Xmap 
Version
2.3.3 (last update on Apr 19, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
277
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
16 September 2007
Uses Updater?
- Yes
* Capability to create more than one sitemap with different preferences for each sitemap.
* Generation of XML sitemaps compatible with Google, Yahoo, Bing and others.
* Cache system to allow a fastest sitemap generation. Ideally for large or high traffic sites. You can enable or disable this feature independently for each sitemap.
* Exclude easily any menu item from your site map directly from the frontend
* Option to compress the XML sitemap
* Better presentation of the XML sitemap on browsers.
* Compatibility with Joomla 1.5, Joomla 1.6 and Joomla 1.7
* You can specify the priority and change frequency params for each menu and now for every item in your site map.
* You can change the priority and change frequency for every item in your sitemap.
* Shows some statistical information for each sitemap:
o Las visit date.
o Number of links generated on the last visit.
o Number of visits.
* There is available a lot of plugins for the most popular components: Zoom, DOCman, VirtueMart, Fireboard, SMF, Hot Property, SOBI2, Mosets Tree, MyBlog, RSG and many others.
* Customization for each extension
Works great, however i also have kunena installed as a closed forum. If you are not logged in you can't see it. Xmap however finds it and shows all the Category / Forum items. However, when you click it you still can't get in (so that's ok).
I would have preferred that it did not show those items.
I would have preferred that it did not show those items.
A simple but very easy to use sitemap generator. I have used this across a few joomla sites and it does it's job well.
Seems there are mixed reviews - it's either the best thing since warm sliced bread, or you've got burnt toast! We have two sites. Works for us, and Goggle seems to love it. For us, it's a "kudos to the authors." You results may vary!
This extension is fantastic in principle but Google would not accept the URL that Xmap indicates should be copied and submitted to Google (and Yahoo, etc).
We submitted and then resubmitted the URL three times. We followed Xmap instructions and even applied a few tweaks as found via forums.
The URL and the links it generated were all manually tested by us and they were valid.
We were using Joomla's built in "Search Engine Friendly URLs." We can't be sure if this had any effect.
After all the positive reviews on this component, we were excited to put it to use. Sadly our experience conflicts with these positive reviews.
At the time of this writing we were using the newest Joomla 1.5.15 with a very new template from Rockettheme.
We submitted and then resubmitted the URL three times. We followed Xmap instructions and even applied a few tweaks as found via forums.
The URL and the links it generated were all manually tested by us and they were valid.
We were using Joomla's built in "Search Engine Friendly URLs." We can't be sure if this had any effect.
After all the positive reviews on this component, we were excited to put it to use. Sadly our experience conflicts with these positive reviews.
At the time of this writing we were using the newest Joomla 1.5.15 with a very new template from Rockettheme.
Makes a strong and vivid view of everything on your website. Striking and remarkable results with just a few keystrokes to install.
This is the sitemap I have been looking for. As soon as I found Xmap I installed it on all my sites.
Works perfect with Google and Yahoo...
This is the sitemap I have been looking for. As soon as I found Xmap I installed it on all my sites.
Works perfect with Google and Yahoo...
I was disappointed in this extension after reading the huge number of positive reviews.
When adding a menu that includes alias items (ie the menu item is set up in another menu and this one just has a link), the component fails to deal with it and produces an invalid link.
Many extensions are installed by default, I would prefer just to install what I need. Of those installed, I saw MyBlog which the site uses. However, it fails to work. OK having the extension is a bonus really - but worse than just failing to get the links back, the whole sitemap bombs as soon as it hits that menu item - producing an incomplete, and invalid sitemap.
I could go on but I don't want to be unfair. Evidently the component works well for many sites. But I do not find it to be solid or polished, and do not have confidence that it will produce good clean output for my site.
When adding a menu that includes alias items (ie the menu item is set up in another menu and this one just has a link), the component fails to deal with it and produces an invalid link.
Many extensions are installed by default, I would prefer just to install what I need. Of those installed, I saw MyBlog which the site uses. However, it fails to work. OK having the extension is a bonus really - but worse than just failing to get the links back, the whole sitemap bombs as soon as it hits that menu item - producing an incomplete, and invalid sitemap.
I could go on but I don't want to be unfair. Evidently the component works well for many sites. But I do not find it to be solid or polished, and do not have confidence that it will produce good clean output for my site.
Let me just say that I do tons of joomla sites and this is by far the best site map tool. You install it and do about 5 mins of setup and you never have to think about it again. Thank you Thank you and Thank you some more. You are the programmers that make my life and many other much easier/better. I will donate if option is available.
Awesome site map generator. Great presentation on the front end and easy administration from the back end. Thanks guys.
The component works as described. Install it, select which menus you want it to index and that's about it.
If generates an HTML, XML, and News version of your sitemap. You can just copy the XML URL and manually submit it to google or add it to your robots.txt file.
Now Yahoo!, Google, and other major search engines support pinging xml sitemaps, it would be nice to have some sort of submission system built into xmap.
If generates an HTML, XML, and News version of your sitemap. You can just copy the XML URL and manually submit it to google or add it to your robots.txt file.
Now Yahoo!, Google, and other major search engines support pinging xml sitemaps, it would be nice to have some sort of submission system built into xmap.
This works exactly as it claims and the other reviews are testimony to that. I had no trouble getting this working right out of the box. It even works with my SEF package. As with many free extensions, the documentation is on the sparse side, but much better than most. It works off your menus, and as a menu item, so be sure to add a menu item for it and to add your menus to it or all you'll see is a blank screen. I'd give it a 100 percent perfect if it added your menus right from the start with an option to deselect them. As is I give it a 99/100 percent. Really nice. - MJ
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