LG Better Meta 1.7.x - Now with sitemap meta and generator! - Official Support Thread

So does this actually generate a sitemap or just meta for a pre-existing sitemap?

So does this actually generate a sitemap or just meta for a pre-existing sitemap?

The extension provides a way to set default weblog sitemap meta such as change frequency and priority. You can then explictly set the meta data on a per entry basis in the publish / edit form.

Once the meta has been set the included plugin provides a template tag that outputs the data. Example:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
    url="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"
    >
    {exp:lg_better_meta:entries
        weblog="blog"
        disable="categories|custom_fields|category_fields|customer_fields|member_data|pagination|trackbacks"
        dynamic="off"
        rdf="off"
        status="not closed"
    }
    <url>
        <loc>http://test.com/blog/post/{entry_id}/{url_title}/</loc>
        <lastmod>{edit_date format="%Y-%m-%d"}</lastmod>
        <changefreq>{change_frequency}</changefreq>
        {priority}</priority>
    </url>
    {/exp:lg_better_meta:entries}
</urlset>

I had previously built a “sitemap” like this using categories - and custom category fields to hold change_frequency, priority, etc, but this is a much better way to take care of that. Haven’t got to make use of the sitemap tags yet, but thanks for the example.

No worries Ryan… Theres plenty of examples in the docs 😊

OK, I installed v1.7 and when I try to run this:

{exp:lg_better_meta_pi:template entry_id="{embed:entry_id}"}

I get this:

Error Number: 1054

Description: Unknown column 'exp_lg_better_meta.include_in_sitemap' in 'field list'

If I run {exp:lg_better_meta_pi:template}, I don’t get an error but obviously I don’t get my site title either!

Odd. The problem appears to be that the exp_lg_better_meta table didn’t get the additional three fields when I installed. I added them manually and we seem to be working now.

Ah I see what could have gone wrong. Did you have a previous version of LG Better Meta installed? The install scripts checks to see if the table exists before trying to create a new one.

If you did a straight upgrade it would have added the new cols.

Before you say anything, I’m making the required changes to the docs 😉

Cheers

Yeah, I had one there previously so that must be it.

Have you managed/tried to get an LG generated sitemap accepted by Google Webmaster Tools yet?

Whats the warnings you are getting?

Hey Andy,

The example in my docs followed the sitemaps.org validation example. I have updated the docs to reflect the basic sitemap.org example which works fine with Google.

Cheers

D’oh, sorry Leevi that was obvious! I have loads of sitemaps live, why I didn’t think to set it the same I can’t tell you.

Works fine now, unsurprisingly - cheers.

I just purchased LG Better and I just cannot get it to work. I downloaded it, and changed the settings and submitted it. This is what I got :

Notice: Undefined index: sitemap_defaults_ in /home/anoopbal/public_html/cos/extensions/ext.lg_better_meta.php on line 754

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/anoopbal/public_html/cos/extensions/ext.lg_better_meta.php on line 754

Notice: Undefined index: weblogs_ in /home/anoopbal/public_html/cos/extensions/ext.lg_better_meta.php on line 759

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/anoopbal/public_html/cos/extensions/ext.lg_better_meta.php on line 759

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/anoopbal/public_html/cos/extensions/ext.lg_better_meta.php:754) in /home/anoopbal/public_html/cos/core/core.functions.php on line 296

I know I am doing something fundamentaly wrong. I tried inserting the tag in the template but not sure if it’s the right one or even where the tag goes. I cannot really understand the documentaion. Thanks

I figured it out. I removed the “hyphens” and it submitted.

Now how do I get the article title to show up? I copy pasted the tag {exp:lg_better_meta_pi:template entry_id="{segment_3}”} on the template where my blog articles are stored. But it doesnt change anything.