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Words of Ivory
09-01-2006, 05:57 PM
Anyone know how to code these fuckers?

I've been trying to get my head around Google's tutorial was constructing a sitemap, but no matter how many times I try, it rejects the sitemap every time I submit it to their databases.

Anyone who can give me access to a simple sitemap template, or anything else that may be beneficial, will get much kudos from me, and an e-cookie.
Rey
09-01-2006, 07:10 PM
http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/

Should be able to solve your problem instantly. ;)
Words of Ivory
09-02-2006, 12:18 PM
http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/

Should be able to solve your problem instantly. ;)
Tried that just now. It keeps giving me error messages when Google evaluates it. :angry:
Rey
09-02-2006, 02:04 PM
What kind of error message you are getting?
Words of Ivory
09-02-2006, 05:09 PM
What kind of error message you are getting?
It says it's not in a recognised format, which really makes no sense whatsoever.

I consider myself pretty thorough when it comes to what coding I do know. I assumed I just wasn't get it right myself, so I find it strange that it's not even working when I get it automated. I've tried a number of sitemap generator sites at this stage, and the same problem keeps occuring.
Rey
09-02-2006, 05:18 PM
Give me the URL of your sitemap, there's no reason for Google not to recognize it if it is in valid *.xml extension.
Words of Ivory
09-02-2006, 05:24 PM
Give me the URL of your sitemap, there's no reason for Google not to recognize it if it is in valid *.xml extension.
Due to the nature of the CMS I'm using, you'll get the front page if you go to a URL that isn't a properly integrated page.

-not needed-

You should be able to look at the file's content if you right click and select "Save As" though.

Edit: Scratch that. I'll contact you on messenger personally. Dowloading it also gives you the pages HTML content... and I think that may be the problem.
Rey
09-02-2006, 05:30 PM
The problem lies within your CMS. You know the answer of this problem to yourself.

Due to the nature of the CMS I'm using, you'll get the front page if you go to a URL that isn't a properly integrated page.
Google will get that problem when it tries to read your sitemap, thus giving you the error you are getting now.

The only solution is to play around with your CMS' htaccess file to remove this problem.