VBSEO Sitemap Generator 2.6 Bug Reports

Thanks Brian, sent them a ticket. What about the weird url's in the sitemap?

Received reply from Inno Hosting. They do not block anything like that as default, and my other domains are working fine which is weird. Is the link I have in my PM the latest vB2.6 beta build (Two weeks ago)? Perhaps I need to install it again.

Not sure... If you delete and re-generate do they come back? Looks like its trying to pull in forums that don't exist...

There has only been 1 beta release, so yes you have the latest.

Ok going to delete and reinstall. Also located a robots.txt file in my gallery folder (Photopost 7):

User-Agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /data
Disallow: /tmpl
Disallow: /stylesheets
Disallow: /uploads
Disallow: search.php
Disallow: register.php
Disallow: uploadphoto.php
Disallow: misc.php
Disallow: comments.php
Disallow: watermark.php

Safe to delete you think?

Deleted and reinstalled, still getting weird links in sitemap: http://www.burnleyweb.com/a/index2.html

robots.txt only works in root. Any robots files in a folder will never be read by a bot.

Is anyone else getting these /a/ urls in their 2.6 sitemaps?

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

........... Is anyone else getting these /a/ urls in their 2.6 sitemaps?

PM sent. Getting them, but it resolves to the correct location. ???

Installed vBSEO 3.5, then Sitemap 2.6 b1 all is well in the Land of Oz. Submitted and read by big G

Installed 4.0 Gold, vBSEO 3.5 RC1 and this new sitemap...database error when attempting to run the sitemap manually.

In order to get it to run successfully you cannot include member albums.

In addition, getting the odd /a/ url in the sitemap.

Wonder what is causing this?

sitemap1.xml.gz is the example, the others do it too.

Sitemap Total: 20,000, Indexed: 52

Dec 13, 2009 – Error Dec 23, 2009

Sitemap errors and warnings

Line Status Details

- We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit. Problem detected on: Dec 23, 2009

- URLs unreachable

When we tested a sample of the URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some of the URLs were unreachable. Please check your webserver for possible misconfiguration, as these errors may be caused by a server error (such as a 5xx error) or a network error between Googlebot and your server. All reachable URLs will still be submitted.

URL:
http:// www. burnleyweb.com / 37311-post1.html - I've just tried that link and it worked....

Problem detected on: Dec 22, 2009

http:// www. burnleyweb.com / 37311-post1.html - I've just tried that link and it worked....

That URL 301 redirect however, Google hate URL's that redirect's in your sitemap, I would remove all showpost URL's from your sitemap and only include showthread and forumdisplay if I was you.

Well that's the thing, i've always had showpost turned off in the sitemap settings.

Include Show Post Pages
Select "Yes" to include your show post pages in your sitemaps (showpost.php). - NO

Originally Posted by Neal

Well that's the thing, i've always had showpost turned off in the sitemap settings.

Ditto. Most of my URLs in the sitemap have the /a/... sometimes it's the same <loc> repeated several times within <url>s.

- <url>
<loc>http://www.nzboards.com/a/</loc>
<priority>0.82</priority>
<lastmod>2009-12-23T09:00:51+00:00</lastmod>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
</url>
- <url>
<loc>http://www.nzboards.com/a/</loc>
<priority>0.8183</priority>
<lastmod>2009-12-23T09:00:51+00:00</lastmod>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
</url>
- <url>

Thanks for reporting guys. Remember, this is beta software and it will contain bugs.

In order to fix Albums and Group images database error please do the following

Inside vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php

Look for

Code:

         	$getitems = $db->query("
         		SELECT gp.*,p.caption
         		FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "socialgrouppicture gp
         		LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "picture p on p.pictureid=gp.pictureid
         		WHERE state = 'visible' AND groupid = '".$rrow['groupid'] ."'
         	");

Replace with

Code:

         	$getitems = $db->query("
         		SELECT *
         		FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "attachment
         		WHERE state = 'visible' AND contenttypeid = '7'
         	");

Look for

Code:

         	$getitems = $db->query("
         		SELECT ap.*,p.caption
         		FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "albumpicture ap
         		LEFT JOIN " . TABLE_PREFIX . "picture p on p.pictureid=ap.pictureid
         		WHERE state = 'visible' AND albumid = '".$rrow['albumid'] ."'
         	");

Replace with

Code:

         	$getitems = $db->query("
         		SELECT *
         		FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "attachment
         		WHERE state = 'visible' AND contenttypeid = '8'
         	");