Google Sitemap XML Generator v1.33
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Google Sitemap XML Generator v1.33
CHANGE LIST for 1.33 – 2007/09/13
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Google Sitemap XML Generator v1.33
CHANGE LIST for 1.33 – 2007/09/13
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Hi Mike - thanks for this super-slick tool. I've just begun to see what it does, and what to do with the xml it creates - but I had a tiny issue right off that was easy to fix but might be a stumbling block for some folks.
On running the sitemap.cfm page code 'out of the box', my initial xml file returned an error about the xml declaration not being at the start of the document when attempting to view the raw xml in a browser (i.e. http://mysite.com/sitemap.xml )
The fix was simply to remove the whitespace before the opening ?xml statement in the cfsavecontent section of the cfc.
I also had a bunch of blank lines between each url node in the xml.
I think, because this is using cfsavecontent, the whitespace gets preserved when creating the cfoutput for the xml write.
Again - nothing major, just a tiny tweak. Overall I am super impressed by how easy this was to use - thanks again!
Thanks. I will have to look @ that. I am working on adding google code search and speed up the generator. I think I was using a trim on the file create but might not have been in the download example.
Its been an interesting 24 hours. After much hoop-jumping and pulling of hair, I managed to connect a sitemap generated with your code (that was the super easy part... no hair loss there at all) to Ray Camden's "Verity via sitemap" code, creating a self-contained site-search apparatus with lots of custom control. Very cool - thanks again!
UPDATE: this quick demo lets you run a sitemap on any site: http://www.mredesign.com/demos/verity-sitemap/index.cfm
( I took out the submission part and limited levels to 2)
No apparent problems at all with the xml format.
On the whitespace thing - seems to only happen on my CF7 sites, but works fine on CF8.
This may be a dumb question,but would I be able to use the for a Wordpress blog I have? thanks for your help.
Of course yo can, they are compatible with almost all sites.
i agree with you..it's compatible with majority of sites..
i've tested it and all goes well..no problem bro
Anyone interested in refactoring the code or adding enhancements let me know. It isn't getting the attention needed by me.
thanks for that inspiring post there
The code works fine as you can see no complaints but could use some TLC.
Thanks. I will have to look @ that. I am working on adding google code search and speed up the generator. I think I was using a trim on the file create but might not have been in the download example.
Send me your email address and I'll add you to the riaforge project.
Is there a program like this to create sitemaps for Wordpress blogs? Thank you for your answer in advance.
These days you can not index all pages of your site in google without google xml sitemap. Thanks for the link
Is there an issue with scanning relative to root links? For instance: href="/cart/checkout
Turns into http://www.mysite.com//cart/checkout in the xml file. Thanks!
Hmmm, it seems that this was the culprit around line #227
<code>
<loc>#arguments.root#/#cleanURL#</loc>
Change to:
<loc>#arguments.root#<cfif not left(cleanURL,1) is "/">/</cfif>#cleanURL#</loc>
</code>
Now I'll just change it to a regex and put it in the cleanURL chunk of code.
Awesome tool by the way, so easy to use.
thanks for the sitemap it has be helpful to me most especially the codes.