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Hi guys,

I’m trying to get sorted a sitemap template for our forums. Has anyone already produced something like this using the exp query tags? I’m just looking for a little advice as to the best way to implement it.

so far I’ve produced the following, however Google just refuses it:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset >

{exp:query sql="SELECT topic_id FROM exp_forum_topics WHERE status LIKE 'o' "}
  <url>
      <loc>http://www.website.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/{topic_id}/</loc>
      <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
  </url>
{/exp:query}

</urlset>

Thanks!

David.

David,

Does your query work and its just not validating?
If so then I might move this thread to the CodeShare Corner for you where you can receive community help about the ins and outs of a Google sitemap

Hi John,

Your right, it does work it’s just not validating. Would you mind movng it for me?

Thanks,

David.

No problems

FYI, not sure if this helps you, bug goog seems to do a pretty good job on their own with no site map!
See enclosed.

This is what i use for my site map, works,

{exp:forum:topic_titles board="FORUMNAME" sort="desc" orderby="recent_post" limit="100"}
<url> 
<loc>{thread_path='forums/viewthread'}</loc> 
<lastmod>{last_post_date format="{DATE_W3C}"}</lastmod> 
<changefreq>monthly</changefreq> 
0.6</priority> 
</url> 
{/exp:forum:topic_titles}

Mike