Dynamic SiteMap

[Jack_mcs 1,129]

Are you sure you installed the Dynamic Sitemap contribution? The problem you are having is common with the MS2 Sitemap contribution. Of course, I suppose someone could have done the same to this one. Either way, the problem is that someone uploaded a version that includes code for another contribution. You will have to remove that code or try a version that is done correctly.

 

Jack

Edited April 5, 2007 by Jack_mcs

[vox 0]

A quick reminder for anyone getting the following error message on their Dynamic Sitemap page after updating to the the latest version of HTC:

 

Error!

 

Unable to determine the page link!

 

Remeber to go into catalog/includes/modules/dynamic_sitemap.php and add the line:

 

strpos($file, 'header_tags')		   !== FALSE ||

 

Hope it saves someone else a bit of head scratching......

 

P.S. Thanks again for the contribs Jack !

[SweetiesDirect 0]

Hi,

 

I've been attempting to install this contrib to my store at http://www.sweetiesdirect.co.uk

 

When I get to the final stage in the readme,

6) In admin/includes/boxes/tools.php

FIND:
define('BOX_TOOLS_WHOS_ONLINE', 'Who\'s Online');
AFTER IT ADD:
define('BOX_TOOLS_SITEMAP', 'Sitemap');

FIND:
define('IMAGE_UPLOAD', 'Upload');
AFTER IT ADD:
define('IMAGE_EXCLUDE', 'Exclude');

 

I cannot find the specified extracts of code in the .../tools.php file. My .../tools.php file looks like this;

 

<?php
/*
 $Id: tools.php,v 1.21 2003/07/09 01:18:53 hpdl Exp $

 osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions
 http://www.oscommerce.com

 Copyright (c) 2002 osCommerce

 Released under the GNU General Public License
*/
?>
<!-- tools //-->
	  <tr>
		<td>
<?php
 $heading = array();
 $contents = array();

 $heading[] = array('text'  => BOX_HEADING_TOOLS,
				 'link'  => tep_href_link(FILENAME_BACKUP, 'selected_box=tools'));

 if ($selected_box == 'tools') {
$contents[] = array('text'  => '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_BACKUP) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_BACKUP . '</a><br>' .
							   '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_BANNER_MANAGER) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_BANNER_MANAGER . '</a><br>' .
							   '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_CACHE) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_CACHE . '</a><br>' .
							   '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFINE_LANGUAGE) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_DEFINE_LANGUAGE . '</a><br>' .
							   '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_FILE_MANAGER) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_FILE_MANAGER . '</a><br>' .
							   '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_MAIL) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_MAIL . '</a><br>' .
							   '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_NEWSLETTERS) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_NEWSLETTER_MANAGER . '</a><br>' .
							   '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SERVER_INFO) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_SERVER_INFO . '</a><br>' .
							   '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_SITEMAP) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_SITEMAP . '</a><br>' . //dynamic sitemap control

							   '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_WHOS_ONLINE) . '" class="menuBoxContentLink">' . BOX_TOOLS_WHOS_ONLINE . '</a>');
 }

 $box = new box;
 echo $box->menuBox($heading, $contents);
?>
		</td>
	  </tr>
<!-- tools_eof //-->

 

Can anybody advise?

 

Thanks,

[Jack_mcs 1,129]

It's a typo. Look in the english.php file instead.

 

Jack

[SweetiesDirect 0]

Thanks for that :)

 

I've now done that, however my sitemap is blank! SweetiesDirect Sitemap

 

Am I missing something glaringly obvious?

 

Cheers,

 

Marc

[SweetiesDirect 0]

I've just repeated the entire process from start to finish, but still I get a blank Sitemap :(

 

Any idea's?

 

Thanks,

 

Marc

[SweetiesDirect 0]

I've also just noticed that on the Sitemap page, my login box has disappeared and the languages box (which I removed from STS template) has returned...

[Jack_mcs 1,129]

There are two allprods.php files. make sure they are in the correct directories (root and english). If they are mixed up, they can cause such a problem.

