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- UBB.Sitemaps -
Requirements:
UBB.Threads 7.x (not compatable with UBB.Threads 6.x or below)

About:
This addon takes just moments to install, it gathers your forum topic links and exports them as a sitemap that you can add to Google, yahoo, or just about any search engine which utilizes sitemaps.

The configuration options allow you to specify which type of sitemap you wish to use and weather you wish to plugin threaded or flat view. The sitemap type and view type can both be set either hard coded or via url string.

Simply enter the URL to your sitemap install into your Google sitemap list (here) and google will automatically grab copies of your thread links every week.

What are the security aspects?:
Well, the sitemap will ignore threads in private forums (if a guest cannot *see* them then the sitemap will not publish the link). Also, threads that are not approved will not show either (same aspect as above).

What is a sitemap?:
A sitemap will take and provide all of your current threads to search engines, thus eliminating the wait of "new discovery" of new pages on your forums.

You can read about the benefits of using sitemaps via the below quoted article from Google Webmaster Tools.

Please note that this addon does not create a sitemap for your entire site, and only creates one for your forum.

Demo:
As this addon doesn't utilize a cache, no active demo is available, however you can see example output via the attachment screen shots.

Install Instructions:
The install is quite simple, after receiving the software via email simply open the php file and place your MySQL connect information where indicated. Now upload the file to your web root (not your forum directory) and then simply open the script via the web and you'll see the default XML (google valid) sitemap.

Usage Instructions:
By default, the script uses flat mode and the XML map. These defaults can be easily changed from within the script itself.

As for web-based switches:
http://www.yoursite.tld/sitemap.php?type=&view=&se=
// Optional Paramater -- se=# Where # weather or not to use SE Friendly URLs (1/no, 2/yes)
// Optional Paramater -- type=# Where # is a map type (1/XML, 2/Text, 3/html, 4/RSS, 5/ASP, 6/SitemapIndex)
// Optional Paramater -- view=# where # is your view type (1/ShowFlat, 2/ShowThreaded)
// Optional Paramater -- offsets=# where # is weather or not to use offsets.

Submissions:
Not all search engines will automagically re-check your sitemap; in fact, I've only noticed that Google will re-check on its own. You'll want to go to Yahoo or anyone else every couple of weeks and tell them to re-grab a copy of your map.

Version Additions:
v0.3 - Support for SiteMap Indexes has been built in; this works well with the "offset" feature added in v0.2. The sitemap index will look at the xml sitemap data and build the proper number of "valid" links to offset pages. This is extremely useful for larger forums as they can set what level they want to offset their data (as to not go over the 50k maximum link limit with most providers) and they just need to submit one url (versus numerous to cover additional sitemap pages.
v0.2 - This version introduces offsetting; Google has a maximum of 50k links allowed in a sitemap, some larger (huge) forums have more than 50k threads on their forums. This setting is enabled by default, and can be utilized by using the offset variable in your urls submitted to google/yahoo. Additionally, it can be disabled completely in the configuration file.

Graphical Information:
sitemap-xml.jpg - An XML map.
sitemap-rss.jpg - An RSS map.
sitemap-text.jpg - A simple "text link list" map.
sitemap-link.jpg - A simple "html link list" map.
sitemap-asp.jpg - An ASP style sitemap.
sitemap-index.jpg - A screen cap of the Sitemap Index feature.

Pricing:
$50 per install (each seperate install requires a separate license)

How to Buy:
You can pay via PayPal to James[at]VirtualNightClub[dot]net (please replace "[at]" with "@" and "[dot]" with ".") or fill out the order form below.

Quoting Google's Webmaster Help
What is a sitemap, and why should I have one?
A Sitemap file lets you tell us about all the pages on your site, and optionally, information about those pages, such as which are most important and how often they change. By submitting a Sitemap file, you can take control of the first part of the crawling/indexing processes: our discovery of the pages.

This may be particularly helpful if your site has dynamic content, pages that aren't easily discovered by following links, or if your site is new and has few links to it.

Sitemaps help speed up the discovery of your pages, which is an important first step in crawling and indexing your pages, but there are many other factors that influence the crawling/indexing processes. Sitemaps lets you tell us information about your pages (which ones you think are most important, how often the pages change), so you can have a voice in these subsequent steps. Other factors include how many sites link to you, if your content is unique and relevant, if we can crawl the pages successfully, and everything outlined in our webmaster guidelines.

A Sitemap provides an additional view into your site (just as your home page and HTML site map do). This program does not replace our normal methods of crawling the web. Google still searches and indexes your sites the same way it has done in the past whether or not you use this program. Sites are never penalized for using this service. This is a beta program, so we cannot make any predictions or guarantees about when or if your URLs will be crawled or added to our index. Over time, we expect both coverage and time-to-index to improve as we refine our processes and better understand webmasters' needs.

Once you have created your Sitemap, you can add it to your Google Sitemaps account and update it as your site changes.

(All payments are processed through PayPal to our parent orginization, UGN Security)
[+] Order the SiteMap Script ($50)
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[+] Order the SiteMap Script PLUS Installation ($75)

Notice:
This addon is not freeware, and as such you cannot freely provide it to others without prior written permission from its author. A seperate license is required for each seperate UBB.SiteMaps install.
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