The other strange thing is that robots.txt is apparently being served
correctly (no errors from webmaster tools) and being a txt I would
expect the same error as my txt sitemap

On Aug 9, 12:15 pm, John_Idol <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok,
>
> I jst noticed I was doing the opposite of what you suggested, from the
> doc:
>
> To serve a file with a custom MIME type, make the file a resource file
> instead of a static file, and create a servlet that serves the data
> with the custom MIME type.
>
> Does this mean I have to make my sistemaps resource files in the
> appengine-web.xml and implement a servlet just to serve them as text?
>
> On Aug 9, 12:12 pm, John_Idol <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Nick - thanks for your help, I tried with:
>
> > <static-files>
> >         <include path="/**.xml" />
> >         <include path="/**.txt" />
> > </static-files>
>
> > in my appengine-web.xml but now I am getting errors on the otherpages:
>
> > WARNING: Can not serve /index.htmldirectly.  You need to include it
> > in <static-files> in your appengine-web.xml.
>
> > If I includehtmlfiles then it complains about pngs and so forth :)
>
> > Any help appreciated!
>
> > On Aug 9, 11:28 am, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Hi John,
>
> > > If the mime-type being served is incorrect, you need to specify it
> > > manually - see the docs on static handlers for 
> > > Python:http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/config/appconfig.html#St...
> > > and 
> > > Java:http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/config/appconfig.html#Stat...
>
> > > -Nick Johnson
>
> > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 4:56 PM, John_Idol<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > I have a very simple txt sitemap (named sitemap.txt) that looks like
> > > > this:
>
> > > >http://myDomain.com
> > > >http://myDomain.com/about.html
> > > >http://myDomain.com/faq.html
> > > >http://myDomain.com/careers.html
>
> > > > When I load it up on webmaster tools I get:
>
> > > > Sitemap isHTML- Your Sitemap appears to be anHTMLpage. Please use
> > > > a supported sitemap format instead
>
> > > > I tried a few alternatives (such as with or without www) but no luck.
>
> > > > I tried also with an xml sitemap and getting the same error so it
> > > > looks like the server isservingeverything as text/htmlinstead of
> > > > text/plain..
>
> > > > Now the question is ... how do I get the appspot server to server text
> > > > as plain?
>
> > > > Anyone any clue?
>
> > > > Any help appreciated!
>
> > > > P.S. if I am not posting in the appropriate group please tell me which
> > > > one should I post to
>
> > > --
> > > Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer,AppEngine
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