 

Jack

[SweetiesDirect 0]

I don't have any allprods.php files :blink:

 

The Dynamic Sitemap V2.0 folder which I downloaded only contained one file which was to be placed in root, called dynamic_sitemap.php

[SweetiesDirect 0]

I have just deleted both of the dynamic_sitemap.php files and replaced them with the originals from the correct location.

 

Still the same problem, the sitemap page is empty :( (Well, where the sitemap should be is, anyway!)

 

Marc

[SweetiesDirect 0]

For the time being I have reverted back to the static sitemap, until I can figure out what is causing the problem.

[Guest]

For the time being I have reverted back to the static sitemap, until I can figure out what is causing the problem.

I messed my Sitemap about a month ago. I was making my sitemap for Google and a text sitemap for yahoo and I accidentally saved it at sitemap.php. I was a bit concerned that MSN wouldn't know what to do, but apparently they spidered me fine. It's been like that for a month now:

http://www.lakeland-printing.com

[Jack_mcs 1,129]

I don't have any allprods.php files :blink:

 

The Dynamic Sitemap V2.0 folder which I downloaded only contained one file which was to be placed in root, called dynamic_sitemap.php

I'm sorry, my mind was elsewhere. No, you would have an allprods file. However, you would have more than one file to upload. My guess is that you downloaded a partial contribution.You will need to download a different one that is the full package.

 

Jack

[SweetiesDirect 0]

Sorry, I think I was a little confusing to :rolleyes:

 

I did have more than one file to upload, but only one of them was destined for root. The others were within other directories.

 

I started another thread earlier here, and thanks to the help of Bill I have managed to get some sort of sitemap to be generated. The map I am currently getting can be seen here. Now obviously this isn't quite right, but it's a start :)

Edited April 13, 2007 by SweetiesDirect

[DTE 0]

Hi Jack,

 

Yesterday I implemented version 2.0 of dynamic sitemap on my website. The installation went smooth, but i do have a problem I can't to seem to figure out. When I look at the sitemap page, there is no content, no threestructure of some sort. It displays nothing at all, just a blank page. When I look in my admin, all the functionalities appear, like adding and excluding categories, but like said before not at the front-end, at the sitemap. What could be wrong?? I have a heavily modified shop, based on STS and the language my shop is in Dutch. Could this be the problem or maybe something else. I hope you can help me out here... Thanks in advance!

 

Rg.

Dirk

[Jack_mcs 1,129]

I can't think of a reason as to why it won't work with STS but I don't use STS so I can't say for sure. You could ask in that support thread if you can't find an answer. But first try turning STS off to see if the sitemap displays. If it does, then it is something to do with STS. Also be sure the links are really not there. If you have a white background with a white font, for example, it will appear as an empty page.

 

Jack

[DTE 0]

I can't think of a reason as to why it won't work with STS but I don't use STS so I can't say for sure. You could ask in that support thread if you can't find an answer. But first try turning STS off to see if the sitemap displays. If it does, then it is something to do with STS. Also be sure the links are really not there. If you have a white background with a white font, for example, it will appear as an empty page.

 

Jack

 

Hi Jack,

 

Thanks for the quick reply. I saw the thread above just as I finished my comment, I will try that first. If things should appear I am happy, :rolleyes: if not then I have to look further in the forum for other people with the same problem. Hope problems get solved. Thanks again.

 

Rg.

Dirk

[devless 0]

Hi Jack,

 

Yesterday I implemented version 2.0 of dynamic sitemap on my website. The installation went smooth, but i do have a problem I can't to seem to figure out. When I look at the sitemap page, there is no content, no threestructure of some sort. It displays nothing at all, just a blank page. When I look in my admin, all the functionalities appear, like adding and excluding categories, but like said before not at the front-end, at the sitemap. What could be wrong?? I have a heavily modified shop, based on STS and the language my shop is in Dutch. Could this be the problem or maybe something else. I hope you can help me out here... Thanks in advance!

 

Rg.

Dirk

 

Hey Tracy,

 

You're most likely getting this blank page because you are using STS. In order to correct this, please ensure that in /catalog/dynamic_sitemap.php you do NOT have the following code commented out. If you do, please remove the // from the start of the line below.

