?

Das UndergrounD

03-15-2009, 06:20 PM

[SECTION START] blog tags [8,064.7Kb mem used] [1,023,688s (+1,023,570s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 5 [8,067.3Kb mem used] [1,023,688s (+0s)]

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 25165807 bytes) in /home/chileund/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

SnowBot

03-16-2009, 03:32 PM

I seem to be getting the same error here. When I run the generator I get a DB error :(

[SECTION START] forumdisplay archived [3,866.9Kb mem used] [234s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread archived [3,886.3Kb mem used] [234s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] polls [3,664.4Kb mem used] [235s (+1s)]
[SECTION START] groups [3,666.1Kb mem used] [235s (+0s)]
[addon module] vbseo_sm_vba.php [3,682.2Kb mem used] [235s (+0s)]
[addon module] vbseo_sm_vba_links.php [3,724.9Kb mem used] [235s (+0s)]

Database errorThe Social Space database has encountered a problem.

I have the include Tags set to NO aslo. Any help please?

iojam

03-16-2009, 05:06 PM

jmw,

you should increase wait_timeout setting in mysql configuration to avoid that.
Yahoo supports the same sitemap as Google - sitemap_index.xml.gz, submit it here: https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/mysites

Das UndergrounD,

disable Text sitemap option, remove *.gz files from data/ folder and regenerate sitemap.

SnowBot,

you should remove everything from "add-ons" list option.

dilbert

03-16-2009, 05:16 PM

You should keep only "vBSEO - Create Google/Yahoo Sitemap" one.
I have the same issue.
How do I delete it? All I see is Enable (I disabled it) or Edit from the dropdown.

iojam

03-16-2009, 06:18 PM

You should enable debug mode in vBulletin's config.php to be able to delete it.

furnival

03-16-2009, 08:33 PM

worked once I deleted the htaccess file in the data folder. How is Google supposed to access the sitemap with that there?! I quote: "deny from all"

Edit: it seems I didn't look closely enough at this, see my post below.

iojam

03-16-2009, 08:53 PM

You should submit forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz link, not forums/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz

furnival

03-16-2009, 10:44 PM

Ahhh, OK I see the rewrite rule in the htaccess file. Thanks.

tommac3

03-17-2009, 01:32 AM

Fails to create my sitemap:

[SECTION START] blog tags [3,061.0Kb mem used] [847,775s (+53s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_51.xml.gz, number of urls: 1 [3,062.2Kb mem used] [847,775s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #52 [3,062.2Kb mem used] [847,775s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 51 [3,085.3Kb mem used] [847,775s (+0s)]

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 8388608 bytes) in /home/fpppp/public_html/forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

Keyser S?ze

03-17-2009, 11:45 AM

do u have to have vbseo 3.x instaled to use this?

thanks

Das UndergrounD

03-17-2009, 07:08 PM

Das UndergrounD,

disable Text sitemap option

What is this option?

PDM

03-17-2009, 08:03 PM

[SECTION START] blog tags [4,895.8Kb mem used] [647,105s (+647,068s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 6 [4,898.9Kb mem used] [647,105s (+0s)]

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 12320768 bytes) in /home/myuser/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

iojam

03-18-2009, 01:25 AM

You should disable Text sitemap option, remove *.gz files from data/ folder and regenerate sitemap.

Das UndergrounD

03-19-2009, 06:29 AM

Ok thanks...

EagleNick

03-21-2009, 04:49 PM

For various reasons, I need to move the rewrite code to the .htaccess file of my domain's root instead of my /forums directory.

What can I change the .htaccess rewrite rule to in order for it to work in my root's .htaccess?

Edit: I found this Wiki page of yours: http://www.vbseo.com/wiki/Sitemap:FAQ
I want to make sure that by following those steps, my root's sitemap (which is a WordPress blog) will not be overwritten. In other words, I still want my forum sitemap to be located in the same place it currently is, but I just want the rewrite rules to be specified in the root's .htaccess rather than the forum's .htaccess.

Thanks

iojam

03-22-2009, 12:14 PM

You can follow the steps described in wiki, if you have existing .htaccess file, you should just add new rewrite rules to the top of it.

Crystal Shards

03-22-2009, 02:03 PM

Why does it say "invalid file specified" when I try to update?

Makaveli007

03-23-2009, 11:58 PM

thanks for the update, no problems encounter so far

Simon Lloyd

03-25-2009, 06:22 PM

I tried running the generator and got this
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 164434862 bytes) in /home/thecodec/public_html/forumz/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

Any ideas?

Simon Lloyd

03-25-2009, 06:55 PM

Ignore the above i turned of the TEXT map setting!

crazlunatic

03-25-2009, 09:08 PM

howcome search engines are not downloadnig my sitemap?

PPUS

03-26-2009, 02:44 AM

Nice an easy install, well done! Now to wait till Google downloads my new robots.txt with the block on the forum removed. Good job!

