How do I test my sitemap. Visual studio 2019, Google search console

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Hi,
I am using Visual studio 2019. I added a Web.sitemap to my ASP.net (mvc) solution and also added the sitemap tags to my Web.config (see code below). The questions I have are 1 - How do I test to see if my sitemap is correct and 2 - What do I assign in google search console? In the console, on the left, there is a tab titled "Sitemaps". And on the right is a textbox which accepts the website name. But no matter what I add, google says "couldn't fetch".

My Web.sitemap file...

<pre><?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0" >
  <siteMapNode url="~/" title="Home"  description="Test1">
    <siteMapNode url="~/Home/Index" title="Upload Card"  description="Description1" />
    <siteMapNode url="~/Home/GradedCards" title="Graded Cards"  description="Description2" />
  </siteMapNode>
</siteMap>

My Web.config file snippet...

<system.web>
  <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.7.2" />
  <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.7.2" />
    <siteMap defaultProvider="DefaultSiteMapProvider" enabled="true">
        <providers>
            <add name="DefaultSiteMapProvider"
                 type="System.Web.XmlSiteMapProvider"
                 siteMapFile = "Web.sitemap" />
        </providers>
    </siteMap>
</system.web>

What I have tried:

For testing my sitemap I went to Validate XML Sitemap - XML Sitemaps Generator[^] and I tried the following...For each of them, the site tells me that "Sitemap is valid No"

http:www.grademycardforfree.com/Web
http:www.grademycardforfree.com/Web.sitemap
http:www.grademycardforfree.com/Web.sitemap.XML
http:www.grademycardforfree.com/sitemap.XML

In my google search console, in the "Add a new sitemap" I've added the following... None of them worked either.

http:www.grademycardforfree.com/Web
http:www.grademycardforfree.com/Web.sitemap
http:www.grademycardforfree.com/Web.sitemap.XML
http:www.grademycardforfree.com/sitemap.XML

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks
-Doug

Posted 20-May-22 14:57pm

DougSchofield

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Member 15627495 · Answer 1 · 2022-05-22T04:35:00

Solution 1

Hello !

in the file web.sitemap,
the url you fill are uri.. so a wrong information.

start them by "http" or "https" :

"http://www.fullpath.required/index.asp"

to validate your sitemap, reach a sitemap validator on the internet.

One other thing :
sitemaps are single file at root of a web server.
don't be mistaken by embeded asp object to achieve the build of a web page.
is the 'swimming pool' class/entity a real one ? not sure of that.

UPDATE : //

create a file with your sitemap content on the root of your server,
name it "sitemap.xml"
and wait for a call from web crawler

Posted 22-May-22 4:35am

Member 15627495

Updated 24-May-22 20:31pm

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DougSchofield 24-May-22 14:14pm

I made the changes you recommended but it didn't work. I went to www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html to validate it and its not there. Thanks anyways

<sitemap xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0">
<sitemapnode url="http://www.grademycardforfree.com/Home" title="Home" description="Test1">
<sitemapnode url="http://www.grademycardforfree.com/Home/Index" title="Test2">
<sitemapnode url="http://www.grademycardforfree.com/Home/GradedCards" title="Test3">

DougSchofield 24-May-22 14:15pm

DougSchofield 24-May-22 14:23pm

Can someone please advise me. I am really struck