willross Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Fourbit Did you successfully run it before trying the CRON? If you have CRON issues, then for the mean time, run the script through your browser and then manually submit the file through Google Sitemap Service. Then try the CRON: php /home/sitename/store/googlesitemap/index.php Quote · willross ·········· Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansmignon Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Hi again Hans, I've fixed the problem I was having. My store is still under development and I only had 1 category and 1 product. I added another category with 1 more product and now the contribution works a treat. This had me stumped all day. Hope it helps you too. Regards, Fish <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes that was my problem too. Thanks Fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourbit Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Fourbit Did you successfully run it before trying the CRON? If you have CRON issues, then for the mean time, run the script through your browser and then manually submit the file through Google Sitemap Service. Then try the CRON: php /home/sitename/store/googlesitemap/index.php <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks willross, Yes, I ran the whole thing successfully. In fact on 4 sites. But, I have manually submitted each one. And I tried both CRONs. I will run through it again. Maybe when I'm awake. ;) Oh, heck, why not do it now. :D Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julianpuje Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 http://www.microfiel.com/googlesitemap/index.php I have the attributes put in 777 and the files update correctly. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've had a look at your site and the only thing i can see is that the error message is: fopen(datos/home/microfie/public_html/sitemapproducts.xml Is that the correct path? your site is microfiel the root in the error says microfie (no "L") Have you put the .htaccess file in the right place? and changed the root in it? as in the instructions? have this error.... Fatal error: Call to undefined function: tep_get_parent_categories() in /home/downdogs/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 166 comment out that line(put a # before it) in seo_cache and it should work. Ok, here's one. My cron just sent me a message. This is all it sent. Read between the lines. --------------------------------- No input file specified. ---------------------------------- The cron is "/usr/bin/php /home/sitename/store/googlesitemap/index.php" Odd? I don't know. I'm tired. Paul Try the cron as: php /home/sitename/store/googlesitemap/index.php Quote A little knowledge is dangerous, I SHOULD KNOW. If Life Begins At 40, What ends???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willross Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Chemo Google is now indexing my site(s). The tracking 'source=google_sm' will really help to gauge it's effectiveness. It will be interesting to see who uses this content, besides Google & Alexa. Quote · willross ·········· Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCrank Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 2 hours ago google accepted my sitemap, after a day or so of rejecting it due to an invalid date. what I did was remov this: \TH:i:sO" and now it works. so if anyone has invalid date error maybe this can help. oh, bring chemo back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥bruyndoncx Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 I did the same on sunday, happens with popular contributions ... just started and already 150+ posts. I believe the later release has this fixed. Quote KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON I do not use the responsive bootstrap version since i coded my responsive version earlier, but i have bought every 28d of code package to support burts effort and keep this forum alive (albeit more like on life support). So if you are still here ? What are you waiting for ?! Find the most frequent unique errors to fix: grep "PHP" php_error_log.txt | sed "s/^.* PHP/PHP/g" |grep "line" |sort | uniq -c | sort -r > counterrors.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansmignon Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 2 hours ago google accepted my sitemap, after a day or so of rejecting it due to an invalid date. what I did was remov this: \TH:i:sO" and now it works. so if anyone has invalid date error maybe this can help. oh, bring chemo back! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello, How do you see that google accepted your site ? Thx, Hans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCrank Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Hello, How do you see that google accepted your site ? Thx, Hans <{POST_SNAPBACK}> under status it should say "OK" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willross Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 hansmignon You can find out two ways: 1) https://www.google.com/froogle/merchants/home - If you set-up an account, then look for an 'OK' status. 2) Look at your site's page requests. You will see Google hitting everything at once - A tracking variable would help too. Note: Despite what is mentioned in the service information, it does positively affect your current standings and placement. Quote · willross ·········· Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julianpuje Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 willross1) https://www.google.com/froogle/merchants/home - If you set-up an account, then look for an 'OK' status. Wheres the OK located? I'm in the sitemaps(beta) part of Google through my account and have nothing showing for my site. Am i in the right place? why froogle/merchants/home? I managed to get this working, with the full confirmation etc, and the cron job working and confirmed by e:mail. However, the link in the text after running the googlesitemap/index.php to submit it for the first time to Google goes to a blank page, and no submission is showing in my Google account. I am going to enter them manually through my google account. Do i submit all three .xml files??? TIA Quote A little knowledge is dangerous, I SHOULD KNOW. If Life Begins At 40, What ends???