New Sitemap module - bad data format

October 21, 2013

Hi,

Today I was upgraded the sitemap module in prestashop. I made new sitemaps and sent it to Google Webmaster Tools. And Google gave me an error about bad data format. Who can give me a solution to solve this problem?

Regards!

48.4k · October 21, 2013

in file: gsitemap.php (located in module directory) you've got code like this one:

private function _createIndexSitemap()
    {
        $sitemaps = Db::getInstance()->ExecuteS('SELECT `link` FROM `'._DB_PREFIX_.'gsitemap_sitemap` WHERE id_shop = '.$this->context->shop->id);
        if (!$sitemaps)
            return false;

        $xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"></sitemapindex>';
        $xml_feed = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);

        foreach ($sitemaps as $link)
        {
            $sitemap = $xml_feed->addChild('sitemap');
            $sitemap->addChild('loc', 'http://'.Tools::getShopDomain(false, true).__PS_BASE_URI__.$link['link']);
            $sitemap->addChild('lastmod', date('c'));
        }
        file_put_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../'.$this->context->shop->id.'_index_sitemap.xml', $xml_feed->asXML());
    }

there is a line with: $sitemap->addChild('lastmod', date('c'));

change date('c') to date ('Y-m-d')

48.4k · October 21, 2013

+ change:

if (!$this->_addLinkToSitemap($link_sitemap, array('type' => 'product', 'page' => 'product', 'lastmod' => $product->date_upd, 'link' => $url, 'image' => $image_product), $lang['iso_code'], $index, $i, $product_id['id_product']))

to

if (!$this->_addLinkToSitemap($link_sitemap, array('type' => 'product', 'page' => 'product', 'lastmod' => date("d-m-Y", strtotime($product->date_upd)), 'link' => $url, 'image' => $image_product), $lang['iso_code'], $index, $i, $product_id['id_product']))

and all other too :/

October 21, 2013

Still the same :/

October 21, 2013

Date format should be in this format:

Y-M-D, so, that's could be a problem

48.4k · October 21, 2013

	private function _addSitemapNode($fd, $loc, $priority, $change_freq, $last_mod = NULL)
	{
		fwrite($fd, '<loc>'.(Configuration::get('PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS') ? '<![CDATA['.$loc.']]>' : $loc).'</loc>'."\r\n".'<priority>'."\r\n".number_format($priority, 1, '.', '').'</priority>'."\r\n".($last_mod ? '<lastmod>'.date("Y-m-d", strtotime($last_mod)).'</lastmod>' : '')."\r\n".'<changefreq>'.$change_freq.'</changefreq>'."\r\n");
	}

try with this

October 21, 2013

Wait, I found a wrong format in your code:

if (!$this->_addLinkToSitemap($link_sitemap, array('type' => 'product', 'page' => 'product', 'lastmod' => date("d-m-Y", strtotime($product->date_upd)), 'link' => $url, 'image' => $image_product), $lang['iso_code'], $index, $i, $product_id['id_product']))

Look at date format, I am trying to generate new sitemap

48.4k · October 21, 2013

check Polish board, solution:

private function _addSitemapNode($fd, $loc, $priority, $change_freq, $last_mod = NULL){
		fwrite($fd, '<loc>'.(Configuration::get('PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS') ? '<![CDATA['.$loc.']]>' : $loc).'</loc>'."\r\n".'<priority>'."\r\n".number_format($priority, 1, '.', '').'</priority>'."\r\n".($last_mod ? '<lastmod>'.date("Y-m-d", strtotime($last_mod)).'</lastmod>' : '')."\r\n".'<changefreq>'.$change_freq.'</changefreq>'."\r\n");
	}

works.

so conclusion:

use this: http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/283362-new-sitemap-module-bad-data-format/?view=findpost&p=1426113

and this: http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/283362-new-sitemap-module-bad-data-format/?view=findpost&p=1426185

nothing more

October 21, 2013

And it works fine!

The date format should looks like Y-m-d, so everywhere, where we find 'c', we must changed it to 'Y-m-d'

Write an article how to repair this bug on your site!

Thank you!

Edited October 21, 2013 by 2grosiek7 (see edit history)

48.4k · October 21, 2013

the wierdest thing is fact that it looks the same in earlier versions of google sitemap module :/

i think that google changed something

October 21, 2013

I checked my old sitemaps, and everywhere is format Y-m-d.

