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Hello Friends,

I was trying to update my website sitemap by xml-sitemaps.com. But it is showing me an error now. Can any body help me how can I create sitemap for my website.

I will be so please. I am seo not developer only have small knowledge of development. So I need your help.

regards

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A concise troubleshooting note for , (and anyone else seeing an online sitemap tool fail to “access” your homepage): when a remote generator cannot fetch a URL it is normally a network or server-level problem — the generator needs a reachable URL that returns a normal 200/2xx response (no blocking, no auth, no persistent redirect or 5xx). Google documents how HTTP status, network and DNS errors stop crawlers and why a remote tool will fail if it cannot fetch pages. (developers.google.com)

Quick, practical checklist to isolate the issue:

  • Confirm the page loads in a normal browser.
  • From your machine (or another network) request just the headers to see the status: curl -I https://your-domain/ (or curl -s -D - https://your-domain -o /dev/null to force a GET and see real response headers). That reveals 200 vs 3xx/4xx/5xx and server headers. (manojitaliya.com)
  • Check /robots.txt and, if you control the site, use the Search Console/robots tester to ensure you are not accidentally blocking crawlers. (developers.google.com)

If you see 403/blocked responses or timeouts, the usual culprits are host firewall / WAF rules (mod_security / OWASP CRS), Cloudflare or other CDN security, or IP-based blocking. Contact your host with the header output and ask them to check webserver/WAF logs and temporarily whitelist or tune rules for the generator’s requests while you test — do not disable protections permanently. Documentation and common fixes for mod_security/CRS and Cloudflare firewall behavior explain these steps. (bobcares.com)

If host-side fixes are slow, generate a sitemap locally and upload it to the site root: desktop crawlers (Screaming Frog) or CMS plugins (Yoast for WordPress) will export a valid sitemap you can place at /sitemap.xml and then submit in Google Search Console. Screaming Frog and Yoast both describe how to create and publish sitemaps. As requested earlier, paste the header output if you need further help; and as noted, using an alternate generator is a reasonable fallback while you fix the underlying access issue. (screamingfrog.co.uk)

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Member Avatar for JonathanD

"an error"

We can't help unless you can show us the error :)

Member Avatar for garysinger

Hello,

This is error, which I am getting.

"There was an error while accessing the URL specified:
Please make sure to specify the correct website URL and resubmit your request."

Member Avatar for pecoal

in fact i am false to generate an sitemap from xml-sitemap, my web address si : http://www.pecoal.com , i aways get the message as follows:
"There was an error while accessing the URL specified: http://www.pecoal.com
Please make sure to specify the correct website URL and resubmit your request."

if anybody has get an solution for it ,could you please send the solution to me ,thank you very much!

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