Niels Mayer wrote: > Has anybody figured out a way to get xwiki to generate a Google sitemap as > an alternative to RSS feeds? (see > http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html ). Also, video > sitemaps ( > http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=80472&cbid=sw9kur0v6z6j&src=cb&lev=topic) > would be useful to index xwiki attachments and media on media search > engines ( http://video.google.com/ ). Video sitemaps are predicated on MRSS: > > *Using an mRSS feed as a Video Sitemap* back to > top<http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=80472&cbid=sw9kur0v6z6j&src=cb&lev=topic#Top> > > Google supports mRSS <http://search.yahoo.com/mrss>, an RSS module that > supplements the element capabilities of RSS > 2.0<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html>to allow for more robust > media syndication. If you publish an mRSS feed for > the video content on your site, you can submit the feed's URL as a Sitemap. > For detailed information on creating an mRSS feed, including samples and > best practices, please see the Media RSS > specification<http://search.yahoo.com/mrss>. > Google also supports RSS 2.0 using enclosures tags for video content and > thumbnail urls. > > **Sitemaps seem to use their own protocol: > >> *XML Sitemap Format* >> >> The Sitemap Protocol format consists of XML tags. All data values in a >> Sitemap must be >> entity-escaped<https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html#escaped>. >> The file itself must be UTF-8 encoded. >> >> A sample Sitemap that contains just one URL and uses all optional tags is >> shown below. The optional tags are in italics. >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <urlset >> <https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html#urlsetdef> >> xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9";> >> <url >> <https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html#urldef>> >> <loc >> <https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html#locdef>>http://www.example.com/</loc> >> *<lastmod >> <https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html#lastmoddef>>2005-01-01</lastmod> >> <changefreq >> <https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html#changefreqdef>>monthly</changefreq> >> <priority >> <https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html#prioritydef>>0.8</priority>* >> </url> >> </urlset> >> >> The Sitemap must: >> >> - Begin with an opening <urlset> tag and end with a closing </urlset>tag. >> - Include a <url> entry for each URL as a parent XML tag. >> - Include a <loc> child entry for each <url> parent tag. >> >> > Niels > http://nielsmayer.com > > PS: google sitemap support sounds like a good entry-level GSOC project. :-) > Probably just a big hack to existing code in Main.WebRss?xpage=rdf and > Main.BlogRss?xpage=rdf. Probably a 1 day project for someone that knows > how.... > > PPS: why does http://nielsmayer.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebRss?xpage=rdfwork > in many places, display correctly in firefox 3, but when used to > generate a sitemap in google webmaster tools, it fails. (Meanwhile roller > blogger's RSS feed succeeds): > > roller/NielsMayer/feed/entries/atom > Atom Feed 5 hours ago OK 32 xwiki/bin/view/Main/BlogRss?xpage=rdf > -- 5 hours ago Errors -- xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebRss?xpage=rdf > -- 5 hours ago Errors > > The reported problem coming from xwiki's xpage=rdf feeds: > > *Unsupported file format*
Just an idea... maybe they expect the ".xml" extension ? Jerome >> Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it >> meets our Sitemap guidelines and resubmit. >> Help<http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35738&hl=en> >> [image: >> Help] >> > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > devs@xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list devs@xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
