Xmap and csv imports

I am just beginning work on SEO related tasks and just installed Xmap 2. I'm generating the sitemap with XML-Sitemap.

But I am only seeing about 35 products in the sitemap, when there are over 450 items in the catalogue, including all variants.

In another thread there was question concerning csv imports. I use export and import frequently to make bulk changes to the catalogue. Does this pose a problem for Xmap?

I'm also using sh404sef for the first time and wonder if this has any bearing on the problem.

Thanks

Jim

Ah, I see. But there are still some products missing. I misinterpreted the sitemap.

There are 35 URL's in total and that includes 25 product URLs and 2 category URLs.

The 45 products are in 4 categories, but the sitemap only shows products in two of the 4 categories.

Jim

Yes Nicolas, they are all visible and public as you can see from
js-ca.net/potluckcms/index.php/Our-Catal...gory/Itemid-134.html

Thanks

Jim

js-ca.net/potluckcms/sitemap.xml

Jim

PS I just noticed that it contains fewer URLs than it did earlier. I' running a regeneration now.

Later:
The regeneration now found all 4 product categories, but only 33 out of the 45 products. It only found, for example, 4 of teh 7 items in teh Cook and Serve category?

I don't understand the inconsistency of the results of running the xml-sitemaps generator. Is there a better sitemap generator program?

I did not configure the plugin, Nicolas. The settings for Max entries and depth are blank and show same product are both set to Yes.

What program do you use to generate your site map? Is Xmap an extension of another program? If so could you tell me the name of that program.

I thought Xmap was developed by someone at HikaShop?

Jim

Thanks, Nicolas. I got an incomplete picture form reading the posts about sitemaps on the forum, not realizing that the Hikashop plugin was a plugin to XMap not to Joomla. I installed Xmap and eventually got a complete sitemap. The documentation for Xmap was not at all helpful, but I got it to work.

I don't see an xml file actually created anywhere so that the sitemap.xml file can reside in the site root. I thought it was a requirement for Google search bots to have a sitemap.xml in the site root.

Thanks for the help

Jim

This is just an FYI.

I found that my problems with getting a proper XML file from Xmap+Hikashop plugin
was caused by the fact that I am also running sh404sef V2.0 on the site.

When I went into the control panel of the sh404sef component and then:

configuration/sh404sef configuration/By component

and changed the first three settings to:

Leave as non-sef
Do not translate
Do not insert code

I found that the xml file was generated as expected and the link
../index.php?option=com_xmap&view=xml&id=1
was accepted by Google Webmaster Tools

Hope this helps

Jim

Hie, just starting on Hikashop business. Where can I downlaod templates of the CSV formats. I would like to include as many of the variants as possible to avoid editing after upload. I intent to create separate templates for different categories and up load that way, much like you would do on amazon. Thanks in advance.

I still dont see why the templates are not uploaded somewhere for downlaod given how much this can cut down on time on users trying to figure out things, visiting forums, etc. Surely it is so simple for you guys to do I bet it wont take someone fifteen minutes to produce a couple of templates showing the key fields and optional fields.

I have created a template from a product I created, a music CD. However I can see how I can two more columns i.e. SKU and Serial Number. Characteristics don't allow me to do this. Am I right that options are for varying price based on other variations. So How can I add serial number and SKU to ever CD?