PossumX

03-29-2009, 12:15 PM

Something is awry, hopefully with Yahoo, but I wanted to report it here anyway, as if Yahoo changed something in this communication sequence, it impacts the effectiveness of this excellent mod.

The last 2 days, on both vBSEO'd sites and not, the following results are in the SiteMap Generator Report Update email. This is for at least 4 sites that I am managing, all on separate hosts and hosting companies:

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

veenuisthebest

03-29-2009, 04:10 PM

Fungsten

03-30-2009, 06:19 PM

Detomah

03-31-2009, 09:16 AM

Yup, another confirmation here, Yahoo has failed for the last three days for me now, was working fine before that.

sjd996

04-02-2009, 07:02 PM

Just installed it, followed instructions, everything looks good. However, the file is simply not being generated!

When I click run sitemap it does not give any error messages:

[homepage] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 1, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 2, total threads: 5, pages: 1 [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 3, total threads: 3, pages: 1 [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 4, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 5, total threads: 4, pages: 1 [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 7, total threads: 2, pages: 1 [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 6, total threads: 2, pages: 1 [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 8, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread [0s (+0s)]
[archive homepage] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay archived [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread archived [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] member [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] polls [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] blogs [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] albums [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] groups [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] tags [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] blog tags [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_1.xml.gz, number of urls: 149 [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #1 [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 1 [0s (+0s)]
Sitemap has been created. Click here to return [2s (+1s)]

However, the sitemap is not there. What am I doing wrong????

iojam

04-02-2009, 07:30 PM

Yahoo sitemap submission service has issues recently, so I'd recommend to manually submit it to https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/mysites

sjd996,

make sure that your genererator/data/ folder is writable (0777 permissions) and create .htaccess file as described in installation instruction.

crazlunatic

04-03-2009, 05:15 AM

hey my sitemap has been downloaded 0 times. could you help me with this please iojam?

jmw

04-04-2009, 12:32 AM

jmw,

you should increase wait_timeout setting in mysql configuration to avoid that.[/url]

Thanks Vbseo. Hostgator can't do anything about it on shared accounts. Only on a dedicated. Is there any workaround to that?

ERROR AGAIN BELOW:

Warning: mysql_query() [function.mysql-query]: Unable to save result set in /home/userjim/public_html/includes/class_core.php on line 408

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.1:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT *
FROM thread AS thread
LEFT JOIN deletionlog AS deletionlog ON(deletionlog.primaryid = thread.threadid AND type = 'thread')
WHERE forumid = 36
AND visible = 1
AND deletionlog.primaryid IS NULL
LIMIT 0,136668;

MySQL Error : Lost connection to MySQL server during query
Error Number : 2013
Request Date : Saturday, March 14th 2009 @ 11:48:48 PM
Error Date : Saturday, March 14th 2009 @ 11:48:54 PM
Script : http://www.mysite.com/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php
Referrer : http://www.mysite.com/vbseo_sitemap/index.php
IP Address : 85.165.128.32
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

Catherines WC

04-05-2009, 01:07 AM

Hi, I can't add my sitemap to google at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/addsitemap

For starters there is no sitemap_index.xml.gz file in the root directory - its at vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz and when I submit it it says:
General HTTP error: HTTP 403 error (Forbidden)
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.

EagleNick

04-05-2009, 01:19 AM

cellow

04-05-2009, 03:50 AM

Check out this issue for vBSEO Sitemap Generator and DownloadsII users:
http://www.vbseo.com/f5/vbseo-sitemap-generator-2-5-released-31335/index6.html#post206770

jskoh

04-05-2009, 08:45 AM

how should i do for this txt file? upload it? and previously have a .htaccess file from vbseo. should i overwrite it?

EagleNick

04-05-2009, 10:44 AM

how should i do for this txt file? upload it? and previously have a .htaccess file from vbseo. should i overwrite it?
No, you don't overwrite your current one. Follow what the directions say: copy the contents of the new .htaccess and ADD it to your current one.

iojam

04-06-2009, 11:31 AM

crazlunatic,

try to submit it manually to Google: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dashboard

jmw,

you can disable some URL types to reduce the number of entries in sitemap (like showpost, member profiles, tag pages).

Catherines WC,

make sure that you completed all steps as described in installtion instructions (including .htaccess entry). You should submit forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz then.

Chris!

04-07-2009, 01:55 AM

Everything worked fine with the sitemap generator for quite some time and then out of the blue I've started getting some issues with Google.

On my Google sitemaps page it now says I have two site maps....

forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

forums/external.php?type=RSS2

The second one has errors which all seem to be related to new posts...

forums/showthread.php?t=14204&goto=newpost

Any ideas on how to correct this? Perhaps append the .htaccess file? And if so, what do I add to it?

