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I used another sitemapper. Anyway, i first created the manual sitemap, as a guide to the visitors, then had the sitemapper explore my sitemap page to "discover" all pages, edited it, and then it automatically created the xml file that is necessary for SE.
Thnak you so much for getting me this far! Have tried the ROR and Net before and got nowhere.
Now, I have downloaded the ROR and Net 1.0 but it said I needed 1.4...didnīt have that one from Bradīs link so I downloaded the 1.0 and it opened the ROR but it isnīt the same form shown above it has two fields to fill out
1. Input text file and 2. Output ROR feed.
I do not know what to do, please help
Thanks Naval,
I did the same, manually created a sitemap page then use ROR to generate a sitemap from the sitemap page I created. However, ROR still shows only my index page.
Any suggestions?
Create a temporary text link from your homepage to your sitemap page. You can delete it after running ROR . The text link will help ROR find your sitemap page and consequently all the other links.
Hi Jeremy,
That's very puzzling isn't it. I'm looking for an answer to the problem too. :)
Thanks very much Naval.
Can't wait to try it in the morning. :)
You have a great day.
The easiest way is to run ROR directly on their site. Click on http://www.rorweb.com/rormap.htmQuote:
Originally Posted by Charles Shaw
enter your site URL and click on "Generate Sitemap". Then copy the generated file on your computer, and from it to your site, as ror.xml
You can also run ROR directly on your sitemap page, so it will find all the links. Just make sure that your manual sitemap links are correct. You can do that through BV, using the Link VerifierQuote:
Originally Posted by yangman
Thanks Naval... I have followed your insturctions, but when I get to adding the line of code to the <head> on my index page, I am lost again.
Where´s my head? Thought it stayed with me at all times. but seems to be somewhere unknown.
Then there is the problem of how do I upload to my root directory?
Am I dumb or what????
Hola again,
I found the page html by right clicking the page and I copied it into the between the head. Is that right?
Thanks so much...
Still don´t know how to upload to root directory.
Yo Naval,Quote:
Originally Posted by navaldesign
Everything is in place now.
Kum Xia!!!!! (Thank You in Hokkien)
I'm sorry but i don't understand. What line of code you try to put in your page html ? and why ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles Shaw
If you have created a sitemap page as mine, go to the ror site and run ror giving in the URL field the URL of your sitemap page. Ror will generate the necessary code (in xml). Copy the code. Open Notepad, paste the code in it, and go to Save As, select File type "All files", and save it "ror.xlm" inside your BV folder. Upload this "ror.xlm" file on your site, using BlueFTP. You're done.
Naval, Sorry to be so abtuse.
When I click on the ROR site you have provided I add my URL to the http line and click. The program then tells me that it has found 10 URLs, I am told "when done, just copy the code above and paste it into a text editor (e.g. Notepad), save the file as ror.xml (or sitemap.xml), and upload the file into the top (or root) folder of your website (don't paste the code into your page). " I have done that.
Next is a box with a line of code that I am to
"Add this line in the <head> of your main page for the search engines (If you name your sitemap file sitemap.xml , be sure to also change this tag to reflect that):" I have done that as well, BUT!!!
What I thought was happening was the ROR program would generate the map for me, but if I understand you correctly from message above, I need to design a site map page and then do the RORfeedgen. Is that correct?
obtuse
Let me explain: ror, as other sitemappers too, CANNOT create a visual sitemap for visitor use. Others, on the other hand, can, but i don't really like the result. So I created my own manually, as it can be seen in www.navaldesign.info/sitemap.html , then i had my sitemaper create the xml file that i uploaded on my site, and i also submitted to ggogle. So, the visual part, as my page, helps the visitor find what he wants. The xml file, created by ROR or anyother sitemaper, helps the SE find all the links in your site.
Okay. I will start designing the site map and then follow your instructions!
Thanks again, Naval.
Hi from Phil in Oz
I cannot download ROR or NET due to my PC having problems with XP SP2.
I intend changing to Vista later on when it is released. I'll probably wait for version 3.0 (ha ha) V SP8 (ha ha).
Anyway, is there an easy way to create a site map in BV? I will have about 20-30 pages when complete with some second tier pages that wont be linked from the Home Page. Obviously from what I've read in the Forum it has to be Googlerisable (hey I created a new term (ha, ha)).
Thanks
Read the posts above. You can run ROR directly from their website, without downloading or installing anuthing. Then just copy the code created, save it on your computer as ror.xml , upload it on your public_html, and create a link in your home page, to the ror file.
Otherwise create your own manual sitemap, and link to it from homepage. Look at : www.navaldesign.info/sitemap.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by navaldesign
when you say discreet link what do you mean? Also my sitemap comes up in html.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad
Brad means a small, image or text link that will not interfere with your page layout and content.