<?php require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'column_right.php'); ?>

 

 

Let us know if this fixes your problem

[yaoi 0]

hi have got a problem here. this message appears in admin at sitemap

 

Catchable fatal error: Object of class box could not be converted to string in

 

admin\includes\functions\html_output.php on line 281

 

any help with this error please?

[CraXyOW3 0]

hi have got a problem here. this message appears in admin at sitemap

 

Catchable fatal error: Object of class box could not be converted to string in

 

admin\includes\functions\html_output.php on line 281

 

any help with this error please?

 

i got this too, except this, all worked like a charm!

 

line 281 is

if (empty($default) && isset($GLOBALS[$name])) $default = stripslashes($GLOBALS[$name]);

Complete function is

  function tep_draw_pull_down_menu($name, $values, $default = '', $parameters = '', $required = false) {
$field = '<select name="' . tep_output_string($name) . '"';

if (tep_not_null($parameters)) $field .= ' ' . $parameters;

$field .= '>';

if (empty($default) && isset($GLOBALS[$name])) $default = stripslashes($GLOBALS[$name]);

for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($values); $i<$n; $i++) {
  $field .= '<option value="' . tep_output_string($values[$i]['id']) . '"';
  if ($default == $values[$i]['id']) {
	$field .= ' SELECTED';
  }

  $field .= '>' . tep_output_string($values[$i]['text'], array('"' => '"', '\'' => ''', '<' => '<', '>' => '>')) . '</option>';
}
$field .= '</select>';

if ($required == true) $field .= TEXT_FIELD_REQUIRED;

return $field;
 }

[CraXyOW3 0]

Ok, first time i checked the BUGS section of oscommerce's site and i found my problem ! :D now it works nicely so far!

 

change the

if (empty($default) && isset($GLOBALS[$name])) $default = stripslashes($GLOBALS[$name]);

to

if ( ($default == '' && $GLOBALS[$name] == $values[$i]['id']) || ($default == $values[$i]['id']) );

Edited May 8, 2007 by CraXyOW3

[LioMandi 0]

Ok, first time i checked the BUGS section of oscommerce's site and i found my problem ! :D now it works nicely so far!

 

change the

if (empty($default) && isset($GLOBALS[$name])) $default = stripslashes($GLOBALS[$name]);

to

if ( ($default == '' && $GLOBALS[$name] == $values[$i]['id']) || ($default == $values[$i]['id']) );

 

 

Thanks!! This worked like a charm!

[Guest]

Thank you for looking at this. I am getting the common "unable to determine link" error; and I have the box blocked in the dynamic_sitemap.php file. The box causing the issue is ul_categories.php. Here is part of the code from dynamic_sitemap:

 

strpos($file, 'phponline') !== FALSE ||

strpos($file, 'sgem_education') !== FALSE ||

strpos($file, 'ul_categories') !== FALSE ||

strpos($file, 'tell_a_friend') !== FALSE ||

strpos($file, 'whats_new') !== FALSE )

continue;

 

I started testing it by taking the blocks off of some of the other areas and noticed that it would respond to some and not others, but I do not see a logical pattern. I know its there, I am just missing it. Hoping that you know of something to check right off the bat. If it will help you to take a look at the page it is here.

 

http://www.yalisma.com/catalog/dynamic_sitemap.php

 

Thanks in advance.

[Jack_mcs 1,129]

It is usually the last one that is causing the problem (lines in your case). But it appears you are using an old version of the contribution since those strings to exclude boxes are no longer used. You might want to try upgrading since I think that problem was fixed.

 

Jack

[Guest]

It is usually the last one that is causing the problem (lines in your case). But it appears you are using an old version of the contribution since those strings to exclude boxes are no longer used. You might want to try upgrading since I think that problem was fixed.

 

Jack

 

 

Thanks for the quick reply. I installed 2.0 and it works. I am sorry to bother you on such an easy fix, I am always hesitant to use contributions modified from the original version by someone other than the developer. But in this case the new version worked perfectly. Thanks for letting me know.