Thanks in advance. :)

-Chris

iojam

04-07-2009, 02:05 AM

vBSEO Sitemap Generator creates only sitemap_*.xml.gz sitemaps, the second one is not related to it.

thetgc

04-09-2009, 11:53 AM

When i make a sitemap and then click on the url to it in the cp i get this

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

−
<sitemapindex xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/09/siteindex.xsd">
−
<sitemap>
<loc>http://portal.thetgc.org/sitemap_1.xml.gz</loc>
<lastmod>2009-04-09T13:49:17+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
−
<sitemap>
<loc>http://portal.thetgc.org/sitemap_2.xml.gz</loc>
<lastmod>2009-04-09T13:49:17+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>

Is this right? or is there something wrong... can someone help me please?

Thanks

iojam

04-09-2009, 02:13 PM

Yes, it looks ok.

crazlunatic

04-12-2009, 02:11 PM

hey, my sitemap has been unable to be downloaded by google, any ideas why?

iojam

04-12-2009, 08:04 PM

What exactly is the error message you get?

kronnos

04-13-2009, 07:38 AM

My first sitemap has just been created but there seems to be a problem(or not)...

When i check the summary I got in the e-mail all the x numbers are double then they should be.

Show Thread: A number 2x the amount of threads I have
Show Post: A number 2x the amount of posts I have
Member Profiles: A number 2x the amount of users I have

Im not sure of the other summary options because these are the easiest ones to check but is there something wrong or is it supposed to be that way? What can I do to correct it if its not supposed to happen?

Thanks

EDIT:

OK, I looked through the sitemap that was generated and it included all the non-rewriten and all rewriten pages. Is this normal and would this be considered duplicate content?

BTW, I also have vBSEO installed.

iojam

04-13-2009, 05:52 PM

Make sure that you have "Include old URLs" option disabled.

kronnos

04-13-2009, 06:00 PM

Make sure that you have "Include old URLs" option disabled.

The option to include old urls is set to yes, but this is what it says "While vBSEO will automatically 301-redirect old (dynamic) URLs to the newly formatted static URLs, some users may opt to include the old URLs in the sitemap to ensure Google finds the redirect headers for each page. Include this option until you note that most old URLs have been purged from Google."

Since I just installed vBSEO, and if I understand that message correctly, it says I should/could leave this option on untill old url are gone from google. What I dont understand is how will they disappear if I will be constantly including them in the sitemap. Please explain this option a bit more to me so I know what to do.

Thanks

EagleNick

04-14-2009, 07:50 PM

Does this mod add vBAdvanced pages to the sitemap?

Thanks.

Mattcch

04-16-2009, 09:39 AM

Install ok.
Thanks a lots.

Any coming timeline for "moreover" & "m$ live engine?"

iojam

04-16-2009, 07:46 PM

Does this mod add vBAdvanced pages to the sitemap?There is an add-on included for vBa cmps.

Devanand

04-16-2009, 08:27 PM

I've installed this 2 days ago , generator make sitemap 3 times but in my google webmaster tools I still don't have any sitemap.

What am I doing wrong?

EagleNick

04-16-2009, 10:16 PM

There is an add-on included for vBa cmps.
Forgive my ignorance... but, where?

Thanks.

Ranger375

04-16-2009, 10:37 PM

I'm just guessing I can't use the site map, since I already have an .htaccess file in my root forum folder and it has the following:

#AddHandler x-httpd-php .php
RewriteEngine Off

I take it I can't get around this?

iojam

04-17-2009, 07:05 PM

Devanand,

you should manually submit it in webmaster tools.

EagleNick,

you should add "vbseo_sm_vba.php" in "Add-ons" list option in vB admincp.

Ranger375,

it should work if you just add rewrite rules to the bottom of your existing .htaccess.

kronnos

04-17-2009, 09:45 PM

Since I installed this, i ran the sitemap generator once and it all worked. I have noticed that since then(6 days ago) it did not generate any new sitemaps although i set up the cron job correctly. When i went again to run it manually, i got the following error:

[SECTION START] blog tags [6,871.6Kb mem used] [405,623s (+405,623s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 17 [6,878.4Kb mem used] [405,623s (+0s)]

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 34988073 bytes) in /home/user/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

iojam

04-18-2009, 10:38 AM

You should increase memory_limit setting in PHP config.

dominicricci

04-18-2009, 03:30 PM

Mine doesn't seem to be automatic.... any solution to this

some of my settings are set for daily some weekly some monthly and after 4 days it didn't run at all.

Devanand

04-19-2009, 06:14 AM

Devanand,

you should manually submit it in webmaster tools.

But I don't know how to create sitemap. :(

EagleNick

04-19-2009, 02:22 PM

But I don't know how to create sitemap. :(
This modification does it for you...

Ranger375

04-19-2009, 02:30 PM

mdawg

04-20-2009, 05:35 AM

So, I install this...and it will work even though I do not have VBSEO?

djbaxter

04-20-2009, 05:55 AM

So, I install this...and it will work even though I do not have VBSEO?

