XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards.
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Sitemap for multiple language site
I have a multiple site. For example:
English language page: mysite.com And mysite.com/en
Farsi language page: mysite.com/fa
Japanese lanuage page: mysite.com/jp
The content posts in English ...
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sitemap.xml file extension, does it have to be .xml?
Do XML sitemap files have to end with the .xml file extension?
On the Bigcommerce platform, their XML sitemap file are defined as:
http://www.examplesite.com/xmlsitemap.php
The sitemap file is ...
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Backend admin interface with multiple web services [closed]
What is the easiest way to receive data from different web services (Shopify, Amazon Marketplace Web Service, CRM applications, social media platforms, etc.) for an Internet retailer who wants to be ...
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How to create and submit multiple sitemaps into categories?
I have a questions. I need to know how to create and submit multiple sitemaps into categories? This is for a big online auction site with a lot of products that needs to be indexed.
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How do search engines index XML-based websites?
I'm talking about the kind that transforms XML into (X)HTML on the client side. We all know that search engines use semantics in HTML (headings, links) to rank your website. So if you don't already ...
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Serve up syntactic XHTML5 using the text/html MIME type?
I have a site currently written with HTML5 tags. I'd like to be able to parse the site as XML, with support for namespaces, etc, to facilitate programmatic extraction of data.
Currently I have ...
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How to Send Custom data in ADF/XML format [closed]
I have built a lead generator form Here which will send email in ADF/XML format.But all I found in internet about ADF that there are limited tags like contact, customer, vendors, vehicle and their ...
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What tool to use to modify HTML file structure
I have HTML files with all sharing the same structure. Something like this:
Body
Table
tr1
... (more nested tables)
tr2
... (more nested tables)
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How to add rss feed to website [closed]
Actually, i want to add rss feed to my website which can be read by google reader. For this what all should i do? I use php to create my website and i am totally new to xml and rss. What should I do?
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ampersand (&) sign in sitemap generating error
I have ampersand sign in urls and Google is not able to parse my sitemap.xml due to this.
I can't remove the sign but i have to submit my xml to google.
Is there any solution for this.
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.XML Sitemaps and HTML Sitemaps Clarification
I've got a website with about 170 pages and I want to create an effective Sitemap for it as it is long due. The website is internally linked very well but I still want to take advantage of creating a ...
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Is an xml sitemap good or bad [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are there any clear indicators that my sitemap file is beneficial?
The good:
You provide search engines with all the urls in your site
But, does the search engine ...
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HTML5 `html` `xmlns` attribute
Is xmlns appropriate in HTML5?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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</html>
Also, which is preferred, <!DOCTYPE html> or <!doctype html>?
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When I'm delivering a page with the XHTML mime type, should I use XML DOM or HTML DOM?
I prefer using the XHTML mime type for pages, instead of HTML, and serve a different mime type to IE, but when I do this, should I use XML DOM or HTML DOM?
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Add multiple payment options in Google Product feed XML
In my Google Product feed I have both Visa and MasterCard listed as accepted payment methods. Is it possible, and is there any benefit, in adding the remainder of my payment options; American Express, ...
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updated posts in my RSS feed
Should I put in my RSS feed posts that I've updated or I'll just update it but don't put it my RSS feed? (considering RSS feed contains latest 10 posts).
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How to update an RSS Feed?
Let's say we have a similar RSS feed like here. Where should I be inserting the new content? And, should all the articles be listed in an RSS feed?
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XML Video Sitemap for embedded YouTube videos - anyone done this successfully and if so how?
This is poorly documented by Google and has been hotly debated by SEO's but has anyone actually done it?
There is no info. on Google Webmaster Forums although they recommend that a person does ...
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schema.org hierarchy as xml
I am intersted in using schema.org hierarchy to help uses define "things" that they add to my custom CMS. For example if they wanted to add a "person" to my CMS, they would have to add all the fields ...
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what are good UI ways for editing xml files in web pages?
I have an xml file which contain a lot fields and sub fields, I am not sure yet, but around 100 or 200 of fields.
Fields value types may need true/false , others need drop down to select from, and ...
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Can't generate a sitemap!
Having a real problem here, I've tried lots of services to sort this including http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ as well as software and a PHP script.
Basically my domain is http://gamingdeluxe.co.uk/
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XML Parsing Error at 1:1544. Error 4: not well-formed (invalid token)
I have installed Joomla 1.5.22 on a new hosting account, which doesn't have a domain yet, so it's public URL is http://cp-013.micron21.com/~annimac/
A message saying: XML Parsing Error at 1:1544. ...
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How to use Google Web Fonts “text” parameter on Blogger?
Google introduced the new parameter "text" to the Google Web Fonts API, where you can choose which letters will come from your request (for when you only need few letters for the logo)
The ...
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Google Webmaster Tools says my XML sitemap “appears to be an HTML page”
We're running a lot of sites and we've started to get a lot of these errors in Webmaster Tools:
Sitemap is HTML
Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported sitemap format ...
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How To Get Data From Another Website? [closed]
How would I be able to get data from another website and put it on my own website? Website A has profiles of users along with other stuff. I want to be able to get the data of the user and incorporate ...
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xml sitemap structure
I have been arguing a point and would like a second opinion. The basic point of contention is as follows:
We have a site X with a sitemap index file located at:
http://www.x.co.uk/sitemap.xml
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Tool for RSS “Archive” in XML
Does anyone know of a web app or some such tool that simply checks an RSS feed and archives each news item and has the ability to export rss or generic xml (or even better, automatically saves it). ...
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Is there a way to save MS Word document as HTML w/o the ms proprietary stuff?
So normally I wouldn't use this feature ("Save as Web Page") but I have large documents from clients they just want put on their site as HTML, and formatting it all by hand seems like a waste of time.
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Does using data from another website increase their SEO?
To clarify, if I wear to use xml data from another website to make charts on my site, would that affect their SEO?
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Using XML in a Flex Website to Improve SEO
I've got a Flex 3 site called www.brainpinata.com that's a trivia game. Basically, everything in the site is pulled from a database-- the questions, choices, and answers. So, unfortunately, Google ...
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HTML5 and facebook Graph API
In order to use the "og:" meta tag of Facebook Graph, I need to add the following to the tag:
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:og="http://opengraphprotocol.org/schema/"
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Sitemap XML version vs simple text (urls list) version, do you know what are the pros?
I usualy submit simple text urls list as sitemap on Google webmaster tools. It's just a matter of simplicity, a simple text file is lightweight, easier to read also for humans (actually for me). :)
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How does XML+XSLT affect SEO?
I have a site that is built completely in XML and is transformed by a single XSL file. How does this affect SEO? Is it possible to store page-specific metadata? Will robots see the transformed page ...
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IIS XML encoding seems to be wrong
We are moving our web application from Apache 2.0 to IIS 7.
Everyhing is fine with UTF-8 encoding, but just one thing.
There's a flash movie in the page that reads an xml content (dynamically ...
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Are there security risks involved in moving from a CMS that uses SQL to one that uses XML?
I've used a lot of content management systems in my day (drupal, wordpress, joomla, etc.) and they have all been database driven using MySQL. While the security updates for many CMS offerings out ...
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Linux HTML/XML W3C Validation Utilities
What programs can I use to validate HTML/XML markup?
Basically, I want a local, command-line based, version of W3C HTML validation service (like lint) that I can use for detecting errors.
Update
I ...
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Webpage Post Submits vs AJAX?
Which is better and why?
I can see where a site that works 100% in AJAX might optimize a bit better, due to not having to reload the page on each click.
But I am a huge fan of the big submit button ...
