Did you look up a good quick way to have an automatically generated sitemaps on a number of websites?
If you do as I have, then what you’re looking for is probably Google Sitemap Generator .

Though the software is yet in beta stage it looks promising and could be used to automatically generated sitemaps for your websites using the access logs of each of the websites as a basis for the links to be included in your sitemap.xml and from thence to sitemap.xml.gz

I decided to explain about my hurdles and pains throughout installing and configuring Google Sitemap Generator.
Since officially there is no explanation on how to install Google Sitemap Genreator beta1 on Debian Lenny Linux andpossibly some other Debian based distributions like Ubuntu.

So here is the exactly how I installed googlesitemapgenerator

1. Download the sitemap_linux beta for x86_64 if you’re running an amd64 server architecture as I am :

- Be sure to be running with a super user, otherwise the install won’t proceed

linux-server:~# wget http://googlesitemapgenerator.googlecode.com/files/sitemap_linux-x86_64-beta1-20091231.tar.gz

2. Untar the archive

linux-server:~# tar -zxvf sitemap_linux-x86_64-beta1-20091231.tar.gz
drwxrwxrwx maoyq/eng 0 2009-12-31 01:24 sitemap-install/
-rwxrwxrwx maoyq/eng 5530 2009-12-31 01:24 sitemap-install/apache.sh
-rwxrwxrwx maoyq/eng 1218 2009-12-31 01:24 sitemap-install/autostart.sh
-rwxrwxrwx maoyq/eng 1145 2009-12-31 01:24 sitemap-install/google-sitemap-generator-ctl
...

linux-server:~# mv sitemap-install/ /usr/local/src
linux-server:~# cd /usr/local/src/sitemap-install/

3. Launch the google sitemap generator installer script

linux-server:/usr/local/src# ./install.sh

Next few you will be required to answer few trivial questions.

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Welcome to Google Sitemap Generator (Beta)!

For more information, please visit:

http://code.google.com/p/googlesitemapgenerator/

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PRIVACY WARNINGAny Sitemap information that you send to Google, including Sitemaps created
using the Sitemap Generator, should be consistent with commitments you make to
your users in your site’s privacy policy. If your site contains or generates
URLs that contain user information, you must filter the user information out of
the data that you send to Google. Instructions for filtering such information
can be found in the Sitemap Generator configuration instructions.

In addition, you must add language to your privacy policy substantially similar
to the following: “This site uses a tool that collects your requests for pages and passes elements of them to search engines to assist them in indexing this site. We control the configuration of the tool and are responsible for any information sent to the search engines.”
The product Terms of Service follows. …………………………

now press q

Do you agree with the Terms of Service? [N/y] y
This installation updates the Apache configuration file. To find that file,the installer needs the location of the Apache binary (httpd) or controlscript (apachectl). The binary or control script that you specify mustsupport the -V option.

What is the location of the Apache binary or control script? [/usr/sbin/apache2]/usr/sbin/apache2ctl
Can’t determine Group directive for Apache./usr/sbin/apache2ctl is not a supported Apache binary or control script.Do you want to enter a different location for the Apache binary or control script? [Y/n]

This warning is about to prevent you of properly installing the google sitemap generator on Debian Lenny or Debian Testing / Unstable Linux.

– To get around the issue and continuing with the installation, you will have to edit google sitemap generator install.sh script

Therein set or change the following variables in install.sh:

HTTPD_CONF="/etc/apache2/apache2.conf"
arg_apache_binary="/usr/sbin/apache2"
arg_apache_group="www-data"
arg_apache_conf="/etc/apache2/apache2.conf"
arg_apache_ctl="/usr/sbin/apache2ctl"

For your convenience I’ve also provided the working copy of google sitemap generator install.sh you can just download the install.sh and overwrite the original install.sh bundled with google sitemap generator beta1.

Further on start it up again and answer the required questions, from thence the install should succeed.

Afterwards be sure to enable port 8181 in your firewall, otherwise you won’t be able to access “googlesitemap generator web interface”.
Thereon to access google sitemap generator web interface and configure it for which domain names I desire to generate sitemaps as well as some other data relating the automated sitemap generations for my websites I pointed my IceWeasel browser to:

http://my-server.net:8181

Instead of a the nice login interface of google sitemap generator I faced:

Remote access is denied.

