Spry xml dataset driven page and search engines
If a page uses Spry xml dataset to present products to a
visitor, what do google and yahoo crawlers see in that page?
I'm asking because i plan to rewrite our products' static
pages using spry xml dataset, and i'd like to ensure crawlers see
the products. I haven't looked much, yet, into this pry capability,
but the products page will most probably be paginated (not sure if
possible in this capability) since there are hundreds of products.
currently, our static html pages generated good conversions
into purchases from google and yahoo searches.
It would be great if there is a real-life website that uses
this spry capability and has their pages appear in those search
engines.
thanks.
If a page uses Spry xml dataset to present products to a
visitor, what do google and yahoo crawlers see in that page?
search bot do not read / understand javascript. So they would
not index it.
Its a commen point of failure of the ajax techniques, Spry
has a handy solution for it (spry:content) wich will allow u to
overwrite 'content' if javascript is enabled so and bots will just
see the static page.
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<script src="SpryAssets/SpryDataExtensions.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="yui/2.6.0/build/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="yui/2.6.0/build/calendar/calendar-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
var dsMDEvents = new Spry.Data.XMLDataSet("schedule.xml", "events/event", {sortOnLoad: "date", sortOrderOnLoad: "ascending"});
var dsEvents = new Spry.Data.XMLDataSet("schedule.xml", "events/event", {sortOnLoad: "date", sortOrderOnLoad: "ascending"} );
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function pad(v)
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var gToday = new Date(myData);
var tToday = pad(gToday.getMonth()+1).toString() + "/" + pad(gToday.getDate()).toString() + "/" + gToday.getFullYear().toString();
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<link href="yui/2.6.0/build/fonts/fonts-min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="yui/2.6.0/build/calendar/assets/skins/sam/calendar.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /><link href="SpryAssets/SpryMasterDetail.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head><body>
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/*if (rows["date"].search(date) != -1) {
isHighlighted = true;
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} function selectHandler(event, data) {
// The JavaScript function subscribed to yuicalendar1. It is called when
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// alert(event) will show an event type of "Select".
// alert(data) will show the selected date as [year, month, date].
var formattedDate = pad(data[0][0][1]) + "/" + pad(data[0][0][2]) + "/" + data[0][0][0];
var dateFilterFunc = function(dsMDEvents, row, rowNumber)
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return null; // Return null to remove the row from the data set.
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// a selected date cell is unselected.
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<div class="MasterColumn" spry:repeat="dsMDEvents" spry:setrow="dsMDEvents" spry:hover="MasterColumnHover" spry:select="MasterColumnSelected">{date}<br />
{name}<br />
{starttime} - {endtime}</div>
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<div spry:detailregion="dsMDEvents" class="DetailContainer">
<h2 class="DetailColumn">{name}</h2>
<p class="DetailColumn"><strong>Date:</strong> {date}<br />
<strong>Time:</strong> {starttime} - {endtime}</p>
<p class="DetailColumn"><strong>Where:</strong> {location}<br />
<strong>Type:</strong> {type}</p>
<p class="DetailColumn"><strong>Contact:</strong> {contact}</p>
</div>
<br style="clear:both" />
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
and here is a snipet of my xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<events>
<event id="1">
<name>Dreamweaver CS4 Intermediate</name>
<date>10/15/2009</date>
<starttime>8:00 am</starttime>
<endtime>5:00 pm</endtime>
<location>Room 1</location>
<type>Training</type>
<contact>Contact 1</contact>
</event>
<event id="2">
<name>InDesign CS4 Advanced</name>
<date>11/14/2009</date>
<starttime>8:00 am</starttime>
<endtime>5:00 pm</endtime>
<location>Room 2</location>
<type>Training</type>
<contact>Contact 1</contact>
</event>
<event id="3">
<name>Flex CS4 Data Services</name>
<date>10/15/2009</date>
<starttime>1:00 pm</starttime>
<endtime>5:00 pm</endtime>
<location>Room 2</location>
<type>Meeting</type>
<contact>Contact 2</contact>
</event>
<event id="4">
<name>Another Dreamweaver CS4 Intermediate</name>
<date>11/30/2009</date>
<starttime>8:00 am</starttime>
<endtime>5:00 pm</endtime>
<location>Room 1</location>
<type>Training</type>
<contact>Contact 1</contact>
</event>
<event id="5">
<name>Another InDesign CS4 Advanced</name>
<date>11/29/2009</date>
<starttime>8:00 am</starttime>
<endtime>5:00 pm</endtime>
<location>Room 2</location>
<type>Training</type>
<contact>Contact 3</contact>
</event>
<event id="6">
<name>Another Flex CS4 Data Services</name>
