All about Sitemap facilities you can read at [Sitemaps.org].

  1. Register or login to your account: [Google], [Ask], [Bing].
  2. Submit your Sitemap via the search engine\'s submission interface [Google], [Ask], [Bing].
  3. Specifying the Sitemap location in your robots.txt file (more...):
  4. Notify crawlers of the update to your XML sitemap. Note: CURL is used for communication with the crawlers, so must be active on your hosting server (if you need to use a CURL proxy, set the CURL proxy settings under Admin->Configuration->My Store.)
'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_TIPS_HEAD', 'Tips:'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_TIPS_TEXT', 'To have update sitemaps and automatically notify crawlers, you will need to set up a Cron job via your host\'s control panel.
To run it as a cron job (at 5:0am like you wanted), put in your crontab something like the following:
0 5 * * * GET \'http://your_domain/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml\&rebuild=yes\&ping=yes\'
or
0 5 * * * wget -q \'http://your_domain/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml\&rebuild=yes\&ping=yes\' -O /dev/null
or
0 5 * * * curl -s \'http://your_domain/index.php?main_page=sitemapxml\&rebuild=yes\&ping=yes\'
or
0 5 * * * php -f <path to shop>/cgi-bin/sitemapxml.php rebuild=yes ping=yes
'); //zen_catalog_href_link(SITEMAPXML_SITEMAPINDEX . '.xml') define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTRUCTIONS_HEAD', 'Create / update your site map:'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_CHOOSE_PARAMETERS', 'Choose parameters:'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_CHOOSE_PARAMETERS_PING', 'Pinging Search Engine.'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_CHOOSE_PARAMETERS_REBUILD', 'Force rebuild all sitemap*.xml files!'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_CHOOSE_PARAMETERS_INLINE', 'Output file ' . SITEMAPXML_SITEMAPINDEX . '.xml'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST', 'Sitemap File List'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TABLE_FNAME', 'Name'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TABLE_FSIZE', 'Size'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TABLE_FTIME', ' Last modification date'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TABLE_FPERMS', 'Permissions'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TABLE_TYPE', 'Type'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TABLE_ITEMS', 'Items'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TABLE_COMMENTS', 'Comments'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TABLE_ACTION', 'Action'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_COMMENTS_READONLY', 'Read Only!!!'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_COMMENTS_IGNORED', 'Ignored'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TYPE_URLSET', 'UrlSet'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TYPE_SITEMAPINDEX', 'SitemapIndex'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_FILE_LIST_TYPE_UNDEFINE', 'Undefine!!!'); define('TEXT_ACTION_VIEW_FILE', 'View'); define('TEXT_ACTION_TRUNCATE_FILE', 'Truncate'); define('TEXT_ACTION_DELETE_FILE', 'Delete'); define('TEXT_MESSAGE_FILE_ERROR_OPENED', 'Error opening file %s'); define('TEXT_MESSAGE_FILE_TRUNCATED', 'File %s truncated'); define('TEXT_MESSAGE_FILE_DELETED', 'File %s deleted'); define('TEXT_MESSAGE_FILE_ERROR_DELETED', 'Error deleted file %s'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTALL_HEAD', 'Installation notes:'); define('TEXT_SITEMAPXML_INSTALL_DELETE_FILE', 'Delete this file'); /////////// define('TEXT_INSTALL', 'Install SitemapXML SQL'); define('TEXT_UPGRADE', 'Upgrade SitemapXML SQL'); define('TEXT_UNINSTALL', 'Uninstall SitemapXML SQL'); define('TEXT_UPGRADE_CONFIG_ADD', ''); define('TEXT_UPGRADE_CONFIG_UPD', ''); define('TEXT_UPGRADE_CONFIG_DEL', ''); /////////// define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_VERSION', 'Module version'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_VERSION', ' eCommerce Service'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_SITEMAPINDEX', 'SitemapXML Index file name'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_SITEMAPINDEX', 'SitemapXML Index file name - this file should be given to the search engines'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_DIR_WS', 'Sitemap directory'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_DIR_WS', 'Directory for sitemap files. If empty all sitemap xml files saved on shop root directory.'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_COMPRESS', 'Compress SitemapXML Files'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_COMPRESS', 'Compress SitemapXML files'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_LASTMOD_FORMAT', 'Lastmod tag format'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_LASTMOD_FORMAT', 'Lastmod tag format:
date - Complete date: YYYY-MM-DD (eg 1997-07-16)
full - Complete date plus hours, minutes and seconds: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD (eg 1997-07-16T19:20:30+01:00)'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_EXECUTION_TOKEN', 'Start Security Token'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_EXECUTION_TOKEN', 'Used to prevent a third party not authorized start of the generator Sitemap XML. To avoid the creation of intentional excessive load on the server, DDoS-attacks.'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_USE_EXISTING_FILES', 'Use Existing Files'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_USE_EXISTING_FILES', 'Use Existing XML Files'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_USE_ONLY_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE', 'Generate links only for default language'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_USE_ONLY_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE', 'Generate links for all languages or only for default language'); //define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_USE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE', 'Generate language for default language'); //define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_USE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE', 'Generate language parameter for default language'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_USE_LANGUAGE_PARM', 'Using parameter language in links'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_USE_LANGUAGE_PARM', 'Using parameter language in links:
true - normally use it,
all - using for all langusges including pages for default language,
