Any idea why google came back with errors from my xml sitemap

I use xml-sitemaps sitemap generator

link so site: http://www.topmorpg.com

site map on bottom right site.

submitted the full url to the .xml


any information or feedback would be great.

Thanks,
TJ

 

What errors are you getting when you submit it through the Google Webmaster Tools? Usually it tells you which line there is a problem.

 

it had just stated it was an invalid format.

 

i can send you a valid google sitemap for $10

Regards

Alex

 

wouldn't do me any good. I have a very nice generator that runs xml-sitemap is one of the best generators out there.

 

Google told me 3 days ago that one of my wordpress-generated sitemaps has errors. The sitemap has been fine for months. In fact the site hasn't been updated in over 2 months, so there should be no difference.

I tried re-generating and re-submitting it but it still appears with errors.

I figure Google changed something. I'll just wait until they change it back.

 

I always thought that sitemaps started with:

Does your sitemap.xml have those 3 lines at the beginning?

 

mine has

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset
      xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:schemaLocation="
            http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9
            http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd">

PHP:

 

Have you tried it with only 1 line in the urlset instead of the 5 you currently have? If so, does it work?

 

actually i thought that the xlm should be readable as well in txt form when viewing it

however when going to mine
http://www.topmorpg.com/sitemap.xml

even limiting down to 3 lines it still shows syntax error which I thought applied to php but in this case is to xml.

very strange.

 

There is something seriously wrong with the file, when I downloaded it to take a look all I get is a file which contains the following text:

I think your best bet is to do what I did with my sites. Create the XML file in a txt file, save it as .xml and upload it to the root of site (which you have already done). Once here submit it as normal in Google Webmaster Tools.

 

ok i seem to have found the problem searching the error code in Google.

my htaccess file I had some sort or rewrite on httpd-php .xml added application so that xml was treated like a php document. now it seems to show.

thank you everyone for your help.

TJ

 

Nice one

 

can you take a screenshot of the error?

maybe i can give u a hand?

 

fixed but thanks for offer.

 

did you try to validate your sitemap with http://www.validome.org/google/ before you submit it?