Yes. It works on its own.

mdawg

04-20-2009, 10:59 PM

Well now I have installed vbSEO...will this still be good for me? Thanks.

djbaxter

04-20-2009, 11:31 PM

Well now I have installed vbSEO...will this still be good for me? Thanks.

Yes. They work well together. )

mdawg

04-21-2009, 03:48 AM

Okay so I have 3.8.2 vbulletin, 3.3.0 vbSEO and now this installed.

When I go to
http://www.yoursite.com/vB-root/vbseo_sitemap/.

and click on
Your Google Sitemap Index URL

I get: Sitemap file not found

Should I Run Sitemap Generator? When I click on it it says Are you sure? which sounds ominous and made me hesitate. :-)

djbaxter

04-21-2009, 04:08 AM

You might want to post this at the vBSEO forums. It may have something to do with your URL rewrites or more likely your .htaccess file.

mdawg

04-21-2009, 04:38 AM

Actually I went ahead and ran the sitemap generator and I believe I got the Google Sitemap Index URL and submitted it.

How do I get the sitemap index for Yahoo and MSN or are they identical?

Useful Links

* Show Reports List
* Show Sitemap Downloads Log
* Show SE Bots Activity Log (vBSEO v2.4.1 or higher is required)
* Run Sitemap Generator
* Your Forums Homepage: ________________ Forums
* Your Google Sitemap Index URL: http://www.blahblah.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

* Your Google Sitemaps Page
* Google Sitemap FAQ
* Submit Yahoo Sitemap
* vBSEO forums

By the way clicking on the Submit Yahoo Sitemap does not take me to the correct page to submit the sitemap, rather, takes me here:
http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.htmlfree/request/

djbaxter

04-21-2009, 05:10 AM

Yahoo and MSN now use the same XML sitemap as Google.

mdawg

04-21-2009, 07:36 AM

Thank you. So, the three are Google, Yahoo and MSN? Thanks.

kronnos

04-21-2009, 08:43 AM

I noticed that now i get 2 sitemap reports in the mail every day(identical). When i went to sceadualed tasks I found 2 different tasks for the site map:

vBSEO Sitemap Generator - Generate sitemaps
vBSEO - Create Google/Yahoo SitemapI know i created one manually but was the other one created when i installed the sitemap? OR is one of them from my 3.6 version of the sitemap? Which one should i delete, if i should delete?

Thanks

iojam

04-21-2009, 07:59 PM

You should remove the second one.

kronnos

04-21-2009, 09:04 PM

You should remove the second one.

I just looked through the install instructions and found the the second on is the one I made manually when installling this version:

# Go to your ADMIN CP > Scheduled Tasks > Add New Scheduled Task
# Edit new task options:

1. Title: vBSEO - Create Google/Yahoo Sitemap

So are you sure I should still remove the second one?

Thanks

iojam

04-21-2009, 09:16 PM

Note that:
Note: This is a required step for vBulletin 3.5.x series. If using vBulletin 3.6.x or 3.7.x, vBSEO will automatically create a scheduled task at 2AM without having to go through the steps below.Yes, you should remove the manually created one.

urdu

04-21-2009, 10:39 PM

how can i remove the vBSEO Sitemap Interface Access Password or what is it?
bcz when i add the sitemap url to google (http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login?sourceid=gsm&subid=us-et-about2):
http://www.mywebsite.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz
i got this error:
General HTTP error: 404 not found
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.
WHAT IS THE SOLUTION???

zero5854

04-21-2009, 11:58 PM

installed thanks ill see how this goes in a few days

hassshasss

04-22-2009, 10:08 AM

these errors when I download maps you want to delete sitemap are not deleted I wonder why?

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

solution of the problem we wrote a friend http://www.vbseo.com/f67/sitemap-downloads-log-31344/index2.html found here already. I would add the following

Please try to modify vbseo_sitemap/index.php file:
find:

$pf = fopen($dl_log, 'w');
replace with:

$pf = fopen(VBSEO_SM_DLDAT, 'w');

kronnos

04-23-2009, 08:05 PM

Are deleted posts/threads added to the sitemap? I mean the ones deleted by mods but not permanently.

zero5854

04-25-2009, 02:11 AM

hmmm this is odd. I DONT have vbulletin SEO installed. ( Just in case u asked) anyway all I see this doing in the search engines is showing my site name and statistics? I chose all the correct settings to do other stuff? Very odd. Anyone else have this?

sbsforum.us

04-28-2009, 03:29 PM

Installed and using

Thanks for this. Makes things much easier.

flasher33

04-29-2009, 06:24 PM

sorry for the noob question
but is it free
and do I need VBSEo for it to work?

Mr.Joker

04-29-2009, 06:33 PM

תודה רבה

Mr.Joker

04-29-2009, 06:34 PM

תודה רבה יא בלאט

iojam

04-29-2009, 06:36 PM

It's free and you can run it without vBSEO.

