Title: [Plugin: Google XML Sitemaps] What do these errors mean? Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: Google XML Sitemaps] What do these errors mean? * [hubmacfan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hubmacfan/) * (@hubmacfan) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-what-do-these-errors-mean/) * When attempting to build a sitemap, I receive the following errors: * Warning: fopen(/kunden/homepages/19/d266133571/htdocs/blog/blog.php/sitemap.xml)[ function.fopen]: failed to open stream: Not a directory in /homepages/19/d266133571/ htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/sitemap-core.php on line 1692 * Warning: gzopen(/kunden/homepages/19/d266133571/htdocs/blog/blog.php/sitemap. xml.gz) [function.gzopen]: failed to open stream: Not a directory in /homepages/ 19/d266133571/htdocs/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/sitemap- core.php on line 1705 * This is gibberish to me. Can someone tell me in laymen’s terms what this means? Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [mikey1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikey1/) * (@mikey1) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-what-do-these-errors-mean/#post-964815) * H there, its not very clear from the code, but, can you explain where you have put the sitemap.xml and the sitemap.xml.gz files. also a link to your site would help. mike. * Thread Starter [hubmacfan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hubmacfan/) * (@hubmacfan) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-what-do-these-errors-mean/#post-964957) * My site is [http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com](http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com). The WP blog is located at [http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com/blog/blog](http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com/blog/blog). * The sitemap.xml is at [http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com/wordpress/sitemap.xml](http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com/wordpress/sitemap.xml). The .gz is in the same directory and is sitemap.xml.gz. * [mikey1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikey1/) * (@mikey1) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-what-do-these-errors-mean/#post-965011) * Hi again, all pages bring up errors, I’m baffled by all the directories /blog/ blog /wordpress how do you actually get into your website? A the moment your main address [http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com./](http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com./) goes to an index.html page, index.html I eventually found your blog 2.7 here [http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com/blog/blog.php/](http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com/blog/blog.php/) Have you moved the blogs index page? mike. Ps your sitemap.xml is coming up with a parse error, have you set the permissions on sitemap.xml and sitemap.xml.gz to 666 * Thread Starter [hubmacfan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hubmacfan/) * (@hubmacfan) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-what-do-these-errors-mean/#post-965027) * My own ignorance is probably going to prevent me from receiving help … * You’re dealing with someone who knows next to nothing on building or setting up a website. The directory structure was set up by RapidWeaver, which I used to create the site. I use WP for my blog, and all of its files are kept in the wordpress directory of my domain. * As far as the index page for the blog, I cannot recall moving it. I use a plugin that applies a RapidWeaver theme to WP; I don’t know if that would affect it or not. Using cyberduck, I can see an index.php file in the wordpress directory. * Both of the sitemap files are set to 666. * [mikey1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikey1/) * (@mikey1) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-what-do-these-errors-mean/#post-965050) * Hi again, sorry you’ve had no luck yet. when I go to your wordpress directory I get a theme error. I can get to your login page. [http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com/wordpress/wp-admin/](http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com/wordpress/wp-admin/) I presume you can still login as admin, can you try changing your themeto the default. I believe you currently have the silhouette-3column theme selected, seems to be causing a problem. mike. * Thread Starter [hubmacfan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hubmacfan/) * (@hubmacfan) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-what-do-these-errors-mean/#post-965121) * Ok, theme changed to the default. * [mikey1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikey1/) * (@mikey1) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-what-do-these-errors-mean/#post-965122) * Hi again, you seem to be winning, no more errors. If you really need to use the previous theme you could see if its avaulable, so you caninstall yourself manually. [http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com/wordpress/](http://www.timothyjevanslaw.com/wordpress/) all the best. mike. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘[Plugin: Google XML Sitemaps] What do these errors mean?’ is closed to new replies. * 7 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [mikey1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikey1/) * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-xml-sitemaps-what-do-these-errors-mean/#post-965122) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics