Create Site Map Mod

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Create Site Map Mod
Summary This mod installs a script that will create a Google site map file, and provide linkage to it in the TNG Admin ------> Secondary Processes tab
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Download link TNG 9 Create a Site Map
TNG 9.0

TNG 8 Create a Site Map
TNG 8.0
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Author(s) Roger Moffat
Homepage Create Site Map Mod
Mod Support TNG Forums
Contact Developer
Latest Mod 9.0.0. for TNG 9
8.2.0 for TNG 8
Min TNG V 8.0.0
Max TNG V 9.x.x
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Purpose of the mod

This mod is provided to make creating a Google sitemap a very simple process by clicking a button in the Secondary Processes tab of TNG Admin ------> Import/Export

Developer

This mod was developed by Roger Moffat

Requirements

  • A working TNG installation. Automated installation has been tested on TNG Version 8.1.3 and TNG 9.0.0.
  • A backup of the TNG modules involved - see below.

Automated Installation

  1. Download the file from config file from the Mod Summary in the upper right hand corner of this page
  2. Extract the downloaded config file into your mods folder.
  3. Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the create_sitemapcfg config file.

After Installation

The Secondary Processes tab in TNG Admin ------> Import/Export shows a new button Create sitemap button.png



After you click this button, the script will run and then the following page shows what the output is

Create sitemap output.png



Copy the link for the tngsitemapindex.xml file (the large bold link) and then put that into your Google Webmaster Tools sitemap settings if you have this set up, or place it in your robots.txt file like this


Sitemap: http://lisaandroger.com/tngsitemapindex.xml


and Google will find it there.

In the event of a problem

  • Try using the Mod Manager Remove capability
  • Or copy the backup versions of the TNG modules involved.

Side effects

  • Happiness that creating a sitemap that Google will use to draw new cousins to your site is so much easier :-)

TNG User sites using this mod

If you download and install this mod, please add your TNG site to the table below

URL User Note Mod-Version/TNG-Version User-language
This is an Admin function, so can't be seen in action. Roger Moffat The mod developer. V9.0.0.0/9.0.0 EN
... ... ... ... ...

TNG modules Involved

  • admin_secondary.php
  • admin_secondmenu.php
  • adds a line to languages/English/cust_text.php and languages/English-UTF8/cust_text.php