I am not able to get sitmap.xml to generate, could someone please help me with this issue. would be much appreciated, thanks in advance
1- installed backdrop local host Xampp:
2- XML sitemapThe directory does not exist or is not writable.
One or more problems were detected with your XML sitemap configuration:
- The directory was not found or is not writable by the server. See https://www.drupal.org/node/244924 for more information.
Check the status report for more information. = no info
3- setting configuraion:
Sitemap cache directory *public:// xmlsitemap
Subdirectory where the sitemap data will be stored. This folder must not be shared with any other Backdrop site or install using XML sitemap.
4- Default base URL * http://localhost/spanky
This is the default base URL used for sitemaps and sitemap links.
http://localhost/spanky/sitemap.xmlEnglish2025-02-20 04:4600
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"> </urlset>
Error message = The directory does not exist or is not writable.
Comments
Not sure, but possible
https://forum.backdropcms.org/comment/6728#comment-6728
thanks, didn't work
Are you using Windows?
It would be worth looking at https://docs.backdropcms.org/documentation/file-permissions-and-ownership though you may need to modify the instructions if you are working directly in Windows. Key thing is to allow the web server user to create files in the files directory.
Many Windows users use solutions other than XAMPP such as:
I use WSL2 with Lando.