Todd D. - 27 March 2009 06:22 PM

Wow, it already can detect categories?

Is there something I need to do to enable this? It seems the default setup didn’t find my cats.

just use the new format for weblog urls (since v1.6 - see the docs for all possible variables):

http://www.mysite.com/{cat_url_title}/{url_title}/

marcelb - 27 March 2009 10:00 PM

The solution I think would be to put a LIMIT condition within the $entries query, as I suggested in the first place.

whoops i overlooked this last time round - have added the limit field to the sql query in version 1.6.3 so please try it now.

marcelb - 27 March 2009 10:00 PM

Another possible issue:  We currently have 3 small weblogs + 1 huge weblog in the exp_sitemap table.  Any idea how sitemap will process them?

if you use the start and limit variable then it will process the weblogs one after the other according to the variables.

Hi Ben,

Great module!

But, it seems that due to the specifics of the architecture of the site it is not suitable for me. My site is very much categories centered; Sitemap module (as ExpressionEngine itself) is biased towards weblogs at the expense of categories.

Consider problems I encountered trying to cofigure Sitemap module for my site:

1. An entry is assigned to a category from category group 3 and to category from category group 50. URL of this entry should display url_title of that category which belongs to category group 3. But {cat_url_title} variable outputs url_title of that category which belongs to category group 50. It is not possible to instruct Sitemap module to output needed cat_url_title.

2. An entry is assigned to a child category. URL of this entry should display both url_title of child category and url_title of parent category. But {cat_url_title} variable outputs url_title of child category and there is no way instruct Sitemap module to output url_title of parent category.

3. Several entries are assigned to a child category. URL of those entries should display url_title of child category. But {cat_url_title} variable outputs url_title of parent category for the first entry and url_title of child category for other entries. There is no way instruct Sitemap module to output consistently url_title of child category.

4. An entry or several entries are assigned to a category. url_title of the entry should be displayed only in case there are more than one entry posted into category. There is no way instruct Sitemap module to output url_title of the entry only in such cases.

5. There can be something important contained in certain template. There is no possibility instruct Sitemap module to output url of the template.

I have an idea how to get things working; please, say if it is feasible.
If I understand correctly, Sitemap module pings the content which is produced by site/sitemap template. This template contains only one tag {exp:sitemap:get}. What if I will not use {exp:sitemap:get} at all, but instead I will use other EE tags to generate XML which will be pinged to search engines? That is, I will not use Sitemap module, only Sitemap pinger extension. Could such solution work?

hi laisvunas,

please understand that in creating the sitemap module, or any module in fact, i have to cater for the majority of site set-ups. unfortunately one module can’t cater to all possibilities, and yes, like Expression Engine the module focuses more on weblogs than categories. your site sounds like it is set up in a very specific way and that the sitemap module doesn’t have the flexibility for it. i’ll email you about a refund.

thanks for your feedback,
ben

Silenz’ new extension Entry Mailing is involuntarily disabled by the Sitemap Pinger extension to the Sitemap module. Very not good. Could you please touch base with him about that?

thanks for letting me know about this, i have resolved the issue and it should play nice with that extension now. please get the latest version and upload ext.sitemap_pinger.php to your extensions folder.

Thanks for the rapid fix; have updated and all is good.

Can you give me a quick run down, step by step, on how to best set this up for a Multi Site Manager installation?

I can set a different location and weblog for each site but when I click “view rendered sitemap,” it links me to the sitemap for the main site only.

Is there a way to use this module or a similar module to create both a google sitemap and a standard sitemap page?

Can this module also generate a user friendly front facing site map?

I can’t remember my code or find the email? Could you re email me the code? My email is

The paypal info…

Aug. 2, 2009 14:09:10 PDT
Transaction ID: 75982242861089025

Hello,

I can not select “Send sitemap ping to search engines”.

What I am missing?

the sitemap module is now compatible with EE 2.0, hooray!!
(free update for everyone who has bought a license)

to reiterate, this module creates a google sitemap (xml sitemap) only and cannot be used to create front facing site maps

Hi Ben,

I keep getting a “page not found” error when I click the “View Rendered Sitemap” link. You can see it here: http://uvamagazine.org/sitemap.php

I’ve updated this line:

and removed the end slash from the site url in system preferences.

Is this right? Am I missing anything? Thanks!

you shouldn’t have to change that line of code. change it back and it should work for you

No such luck—I returned the line to this:

and re-uploaded, but still get the page error.

what method are you using to remove index.php on your site. you need to add an exception for sitemap.php in your .htaccess file

Ha, I feel dumb. Yes, that worked. Thank you, Ben!