Phobos49

04-30-2009, 05:28 PM

I installed this AddOn two month ago. I installed everything correct! Sitemap, htaccess und Bot-Logs show that everything should be fine. Googlebot shows up every day but it only records a few topics. Since the last week all my google-searchresults are gone!!! Why does google ignore my forum? It does not contain "bad words" or any stuff google does not like.

Should I uninstall this AddOn?

p.s: I run this tool without vBSEO.

Black Tiger

05-01-2009, 01:10 AM

I run this tool also without vBSeo for more then a year now.
Since this new 3.8 version, I get a parse error on line 62313 in sitemap_4.xml.gz.

Parsing error
We were unable to read your Sitemap. It may contain an entry we are unable to recognize. Please validate your Sitemap before resubmitting.

Now I download the sitemap_4.xml.gz and this is what line 62313 says:
<loc>http://www.mydomain.org/bbs/downloads.php?do=cat&id=1</loc>

Seems this mod is like with all versions, having problems with Downloads II?

I hope it's not the same problem as was stated here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1446630&postcount=645

Which I have stated as fixed by Jelle! over a year ago. This file should have been updated at that time.

Can anybody confirm it's the same problem or otherwise provide me with a fix?

New-Age

05-01-2009, 05:19 AM

djbaxter

05-01-2009, 05:30 AM

Hi,

The control panel vBSEO Google / Yahoo Sitemap for vBulletin is saying my forum home page is http://www.new-age.net.au/forums.php

But it is not - And this is causing problems .

It is http://www.new-age.net.au/forums/index.php

Please how do I correct this? :confused:

Admin CP | vBulletin Options | Site Name / URL / Contact Details

What do you have in the Forum URL and Homepage URL text boxes?

Also, do you have vBSEO installed as well as the vBSEO Sitemap? Check that your sitemap settings in the ACP reflect this correctly for your forum.

New-Age

05-01-2009, 05:47 AM

Silly me!!!

Thankyou I have fixed it !

No I dont have vBSEO installed I only have the vBSEO Sitemap installed.
Do I need to have the vBSEO installed as well?

Another question please !

I have a Google Tools account and 2 weeks ago I generated a site map from some generator and submitted it.

Because I have just installed vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap in my copy of vBulletin 3.8 do I go and delete the site map that I have submitted to Google sitemaps?:D

djbaxter

05-01-2009, 05:56 AM

Don't delete it. Just edit it if it has a different filename from the one generated by the vBSEO Sitemap.

New-Age

05-01-2009, 06:24 AM

Thankyou!

No I dont have vBSEO installed I only have the vBSEO Sitemap Generator installed.
Do I need to have the vBSEO installed as well? :confused:

New-Age

05-01-2009, 06:33 AM

The below was sent to me however when I click the link http://www.new-age.net.au/forums/index.php/vbseo_sitemap/

It directs me to my forum page less some images -
Is this normal?

:confused:

Hello!

The vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap has been successfully generated for your vBulletin forums at:
New Age Forums (http://www.new-age.net.au/forums/index.php)

Report:
============================
Click the following link for your vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Report:
http://www.new-age.net.au/forums/index.php/vbseo_sitemap/

Summary:
============================
Forum Display: 24
Show Thread: 3
Show Post: 3
Member Profiles: 2
Poll Results: 0
Blog Entries: 0
Blog Tags: 0
Album URLs: 0
Social Groups URLs: 1
Tag URLs: 14
Archive: 28

Total Indexed URLs: 77
Total Processing Time: 7.72 seconds

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

djbaxter

05-01-2009, 06:45 AM

Thankyou!

No I dont have vBSEO installed I only have the vBSEO Sitemap Generator installed.
Do I need to have the vBSEO installed as well? :confused:

No. The Sitemap is a standalone add-on. There's just a slight difference in configuration if you also have vBSEO installed.

The below was sent to me however when I click the link http://www.new-age.net.au/forums/index.php/vbseo_sitemap/

It directs me to my forum page less some images -
Is this normal?

No. What do you mean it was sent to you? By what or whom?

The vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap has been successfully generated for your vBulletin forums at:
New Age Forums (http://www.new-age.net.au/forums/index.php)

This is the link you use and report to Google, etc.

However, the actual location will be redirected by an .htaccess file mod_rewrite. Did you add the required lines to your .htaccess file?

Black Tiger

05-01-2009, 02:13 PM

As to my post #201.

I can state now it IS the same problem as in februari last year, which was not fixed in this new version in spite of the fact that a complete solution was given.
A missed opportunity, pity. Maybe somebody can have a look at it and change the release zipfile to have the fixes included.

S7rik3R

05-01-2009, 02:56 PM

Thank You running like a charm in my website.

Chris!

