[SOLVED] I trust in future of Xmap...but

[adams.alex]

Hi all,
First excuse my old english, second you done a great job by taking joomap and rewrite, i hope this will be the most used map component for joomla (Xmap).
And last there is a major problem with xml file generated by Xmap and Google sitemap site.
Xmap XML file is not compliant with google sitemap standards, the errors are:
Line:
344
Parsing error
We were unable to read your Sitemap. It may contain an entry we are unable to recognize. Please validate your Sitemap before resubmitting. It meens that:"Google has detected an XML parsing error in the Sitemap. See Validating your Sitemap for more information about XML validation."
Validating your sitemap = https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html#sitemapValidation?hl=en

Line:
344
Invalid URL
This is not a valid URL. Please correct it and resubmit. It meens that: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35653

Please help with this problem, in this stage Xmap in useless in Google Sitemaps.

Thanks

[guilleva]

Hi, thanks for your post.

Can you tell me where can I see this xml sitemap? If you don't want to post it here, please send it by email to my address guille at vargas dot co dot cr

Thanks.

[adams.alex]

Hi,
I whrite you a mail, i hope that give's you all the answers, if not please whrite me.

[guilleva]

hi, Alex, I just read your email. For what I can see, you are using a SEF component. It's generating some urls with the the symbol "?" on it. Eg.
http://www.yourdomain.com/category/part1-?-part2.html

This is not a good practice. Maybe you should check your SEF component to exclude or replace this symbol from your urls.

[guilleva]

Hi, I also noticed bad urls with the simbol "&" on some sef urls. This should be excluded or replaced as well.

[adams.alex]

I dit what you recommend me and i find a bug, if you exclude a menu item this is not happening in generated map.

But there is god news like the number of link's to 346 and generated:
Number of URLs in this Sitemap: 875

And the new error's are:
Errors
Line:
2080
Parsing error
We were unable to read your Sitemap. It may contain an entry we are unable to recognize. Please validate your Sitemap before resubmitting. [?]


On that line...realy i do not see.

Warnings Line:
2080
Invalid tag value
This XML tag has an invalid value. Please fix it and resubmit. [?] Parent tag:
Tag:
Value:
Date found: url
changefreq

Sep 20, 2007

Have a nice day and a good night!

[guilleva]

Hi, please try the new version 1.0.2 and tell me the results.

Thanks

[adams.alex]

Hello!

I am proud to give a hand on this component. Remain only one error on gsitemaps:
Errors
Line:
2081
Parsing error
We were unable to read your Sitemap. It may contain an entry we are unable to recognize. Please validate your Sitemap before resubmitting.

This means that:


Parsing error

Google has detected an XML parsing error in the Sitemap. See Validating your Sitemap for more information about XML validation.

And validation link:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html#sitemapValidation?hl=en

[guilleva]

Hi, thanks again!

There is a bad url on your site.

http://xxxxxxxxxxx/*trackaddicts-si-neo-canta-la-b?estival-2007.html

[adams.alex]

YES! YES! YES! Bingo! You are the best! We are on the right way.

Now, begining from tomorow i will try to generate other's sitemaps, but what we can do if i have in one section more/or allmost 10000 items(link's)?

How can't be divided automated, for one section? Because i work to the content and the number of item's go up(just in one section).

Now there is one example:
index.php?option=com_xmap&sitemap=4&view=xml&no_html=1

Number of links 9534

Xmap do not generate sitemap with this many link's. This example is for othermenu, i dit not divide this just for one section.