From ac858a2a610994b1999a4dcbf34443285ad45b34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell Keith-Magee Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:19:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #7996: Added a note that you need to register your site with Google in order for the ping_google command to work. Thanks to Jason Broyles (issya) for the suggestion. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@8519 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/ref/contrib/sitemaps.txt | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/sitemaps.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/sitemaps.txt index c95ded6712..9d7636ad6a 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/sitemaps.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/sitemaps.txt @@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ Pinging Google ============== You may want to "ping" Google when your sitemap changes, to let it know to -reindex your site. The framework provides a function to do just that: -:func:`django.contrib.sitemaps.ping_google()`. +reindex your site. The sitemaps framework provides a function to do just +that: :func:`django.contrib.sitemaps.ping_google()`. .. function:: ping_google @@ -311,6 +311,13 @@ reindex your site. The framework provides a function to do just that: :exc:`django.contrib.sitemaps.SitemapNotFound` if it cannot determine your sitemap URL. +.. admonition:: Register with Google first! + + The :func:`ping_google` command only works if you have registered your + site with `Google Webmaster Tools`_. + +.. _`Google Webmaster Tools`: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ + One useful way to call :func:`ping_google` is from a model's ``save()`` method::