05-02-2009, 03:13 AM

vBSEO Sitemap Generator creates only sitemap_*.xml.gz sitemaps, the second one is not related to it.I realize that. I guess what I'm wondering is how I can block the vBulletin RSS feed which is being picked up as an additional sitemap. And because of this, google is warning me that it's duplicate content. I was thinking the .htacess file might already have a line in it to prevent google from picking up the rss site map feed.

Since it doesn't seem to be part of the stock .htaccess file, is there something I could add to stop google from picking up the vBulletin rss feed so I don't get warnings about duplicate content. :)

-Chris

New-Age

05-02-2009, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by New-Age View Post

The below was sent to me however when I click the link http://www.new-age.net.au/forums/ind...vbseo_sitemap/

It directs me to my forum page less some images -
Is this normal?

No. What do you mean it was sent to you? By what or whom?

By email from below:

vBSEO(TM) c 2005-2009 Crawlability, Inc.
http://www.crawlability.com/vbseo
http://www.vbseo.com

Originally Posted by New-Age View Post

The vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap has been successfully generated for your vBulletin forums at:
New Age Forums (http://www.new-age.net.au/forums/index.php)

This is the link you use and report to Google, etc.

However, the actual location will be redirected by an .htaccess file mod_rewrite. Did you add the required lines to your .htaccess file?

I could not find the .htaccess file in my files of vBulletin Forum so I uploaded the htaccess file
from the htaccess folder in vbseo_sitemap- 2-5

:confused:

iojam

05-03-2009, 09:35 AM

Black Tiger,

yes, you should apply the same fix.

Chris!,

you can try to create robots.txt file in domain root with:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /external.php

Black Tiger

05-03-2009, 12:04 PM

Thanks Chris.
But it would be very nice if the files too would be upgraded so with the next upgrade everything will go ok.;)

Come2Daddy

05-03-2009, 09:04 PM

djbaxter

05-03-2009, 09:26 PM

I don't get it.

Actually, I installed it so my forums urls would change into .html instead of .php
but I don't see niether this nor vbseo brand on the footer of my forum

is my situation as it should be?? or I should install some other plugins??

This isn't vBSEO - that is a paid product you can find at http://www.vbseo.com

This is a free and independent add-on by the people who created vBSEO. All it does it generate sitemaps for search engines. It doesn't rewrite URLS or do anything else except the sitemap.

Come2Daddy

05-03-2009, 10:55 PM

This isn't vBSEO - that is a paid product you can find at http://www.vbseo.com

This is a free and independent add-on by the people who created vBSEO. All it does it generate sitemaps for search engines. It doesn't rewrite URLS or do anything else except the sitemap.

I see

thank u buddy :)

vbplusme

05-04-2009, 09:44 AM

I am wondering what the recommended "exclude" list is for this sitemap? How does it handle/manage duplicate content?

Ogmuk

05-08-2009, 12:48 PM

For those without Apache, ISAPI_Rewrite 3 Lite's httpd.conf can block direct access to the data directory this way:
#Deny all
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/
RewriteRule .? - [F]

The thing works fine on my test forum but I'm getting an error when running it on my live server:
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_27.xml.gz, number of urls: 19334 [3,470.2Kb mem used] [291s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #28 [3,470.1Kb mem used] [291s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 27 [3,474.4Kb mem used] [291s (+0s)]

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 16777216 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 36363178 bytes) in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mydomain.com\httpdocs\forum\vbse o_sitemap\vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1537

I'll try increasing the PHP Memory Limit in php.ini.

EDIT: Yeah, it worked fine when increasing the memory to 48mb.

I'm pretty sure it's being caused by urllist.txt.gz, which is precisely that size. No way to make it create it in parts and then, when it's done, merge the parts together? That way it would work for those who do not have access to php.ini. This way I'll need to keep increasing my memory as my board gets bigger.

Bug:
Generate Yahoo-Compatible Text Sitemap
Select "Yes" to automatically generate a text format sitemap with 1 URL per line.

This text sitemap must be manually submitted to Yahoo at http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request/.
Should be: https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit?

Feedback:
MSN is not listed as bot in Sitemap Downloads Log: msnbot-webmaster/1.0 (+http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm)

hamid.park

05-09-2009, 08:46 AM

i have installed this Mod , But When I want to submit sittemaps , i Got 403 Forbiden error .
I Have Copyed Sotemaps to Forums Root Folder , But Then I Got 404 Can not Find error .
When I Type Sitemapp Url In Broeser It Will Open , But Gogle return 404 . Why this Happen ?!
data folder is 777

Ogmuk

05-09-2009, 09:31 AM

You shouldn't copy or move the data to the forum root. That's what the htaccess is for:

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

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

If you have IIS instead of Apache, then use ISAPI_Rewrite 3 Lite but since you're getting forbidden errors it looks like the htaccess files are working for you. Once you submit, then use this link: http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz - and not http://www.yourdomain.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz - because that will give a forbidden error. The first link will redirect the search engine to the second link (because of the htaccess file) and it will not give a forbidden error.

hamid.park

05-09-2009, 11:02 AM

Thanks . Problems Solved .

shrqiah

05-10-2009, 09:45 AM

thank you.....

vip-q.com

05-10-2009, 12:06 PM

could u make the ( generates ) work with ajax !!

it's take more than 30 sec and in safe mode I can't run it !!!

thanks :)

oskqqqq

05-10-2009, 01:00 PM

I had the same problem... but it's easy to fix!
goto "vBSEO Sitemap Settings" and set "Include Tag Pages" to "no" -> save

thats all! :)
thank you very much..

