Remository Plugin for Google Sitemap Generator Component
January 29th, 2007 by 
Marc
So after I completely relaunched icq-4u.com recently I was worried about google's ability of finding all my new pages on its own. Luckily there is a Mambo component called GSG (Google Sitemap Generator) which generates a google xml sitemap from all of the basic content. And because GSG allows enhancement with plugins, it is possible to add content from non-basic components such as Remository to the sitemap.
Note: Installation of GSG in Mambo seemed somewhat tricky at first. I had to copy the folders includes/domit and includes/patTemplate from a Joomla to my Mambo installation, but after that it worked fine!
I couldn't find a ready-to-download Remository plugin, so I made one myself. Please keep in mind that I do not have secret or non public folders in my Remository, so I do not check for these aspects when generating the links.
The following file should be called remository_map.class.php and copied to administrator/components/com_gsg/plugins/.
PHP:
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/**
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* Google Sitemap Generator.
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* @version SVN $Id$
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* @package gsg.org
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* @author Todd Nine*
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* @license Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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* @abstract This class represends the required methods of a 3PC Implementations.
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* Extend this class and override the method below.
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**/
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class remository_map extends GSGExtension{
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/**
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* Get the URLS from the 3PC.
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* @return An array of URLResource objects.
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*/
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function getURLResources() {
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global $database,
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$mosConfig_live_site,
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$mosConfig_absolute_path,
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$gsg_url_changefreq,
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$gsg_url_priority;
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$database->setQuery("SELECT id FROM mos_menu WHERE link = 'index.php?option=com_remository'");
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$Itemid = $database->loadResult();
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$query = "SELECT f.* FROM mos_downloads_files AS f WHERE f.published=1 ORDER BY filetitle LIMIT 10";
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$database->setQuery($query);
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$rows = $database->loadObjectList();
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$row = & $rows[$i];
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$urlResource = new URLResource();
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$urlResource->title = 'Download Files: '. $row->filetitle;
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$urlResource->link = 'index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid='. $Itemid .'&func=fileinfo&id='. $row->id;
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$urlResource->date = gsg :: showdate(0, 0, 1);
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$urlResource->changeFreq = $gsg_url_changefreq;
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$urlResource->priority = $gsg_url_priority;
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$results[] = $urlResource;
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}
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// Getting the containers
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$query2 = "SELECT * FROM mos_downloads_containers ORDER BY sequence, name";
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$database->setQuery($query2);
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$content_rows = $database->loadObjectList();
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$row = & $content_rows[$i];
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$urlResource = new URLResource();
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$urlResource->title = 'Browse Files: '. $row->name;
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$urlResource->link = 'index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid='. $Itemid .'&func=select&id='. $row->id;
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$urlResource->date = gsg :: showdate(0, 0, 1);
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$urlResource->changeFreq = $gsg_url_changefreq;
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$urlResource->priority = $gsg_url_priority;
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$results[] = $urlResource;
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}
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return $results;
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}
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/**
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* @return The string description
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*/
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function getDescription() {
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return "Creates Remository sitemap.";
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}
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}
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?>
This will include nice Remository links in your GSG sitemaps it has been tested with Mambo 4.5.1 and Remository 3.41.
This will not make sef_ext-style links unless you modify certain GSG files. However, a workaround is possible which I could post if someone is interested.
Have fun!
