Google site map for wordpress?

[temi]

Checkout number 2 on the installation instruction:
== Installation ==
1. Upload the full directory into your wp-content/plugins directory
2. Make your blog directory writable OR create two files named sitemap.xml and sitemap.xml.gz and make them writable via CHMOD. In most cases, your blog directory is already writable so you don't need to do anything.
3. Double make sure that your blog directory is writable or two writable files named sitemap.xml and sitemap.xml.gz exist!
4. Activate it in the Plugin options
5. Edit or publish a post or click on Rebuild Sitemap on the Sitemap Administration Interface in the menu under Options -> XML Sitemap

[SkinnerW]

Try first activate sitemap plugin and rebuild site map like it sais here: 5. Edit or publish a post or click on Rebuild Sitemap on the Sitemap Administration Interface in the menu under Options -> XML Sitemap

I just uploaded plugin on few blogs, activated it and everything is working fine...

[temi]

I will give it another go, thanks.

[espmartin]

Hey Temi,

I use WordPress › Google XML Sitemaps « WordPress Plugins on all my blogs,
and have never had to tweak the permissions on any files. I just enable that plugin and
configure it in the admin section of Wordpress. Great tool - I don't launch a WP site without
it!

[temi]

Thanks for that Martin, it could be the server problem, got the attached error message

[espmartin]

Do you have sitemap.xml and sitemap.xml.gz at your site's root? The plugin should be
able to create those files there. If not, maybe you can just create those two empty files
at your root, CHMOD those to 666, and generate the sitemap plug in via the options again...

[temi]

cheers Martin,
would give that a go

[wakish]

Guys just a thought:
- Blogs do not need sitemaps IMHO, only websites (non-cms) need one.
Blogs are already loved by crawlers, so no need to attract or indicate them with sitemaps..

If you don't agree, just browse some pro-bloggers' blog, you will not find a sitemap..

[temi]

I think you can extend this argument to say that even sites do not need sites map as crawlers do eventually crawl all pages.
But if you want your contents indexed withing minutes of posting it, you need Google site map

[SkinnerW]

Originally Posted by wakish

If you don't agree, just browse some pro-bloggers' blog, you will not find a sitemap..

How did you look for sitemap on those blogs? And can you give a few examples of those "pro-bloggers" without sitemaps?