Edited October 21, 2013 by 2grosiek7 (see edit history)

48.4k · October 21, 2013

lawl :| weirdy, i've got different code in 2.2.3 version

anyway, we have got solution for this now and this is most important thing

thank you for attention

October 21, 2013

Lol, the last 373 lines of second sitemap file has wrong date format. The first file looks good.
What the hell?!

Edited October 21, 2013 by 2grosiek7 (see edit history)

48.4k · October 21, 2013

second file?

October 21, 2013

Yes, my module is generating two files, beacouse I have a lot od pages. And google tolerate just sitemap files up to 50kB, I think.

48.4k · October 21, 2013

even after regeneration ? try to remove files manually and then - regenerate sitemap

October 21, 2013

I tried to remove all sitemap files, generate new sitemaps and it is the same.

48.4k · October 21, 2013

but only for second file?

October 21, 2013

It's sounds like stupid joke, but - yes.
Last 373 lines.

October 21, 2013

vekia, your solution from post #8 works fine!

Thanks!

48.4k · October 21, 2013

can you send me url to this second file, i will inspect code, maybe it's related only for some other pages which i forgot to change

October 21, 2013

WOW GREAT VEKIA, thanks for the info it runs now

October 21, 2013

vekia, your solution from post #8 works fine, I deleted that sitemaps, now is everything all right!

Polish power, Polish engineers

48.4k · October 21, 2013

vekia, your solution from post #8 works fine, I deleted that sitemaps, now is everything all right!

Polish power, Polish engineers

haha ;D Now it's time to conquer Mars

October 22, 2013

I still have errors in my sitemap. I made changes as #8 but it doesn't work for me...

To be sure, can you post the complete gsitemap.php file ?

Thank you

October 22, 2013

Catch an attached file

gsitemap.php

October 22, 2013

Thank you but still not working for me

1. I delete the sitemap files on server

2. I regenerated a new sitemap in Gsitemap module

3. I deleted sitemap in Google Webmastertool

4. I re-uploaded 1_index_sitemap.xml file in google

same error... bad date format

Edited October 22, 2013 by FrenchMaster (see edit history)

October 22, 2013

OK. I think my problem is the same as described in russian forum. Sitemap doesn't work when importing products via CSV file.

see here :

http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/283332-prestashop-156-%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C-google-sitemap/?view=findpost&p=1425984

Can someone help me and translate in clear form what to do in english or french ?

Thank you !

48.4k · October 22, 2013

can you post url to your sitemap file?

October 22, 2013

www.cadeaufou.com/1_index_sitemap.xml

48.4k · October 22, 2013

i checked your sitemaps it looks like everything is fine there, date is changed properly,

also output from validation tool

what you see in google? any error message? have you send sitemap once again?

October 24, 2013

Hello,

Just did today's upgrade (V 2.3.1) and the error still exists... Google does not like the date format. I checked with two validators and the document is valid.

OLD date format which worked:

2013-08-25T10:13:11+02:00

NEW date format which doesn't work:

2013-10-20 08:28:39

So who's right then?

Edited October 24, 2013 by keskifo (see edit history)

48.4k · October 24, 2013

use date("Y-m-d") as it is mentioned before

have you tried solution from frist page?

October 25, 2013

Tried the following way with date('c') and it worked:

	private function _addSitemapNode($fd, $loc, $priority, $change_freq, $last_mod = NULL)
	{
		fwrite($fd, '<loc>'.(Configuration::get('PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS') ? '<![CDATA['.$loc.']]>' : $loc).'</loc>'."\r\n".'<priority>'."\r\n".number_format($priority, 1, '.', '').'</priority>'."\r\n".($last_mod ? '<lastmod>'.date('c', strtotime($last_mod)).'</lastmod>' : '')."\r\n".'<changefreq>'.$change_freq.'</changefreq>'."\r\n");
	}

		foreach ($sitemaps as $link)
		{
			$sitemap = $xml_feed->addChild('sitemap');
			$sitemap->addChild('loc', 'http://'.Tools::getShopDomain(false, true).__PS_BASE_URI__.$link['link']);
			$sitemap->addChild('lastmod', date('c'));
		}
		file_put_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../'.$this->context->shop->id.'_index_sitemap.xml', $xml_feed->asXML());
	}

gsitemap.php

October 26, 2013

Thank you vekia for checking my sitemap.