Make sure https is used if you want to access Google Sitemap Generator from remote IP. You can go to help center for how to enable https.

If you are on local machine, make sure you are not using proxy.

After some research online I was able to enable the remote access to Google Sitemap Generator web interface, I achieved that following the prescriptions in:
googlesitemapgenerator’s documentation Enable Google sitemap generator remote access

I have enabled the remote access to googlesitemapgenerator on Debian Lenny Linux via the command:linux-server:~# /usr/local/google-sitemap-generator/bin/sitemap-daemon remote_admin enable

- Now access again the Google Sitemap Generator web interface, I’m convinced you will love it, since it’s heavily “google unified”.
I suggest you also take a look at a nice similar article to this one called Easy Google Sitemap Generation with SitemapGen

Hopefully this article is about to shed you some further light on how googlesitemapgenerator works and will help you to better understand Google’s program’s web interface.

Apache is one of the most popular web servers, and part of its charm is that it’s free. It also has a lot of features that make it very extensible and useful for many different types of websites. It is a server that is used for everything from personal web pages to enterprise level sites.

This article will discuss how to install Apache on a Linux system. Before we start you should be at least comfortable working in Linux – changing directories, using tar and gunzip, and compiling with make (I’ll discuss where to get binaries if you don’t want to mess with compiling your own). You should also have access to the root account on the server machine.
Download Apache

I recommend downloading the latest stable release. At the time of this writing, that was Apache 2.2. The best place to get Apache is from the Apache HTTP Server download site. Download the source files appropriate to your system. Binary releases for some operating systems are available as well.
Extract the Apache Files

Once you’ve downloaded the files you need to uncompress them:

gunzip -d httpd-2_0_NN.tar.gz
tar xvf httpd-2_0_NN.tar

This creates a new directory under the current directory with the source files.
Configuring Your Server for Apache

Once you’ve got the files, you need to tell your machine where to find everything by configuring the source files. The easiest way is to accept all the defaults and just type:

./configure

Of course, most people don’t want to accept just the default choices. The most important option is the prefix=PREFIX option. This specifies the directory where the Apache files will be installed. You can also set specific environment variables and modules. Some of the modules I like to have installed include:

* mod_alias – to map different parts of the URL tree
* mod_include – to parse Server Side Includes
* mod_mime – to associate file extensions with its MIME-type
* mod_rewrite – to rewrite URLs on the fly
* mod_speling (sic) – to help your readers who might misspell URLs
* mod_ssl – to allow for strong cryptography using SSL
* mod_userdir – to allow system users to have their own web page directories

Please keep in mind that these aren’t all the modules I might install on a given system. Read the details about the modules to determine which ones you need.
Build Apache

As with any source installation, you’ll then need to build the installation:

make
make install

Customize Apache

Assuming that there were no problems, you are ready to customize your Apache configuration. This really just amounts to editing the httpd.conf file. This file is located in the PREFIX/conf directory. I generally edit it with text editor.

vi PREFIX/conf/httpd.conf

Note: you’ll need to be root to edit this file.

Follow the instructions in this file to edit your configuration the way you want it. More help is available on the Apache website.
Test Your Apache Server

Open a web browser on the same machine and type http://localhost/ in the address box. You should see a page similar to the one in the partial screen shot above. It will say in big letters “Seeing this instead of the website you expected?” This is good news, as it means your server is installed correctly.
Start Editing/Uploading Pages to Your Newly Installed Apache Web Server

Once your server is up and running you can start posting pages. Have fun building your website.

Article last updated: July 18, 2010.

1. Login to your Web server machine using SSH or telnet.
2. Su to root.
3. Run the apache control program:
apachectl stop

Tips:

1. This command shuts down the server immediately.
2. Any existing connections are terminated immediately.

1. Login to your Web server machine using SSH or telnet.
2. Su to root.
3. Run the apache control program:
apachectl graceful
4. You can also run the apache control program in this way:
apachectl restart

Tips:

1. graceful reloads the configuration files and gracefully restart. Any current connections are allowed to complete.
2. restart reloads the configuration files and restarts. Any current connections are terminated immediately.
3. If the server isn’t running, these commands will start it up.

