Creating Image-Sitemap

vFranky · May 2nd, 2010, 03:14 AM

Hello,

Housten we have a problem: Over 2.000 pictures in my Photopost and none is indexed. No chance.

But I have a possible solution and need some ideas/tips. Help in database structure and seo url algorithm of Photopost. Then I can program an helpful PHP sitemap generator.

Google recently gives informations how to create image sitemaps, look here at the XML code example -->

Code:

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My idea is to create such an index sitemap out of the informations in the Photopost mysql database. Should be no big problem, because all informations are there. But I don't know the structure of the fields. I need you help/tips.

Another problem is the algorithm for creating seo urls. I need the algorithm to know from the mysql database entries what will be the seo url, the logic behind the url generating process.

Any advice for me?

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,
Frank

Chuck S · May 2nd, 2010, 06:23 AM

Is any of your site indexed? Have you submitted your site for revisitation by the bots since changing to the new SEO url?

I know Michael told me his site when up 800%

How you link to images and generate urls is all known throughout the program functions

Example the construct_newppurl function in pp-inc.php is what generates the urls from the actual information passes. We pass that information to the function in various files like so

Code:

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vFranky · May 2nd, 2010, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck S

Is any of your site indexed? Have you submitted your site for revisitation by the bots since changing to the new SEO url?

I started with your SEO enabled version. There are lots of pages indexed, but NO pictures. Okay, might be somewhere in the future, but I don't like to wait some years.

It must be a problem around the image presentation in Photopost. Perhaps Google cannot or not easily find the pictures. But since there is now an option to create image-sitemaps, why not create it? Just a test!

Chuck S · May 2nd, 2010, 03:53 PM

There are a couple sitemap mods I think in the mod forum. You might be able to mod some of them to be compatible with the newer SEO pro version.

vFranky · May 2nd, 2010, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck S

There are a couple sitemap mods I think in the mod forum. You might be able to mod some of them to be compatible with the newer SEO pro version.

Do you have a link for me?

Chuck S · May 3rd, 2010, 07:35 AM

well not offhand no I did not because the mod corner forums are for users so us company people like me do not usually browse those forums. I have no idea whats there product support keeps me way too busy

Now doing a search on the mod forums I see this

http://www.photopost.com/forum/photo...generator.html

You might be able to modify that code to make it current and work with 7.0 series

vFranky · May 3rd, 2010, 05:06 PM

Hello Chuck,

thank you!

I today created a simple sitemap generator in PHP. The output produces a sitemap file in the new Google image sitemap schema (http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1). With it, I feed Google with over 2.000 images from my Photopost Pro galleries.

I only use the maximized photos. For this, I looped through all showfull-pages from 1 to 2000, read out the <title> for the <image:title> and the image-url for <image:loc>. Google accepted this image sitemap and says after it "400 of 2000" indexed. A good start!

Now, let's wait and see.

Kind regards,
Frank

Chuck S · May 3rd, 2010, 06:24 PM

No problem glad to point ya in the right direction.

xtremetoonz · October 22nd, 2010, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by vFranky

Hello Chuck,

thank you!

I today created a simple sitemap generator in PHP. The output produces a sitemap file in the new Google image sitemap schema (Image Sitemaps). With it, I feed Google with over 2.000 images from my Photopost Pro galleries.

I only use the maximized photos. For this, I looped through all showfull-pages from 1 to 2000, read out the <title> for the <image:title> and the image-url for <image:loc>. Google accepted this image sitemap and says after it "400 of 2000" indexed. A good start!

Now, let's wait and see.

Kind regards,
Frank

Frank would you mind sharing this?

xtremetoonz · October 24th, 2010, 01:01 PM

Chuck, is there a way to pull the seo urls rather than the "old" urls? I managed to get the current site index example working with 7.x. I'd like to see the one Franky did for images, as well as an "seo links generated sitemap"

Chuck S · October 24th, 2010, 02:15 PM

You would have to create some plugin I guess that uses our functions. It all depends on what type of mod your doing. Kind of hard for me to comment as I do not know what your doing.

xtremetoonz · October 25th, 2010, 01:14 PM

chuck-

when you submit the sitemap with the /showphoto.php?photo=75704 google doesnt like that the final url is rewritten. They expect whatever you give them in the sitemap, to align with a '200' response and be a 'final destination.'

I have the sitemap writing out all the showphoto id's currently, but looking for a way to write the final url (SEO urls) in the sitemap instead.

Chuck S · October 25th, 2010, 02:24 PM

You must be talking about a mod a user has made. Our company does not provide product support for mods. We do not have an image sitemap function in photopost.

If you want to have a a sitemap that uses our functions you might want to try and create a new file based off of the external.php rss file of ours you might need to be able to mod something up with that file.

xtremetoonz · October 25th, 2010, 02:36 PM

Correct. if you'll notice this thread is all about a sitemap, and getting it to work. My question is, what functions can i pull and from which part of the product, to write the SEO URL's properly?

Regarding the, you don't provide a sitemap function--perhaps you should.

Chuck S · October 25th, 2010, 02:41 PM

You would need to create such a modification. Feel free to discuss code modifications with other users in the mod forums. Our company itself does not assist customers in creating custom mods.

The example above posted by the user is not even a script its an example xml html output. The answer is you need to create an image sitemap script if you wish to create such a thing for the program.

We offer an rss script like so in our application.

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