Unfortunately even if many checktools show that everything is OK, Google says error :-( wrong date format...

48.4k · October 26, 2013

and solution from post above? (try with attached file)

October 26, 2013

I'll give a try...

October 26, 2013

still the same... have a look

www.cadeaufou.com/1_index_sitemap.xml

48.4k · October 26, 2013

really weird when you try to use this url in google account, you've got information about wrong file format? about <lastmod> field?

i just wondering, maybe the problem in your case is somewhere else, not in <lastmod> field

October 27, 2013

have same issue as FrenchMaster, already tried all fixes posted in this thread. Still getting this error in webmaster tools:

Sitemap:mydomain.com/store/1_en_0_sitemap.xml

Parent tag: url

Tag: lastmod

Value: 2013-09-14 22:42:30

Does the solution from the Russian forum works?

Edited October 27, 2013 by SeVi (see edit history)

October 27, 2013

Can someone look at this and tell if it will help. My date looks fine already as it is Y-m-d. So i guess the problem is with date of last modification.

The solution by Kharkov_max from Russian forum is:

Replace

if (! $ this-> _addLinkTo Sitemap ($ link_ sitemap, array ('type' => 'product', 'page' => 'product', 'lastmod' => $ product-> date_upd, 'link' => $ url, 'image' => $ image_product), $ lang ['iso_code'], $ index, $ i, $ product_id ['id_product']))

with this

if (! $ this-> _addLinkTo Sitemap ($ link_ sitemap, array ('type' => 'product', 'page' => 'product', 'lastmod' => date ('c', strtotime ($ product- > date_upd)), 'link' => $ url, 'image' => $ image_product), $ lang ['iso_code'], $ index, $ i, $ product_id ['id_product']))

After this change, the module will generate a sitemap. Xml correct date.

These changes for the categories of suppliers and manufacturers.

But!

If you imported new products through CSV import and did not edited, the field from which to take the data to the module is NULL, ie date conversion to XML will give nonsense and google will swear to it.

What would you need to treat it in a database MySQL:

1. Current Items from the date of renovation NULL assign a date product was added

update prefix-table_product_shop set date_upd = date_add where date_upd = '0000-00-00 00:00:00 '

2. Add a table prefix-table_product_shop and field date_upd trigger is hang on insert (appendix)

DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS `database`. `Update_date_product_insert`;
DELIMITER $ $
CREATE TRIGGER `database`. `Update_date_product_insert`
BEFORE insert ON `database`. `Prefix-table_product_shop`
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF @ DISABLE_TRIGGERS IS NULL THEN
set NEW.date_upd = NEW.date_add;
END IF;
END $ $
DELIMITER;

Thus all the items have a date for the module triggered reporting date added when importing CSV, and edited by manual editing of the goods.

PS.

All of this has been tested and works, but before going live better test it on the test site

October 27, 2013

GOOD news

in fact it works ! Yesterday I wrote there was the same error message after uoploading the new sitemap to google. It was showing the same errors.

This morning, I checked at google and... errors desappear without doing or uploading anything.

however I clicked several time on "refresh page" on google, I think the problem comes from google cache.

so for those who still have problem :

1. delete your sitemap files in your root directory

2. download the attached file

3. replace the gsitemap.php file with the one you just downloaded

4. go in your BO / module / gsitemap and click on refresh. if necesserry click install several time

5. create your sitemap

6. go to google webmaster tools

7. delete your actual sitemap

8. click on refresh page

9. upload your new sitemap to google

7. check if errors still showing

8. wait a while (for me 24 hours)

9. go back to webmaster tolls

10. check again.

now the errors must ae desappeared.

gsitemap.php

October 27, 2013

Good to hear it works.

in #4 you mean reset module?

October 28, 2013

I did everything FrenchMaster said and now instead of 2500+ errors i get only 26:

They look like this

Sitemap:domain.com/store/1_en_0_sitemap.xml

Parent tag: url

Tag: lastmod

Value: -001-11-30T00:00:00-05:00

Edited October 28, 2013 by SeVi (see edit history)

October 28, 2013

Has this plugin been resolved? Is there one post which has the all the code required for the fix, instead of piecing together multiple threads?

Whats the chance this module will just be fixed so we don't have to waste our time with this type of issue?

Seems everywhere I turn with this product (Prestashop) there is some sort of stupid issue happening....

