robots.txt file will not generate! Help!

[semitech]

Hello, when i try to generate a robots.txt file prestashop says it updated it, but then when i go and look a the file, there is no change. Please can anyone help? Google has tried to index my site 2 times and it keeps postponing because my robots.txt file is blank.

thanks.

[El Patron]

try creating (via ftp or your hosting account) a robot.txt file with 755 or 777 permissions.

 

also did you create a sitemap?

[semitech]

Yes, I have created a sitemap. I changed the permissions, but it still is not working.

[El Patron]

create one manually for now...then open a bug report for ps support to look at.

here is an example from my own shop.

# robots.txt automaticaly generated by PrestaShop e-commerce open-source solution
# http://www.prestashop.com - http://www.prestashop.com/forums
# This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts
# of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo!
# and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site,
# you save bandwidth and server resources.
# For more information about the robots.txt standard, see:
# http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/robots.html
# GoogleBot specific
User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /*orderby=
Disallow: /*orderway=
Disallow: /*tag=
Disallow: /*id_currency=
Disallow: /*search_query=
Disallow: /*id_lang=
Disallow: /*back=
Disallow: /*utm_source=
Disallow: /*utm_medium=
Disallow: /*utm_campaign=
Disallow: /*n=
# All bots
User-agent: *
# Directories
Disallow: /classes/
Disallow: /config/
Disallow: /download/
Disallow: /mails/
Disallow: /modules/
Disallow: /translations/
Disallow: /tools/
Disallow: /es/
# Files
Disallow: /addresses.php
Disallow: /address.php
Disallow: /authentication.php
Disallow: /cart.php
Disallow: /discount.php
Disallow: /footer.php
Disallow: /get-file.php
Disallow: /header.php
Disallow: /history.php
Disallow: /identity.php
Disallow: /images.inc.php
Disallow: /init.php
Disallow: /my-account.php
Disallow: /order.php
Disallow: /order-opc.php
Disallow: /order-slip.php
Disallow: /order-detail.php
Disallow: /order-follow.php
Disallow: /order-return.php
Disallow: /order-confirmation.php
Disallow: /pagination.php
Disallow: /password.php
Disallow: /pdf-invoice.php
Disallow: /pdf-order-return.php
Disallow: /pdf-order-slip.php
Disallow: /product-sort.php
Disallow: /search.php
Disallow: /statistics.php
Disallow: /attachment.php
Disallow: /guest-tracking
# Sitemap

[semitech]

ok, thanks