Dreamweaver is a very handy tool for both novices and web professionals. It supports various web technologies and other server-side scripting languages. You can use it as a stand-alone software program or use it along with other web designing tools.

To get you started on how to build a website using Dreamweaver, here’s what you should do:

Step 1 ‘“ Install the Dreamweaver program on your computer. Once the program is properly installed, open the program to start using. Begin by clicking on file and then select new from the drop-down menu. A pop-up window will be seen that would ask you what type of website you want to create. Click on “Basic Page” then click on “Create.” This will now be your opening page.

Step 2 ‘“ You may save this file by clicking on File and selecting “Save As” from the drop-down menu. Create a folder with the name “index.htm” which will then contain all the files to be uploaded on this page. Save your opening page using the filename “index.htm” in the same folder.

Step 3 ‘“ Now you may begin building your website. You may start by typing the title at the upper middle side of the page. Highlight the title and choose the color, font and size that you want to use.

Step 4 ‘“ Fill your website with whatever you want to appear on your site. Your contents should be pleasing to look at and should be fun, informative and relevant to your target viewers. Again, you may change the style of your text by clicking on Window and then Properties.

Step 5 ‘“ You can make use of the toolbar to make alterations to the visual effects of your website. You may add background color that is complimentary to your text as well as create links to other websites. Then, repeat the same process with other alterations and additions you would like to perform on your site.

Step 6 ‘“ Add some pictures to liven up the image of your website. Save these image files on the same folder where you saved the webpage, “index.htm.”

Step 7 ‘“ To make your website searchable through the search engines, you must create metatags. To do this, first click on “insert” and then select “head.” When you see “description,” click on it and type a description of your site. Use the same procedure to start adding keywords or key phrases. Make sure you add comma and single space after each keyword to separate them from each other.

As you can see, the process on how to build a website using Dreamweaver is really not that difficult. Just make sure to save your file after performing each step and your website will be all set and ready to be uploaded on the internet.

Twitter works by updating your status called tweets and letting people read your post. You can also reply on their posts in return if you are following them. Following people is actually letting them make random tweets over some nonsense stuffs in your wall. As a result, you will see everything that they tweet which is annoying especially if you don’t know the people you are following.

But there are different ways to increase your popularity on Twitter. Other stars and celebrities are making hundreds and even thousands of followers per day. Because of their popularity, they are able to gather as much as a million followers in just a few days time. They are popular, no doubt about that. And if you have enough money, then you can advertise yourself in a billboard like what Ashton Kutcher did.

With the above mentioned ways to increase your popularity in Twitter, it seems like you need to be a celebrity and have a lot of money to gather a huge amount of followers. Don’t be discouraged yet. There are some ways to increase your followers in a short span of time. One is through blog sites. If you have a blog site, you can post a link that says “Follow Me”. Eager readers in your blog would like to know more about you and one way to do this is by following their favorite writer. Other is through some social sites. Posting random statuses in your other social sites will increase your possibility of gathering followers. Stick to your Twitter username. By doing so, you are promoting your Twitter account in such a simple way. You can as well retweet (RT) your followers Tweets making an impression that you are friendly and takes time to read their tweets. That particular person will somehow interest your friendly approach and will eventually follow you. RT some popular celebrity’s status and let other people know you exist. You can also advertise your Twitter account through websites links when commenting and on your messenger status.
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But if you do not like to undergo such tiresome way of persuading others to follow you, you can easily find some site that sells Twitter followers. This gives you the easy way of gathering followers in a much reliable way if you are into promoting your companies name.

By getting your content out there and, most importantly, your links on these sites your blog stands to get more naturally generated and targeted traffic. People will read your articles and other content that you put up and head off to your blog looking for more information about your product or to find the link to purchase the product or service that they are looking for.

It’s really easy to get content onto these social sites and you will find instructions on each site to help you set up your account and place your first pieces of content. The most important thing to remember is to come back on a very regular basis, each day preferably and add more content to the article sites, the Web 2.0 sites and to your blog. Write your articles well and often, post them on popular sites and you will soon see the traffic coming to your site.

When you are trying to generate traffic using content on Web 2.0 sites, the best part of it is that you don’t really need previous career related experience and that you can learn the ropes as you go. That being said, there are some skills that you will need to teach yourself or pick up along the way to make your content writing successful.

