What should I do with URLs that cause site map errors?
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Hi Mozzers,
I have a client who uses an important customer database and offers gift cards via https://clients.mindbodyonline.com located within the navigation which causes sitemap errors whenever it is submitted since domain is different.
Should I ask to remove those links from navigation? if so where can I relocate those links? If not what should I do to have a site map without any errors?
Thanks!
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Hi Christy,
Unfortunately not!
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Hi Taysir, has this question been answered? Please give us an update, thanks! (Christy)
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Feel free to private message me if you'd like me to take a look...
-- Jeff
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Sorry I can't display the name of the client. The only thing I can provide is the image I provided about the errors in my initial post.
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Taysir - Do you have an example of the sitemap that you're submitting that you can display here? I'm happy to take a look at it...
-- Jeff
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Sorry Jeff But my client and I are located in San Francisco. Can you still help me figuring out the issue?
Thanks
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Taysir - You're welcome!
Sounds like you might be nearby in the Boulder, Colorado area (with the type of clients listed). Swing by the office here in boulder if you have a chance... Customer Paradigm, 5353 Manhattan Circle #103, Boulder, CO 80303.
Thanks!- Jeff
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Hi Jeff
My client which I can't mention the name uses https://clients.mindbodyonline.com links on its main navigation. The issue is that whenever a sitemap is submitted, errors occur because of https://clients.mindbodyonline.com URLs placed in the navigation.
My goal is to have a site map without any errors.
Thanks for letting me know!
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Taysir,
I took a look at the XML site map your Drupal site automatically generates here:
https://www.mindbodyonline.com/sitemap.xml (It's not linked from the site, but I just guessed the URL.)
Of the 836 URLs in the xml site map, I don't see the https://clients.mindbodyonline.com login link listed in the site map.
Do you have a different site map? Or, are you trying to do a sitemap for the https://clients.mindbodyonline.com subdomain? I didn't find anything listed there either.
If you are trying to generate a "view all" list of each location, so that you can direct people to the correct appointment scheduling link, you might want to have a list that lists everything. Doing a quick search with the letter 'a' or 'e' or 't' in the search box returned about 150 results. (These are the three most common letters in words, and are often helpful when trying to break codes using repeating letters.)
So, I'm probably a little confused about what you are trying to accomplish with a site map, and what is causing you to get that error...
If you want to give a little bit more information, that would be great...
Thanks,
-- Jeff
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