I downloaded this 'ror' generator a couple weeks ago and , indeed,
already getting results on google search keywords . So, It surely
does work. I assume that if you re-design your site and change
links and page names and add new pages, etc. that it's probably
a good idea to re-run the generator. Anyway, I did. Does that
make sense?
Thanks for the help. I got it set up a couple days ago. Hopefully it will help. I have sitemapped and verified and crossed my fingers hoping to get listed in Google. Yahoo and MSN are up towards top on first page.
Another question, and maybe it should be in another group, I read somewhere that you only need to submit once to the major search engines. I was on page three in Yahoo, I resubmitted the other day and I am now number one. Was it the sitemap or do you need to submit once in a while?
HI, I installed it, and it works.... I hope?
how can I check it?
I linked my belgian site to the vodahost site...
so, checking it by? : www.artrental.be/ror.xml
or http://www.artrental.biz/ror.xml (the vodahost site)
thanks!
Greetings to All,
I have downloaded ror and uploaded my sitemap with Blue FTP.
Downloaded XML ikon and installed on my webpage www.lexxebb.hu
and hyperlinked it http://www.lexxebb.hu/ror.xml
When I click it online the browser comes to : Page can not be found.
Could somebody pls check what did I wrong. ( I tried to follow what Brad said word by word)
Cheers
Andras
Greetings Brad,
I have downloaded ror and uploaded my sitemap with Blue FTP.
Downloaded XML ikon and installed on my webpage www.lexxebb.hu
and hyperlinked it http://www.lexxebb.hu/ror.xml
When I click it online the browser comes to : Page can not be found.
Could somebody pls check what did I wrong. ( I tried to follow what You said word by word)
Cheers
Andras
Connect to your site with BlueFTP and check if the "ror.xml" file has been uploaded, or where it has been uploaded. It must be in your "public_html" folder
Quote:
Originally Posted by navaldesign
Thanks Naval. Really appreciate your help. Somehow I got misled by Brad,
because he was telling to create a separate sitemap folder. Thanky again. Cheers András
From where do I obtain an authenticated password to use in making a connection in blueFTP? I used the same username and password I would use for working on site files and it didn't work.
I noticed a strange DNS at the top of the input box that has a drop down list. Do I need to select our assigned DNS from the list instead of using the default that is in the window when the connect box opens.
As I finished asking this question it seems like a dumb question, but, the only dumb question is the one you don't ask. So, I am asking.
Yes, you use the master username and master password sent yo you by VH. AND, ofcourse, you need to select from the dropdown, the IP address assigned to your account. If you have tried with another IP, that's why it would not accept your credentials.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeHollinger
I'm stumped, how do I create a hyperlink from my home page?
You say to put the ror file into the public_html folder but what if I have several domains under one account and want a sitemap for each site, where do I put the ror file please?
I have put the ror file into each sub folder within the public_html file as I have many sites on one account, is this correct?
Thanks !!
Well crickey!!!
Hi, after reading every post I could find, I still have a problem.
When I do the ROR thing I find that the pages with http do not come combined with the pages named https. If I name my secure pages it finds them on the sitemap, and vice versa. Help! How do I get the thing to see all my pages. My sitemap shows all my pages and url's, so please help me to fix this. I have uploaded my sitemap and new index page. If I can't sort this out this weekend, I'm likely to spit the proverbial dummy!
I've always been able to work things out with help from Voda folk, so I'm sure tonight's frustrations won't be any different.
Going to have a glass of something now!
Regards,
Jock.
www.lochdesignsjewellery.com
Marin
You put the site map that pertains to the site you made it for, in that folder. If you have dogs.com then you put the site map for it in the dogs folder ..etc. That way each site has its own map, if you just dump it in public html, every time u up a sitemap named sitemap.xml you will over write the one that is already there. So you could under each folder make a folder for the sitemap, but you dont have too.
Joch,
Im not sure exactly what you are asking, but as a rule you dont want the spiders in your https area, so usually they are taken out in your robots.txt file. You really dont need your check out pages indexed do you? People arent going to land on them as the first thing of your site are they? Id omit the htttps from sitemaps or crawls.
Karen
Thanks Karen,
that makes perfect sense to me now. I know what to keep in and out of the sitemap now. I originally thought all the pages had to be there.
Again thanks,
Jock
www.lochdesignsjewellery.com
Hi, first of all I just want to tell you that I am a learner on all of this before you think I am a complete idiot! I have built my site and it is on google, have done the ROR sitemap, however, (this is where you are going to think I am completely mad), how do I create a hyperlink from home page to the xml file, (so sorry, I really don't know what this means). Would you mind explaining this to me. Went on the www.vodahost.com/ror/xml thinking it was going to tell me but it didn't. I am not the smartest when it comes to this sort of thing!
Thanks heaps,
Willows
And be nice to me Brad, I'm an Aussie like you!!!
: )
Create a small text ink(i.e. sitemap or ror) and then select the text
then click on the Green world icon in the top menu
fill in the URL line with (i.e. http://www.yourdomainname.com/ror.xml )