rah_sitemap

Gocom · 2008-10-21 15:36:37

Gallex wrote:

if i change modified articles to posted articles (via reset time to now…), could this make a difference?

It won’t update PHP’s date() function, so no, it doesn’t make any difference.

in all servers that using php ver. 5- ,your plugin not working 100%, correct?

Yep, rah_sitemap’s minimum requirement to work correctly is PHP5+ (plus PHP4-series is really old btw and php5 was released almost a century ago :D ).

More explanations:

Last edited by Gocom (2008-10-21 15:41:29)

thebombsite · 2008-10-21 16:24:48

Hi Jukka. Just trying your plug-in out and spotted something you might take a look at. If you leave the option to “Exclude all category URLs” un-checked the reulting sitemap includes URLs to ALL categories including links, images and files. Any way to filter those so that only article categories are listed?

Gocom · 2008-10-21 18:14:24

thebombsite wrote:

Any way to filter those so that only article categories are listed?

Check categories that you don’t want there :)

All categories are shown defaulty because some of us might use file/image categories directly to show files or images. I could add option to exclude categories based on the type too.

Last edited by Gocom (2008-10-21 18:16:47)

thebombsite · 2008-10-21 20:51:07

But the other categories aren’t being listed in the Extensions tab, only article categories, so I can’t exclude them otherwise I wouldn’t be asking the question. ;)
All I can do at the moment is exclude all category URLs.

Last edited by thebombsite (2008-10-21 20:52:30)

Gocom · 2008-10-21 21:53:36

thebombsite wrote:

But the other categories aren’t being listed in the Extensions tab, only article categories, so I can’t exclude them otherwise I wouldn’t be asking the question. ;)
All I can do at the moment is exclude all category URLs.

Thanks for reporting. Brain missmatch while writing code. Currently fixing and adding new features. Release in hour or two :)

thebombsite · 2008-10-21 22:04:51

Thanks Jukka. Unlike you I go to bed at night so I shall pick it up tomorrow. :)

Gocom · 2008-10-21 23:00:51

Updated rah_sitemap to new version 0.2. Changelog:

Added option to exclude/include sticky articles.
Added option to exclude categories directly by type.
Fixed bug: now shows all categories, and not only article-type, in admin panel.
Fixed bug: removed douple install query (didn’t do a thing, just checked table status twice).

Download and more info

colak · 2008-10-22 05:48:43

Hi Jukka,

Experimenting with your plugin and looks like it is working just fine, thanks.

My only request would be to provide the option in the “Add custom URL” for urls outside the txp install, that is addresses which may reside a level above – or outside – the install. At the moment it only allows you to add urls which reside within that directory.

Gallex · 2008-10-22 09:32:55

it seems to me that somehow google doesn’t like to submit article urls from your sitemap. :(

my homepage/host setup:
Server: Apache/2.0.61/DataZone SP 2.0 (Unix)
PHP version: 5.2.6

rah_sitemap 2.0
Don’t include articles in sitemap unchecked

and google webmaster tool result:
Sitemap stats
Total URLs: 39
Indexed URLs: 15

only 15 from 39… :(
or i’m missing something?

Gocom · 2008-10-22 10:26:19

Gallex wrote:

or i’m missing something?

I don’t wanna be meanie or dream-destructiondevice, but afraidly, you are :)

It’s just how many URLs are indexed in the index, and it has nothing to do with the sitemap if it is valid (as it is). And as the sitemap is valid (and all sitemaps are like rah_sitemap only xml sitemaps that provide link to google), if google doesn’t update all urls to the index, well then they don’t.

Also remember that urls aren’t going to be indexed instantly; it can take weeks. Remember that google crawls a lot of material constantly, and all URLs have to be crawled that they can be indexed. And after crawling goes the index updating, and plus updating your own webmastertool index.

Points:

nothing to do with the sitemap (as it is valid, and not causing errors)
- Sitemaps only provide links.
more likely it’s all about everything else cats, dogs and the site itself – plus Google.
Google can deside what the index and what the won’t.
Indexing isn’t live, it takes really a hell of a lot time.
Pokemons are cute, but not real animals, and they have nothing to do with sitemaps (randomness) :D

Also you might wanna read google webmastertool tiptools&popups. Quote from the same Sitemap index page where you get your stats.

The stats on the Sitemap Details page are a close approximation of the status of your URLs. We don’t guarantee that our system will index all the URLs in a Sitemap, and it’s normal for some pages not to be indexed.

Last edited by Gocom (2008-10-22 10:43:50)

Gallex · 2008-10-22 12:48:18

that’s what i wanted to hear from you – a lecture about google indexing. thank’s ;)

i’m really “green” about this topic, sorry my dumb questions

thebombsite · 2008-10-22 14:06:34

Thanks for the update Jukka. I have things the way I want them now but I noticed that in the first block of “Advanced Options” you haven’t included the “Exclude all link-type category URLs” option. I am able to exclude them from the main categories listing so no big problem, but for the sake of consistency I think that option needs adding. :)

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