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vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator · **Released**: 07-06-2008

vBulletin Google Sitemaps by vBSEO v.2.5 - vBulletin 3.7.x
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Note: Version 2.5 replaces all previous versions of the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator, and now includes support for all the new URL types in vBulletin 3.8.x.

Overview
============================

Providing Google, Yahoo, Ask sitemaps is an essential step towards improving your forums.

The "vBSEO Google Sitemaps" plugin provides a solution that allows your forum to be indexed by the Google (and also Yahoo and Ask) search engines faster, more completely, more effectively, and with less bandwidth consumption.

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Google's Description of GSM

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.x version. The current version is vBSEO 3.2. However, if you are running vBSEO, please upgrade to vBSEO 3.2 or greater before installing.

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

Fully compatible with:

vBulletin 3.0.x, 3.5.x, 3.6.x, 3.7.x and 3.8.x
vBulletin Blogs 1.0.x and 2.0.x *Optional
vBSEO 2.x, 3.x *Optional

What does it do?
============================

Auto-generates a Google XML sitemap for all of your specified forum URL types (including vBulletin Blog URLs).
Auto-generates a Yahoo text sitemap for all of your specified forum URL types.
Auto-notifies Google when a new sitemap is generated.
Automatically sends you a summary of the sitemap generation via email each time it is created.
Includes only publicly accessible forums and threads.
Allows Google/Yahoo to find all of your forum URLs without having to spider the forum to find the links.
Allows Google/Yahoo to find your forum URLs without having to account for query string and/or session ID information.
Allows Google to give precedence to crawling your higher priority forum pages.
Allows Google 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 and Yahoo Slurp.
Is 100% compatible with the static CRUs (Content Relevant URLs) used by vBSEO-enabled forums.

How does it work?
============================

Whenever it is scheduled or invoked via the URL, this plugin will generate both the Google XML formatted and the Yahoo text formatted sitemaps. If you selected "Yes" to the Google auto-notification setting, Google will be notified each time the sitemap is generated. The Yahoo sitemap must be manually submitted to http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request/.

Google Sitemap files are gzipped
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
============================

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/

NOTE: Replace "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 (for 3.5.x/3.6.x/3.7.x/3.8.x users) OR
vbseo_sitemap.php configuration file (for 3.0.x users) located in the vbseo_sitemap directory in your forum root.

Once you successfully login, you will be provided with a list of 'Useful Links'. Here are the 4 main links:

Show 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.

Show Sitemap 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 (GoogleBot or Yahoo) 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.

Run Sitemap Generator
The 'Run Sitemap Generator' link will automatically regenerate your Google and Yahoo sitemaps.

Your Forums Homepage
The 'Your Forums Homepage' link is a quick link back to your forum homepage.

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

Click "Install"
============================

Please click "Install" to show your support for this script.

Installation & Configuration for vB 3.5.x, 3.6.x, 3.7.x and 3.8.x as a Plugin
============================

Follow the installation/upgrade instructions provided in the docs/readme.html file.

Google Webmaster Accounts
============================

It is NOT required for you to have a Google Webmaster account to run the vBulletin Google Sitemaps plugin. If you decide to setup an account for testing purposes you can do so here:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login?sourceid=gsm&subid=us-et-about2

Copyright & Licensing

============================

vBSEO Google Sitemaps 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) ? 2005-2009 Crawlability, Inc.

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

02/22/2009 - Version 2.5 Released

NEW FEATURE: Blog tags URLs are included.
NEW FEATURE: Social Group Discussion URLs are included.
NEW FEATURE: Smart Priority applied for the following URL types

Show Post
Member Profiles
Forum Display
Poll Results
Blog Entries
Member Profile Albums
Social Groups
Social Groups Discussions
Social Group Pictures
Tags
Blog Tags

UPDATE: Compatible with vBulletin 3.8.x. Includes the following updated settings:

Priority Range - Show Post
Priority Range - Member Profiles
Priority Range - Forum Display
Priority Range - Poll Results
Priority Range - Show Thread
Priority Range - Blog Entries
Priority Range - Member Profile Albums
Priority Range - Social Groups
Priority Range - Social Group Pictures
Priority Range - Tags

Fix: Social Group Discussion database error is fixed.

Upgrade Instructions
============================

(1) Follow the installation/upgrade instructions provided in the docs/readme.html file.

(2) For versions of vBulletin 3.6.x only: Open "Schedule Manager" in the vBulletin Admin Control Panel (admincp); Remove existing scheduled task for Sitemap Generator if you have one.
Note: The new task will be automatically setup when you import the XML product file.