<date>11/01/2009</date>
<starttime>1:00 pm</starttime>
<endtime>5:00 pm</endtime>
<location>Room 2</location>
<type>Meeting</type>
<contact>Contact 2</contact>
</event>
<event id="7">
<name>More Training</name>
<date>11/02/2009</date>
<starttime>8:00 am</starttime>
<endtime>10:00 am</endtime>
<location>Room 3</location>
<type>Training</type>
<contact>Contact 4</contact>
</event>
<event id="8">
<name>Another Training</name>
<date>10/25/2009</date>
<starttime>9:00 am</starttime>
<endtime>11:00 am</endtime>
<location>Room 3</location>
<type>Training</type>
<contact>Contact 4</contact>
</event>
<event id="9">
<name>Some More Training</name>
<date>12/02/2009</date>
<starttime>1:00 pm</starttime>
<endtime>3:00 pm</endtime>
<location>Room 3</location>
<type>Training</type>
<contact>Contact 4</contact>
</event>
</events>
The function "dateHighlightRenderer" is where I am running into the problem. How do I code this so that "dateHighlightRenderer" can read the "date" field in my XML file?I have tried the getData() function for this. However, I am not sure if I am using it right:
var d = dsMDEvents.getData();
for (var i = 0; i < d.length(); i++) {
var day = d[i]["date"];
YAHOO.calendar.cal1.addRenderer(day, dateHighlightRenderer);
When I run this for loop, my calendar will not appear on the page. Any suggestions? -
I am new to DW and have a question I am hoping someone will
answer. I am using Spry.Data.XMLDataSet found in SpryData.js. I
have it working correctly, but if I change the XML content and
attempt to reload the page using this data it does not show the
changes. I have declared a dsObj called dsXMLdata that the
XMLDataSet method loads. How can I cause the dsXMLdata to reload
from the file. I would assume this would happen each time the
Spry.Data.XMLDataSet method is called, but I never see my changes
unless I rename the file and read the newly named file.. Kind of a
PIA.
Thanks.,
PatI am brand new to Spry, and ran into the same problem. I
believe you will have the functionality you are looking for if you
use the subpaths command in your dataset declaration. Otherwise,
your XML dataset will be limited to the data nodes in the first
tier of the <root> node (ie. only channel) You can try code
like this:
var ds1 = new Spry.Data.XMLDataSet("test.xml", "root", {
subPaths: ["channel/data1","channel/data2"] });
then access through the tags {ds1::channel/data1} ....
If you download the prerelease 1.5 spry package it has the
API docs with samples. One of the samples is about nested XML data
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Flash and Search Engine Indexing
Hi all,
I am sure this is a newbie question that has been answered before but does using
flash on a website affect how the site is indexed by the main search engines?
thanks
TermPatWell in theory, search engines like Google are suppose to be able to read the text used in Flash Website, improving SEO somewhat. But in my experience, it has not developed to a point that is equal to a straight HTML site. In particular, if you are using xml files to provide text or other data to the Flash pages, I don't see Google indexing that text.
So as a backup, I would suggest using swfobject to place your Flash on the Web page. Then add plenty of regular HTML as "alt content" to descibe in great detail the graphic elements. Since most viewers will not see this "alt content" you can actually over do the descriptions and get in MORE unique phrases, descriptions, and text content, than if you were just using HTML.
So in effect, you can get your graphic elements displayed with Flash but the text data described in HTML. Is it more work? Yes, But if SEO is important to you, Flash of and by itself will not index as well as just HTML.
Here's an example of using "alt content" to descibe the products in much greater detail than what you actually see on the Flash page. First view the Web page, its just a simple .swf with a little text on it. Then view the source code and see the "alt content" that lies behind the Flash.:
http://www.ksowetsuits.com/
For more info on swfobject:
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
Here's a little tip to measure exactly when and what gets indexed on your site. Create a unique word that cannot be found ANYWHERE on the Internet, something like "myuniquewordisdellamagestic"...can't be found anywhere on Google.
So include your special words in both your Flash file as well as the swfobject "alt content", using 2 unique words, to see which is indexed first. As soon as that word is indexed, it will appear top position, first page. So Google for it every so often, once it shows up you know that content has been indexed. See which gets indexed first, the text in Flash or the text in the "alt content".
I had one site where I used a complete text narration of a Flash video as the "alt content" and had the VIDEO (actually it's alt content) indexed within 4 hours. Now that's a case where using Flash PLUS alt content give a better WEb page than just the Flash alone or just the text narration alone. Best of both worlds I would say.
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator
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