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XML Sitemap Not Parsing
I've set up an XML sitemap using this navigation template (replacing example URL with my own):
<perch:before><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="https://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
</perch:before>
<url>
<loc>https://example.com<perch:pages id="pagePath" /></loc>
</url>
<perch:after>
</urlset>
</perch:after>
And a file in the root of the website called 'sitemap.xml' which contains this (my Perch directory is the default '/perch'):
<?php
header('Content-type: application/xml');
include('perch/runtime.php');
perch_pages_navigation(array(
'template' => 'sitemap.html',
'flat' => true,
'hide-extensions' => true
));
?>
I've then added this line to my .htaccess file to parse the XML as PHP:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html .xml
Now, I can't view the XML file (it just downloads a copy when I browse to the file) and the Google Sitemap test is throwing this error: "Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported sitemap format instead."
Perch doesn't appear to be doing anything to the file - is this pointing to a problem in my .htaccess file?
My hosting is with Media Temple which uses the same MIME Type and as far as I can see, it should be working.
When it downloads, do you get the raw PHP or the parsed XML?
Just the raw PHP.
You'll want to check this with your host:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html .xml
Thanks Drew. Apparently, Media Temple require an extra step adding the following above it:
This has been driving me nuts for ages, need to check with my host on this one.