Other vBSEO Plugins

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vBSEO Affiliate Program
============================

We welcome you to join the vBSEO Affiliate Program.

phunksta · #92 07-12-2008, 01:37 PM

Nice mod *INSTALLED*
Had a little problem setting this up, but found the solution.

Got the 404 error when trying to access the sitemap, so found the problem was the .htaccess file.
This was being ignored by apache because in the httpd.conf the AllowOverrides None option was set.
A bit of googling shows that apache doesn't seem to like .htaccess files much, unless you REALLY want to use them. So, I moves the .htaccess file to /etc/httpd/conf.d/vbseo_sitemap.conf
Apache likes it now and just includes it with all the other configs.

Not much use if you're on some sort of limited access webserver, but having full control over my server this seemed the better option.

iojam · #93 07-12-2008, 06:26 PM

Ok, please try this:

PHP Code:


			
<?php



 /******************************************************************************************

 * vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator for vBulletin v3.x.x by Crawlability, Inc.         *

 *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*

 *                                                                                         *

 * Copyright c 2005-2007, Crawlability, Inc. All rights reserved.                          *

 * You may not redistribute this file or its derivatives without written permission.       *

 *                                                                                         *

 * Sales Email: sales@crawlability.com                                                     *

 *                                                                                         *

 *-------------------------------------LICENSE AGREEMENT-----------------------------------*

 * 1. You are free to download and install this plugin on any vBulletin forum for which    *

 *    you hold a valid vB license.                                                         *

 * 2. You ARE NOT allowed to REMOVE or MODIFY the copyright text within the .php files     *

 *    themselves.                                                                          *

 * 3. You ARE NOT allowed to DISTRIBUTE the contents of any of the included files.         *

 * 4. You ARE NOT allowed to COPY ANY PARTS of the code and/or use it for distribution.    *

 ******************************************************************************************/



     $dl_seourls = false;





    $mods = $db->query("SELECT id,name FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats ORDER BY `id`");

    while ($mod = $db->fetch_array($mods))

    {    

        $url = $vbseo_vars['bburl'].'/downloads.php?do=cat'.

            ($dl_seourls?'&amp;title='.vbseo_filter_text($mod['name']):'').

            '&amp;id='.$mod['id'];



        if(VBSEO_ON)

            $url = vbseo_any_url($url);



          vbseo_add_url($url, 1.0, '', 'daily');

    }



    $mods = $db->query("SELECT f.id as fid,f.name as fname,c.id as cid,c.name as cname".

        " FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_files f".

        " LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats c on c.id=f.category");

    while ($mod = $db->fetch_array($mods))

    {    

        $url = $vbseo_vars['bburl'].'/downloads.php?do=file'.

            ($dl_seourls?'&amp;title='.vbseo_filter_text($mod['fname']).'&amp;cid='.$mod['cid'].'&amp;ctitle='.vbseo_filter_text($mod['cname']):'').

            '&amp;id='.$mod['fid'];



        if(VBSEO_ON)

            $url = vbseo_any_url($url);

          vbseo_add_url($url, 1.0, '', 'daily');

    }  

?>

Turbe · #94 07-12-2008, 06:53 PM

Are there any issues running this on Apache on XP (PHP 5)?

Thanks in advance...

hugh_ · #95 07-12-2008, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iojam

Ok, please try this:

PHP Code:


			
<?php



 /******************************************************************************************

 * vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator for vBulletin v3.x.x by Crawlability, Inc.         *

 *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*

 *                                                                                         *

 * Copyright c 2005-2007, Crawlability, Inc. All rights reserved.                          *

 * You may not redistribute this file or its derivatives without written permission.       *

 *                                                                                         *

 * Sales Email: sales@crawlability.com                                                     *

 *                                                                                         *

 *-------------------------------------LICENSE AGREEMENT-----------------------------------*

 * 1. You are free to download and install this plugin on any vBulletin forum for which    *

 *    you hold a valid vB license.                                                         *

 * 2. You ARE NOT allowed to REMOVE or MODIFY the copyright text within the .php files     *

 *    themselves.                                                                          *

 * 3. You ARE NOT allowed to DISTRIBUTE the contents of any of the included files.         *

 * 4. You ARE NOT allowed to COPY ANY PARTS of the code and/or use it for distribution.    *

 ******************************************************************************************/



     $dl_seourls = false;





    $mods = $db->query("SELECT id,name FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats ORDER BY `id`");

    while ($mod = $db->fetch_array($mods))

    {    

        $url = $vbseo_vars['bburl'].'/downloads.php?do=cat'.

            ($dl_seourls?'&amp;title='.vbseo_filter_text($mod['name']):'').

            '&amp;id='.$mod['id'];



        if(VBSEO_ON)

            $url = vbseo_any_url($url);



          vbseo_add_url($url, 1.0, '', 'daily');

    }



    $mods = $db->query("SELECT f.id as fid,f.name as fname,c.id as cid,c.name as cname".

        " FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_files f".

        " LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats c on c.id=f.category");

    while ($mod = $db->fetch_array($mods))

    {    

        $url = $vbseo_vars['bburl'].'/downloads.php?do=file'.

            ($dl_seourls?'&amp;title='.vbseo_filter_text($mod['fname']).'&amp;cid='.$mod['cid'].'&amp;ctitle='.vbseo_filter_text($mod['cname']):'').

            '&amp;id='.$mod['fid'];



        if(VBSEO_ON)

            $url = vbseo_any_url($url);

          vbseo_add_url($url, 1.0, '', 'daily');

    }  

?>

That worked, great thanks!

Hugh

TsirhCitna · #96 07-13-2008, 05:32 AM

After installing vBSEO and running the generator I resubmitted my sitemaps to Google and it tells me this warning:

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

len backus · #97 07-14-2008, 02:50 PM

I still get nervous about uploading files and folders to the right place. Do I just select all the 6 folders and 3 individual files and then drag them up to the "Forums" folder?

PoetJA-1975 · #98 07-14-2008, 03:45 PM

Thanx

Jacquii.

Jonaid · #99 07-14-2008, 03:51 PM

I'm having trouble getting this to work. I've put everything where it should be but it doesn't seem to generate a sitemap

When I run the generator no errors come up:

Code:

[homepage] [776.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay [776.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 1, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [776.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 2, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [777.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread [777.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[archive homepage] [777.8Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay archived [777.8Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread archived [778.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] member [778.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] polls [779.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] blogs [779.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] albums [779.5Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] groups [779.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] tags [779.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_1.xml.gz, number of urls: 8 [780.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #1 [780.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 1 [782.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
Sitemap has been created. Click here to return [782.0Kb mem used] [106s (+106s)]

But there isn't one actually created. Anyone know how to fix this?

Greek76 · #**100** 07-14-2008, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iojam

Ok, please try this:

PHP Code:


			
<?php



 /******************************************************************************************

 * vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator for vBulletin v3.x.x by Crawlability, Inc.         *

 *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*

 *                                                                                         *

 * Copyright c 2005-2007, Crawlability, Inc. All rights reserved.                          *

 * You may not redistribute this file or its derivatives without written permission.       *

 *                                                                                         *

 * Sales Email: sales@crawlability.com                                                     *

 *                                                                                         *

 *-------------------------------------LICENSE AGREEMENT-----------------------------------*

 * 1. You are free to download and install this plugin on any vBulletin forum for which    *

 *    you hold a valid vB license.                                                         *

 * 2. You ARE NOT allowed to REMOVE or MODIFY the copyright text within the .php files     *

 *    themselves.                                                                          *

 * 3. You ARE NOT allowed to DISTRIBUTE the contents of any of the included files.         *

 * 4. You ARE NOT allowed to COPY ANY PARTS of the code and/or use it for distribution.    *

 ******************************************************************************************/



     $dl_seourls = false;





    $mods = $db->query("SELECT id,name FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats ORDER BY `id`");

    while ($mod = $db->fetch_array($mods))

    {    

        $url = $vbseo_vars['bburl'].'/downloads.php?do=cat'.

            ($dl_seourls?'&amp;title='.vbseo_filter_text($mod['name']):'').

            '&amp;id='.$mod['id'];



        if(VBSEO_ON)

            $url = vbseo_any_url($url);



          vbseo_add_url($url, 1.0, '', 'daily');

    }



    $mods = $db->query("SELECT f.id as fid,f.name as fname,c.id as cid,c.name as cname".

        " FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_files f".

        " LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "dl_cats c on c.id=f.category");

    while ($mod = $db->fetch_array($mods))

    {    

        $url = $vbseo_vars['bburl'].'/downloads.php?do=file'.

            ($dl_seourls?'&amp;title='.vbseo_filter_text($mod['fname']).'&amp;cid='.$mod['cid'].'&amp;ctitle='.vbseo_filter_text($mod['cname']):'').

            '&amp;id='.$mod['fid'];



        if(VBSEO_ON)

            $url = vbseo_any_url($url);

          vbseo_add_url($url, 1.0, '', 'daily');

    }  

?>

Where do I install that?

iojam · #**101** 07-15-2008, 01:25 PM

TsirhCitna,

your sitemap looks ok for me: http://www.tenstones.net/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

len backus,

those are vBSEO files on your screenshot, not vBSEO Sitemap Generator.

Jonaid,

don't you have sitemap files in data/ folder?

Greek76,

you only need that if you have DownloadsII (vBulleting mod) installed.

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