I am not seeing my Clubs forums in the sitemap for my site.

http://horologyworld.com/sitemap.php?file=sitemap_content_forums_Forum

I checked some other sitemaps from my main sitemap file but can't find them there either.

http://horologyworld.com/forums/forum/19-topics/
http://horologyworld.com/forums/forum/20-topics/

Some of the forums in the Forums sitemap also don't exist anymore. Any thoughts on how sitemaps can be generated for the Clubs forums? Or doesn't it really matter for Google searches?

<sitemap>
<loc>
http://horologyworld.com/sitemap.php?file=sitemap_content_forums_Forum
</loc>
<lastmod>2018-10-25T15:27:28-04:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>

Looks like your sitemap task may not be running correctly. I'd recommend submitting a ticket. I double checked and we do not explicitly exclude club forums (we do, however, only include publicly guest viewable nodes in the sitemap, but your club forums are guest-viewable).

I created 2 new regular forums and moved content there to see if it was a Clubs issue. The sitemapgenerator is running every 15 minutes but the new forums aren't included in the sitemap. Logs don't show any errors and just shows it completed the task.

I don't have a current subscription so probably can't submit a ticket.

 

I created 2 new regular forums and moved content there to see if it was a Clubs issue. The sitemapgenerator is running every 15 minutes but the new forums aren't included in the sitemap. Logs don't show any errors and just shows it completed the task.

I don't have a current subscription so probably can't submit a ticket.

What version of IPS do you use? There was a bug caused by Pages stopping generation of sitemaps without any error. It has been corrected though in the newest version.

Thanks for the info Sonya. The site is on v4.4.3 and last updated about a year ago. It sounds like that may be the issue then. The site doesn't have much traffic, especially after a  recent domain name change so not sure if I will renew the subscription.

If I recall correctly the issue I mean happened only if sitemap has not used recommended settings. If you have customized the sitemap settings and exclude pages from Pages then sitemap stucks. Check your sitemap settings. 

Edited March 10, 20205 yr by Sonya*

I would recommend updating to the latest release. Working with the latest release, I am seeing Club discussion forums appear in my Forums sitemap and Topics sitemaps

I checked the settings for the sitemap and it is using the recommended settings and I haven't made any changes to the settings in the past. I know I should upgrade to the latest version but not sure if I should put more time and money in a site that appears to be going nowhere. 

I renewed my license, applied the latest version and the sitemap is now working like it should.

Thanks for the help everybody!

 

What version of IPS do you use? There was a bug caused by Pages stopping generation of sitemaps without any error. It has been corrected though in the newest version.

I just noticed that my site was affected by it after God know how many months. 😥