This mod will create a SitemapIndex, listing all the created Sitemaps.
They will be usable by the Google, Yahoo and MSN search engines.
Sitemaps are 100% valid, sitemaps 0.9 protocol.
They can be styled using XSL-Transform style-sheets (configurable ACP).

WARNING

Please make sure the Sitemaps are working before you submit the sitemap.php file (or sitemaps.xml with mod Rewrite) to Google Sitemaps and Yahoo.
MSN submission is not handled the same way yet, but you can still notify the MSN Search engine using the sitemaps.org submit procedure.

Sitemaps Created :

:arrow: One SitemapIndex listing all sitemaps
One general forum sitemap, listing public forums url
One sitemap per public forum listing topics.

When mxBB installed :

:arrow: Adds an entry in the sitemapIndex
One sitemap listing all public mx pages.

Note :

Knowledge base (KB) mod is until now not supported by the module. Everything is ready to have it plugged in with ACP options, as soon as a stable KB version will be released.

You can as well register you main Feeds at Yahoo, like rss.php (or rss.xml).
Forums RSS Feeds can notify yahoo automatically using the Yahoo! Notifications API.
You'd have to apply for a Yahoo AppiD.
Please note that Yahoo will not allow the use of "&" in submitted RSS feeds URLs. This mean you won't be able to submit feeds with "&" in their URL.
This only concern few feeds, and only if you do not use URL rewriting.

phpBB authorisations:

The module is able to build personalized rss feeds according to the user's authorisations.
If set to yes, users will be able to browse private forum feeds if they have enough permission to do so.

RSS Feeds Created :

:arrow: One Feed listing the last items from all available sources ( plug-in included )
One Feed listing the last messages from all the forum
One Feed per forum
One special Feed, listing all available feeds.

Each feed is available in three configurable versions :

:arrow: A long one,
A default one,
A short one.
All of these three options can be combined with a extra one, to additionally add the messages content in the feeds.

The module creates a Yahoo! urllist.txt, listing last active threads from all the forums, one URL per line.

It is possible to filter messages content in feeds :

• Links :
  You may choose here to either activate or not links used in posts.
  If deactivated, links will be outputted as part of the content but won't be clickable.
  
• BBcodes :
  You can deactivate BBcode parsing or filter them (tags and/or content).
  The format is simple :
  You'll just have to enter a comma separated list of bbcode tags to exclude (tags removing) or delete (full bbcode bloc removed and replaced by {bbcode} in output) with the additional ":" option.
  Example :
  img:1,b:0,quote,code:1
  In this example, img bbcode and the img link will be replaced with {img}, bold won't be processed, but the bold-ed text will be kept, quote won't be parsed, but their content will be kept, code bbcode and their content will be replaced with {code} in the output.
• Smileys :
  You may choose here to either parse the smileys or not in content.
• Digest :
  You can select between three different method to limit the outputted messages content in feeds : By sentences, by words and by characters.
  None will break word, select the one you feel more comfortable with.

The module uses UTF-8 as output char-set.
phpBB3 conversion method is integrated in the module to allow conversion from numerous char-sets.
You'll thus have to set the char-set used by your forum in the ACP, in case the 'auto' parameter fails (which unfortunately shall occur in several cases).
You can find out what is your forum's char-set in any of your forum's page source code :


<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">

The module as weel generates a Yahoo! urllist.txt, using the last active forums and topics urls, one per line.

Will incorporate easily sitemaps (must be valid Google sitemap) to your GYM Sitemaps Google sitemaps listings.

To incorporate easily url txt lists (one URL per line) to your GYM Sitemaps Google sitemaps.

• The main feed :
  
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/rss.xml
  With messages :
  
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/rss-m.xml
  Long list :
  
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/rss-l.xml
  Long list with message :
  
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/rss-l-m.xml
• Per forum feeds :
  
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/gym-sitemaps-rf44.xml
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/gym-sitemaps-rf44-m.xml
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/gym-sitemaps-rf44-l-m.xml
• The channel feed :
  Showing all available feeds, with options.
  
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/channels-rss-m.xml
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/channels-rss-s-m.xml
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/channels-rss-l-m.xml
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/channels-rss.xml

• SitemapIndex :
  
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/sitemaps.xml
• Per forum sitemap :
  
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/gym-sitemaps-gf44.xml
• forums sitemap :
  
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/forum-sitemap.xml

• The urllist.txt :
  
  http://www.phpbb-seo.com/en/urllist.txt