page do not validate as sitemap in google webmaster tools about sitemapfriend

[yogoo]

Thanks for providing the error. However I'll need more info to figure out what's happening. Can you post the url to your sitemap and/or its full xml code.

[iparr]

This was highlighted to me by Google Webmaster tools as well.

After attempting to validate it, using this tool ( http://www.validome.org/xml/validate/ ), it seems that the default sitemap_xml_outer.chunk.tpl is producing invalid XML.

This is because sitemapFriend is starting the xml document with a break. This is invalid.

I've removed this manually, but it's still not invalid XML due to:

Can not find declaration of element 'urlset'.
    Error Position: 
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

I have no idea about this one! If it helps, my problematic sitemap is here: http://tedxsheffield.com/sitemap.xml

[yogoo]

@iparr, I as said before, kindly post the url to the sitemap or its full code. I can't investigate the issue without it.

[iparr]

@yogoo , the sitemap is message posted previously: http://tedxsheffield.com/sitemap.xml The call is exactly the same as @ArtImpulsion s and is using all the default tpls, etc. Can I help you with any further details?

[yogoo]

Whoops, missed the url... Thanks for re-posting it.

Here's what I found so far:

• the tool you use marks the example sitemap provided by Google as invalid. However both Google example and sitemapFriend's sitemaps validate under W3C's validator.
• there's no new line character at the beginning of the output. The one you see is most likely added when copying the content of the page. See the page source or the response from the server.
• can you post the exact error returned by Google Webmaster tools?

@ArtImpulsion : you're right, the xml output is not configurable.

[AmaZili]

Hi,

on my side google webmaster tools refused to validate the xml sitemap generated due to the presence of the dublin core stuff.
I managed to change direclty in the core directory (core / components / sitemapfriend / elements / chunks / sitemap_xml_item.chunk.tpl & sitemap_xml_outer.chunk.tpl) the xml templates (ooooh ! bad boy) and remove DC references from there, and it validates fine.

Next release could have the xml templates as parameters to avoid any troubles.

Thanks anyway....

[iparr]

there's no new line character at the beginning of the output. The one you see is most likely added when copying the content of the page. See the page source or the response from the server.

Yup. doh.

can you post the exact error returned by Google Webmaster tools?

Under 'Error details' in 'Sitemaps':
Invalid XML tag - This tag was not recognized. Please fix it and resubmit.

Sorry, not very good details but that's the best I can do. Thank you for editing the default tpl.

[yogoo]

@iparr: v1.0.2 should fix your issue.

[AmaZili]

Merci Jérome.