Hi Pat,
Hmm, I can access yor Sitemap at the link you provided
with a good HTTP status 200 OK.
So it looks like the Sitemap is being generated.
I'm not sure what gen_py is saying it can't read it. Does the Sitemap
actually get created on the same server as your web site?
That would depend on how your hosting provider has Python
, the way the program is initiated and where it actually runs.
If gen_py is writing to another server or aliased directory then it
may not have the access needed to read it.
That might be something to bounce off of your hosting providers
technical support.
Some Googlers have offered some troubleshooting tips for this
error. You can find that in this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Sitemap/browse_t...
From all the cases of this particular error where the actual Sitemap
was actually created and correct there seem to be no harm, just that
annoying error message.
If you run the tests indicated in the other post, could you
please post back the results here in this thread so we can
look at them?
We would like to find the cause of this apparently
_erroneous_ error message.
Thanks and all the best,
Abracadabra
On Nov 21, 12:11 pm, Pat Bensky wrote:
> I have installed the Python script and got it working. But I get the
> following error message:
> [ERROR] When attempting to access our generated Sitemap at the
> following URL:
> http://www.europacomponents.com/sitemap.xml.gz
> we failed to read it. Please verify the store_into path you
> specified in
> your configuration file is web-accessable. Consult the FAQ for more
> information.
> I have checked the FAQ and basically all that tells me is what the
> message already tells me... it cannot access the file. but I don't
> understand why. The pathname is correct and if I click on it copy it
> into a web browser, it finds the sitemap file and starts to download
> it. So it IS accessible. Why does it keep saying it isn't?
> TIA
> Pat
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