-A rant is not a rant if it's true

October 30, 2013

merci ca marche date invalid a disparue

October 30, 2013

GOOD news

in fact it works ! Yesterday I wrote there was the same error message after uoploading the new sitemap to google. It was showing the same errors.

This morning, I checked at google and... errors desappear without doing or uploading anything.

however I clicked several time on "refresh page" on google, I think the problem comes from google cache.

so for those who still have problem :

1. delete your sitemap files in your root directory

2. download the attached file

3. replace the gsitemap.php file with the one you just downloaded

4. go in your BO / module / gsitemap and click on refresh. if necesserry click install several time

5. create your sitemap

6. go to google webmaster tools

7. delete your actual sitemap

8. click on refresh page

9. upload your new sitemap to google

7. check if errors still showing

8. wait a while (for me 24 hours)

9. go back to webmaster tolls

10. check again.

now the errors must ae desappeared.

Bonjour FrenchMaster,

Avant tout merci pour votre post Ultra Clair ... et ça marche !

Pour info (au cas ou pour vous et les autres utilisateurs)

je rencontre des problèmes lors de la création Manuelle des différents sitemaps (Multiboutique) les liens comportants des erreurs.

J'ai contourné le problème un créant une tache CRON par domaine.

Je suis en PS 1.5.6

-------------

J'ai essayé de désinstaller le module V 2.3.1 pour revenir à l'avant dernière version mais visiblement il n'est pas possible ( avez-vous essayé? ) et petite dernière question, avec le version 2.2.11 du module il y a fait 3 fichiers (en tout) par domaine, avec la V V 2.3.1 je n'ai plus que 2 .. c'est aussi votre cas ?

Merci à vous

Matias

October 30, 2013

	private function _addSitemapNode($fd, $loc, $priority, $change_freq, $last_mod = NULL)
	{
		fwrite($fd, '<loc>'.(Configuration::get('PS_REWRITING_SETTINGS') ? '<![CDATA['.$loc.']]>' : $loc).'</loc>'."\r\n".'<priority>'."\r\n".number_format($priority, 1, '.', '').'</priority>'."\r\n".($last_mod ? '<lastmod>'.date("Y-m-d", strtotime($last_mod)).'</lastmod>' : '')."\r\n".'<changefreq>'.$change_freq.'</changefreq>'."\r\n");
	}

try with this

I am sorry, but I don't get where should I place\replace this line ?

48.4k · October 30, 2013

I am sorry, but I don't get where should I place\replace this line ?

it's a part of module .php file.

btw. on github you can find solution: https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop-modules/tree/master/gsitemap

October 31, 2013

I GET MAAAAAAD !

it doesn't work anymore for me : No problem with te date, and all my trials were OK with 100 products, but now I have 5000 products and I get a 404 page :-(

I had no problems with the 5000 products with the 1.5.5.0 version...

I increase max_execution time but it doesn't help.

Any idea ?

November 3, 2013

the solution in posts before worked until i regenerated sitemap again in my store and now i have 1000+ errors like this:

Sitemap:mydomain.com/1_en_0_sitemap.xml

Parent tag: url

Tag: lastmod

Value: -001-11-30T00:00:00-05:00

Edited November 3, 2013 by SeVi (see edit history)

November 3, 2013

I have o problem with this, please help me.

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Edited November 3, 2013 by adigabrio (see edit history)

November 3, 2013

This you have o goog imagine

November 3, 2013

Thank you @Vekia I did as advaiced, generated new file and uploaded to Google, it got accepted this time.

48.4k · November 4, 2013

hello

it's weird that for some of us it works well and for others not

1.3k · November 4, 2013

It must be some sort of google cache issues.

I tried this morning to generate a new xml to replace last week's one. Surprisingly I got the date error issue and gave up.

I have restored the last week's xml but google keeps showing the same errors when testing the sitemap although it's been 3 hours now since I have replaced it with the old and good one.

November 4, 2013

hello

it's weird that for some of us it works well and for others not

I am not sure if it helps, but I renamed the file name prior to uploading as google was reporting same errors if file name was unchanged.

48.4k · November 4, 2013

so it looks like problem with cache in google like Rho_bur said above, maybe this is main problem that files don't work after changes

November 6, 2013

so it looks like problem with cache in google like Rho_bur said above, maybe this is main problem that files don't work after changes

Do you think google still gonna index those pages?

