Standalone Sitemap Generator: Error opening socket

[zama]

Hi

I just purchased the Standalone Sitemap Generator and installed it on my server. Unfortunately I get the following error message when trying to crawl my website:

An error occured: there was an error while retrieving the URL specified:
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Error message: Error opening socket to [ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]

I changed all necessary permissions according to the "5 Minute installation Guide" so I hope someone can give me some help on this.

Thanks, thegardener

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

please try to enter you server's IP address in generator configuration.

[zama]

Hi

I tried to use the server's IP-Address. Unfortunately with the same result 

Any other idea? Thanks a lot.

thegardener

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Please PM me your generator URL/login to check that.

Other options:
- set IP to 127.0.0.1
- set IP to _SERVER[SERVER_ADDR] as reported in phpinfo() page.

[toby1]

Hi

I tried to use the server's IP-Address. Unfortunately with the same result 

Any other idea? Thanks a lot.

thegardener

I'm having the same problem, plus the two options posted by admin produce the same error.  Has there been any progress on this yet?

Thanks

===Toby===

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

I've replied to your email.

[tbesse]

Hi,
I was also having this "error opening socket" message today. (Before, everything worked fine!) Actually I don´t even get a html-page with the error; I rather have to read the error message it from the URL. Entering the IP-address of my website (as advised above) did not help either.

Oh, by the way: Don´t know if this is only a coincidence or if this might have to do with the problem: Today all of a sudden I also had some memory_limit problems with my frontend (php, Joomla). Never happened before ...

Any ideas? Thank you very much in advance!

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

probably it means that your host has changed something in server configuration.

Please check if your site is crawlable using search crawler simulator: https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/se-bot-simulator.html

[tbesse]

Hi,
I checked my site with the simulator, and yes, it seems to be crawlable (the simulator listed links found ...).

[paypal2101]

I am at the same stage.

The ip address cannot be used as this is a virtual server known only by it's url?
It is crawlable by the test crawler.

regards
Lawrence

[tbesse]

Hi, my reported problem seems to be solved - but actually I have done nothing, except waiting. So probably it was really a problem with my provider. Thanks anyway, I hope the problem will not show again.