PHP SitemapPOP Version 0.8b

The first release of sitemap_pop is ready.

Purpose:
    This program generates a xml sitemap you can submit to google

You can download the program here
   
Change in 0.8b:
It can generate sitemap in both html and xml format. The html file is human readable and search engine friendly. It'll help your site to be more searchable by the search engine.

The program will crawl your site like GoogleBot does (through the web page),
the only advantage of this program is to control what to include,
what priority to assign and how to present the URL.
It will only crawl according to the link(s) you provided.
If you need to crawl the log file or file structure directly,
you should use the python program provided by Google.
You can download Google's program from:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/docs/en/sitemap-generator.html

To use sitemap_pop, copy all files in the zip file
(including the folders _cache and lib) into a place where you can call the php.

First you need to edit the sitemap_config.php file
(you might need some knowledge of PHP and regular expression to config it effectively)

The config file is optimized for phpBB, but you can use this program on any web site (as long as you enter the correct regular expression for pages you want to crawl).

To execute the program:

Call from web:
http://www.yoursite.com/your_folder/sitemap_pop.php

Call from shell:
php sitemap_pop.php

The site map xml file will be generated at a location you assigned in the config file.

You can then submit your sitemap file to google through the following url:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/

of course, you have to agree with the license agreemnt first:

	PHP SitemapPOP
	Version 0.700 beta 
		By Nil Darko

	website: http://www.hat.net/geeky/

	Please keep the credit

	You can use or distribute this code for free, 
	subject to the following conditions:

	The above copyright notice and this permission notice 
	shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", 
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	OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED 
	TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
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	NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
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	WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR 
	OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN 
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