This is a kind of dumb error google webmaster tools is giving me:

- Using drupal 6.2
- I have my site added to the google webmaster's tool without the www, that is: example.com
- Under my "Set Preferred URL" setting under "Tools", I have it so that Both www.example.com and example.com work
- when I add my sitemap, the resulting URL is: http://example.com/sitemap.xml
- All my sitemap links have the www. preceding everything

Google webmaster tools is not getting the sitemap, thus not indexing anything because of the following error:

Paths don't match
We've detected that you submitted your Sitemap using a URL path that doesn't include the www prefix (for instance, http://example.com/sitemap.xml). However, the URLs listed inside your Sitemap do use the www prefix (for instance, http://www.example.com/myfile.htm).

Is there any way I can fix this from the Sitemap module in my drupal site? I believe I have this same situation with sitemaps in drupal-5.7 sites and I didn't run into this problem there. Could this possibly be a bug in the dev 6 version of XML sitemap?

Thanks

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darren oh’s picture

darren oh
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Location Lakeland, Florida
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Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

What URL are you using on the Search Engines page?

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faunapolis commented

This is the site:
http://opticalillusionGames[dot]com

When I added it to the Google Webmaster's page, I used:
http://opticalillusionGames[dot]com

When I added the sitemap.xml in the webmasters tools, it is only added as:
http://opticalillusionGames[dot]com/sitemap.xml

But, in the settings for the webmasters tools I have the following: Tools > Set Preferred URL
- Both www. example.com and example.com to work

Thanks for the module and its prompt port to drupal-6

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faunapolis commented

Ok, I think I kind of fixed it; sorry about the moving target.

I went into the site and logged in as admin into the URL without the www, that is opticalillusiongames[dot]com, and then generated the sitemap again. Now, all the items in the sitemap were generated without the trailing www. I think that should fix my conflict at the google webmaster's tools. But still, it is kind of tricky I think.

darren oh’s picture

darren oh
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Location Lakeland, Florida
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Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (works as designed)

This will be fixed when the 5.x-2.x code is ported to 6.x.

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avpaderno
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Title: Path's don't match @ google webmaster tools » Paths don't match with Google Webmaster Tools
Status: Closed (works as designed) » Fixed

I am changing the status to fixed to make the report close automatically after 2 weeks.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.

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mikew_is commented
Component: xmlsitemap » xmlsitemap.module

Hi,

I am experiencing the same problem with google webmaster tools, however my problem is a bit more sporadict. Most time webmaster tools is seeing my sitemap with no problems, but I find when i am edditing my site or adding new pages, it sometimes give me the exact same error as above.

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Manamarak commented
Version: 7.x-2.x-dev » 6.x-1.2

One more here, this problem has reared its head for me too.

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avpaderno
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Version: 6.x-1.2 » 5.x-2.x-dev
dave reid’s picture

dave reid
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Location Nebraska USA
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When using the 7.x-2.x or 6.x-2.x versions you can set your 'Default base URL' variable to the preferred domain on your admin/settings/xmlsitemap/settings page. If using any other versions, this is not possible to fix without adding a line to your site's settings.php file like this: $GLOBALS['base_url'] = 'http://www.mysite.com';

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xl_cheese commented

I'm getting this issue too. When I first set it up all worked fine. I just noticed the other day it's giving me this error. I've tried changing the settings, but I still get this error. It's timely to fix because you have to wait an entire day for google to reprocess the sitemap.