Fleud

05-13-2009, 03:34 AM

Going cross-eyed right now. Tried to read 4 or 5 pages of comments but i have not found an identical problem. I generated the site map and it seems to be working. I could actually download it and un(g)zip it and it looks like a valid xml site map. But when I go to the link it doesn't work. I'm left with...

This page contains the following errors:
error on line 1 at column 1: Encoding error
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.

(And of course nothing below that... that's contained in a red box.)

Link if you want: http://www.fleud.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

First few lines of .htaccess are

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

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

...

[/code]

Thoughts?

HighRollerX

05-13-2009, 03:55 PM

How do I do this? You will be required to login by providing your "Sitemap Interface Access Password" from your vBSEO Sitemap settings in:

What should my option settings be, I made my best guess...

Fleud

05-13-2009, 04:06 PM

If you didn't set a password in the config, it should be blank. Just press the login button. If you set a password and forgot, you can go into your admin control panel and change the password.

HighRollerX

05-13-2009, 07:22 PM

I can't figure out how to run it tho...I don't have vbSEO, is this a problem?

HighRollerX

05-13-2009, 07:45 PM

I have it installed, It's in my adminCP...I have it turned on...But how do I run it...vbseo_sitemap.php << that file doesn't exist...It never came with the download? HELP ME!!!

HighRollerX

05-14-2009, 12:21 PM

a little help here...

Ogmuk

05-14-2009, 12:46 PM

I have it installed, It's in my adminCP...I have it turned on...But how do I run it...vbseo_sitemap.php << that file doesn't exist...It never came with the download? HELP ME!!!

It should be part of the download. It is for me. Try downloading it again?

vbplusme

05-14-2009, 01:57 PM

vbseo_sitemap.php is suppose to be in /upload/vbseo_sitemap/ folder.

Fleud

05-14-2009, 02:25 PM

Any thoughts on the error...

This page contains the following errors:
error on line 1 at column 1: Encoding error
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.

More details post 226 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1809846&postcount=226). Thanks.

vbplusme

05-14-2009, 02:52 PM

Assuming you have your sitemap listed there, Google webmaster tools might be able to give you some clues what might be wrong. It generates a report on the sitemap and if it contains errors or not... HTH

kalisekj

05-14-2009, 09:45 PM

For Those receiving :
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 went and chmod all directories under VBSEO to 777 and that got rid of my errors.

Dollarsign

05-15-2009, 03:07 AM

Okay guys my forum doesn't have this mod installed, can someone please tell me how this will improve my forum?

And do I need to sign up with a google account or something to use this or will it automatically start working?

Will this improve my ranking in the google search engine?

Thanks :erm:

veyissen

05-15-2009, 08:29 PM

I manually run the sitemap generator from the vbseo_sitemap panel and it says

[SECTION START] tags [8,993.9Kb mem used] [206,838s (+24,781s)]

and waiting so nothing happens.

what should I do?

Fleud

05-15-2009, 08:53 PM

When I visit my site map url this is what I'm presented with...
<sitemapindex xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/09/siteindex.xsd">
−
<sitemap>
<loc>http://www.fleud.com/sitemap_1.xml.gz</loc>
<lastmod>2009-05-15T02:02:34+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>

Is that valid? Or should it be showing the contents of the gzip?

Edit: AH, if I then paste in that inner link, it shows me the full site map. I suppose this is the way it should be for google/yahoo and friends to find it?

Abhik

05-17-2009, 12:14 PM

Hello,
I am getting XML Pursing Error

XML Parsing Error: no element found
Location: http://www.w3.org/2001/03/webdata/xsv?docAddrs=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dreamstrikes.com%2Fs itemap_index.xml.gz&warnings=on&style=xsl
Line Number 1, Column 1:
^

How can I fix it? I am getting this for the sitemap index as well as all the generated sitemaps. sitemap_1.xml.gz, sitemap_2.xml.gz, sitemap_3.xml.gz ....

iojam

05-18-2009, 09:09 AM

veyissen,

check the html source of that page to see if there is a database error.

Fleud,

yes, that's correct.

Abhik,

you should submit it to Google: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dashboard

veyissen

05-18-2009, 12:00 PM

veyissen,

check the html source of that page to see if there is a database error.