false - don\'t use it'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_PING_URLS', 'Ping urls'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_PING_URLS', 'List of pinging urls separated by ;'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_CHECK_DUBLICATES', 'Check Dublicates'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_CHECK_DUBLICATES', 'true - check dublicates,
mysql - check dublicates using mySQL (used to store a large number of products),
false - don\'t check dublicates'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_HOMEPAGE_ORDERBY', 'Home page order by'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_HOMEPAGE_ORDERBY', ''); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_HOMEPAGE_CHANGEFREQ', 'Home page changefreq'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_HOMEPAGE_CHANGEFREQ', 'How frequently the Home page is likely to change.'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_ORDERBY', 'Products order by'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_ORDERBY', ''); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_CHANGEFREQ', 'Products changefreq'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_CHANGEFREQ', 'How frequently the Product pages page is likely to change.'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_USE_CPATH', 'Use cPath parameter'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_USE_CPATH', 'Use cPath parameter in products url. Coordinate this value with the value of variable $includeCPath in file init_canonical.php'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_IMAGES', 'Add Products Images'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_IMAGES', 'Generate Products Image tags for products urls'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_IMAGES_CAPTION', 'Use Products Images Caption/Title'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_IMAGES_CAPTION', 'Generate Product image tags Title and Caption'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_IMAGES_LICENSE', 'Products Images license'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_PRODUCTS_IMAGES_LICENSE', 'A URL to the license of the Products images'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_CATEGORIES_ORDERBY', 'Categories order by'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_CATEGORIES_ORDERBY', ''); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_CATEGORIES_CHANGEFREQ', 'Category changefreq'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_CATEGORIES_CHANGEFREQ', 'How frequently the Category pages page is likely to change.'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_CATEGORIES_IMAGES', 'Add Categories Images'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_CATEGORIES_IMAGES', 'Generate Categories Image tags for categories urls'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_CATEGORIES_IMAGES_CAPTION', 'Use Categories Images Caption/Title'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_CATEGORIES_IMAGES_CAPTION', 'Generate Categories image tags Title and Caption'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_CATEGORIES_IMAGES_LICENSE', 'Categories Images license'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_CATEGORIES_IMAGES_LICENSE', 'A URL to the license of the Categories images'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_REVIEWS_ORDERBY', 'Reviews order by'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_REVIEWS_ORDERBY', ''); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_REVIEWS_CHANGEFREQ', 'Reviews changefreq'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_REVIEWS_CHANGEFREQ', 'How frequently the Reviews pages page is likely to change.'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_EZPAGES_ORDERBY', 'EZPages order by'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_EZPAGES_ORDERBY', ''); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_EZPAGES_CHANGEFREQ', 'EZPages changefreq'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_EZPAGES_CHANGEFREQ', 'How frequently the EZPages pages page is likely to change.'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_TESTIMONIALS_ORDERBY', 'Testimonials order by'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_TESTIMONIALS_ORDERBY', ''); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_TESTIMONIALS_CHANGEFREQ', 'Testimonials changefreq'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_TESTIMONIALS_CHANGEFREQ', 'How frequently the Testimonials page is likely to change.'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_NEWS_ORDERBY', 'News Articles order by'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_NEWS_ORDERBY', ''); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_NEWS_CHANGEFREQ', 'News Articles changefreq'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_NEWS_CHANGEFREQ', 'How frequently the News Articles is likely to change.'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_MANUFACTURERS_ORDERBY', 'Manufacturers order by'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_MANUFACTURERS_ORDERBY', ''); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_MANUFACTURERS_CHANGEFREQ', 'Manufacturers changefreq'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_MANUFACTURERS_CHANGEFREQ', 'How frequently the Manufacturers is likely to change.'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_MANUFACTURERS_IMAGES', 'Add Manufacturers Images'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_MANUFACTURERS_IMAGES', 'Generate Manufacturers Image tags for manufacturers urls'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_MANUFACTURERS_IMAGES_CAPTION', 'Use Images Caption/Title'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_MANUFACTURERS_IMAGES_CAPTION', 'Generate Manufacturer image tags Title and Caption'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_MANUFACTURERS_IMAGES_LICENSE', 'Manufacturers Images license'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_MANUFACTURERS_IMAGES_LICENSE', 'A URL to the license of the Manufacturers images'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_BOXNEWS_ORDERBY', 'News Box Manager - order by'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_BOXNEWS_ORDERBY', ''); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_SITEMAPXML_BOXNEWS_CHANGEFREQ', 'News Box Manager - changefreq'); define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_SITEMAPXML_BOXNEWS_CHANGEFREQ', 'How frequently the News Box Manager is likely to change.'); //define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_TITLE_', ''); //define('TEXT_CONFIGURATION_DESCRIPTION_', ''); // EOF