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julianpuje Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Sorry, heres the link for the log-in to the sitemap part of Google where i am. I've manually submitted all 3 .xml files and now it has come up as pending on all 3. Hope thats right??? Does anybody know? Cheers Quote A little knowledge is dangerous, I SHOULD KNOW. If Life Begins At 40, What ends???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willross Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 julianpuje All of the Google services are wrapped into one session, so I go in there first. I guess you could start here too: http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/addsitemap The table reads like froogle (just less info). You must at least manually submit the file 'sitemapindex.xml' which references the other two. This helps you stay under the file size limit... I used to have to do this with SMIL files for Warner Bros. Then wait. No bells will ring nor will you see an email from Google. Just keep checking the account until it picks up the file and does an approval. After that it is indexing time for the googlebots! Quote · willross ·········· Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourbit Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 (edited) Hi willross, I was wondering about the login too. I just use the link that you put in. But, you also said no bells or email from Google. Is there a better way to submit it? I thought some people were getting emails from Google. Plus, I only submitted the sitemapindex.xml file too. julianpuje All of the Google services are wrapped into one session, so I go in there first. I guess you could start here too: http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/addsitemap The table reads like froogle (just less info). You must at least manually submit the file 'sitemapindex.xml' which references the other two. This helps you stay under the file size limit... I used to have to do this with SMIL files for Warner Bros. Then wait. No bells will ring nor will you see an email from Google. Just keep checking the account until it picks up the file and does an approval. After that it is indexing time for the googlebots! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Edited June 7, 2005 by Fourbit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julianpuje Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 julianpuje All of the Google services are wrapped into one session, so I go in there first. I guess you could start here too: http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/addsitemap The table reads like froogle (just less info). You must at least manually submit the file 'sitemapindex.xml' which references the other two. This helps you stay under the file size limit... I used to have to do this with SMIL files for Warner Bros. Then wait. No bells will ring nor will you see an email from Google. Just keep checking the account until it picks up the file and does an approval. After that it is indexing time for the googlebots! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks Will I thought as much. I think i'll remove the other two .xml's and just leave the index.xml in there. At least it's all present and correct then. You never know what Google likes or dislikes, so i'll remove the option to dislike. Cheers Julian Quote A little knowledge is dangerous, I SHOULD KNOW. If Life Begins At 40, What ends???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willross Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Fourbit If you have already been approved for froogle then no emails are sent. If you don't, then maybe you do get something. However, I have not. The 'sitemapindex.xml' should register with Google as having 0k (zero kb). It merely references the other two. It took 7 hours to OK my first upload. Quote · willross ·········· Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julianpuje Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Hi willross, I was wondering about the login too. I just use the link that you put in. But, you also said no bells or email from Google. Is there a better way to submit it? I thought some people were getting emails from Google. Plus, I only submitted the sitemapindex.xml file too. The e:mails i think others are referring to are from their own site/server via the cron job to say it has generated the 3 .xml files. How it works: (please someone correct me if i'm wrong) The cron job kick starts the php file googlesitemaps/index.php to create the new 3.xml files, (on a daily basis if you kept the default setup). Thats why they need to be read/write so they can be rewritten whenever the cron kicks in. The sitemapindex.xml file should then be submitted to Googles sitemaps (only the first time), so it knows you have it. It will then use that to reach the product and category .xml files and update any links on Google that have changed. ie you've edited etc. As far as i am aware the priority and date parts of the sitemaps created indicates to the spider which products have changed & when. I think thats it anyway. I would not hold my breath for a confirmation e:mail from Google. Just keep an eye on your Google account as Will has said. Use the link to Google sitemaps i've posted above and see what you get. HTH Julian Quote A little knowledge is dangerous, I SHOULD KNOW. If Life Begins At 40, What ends???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julianpuje Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 RESULT!!! :thumbsup: This is the view of my Google Sitemaps account page http://www.leisurezone.co.uk/sitemapindex.xml 10 hours ago 10 hours ago OK Manually submitted 10hrs ago, now accepted by Google OK. :) Quote A little knowledge is dangerous, I SHOULD KNOW. If Life Begins At 40, What ends???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fourbit Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Thanks Will and Julian, You are both probably right about those "emails". I was just a bit concerned 'cause I didn't get an email from "Google" at first. But, when I saw the "OK" on google for each of the four sites I assumed that all was well. Although, when "assuming" about Google, You are most likely to get bit. :D Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elkanario Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 I've had a look at your site and the only thing i can see is that the error message is:fopen(datos/home/microfie/public_html/sitemapproducts.xml Is that the correct path? your site is microfiel the root in the error says microfie (no "L") Have you put the .htaccess file in the right place? and changed the root in it? as in the instructions? comment out that line(put a # before it) in seo_cache and it should work. Try the cron as: php /home/sitename/store/googlesitemap/index.php <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The path is Ok. My .htaccess in root / RewriteEngine On # Change "folder" to your catalog directory name RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^(.*)-p-(.*).html$ product_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-(.*).html$ index.php?cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-(.*).html$ index.php?manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING php_flag register_globals on RedirectMatch permanent ^/tienda/$ http://www.microfiel.com/ <Files 403.shtml> order allow,deny allow from all </Files> deny from 200.44.195.92 ------------------- In /googlesitemap/ do not have .htaccess update Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willross Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Elkanario You may want to add an .htaccess file to /googlesitemap/ with the RewriteEngine Off. They tend to trickle down into sub folders and directories. I rewriite a few of my stores and I turn it off for /images/ too. Besides that, it works for me and Google is still indexing them as we read this... Quote · willross ·········· Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark27uk3 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Hi, I have installed this contrib and this may sound like a really stoopid question but when you setup the cron job would this be the correct path if my store is in root Also how would I know that it has run okay, would I have to wait until midnight?? Mark <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Bobby, I now get this error after the cron job runs /bin/sh: line 1: public_html/googlesitemap/index.php: Permission denied Forgive my ignorance. Mark Quote Lifes a bitch, then you marry one, then you die! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julianpuje Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Try the cron as: php /home/full/path/to/googlesitemap/index.php you need the "php" at the start then a space followed by the path /............ You can set your cron to run in 5 minutes time, if it looks like it's executed ok and the e:mail says successful, then change it to whatever time you want. Not sure if this is what you need. HTH Julian Quote A little knowledge is dangerous, I SHOULD KNOW. If Life Begins At 40, What ends???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark27uk3 Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Hi, After entering the details below for my cron job, the cron job ran but gave the error message at the bottom. php /home/public_html/googlesitemap/index.php Error Message: Status: 404Content-type: text/html X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.11 No input file specified. I even tried php /home/googlesitemap/index.php and php /public_html/googlesitemap/index.php and neither worked. Any ideas on what the problem is? Thanks Mark Quote Lifes a bitch, then you marry one, then you die! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basalt Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Hello, Can you help me ? Warning: fopen(http://www.yourdomaine.com/catalog/sitemapproducts.xml): failed to open stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable connections. in /home/domaine/public_html/yourdomaine.com/catalog/googlesitemap/sitemap.class.php on line 287 ERROR: Google Product Sitemap Generation FAILED! Warning: fopen(http://www.yourdomaine.com/catalog/sitemapcategories.xml): failed to open stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable connections. in /home/domaine/public_html/yourdomaine.com/catalog/googlesitemap/sitemap.class.php on line 287 ERROR: Google Category Sitemap Generation FAILED! Warning: fopen(http://www.yourdomaine.com/catalog/sitemapindex.xml): failed to open stream: HTTP wrapper does not support writeable connections. in /home/domaine/public_html/yourdomaine.com/catalog/googlesitemap/sitemap.class.php on line 287 ERROR: Google Sitemap Index Generation FAILED! Thanks you for your assistance, Basalt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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