November 6, 2013

Do you think google still gonna index those pages?

Yes, but you need to change file name before you upload your file again to google. I received confirmation and 0 errors after uploading separate file with different file name. When you upload the file with same name as you uploaded previous file you will get same errors.

48.4k · November 6, 2013

so google contents of "old files" i think that after some time also "old files" will work fine

November 6, 2013

from https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35738

----------------------------

Invalid date Your Sitemap contains one or more invalid dates.

This could be because a date is in the incorrect format, or the date itself is not valid. Dates must use W3C Datetime encoding, although you can omit the time portion if you wish. For example:

2005-02-21
2005-02-21T18:00:15+00:00

Specifying time is optional (the time defaults to 00:00:00Z), but if you do specify a time, you must also specify a timezone.

Make sure your dates match one of the following W3C Datetime formats. Then upload and resubmit your updated Sitemap.

--------------------------

The actual version of gsitemap 2.3.1 has a wrong date record because is without the Time zone indication.

However the old gsitemap.php (version 2.3) works very fine because the date is without the optional time zone specification.

http://www.laterradellorso.it/1_index_sitemap.xml

http://www.laterradellorso.it/1_it_0_sitemap.xml

Thanks to 2grosiek7 who posted 22 october 2013 - #26 the download link of the old

gsitemap.php 33.25KB to replace the newest one.

I think that the gsitemap version 2.3.1 have to be corrected

Roberto Zambelli

November 6, 2013

Yes, but you need to change file name before you upload your file again to google. I received confirmation and 0 errors after uploading separate file with different file name. When you upload the file with same name as you uploaded previous file you will get same errors.

the default name when sitemap is generated is 1_index_sitemap.xml. Can i change it to any name? Will google let me submit it? I just don't want to mess something up

November 7, 2013

What if i upload master sitemap /1_index_sitemap.xml to webmaster tools instead of /1_index_sitemap.xml ? I just did it and i got more errors as before but the date looks like this :

3996 errors

Parent tag: url

Tag: lastmod

Value: 2013-09-14 22:42:11

When i upload /1_index_sitemap.xml i get date error like this:

1119 errors

Parent tag: url

Tag: lastmod

Value: -001-11-30T00:00:00-05:00

Not sure what to do, what the difference between those 2 urls?

Edit: Uploaded same sitemap to bing and its fine, no errors.

Edited November 7, 2013 by SeVi (see edit history)

November 7, 2013

bumping thread again.

Does anyone knows what's the correct date format?

I get errors:

Parent tag: url

Tag: lastmod

Value: 2013-09-14 22:42:11

November 8, 2013

same error,

how to fix it?

November 8, 2013

Im in US and here is my solution:

Format for date should be: "Y-m-d\TH:i:sP"

result: 2013-10-03T02:22:46-07:00

To have new sitemap resubmited right away I renamed file to 2_index_sitemap.xml and 2_en_0_sitemap.xml

Open file 2_index_sitemap.xml and changed link to 2_en_0_sitemap.xml

Submit new file to google. 2 minutes later files proccessed without errors.

Edited November 8, 2013 by asssets (see edit history)

48.4k · November 8, 2013

Im in US and here is my solution:

Format for date should be: "Y-m-d\TH:i:sP"

result: 2013-10-03T02:22:46-07:00

To have new sitemap resubmited right away I renamed file to 2_index_sitemap.xml and 2_en_0_sitemap.xml

Open file 2_index_sitemap.xml and changed link to 2_en_0_sitemap.xml

Submit new file to google. 2 minutes later files proccessed without errors.

how you changed dateformat to format that you said?

November 8, 2013

I used code you provided on first page, but instead of Y-m-d i used Y-m-d\TH:i:sP

Used Ctrl+F to search y-m-d and were replacing with Y-m-d\TH:i:sP

I had 3 lines with date.

Google sitemap Version :2.3.1

gsitemap.php

Edited November 8, 2013 by asssets (see edit history)

1.3k · November 8, 2013

@assetsL I don't see any Y-m-d formatting in gsitemap (my version 2.2.11).

The date is formatted by date© instruction. That should generate already 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00 as stated in the php manual.

Still, for some reason it doesn't.

I think that is where the issue resides.

November 8, 2013

@ Rho_bur did you use code on first page? Read first page of this thread.