No, there is no db error.caps added. just html codes. I waited approximately 10 minutes but nothing happend. Actually, I was using zoints tags and sitemap version 2.2 at 2 months ago. ne error was happening at that time. all my tags was adding to sitemap with a zoints plugin. and I decided to use vb tags system , converted all zoints tag to vb tags with a convertor. and now we are here. just waiting waiting and nothing happens. If I disable to " include tags pages" , there is no problem. But I want to add the tags to my sitemap. so what should I try now?

[SECTION START] tags [8,056.2Kb mem used] [1,064s (+2s)]

veyissen

05-18-2009, 06:23 PM

ok I almost solve the problem. my sitemap URL number is 15.000 per file. I decrease it to 10.000 and it pass the point. I will try again...

zurnaforum

05-19-2009, 05:57 AM

thanksss

8ballstudios

05-19-2009, 03:47 PM

Installed. Works great!

Dollarsign

05-20-2009, 02:07 AM

Hey guys,

I have installed this plugin! It seems to work fine for me :)

Is there anything else I should do after installing it? Like anything to do with google webmaster or will google and all the other search engines find the files that this plugin generated on my site perfectly fine?

I got this message after running the generator:

Report Details
Generated Sitemap Details
Date 2009-05-19 20:04
Processing time 2.60 s
Total URLs 3,321 (-)
Forumdisplay URLs 19 (-)
Showthread URLs 335 (-)
ShowPost URLs 2,586 (-)
Archive URLs 176 (+176)
Member Profile URLs 178 (-)
Poll Results URLs 4 (-)
Blog Entries URLs 0 (-)
Blog Tag URLs 0 (-)
Album URLs 0 (-)
Social Group URLs 1 (-)
Tag URLs 22 (-)
Sitemap Files
Index File sitemap_index.xml.gz
Sitemap File #1 sitemap_1.xml.gz (3,321 URLs, 656.62Kb) 656.30Kb uncompressed
Text Format File urllist.txt (0.00Kb)
Search Engines Pings
Google Successful
Yahoo Successful
Ask Successful
Moreover Successful
Live Successful

kevinh

05-20-2009, 04:31 AM

How do I manually test the site map generation?

I don't want to wait until it creates a scheduled task at 2am.

Thanks,
Kevin

mach5des

05-20-2009, 08:13 PM

This works really well thank you.

You update the URL for Yahoo Site Explore.

The current URL in your plug-in is:
http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.htmlfree/request/

The correct URL is
https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/

Thanks.

Fleud

05-20-2009, 08:34 PM

@Abhik:
Post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1812346&postcount=240

Are you using google chrome? I found that when I switched to a different browser it read it okay. With Chrome it seemed to have that error.

iojam

05-22-2009, 08:35 PM

veyissen,

try to increase memory_limit and max_execution_time in PHP configuration.

kevinh,

you can manually create sitemap using vbseo_sitemap/ interface.

jack the lad

05-25-2009, 09:03 AM

I keep getting this sitemap error message on my Google Webmaster Tools:

Sitemap errors and warnings
Line Status Details
8 URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location. Help URL:
Problem detected on: http://#####.co.nz/
May 25, 2009
14 URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location. Help URL:
Problem detected on: http://#####.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?f=36
May 25, 2009
20 URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location. Help URL:
Problem detected on: http://#####.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?f=43
May 25, 2009
26 URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location. Help URL:
Problem detected on: http://#####.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?f=37
May 25, 2009
32 URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location. Help URL:
Problem detected on: http://#####.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?f=14
May 25, 2009
38 URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location. Help URL:
Problem detected on: http://#####.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?f=15
May 25, 2009
44 URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location. Help URL:
Problem detected on: http://#####.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?f=16
May 25, 2009
50 URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location. Help URL:
Problem detected on: http://#####.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?f=17
May 25, 2009
56 URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location. Help URL:
Problem detected on: http://######.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?f=18
May 25, 2009
62 URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location. Help URL:
Problem detected on: http://hellophoto.co.nz/forumdisplay.php?f=19
May 25, 2009
Go to navigation Go to Sitemap details content

Googles help states:

URL not allowed

Google has detected some URLs that appear to be at a higher level or different domain than the Sitemap file location. If you receive this error, try moving your Sitemap file to a higher location in your site and submitting again. For instance, if your Sitemap is listed under http://www.example.com/mysite/sitemap.xml, the following URLs are not valid for that Sitemap:

http://www.example.com/ - it's at a higher level than the Sitemap
http://www.example.com/yoursite/ - it's in a directory parallel to the Sitemap
You should also check that the urls all begin with the same domain as your Sitemap location. For instance, if your Sitemap is listed under http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml, the following URLs are not valid for that Sitemap:

http://www.google.com - it's in the google.com domain rather than the example.com domain
http://example.com/ - it's missing the initial www
www.example.com/ - it's missing the protocol (http)
https://www.example.com/ - it's using a different protocol (https rather than http)
Any URLs in the Sitemap that are not denied are processed normally.

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.

Any help would be appreciated.

Jack