I have created Google Sitemaps template for Movable Type 4 (MT4). This index template can help your site get fully indexed by Google and other search engines. The sitemap template will include the following pages:
- All entry pages
- All monthly pages
- All category pages
- All category-monthly pages (new in MT4)
- All author pages (new in MT4)
- All author-monthly pages (new in MT4)
- All tag pages
Note: Due to an apparent bug in MT4, I wasn't able to get a listing of "Pages" (new in MT4) to work. I will update the template when that bug gets fixed.
You can install the template using the Template Installer plugin. Note that this template is set to NOT publish automatically when index templates get rebuilt. For performance reasons, you should leave that option unchecked. This means that from time to time you should open the template and choose "Save & Publish".
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Comments (11)
thanks in general for all the hard work you've done writing all these plug-ins, I just discovered your site, and am adding several to my MT4 installation.
However, the Template Installer plugin will not work for me (actually renders my site unusable - can't log into the MT interface). If I wanted to install the google sitemap template manually, where do the files go? I'm guessing the file, "google_sitemap.mtml" goes into the default_template folder, but where does "config.yaml" reside?
Cheers,
Seth Anderson
Posted by swanksalot
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September 10, 2007 10:12 PM
Posted on September 10, 2007 22:12
swanksalot, the template set (inluding the directory) should be uploaded to:
path/to/mt/plugins/TemplateInstaller/template_sets/
In this case, upload the "google_sitemaps" directory into the above location, then run Template Installer.
Regarding Template Installer rendering your site unusable, that is odd. If you are still having such problems, post full details on the Template Installer entry.
Posted by Mark Carey
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September 11, 2007 8:30 AM
Posted on September 11, 2007 08:30
Hi Mark:
I'm currently using the sitemap on the MT wiki at http://wiki.movabletype.org/Canonical_Google_Sitemap_template. Which appears to working... Does this sitemap have more features?
I've installed your template installer and love it.
I'm confused about what you mean by "Note that this template is set to NOT publish automatically when index templates get rebuilt. For performance reasons, you should leave that option unchecked. This means that from time to time you should open the template and choose "Save & Publish"."
If we're doing 3-5 entries a day how often should the template be saved and published?
By defaut what is the name of the file your sitemap creates?
I assume I would have to delete the Canonical Google Sitemap template first. Correct?
Posted by lwriter
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November 25, 2007 12:47 AM
Posted on November 25, 2007 00:47
I am a total newbie and would like to thank you for making this template available. I followed the instructions and did not notice any visual changes to my blog. I am assuming this is normal and your template does its magic behind the scenes?
Posted by rollandelliott
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March 3, 2008 12:17 PM
Posted on March 3, 2008 12:17
Correct, there is no visual impact on your blog.
But you can submit your sitemap URL to Google via:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
Posted by Mark Carey
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March 3, 2008 12:50 PM
Posted on March 3, 2008 12:50
Thank you so much for your contributions to the MovableType world! You are priceless! When I go to Google to publish my site map, it asks me for the file name of my site map. Where do I find that? Thanks again.
Posted by carole
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October 25, 2008 1:36 PM
Posted on October 25, 2008 13:36
Great template, thanks!!! Installation worked like a charm.
How can I rebuild this sitemap.xml file once a day without having to plublish it manually?
Posted by bzv | December 5, 2008 3:18 PM
Posted on December 5, 2008 15:18
Thanks for the template -- it was a valuable starting point for creating a custom sitemap for my own site.
I wanted to pass on one concern though: you use the 'lastn="99999"' attribute in several places, presumably to insure that Movable Type enumerates everything, and while the first occurrence is inside an 'MTArchiveList' tag, the other occurrences are inside 'MTIfArchiveTypeEnabled' tags.
I'm guessing that's a typo, and that all the 'lastn' attributes were meant to be inside the 'MTArchiveList' tags. But I don't know Movable Type well enough to say for sure, so I won't. :-)
Cheers,
Jeff
Posted by jeffpar | December 21, 2008 1:27 AM
Posted on December 21, 2008 01:27
Yo busque en google : movable type site map, y me dio muchas paginas , con muchos codigos, vi esta y he leido con mi mal ingles como yo he podido, y me parecio buena, segui leyendo, y esto fue lo que hice:
1º Instale el Template installer, me parecio bueno, y cuando lo instale me fije que habia una aplicacion que se llamaba template exporter...
2º Compre template Exporte por solo unos 22 euros mas o menos, cogi mis 8 blogs personales y les hice copia de todos los templates que yo he ido modificando "Una gran idea".
3º Subi el plugin de Sitemap a mi servidor por ftp.
4º Active el plugin de sitemap en todos mis blogs mas de 8 blogs.
5º Puse los 8 sitemap.xml en google.
Yo empece a las 11:50 ahora son las 12:27, y he terminado todo y posteado esto , solo me queda dar las gracias, y desear suerte a todos los que se animen hacerlo.
Saludos.
Posted by usblsb | February 17, 2009 7:29 AM
Posted on February 17, 2009 07:29
Yo busque en google دردشة صوتية
الولة
شات صوتي
: movable type site map, y me dio muchas paginas , con muchos codigos, vi esta y he leido con mi mal ingles como yo he podido, y me parecio buena, segui leyendo, y esto fue lo que hice:
Posted by دردشة صوتية | April 8, 2009 1:15 PM
Posted on April 8, 2009 13:15
can't get it to work... It sees the tags but outputs nothing (I do have data in my blacklist log).
Posted by video izle | February 5, 2010 4:12 PM
Posted on February 5, 2010 16:12