Once you have got content out on article directories, you will find that other people can take your content and put it on their site. This is a great thing because they must keep your resource box intact to avoid plagiarism therefore they are quite literally taking your link and posting it to their own site; and that means more traffic for you! Therefore, allow others use your articles, along with your by-line which will tell visitors you wrote it and how they can contact you. This will help to generate traffic to your own website through the promotional efforts of others. For you this means absolutely free marketing just for writing. The more people who use your content in their website, the more potential traffic you will receive. There are numerous places on the Internet that offer to post your article so that others may view and/or use it. My advice is to place your articles on every single one of these sites so that you can reach as many Internet marketers as possible.

This is not going to make you a millionaire overnight but it will start to produce a nice little extra bit of cash until you are ready to take things a step further.

Once you’ve got the money coming in, you can then invest a little bit of it on your domain and website, perhaps pay for some more traffic generation or invest a little in an affiliate training membership program.

Yes, there will be some initial investment. But, just think of the money you will save by not getting into the back and forth of travelling to and fro from your house to the gym. Having a small amount of equipment will help you stay in better health so that you can do your daily chores, and enjoy your family.

A weight bench that is flat is a terrific piece of equipment to have. It affords you the ability to keep your body flat while supporting your weight. You only have to concentrate on the exercise you are doing and let the bench support your efforts. This piece of equipment comes in different styles that are adjustable or left flat. The choice depends on the money you can spend.<

In trying to find a bench you will use, always remember safety. Most of us who have home gyms, will not have other people around to protect us from danger. You want a bench that is made of, at least, fourteen gauge steel and welded correctly. The steel should be covered with vinyl to help with comfort and an attached cushioned cover for the top of the bench is always a good idea.

Lower grade benches have been seen to have open areas where welds should have been in place. Obviously, the companies that sell this type of garbage are only interested in making money and not in the safety of its clients. Check the Internet to find what you are looking for, compare prices, and find the best bench for you.

When you make the decision to get a flat weight bench, always inspect the parts completely. Even with the minimal amount of assembly, you still have the right (and responsibility) to keep your safety in mind. Most of these benches start at a price range of one hundred forty to three hundred dollars. Happy a great time getting in

A filing cabinet is a very handy office fixture. This is able to hold many documents and keep them in order. However, not everybody has the luxury of owning one. A good substitute to this would be filing envelopes and boxes. When you have very limited space in your office, the most efficient solution is paper filing. You can have an envelope or folder for each family member. With this, you can place all documents related to them such as birth certificates, medical and dental records, etc. You can then place these files in a separate box and label them accordingly. This is quite an effective method as most documents come in hard copies. Without a proper filing system, you will be sure to have a hard time locating specific documents when the need for it arises.

Home office organization can be quite tedious at first then efficient in the long run. This will enable you to keep track of mortgage payments, bills due and paid for specific months, tax forms and other data. Imagine gaining access to all these in a few flicks of a folder with appropriate labels. And when you think you are done with them and are ready to keep and mark them as archives, you can simply place all the folders in a box and label it with the contents and the year.

But Kids baskets are not simply just for kids, either. Everybody can use one to help keep their living spaces clean and safe, clear of hazards such as misplaced roller-skates and skateboards. And neither are they are not just for the home, too. Your office or even cubicle could use one or more if it is in need of some order. Desktop shelves and bins can really make a difference in productivity, efficiency, and even on-the-job morale. An organized workplace makes for better – even happier – moods and promotes the clear orderly thinking necessary to good performance and overall excellence. Kids baskets in particular can help brighten up the place with good cheer and a bit of innocent fun. Even Laundry Bags can be used at work; it all depends on your imagination. Just don’t underestimate the importance of human psychology: we need structure and good order most of the time to be at our best.

But back to the home: organizers and sorters help with various household chores, like laundry, for which laundry bags are the preeminent tools of choice. They are almost necessary if you do not live in house but in an apartment building – especially those without any laundry facilities. And, of course, laundry bags and kids baskets can be used in totally unexpected ways: with just a few choice alterations here and there, they may even be transformed into Halloween or Purim costumes! After all, what’s scarier than a giant bag of dirty laundry? And, speaking of holidays, laundry bags make great stand-ins for Santa’s sack! After all, this is the 21st Century, where everything multitasks!