Domain change – yoast generated sitemap cannot be read from google

It seems that’s an issue related to lines added by “cache”:

<!-- Cache-Datei-URL:                  https://...--....at/ -->
<!-- Cache-Datei-Pfad:                 /cache/comet-cache/.../page-sitemap-xml.html -->

Could you try to disable cache comments or deactivate comet cache and check again ?

Hi
wow, thanks for this hint. I will try so. One question – what have you done that you can see this added lines from the cache?
When i view the source-code i didnt’t see this lines.
thanks
ahmed

I’ve seen it when I view source-code in Firefox (and I’ve confirmed it with cURL). I think that you check source (while you are logged in WP) when request isn’t cached (and comet comments aren’t added). You should open private window (incognito mode) and check source of sitemap.

I see that you have changed plugin. Did you need more assistance or you abandoned Yoast?

Hi Sasa,
I diasabled yoast sitemap because there i a second error. If everything works i will enabel it again.
In the head i have
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?><?xml-stylesheet type=”text/xsl” href=”//www.xn–selbst-strkung-eib.at/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/css/main-sitemap.xsl”?>

When i want to validate i got an error – see
href=”//www.xn--selbst-strkung-eib.at/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/css/main-sitemap.xs

It must be
href=”https://www.xn--selbst-strkung-eib.at/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-seo/css/main-sitemap.xs

Do yo have an idea how i can force yoast to generate it correctly?
best ahmed
Thanks again for the hint with the hidden comment. In Chrome i haven’T seen it as it was visible in Firefox.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by Ahmed2340.

Stylesheet file isn’t needed for search engines (browsers use it to show nice output). Protocol relative URL (which begins with //) is valid URL, but it’s possible that some validators don’t recognize it as valid (some old browsers don’t accept it – maybe it’s reason).

Anyway, you could overwrite it via filter wpseo_stylesheet_url (parameter is entire “stylesheet tag” – not only URL). I’ve created simple PHP snippet which you can use:

add_filter( 'wpseo_stylesheet_url', function( $stylesheet ) {
	$proto = is_ssl() ? 'https:' : 'http:';

	return preg_replace( '#(//[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+/)#', $proto . '$1', $stylesheet, 1 );
} );

Hi Sasa,
Thanks for the filter. So i add your Filter in the functions.php from my child theme. Is there anything else to do from my side?
best ahmed

Yes, you need to add the code in functions.php and purge comet cache (if it’s activated). It’s possible that you need to purge OPcache (depends on hosting and PHP version). I’ve tested the code and it worked on my test server.

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