November 8, 2013

I used code from posts #2,3,6

1.3k · November 9, 2013

@assets: my bad, forgot to re read the first posts

Sitemap working now with no errors in WMT!

November 9, 2013

I used code you provided on first page, but instead of Y-m-d i used Y-m-d\TH:i:sP

Used Ctrl+F to search y-m-d and were replacing with Y-m-d\TH:i:sP

I had 3 lines with date.

Google sitemap Version :2.3.1

gsitemap.php

still getting errors

November 9, 2013

I used code you provided on first page, but instead of Y-m-d i used Y-m-d\TH:i:sP

Used Ctrl+F to search y-m-d and were replacing with Y-m-d\TH:i:sP

I had 3 lines with date.

Google sitemap Version :2.3.1

gsitemap.php

I just tried this:

-downloaded and replaced gsitemap.php(the date in the file already looked like this Y-m-d\TH:i:sP. Do i still need to change date somewhere?)

-deleted old sitemap and generated new one

-renamed both sitemaps

-submited to wmt

I have 4001 pages submited and i still get 1119 errors

Parent tag: url

Tag: lastmod

Value: -0001-11-30T00:00:00-05:00

Not sure what else i can do. Gonna wait for 24 hours and see if errors will disapear but i doubt they will.

Edited November 9, 2013 by SeVi (see edit history)

November 9, 2013

Why there is "-" in front of date value?

November 9, 2013

Why there is "-" in front of date value?

i have no idea. Just checked and some of the urls have date 2013-09-14T22:42:11-04:00 and some -0001-11-30T00:00:00-05:00.

Doesn't make any sense why it would generate only some of it with correct date format.

Edited November 9, 2013 by SeVi (see edit history)

November 10, 2013

are there any old version of the module?

im getting the same problem with last version 2.3

November 10, 2013

i have no idea. Just checked and some of the urls have date 2013-09-14T22:42:11-04:00 and some -0001-11-30T00:00:00-05:00.

Doesn't make any sense why it would generate only some of it with correct date format.

Did you check data in database?

November 10, 2013

Did you check data in database?

i checked same product that has bad date in sitemap. In database it has only date_add and date_upd and it looks fine

2013-09-28 03:40:31 2013-09-30 00:45:59

Where do i find last mod of the product in DB?

November 11, 2013

As i understand date_upd is last modified date

48.4k · November 11, 2013

i checked same product that has bad date in sitemap. In database it has only date_add and date_upd and it looks fine
2013-09-28 03:40:31 2013-09-30 00:45:59

Where do i find last mod of the product in DB?

this field name is located in ps_product_Shop table and field name is: date_upd

November 12, 2013

As i understand date_upd is last modified date

this field name is located in ps_product_Shop table and field name is: date_upd

So if the date format in DB is correct 2013-09-30 00:45:59 , then the problem is with sitemap. Any suggestions ?

November 12, 2013

So, I also had this problem and read all of the comments in this topic.

Give it a try. WT now accepts the file with no errors. But if you check the date format in the file before sending it in WT it won't be the date you've created the file. I suppose that with this file now it just ignores the date:

1. Download the attached file - gsitemap.php.

2. Delete previous sitemaps on your server.

3. Deactivate the module in BO.

4. Activate the module again.

5. Generate the sitemap(s).

6. Rename the generated file (2 files if you have multiple languages).

7. Upload the file in WT

8. Check for errors now.

Any success?

November 12, 2013

i just submitted new sitemap, so it's still pending. Will post when it's done

Update:

still getting errors, before it was 1119, now 1056.

An invalid date was found. Please fix the date or formatting before resubmitting.

Parent tag: url

Tag: lastmod

Value: 1969-12-31

Edited November 12, 2013 by SeVi (see edit history)

November 13, 2013

i just searched my DB for products that have bad date format in the sitemap. The ones with bad date have different values from "normal" products.

fields:

redirect_type is empty(other products have 404)

indexed = 0

date_add looks fine, but date_upd is 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Weird thing. When i open the product with empty fields in BO and click on save, without editing anything it changes values in the database. So what will be the quickest way to fix this? It will take long time to open and save them one by one.

Update:

I have added not indexed products to index in Preferences>Search>Add missing products to the index.

it fixed the indexed field, but not redirect_type and date_upd

Update 2<

New Sitemap module - bad data format

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