• Registered: 21 Dec 2010
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Topic: XML sitemap

SimpleCMS allows you to add an XML sitemap to your account that will be used when you view the Sitemap, Add pages or Restrict pages for your users. This means you get complete control over which pages appear in the system.

By default the system will crawl your sites and generate a list of pages that are linked to, so adding an XML sitemap is not strictly necessary; but the XML sitemap can also be used to submit to Google and other search engines to inform them of pages existing within your site.

Visit the following Google tutorial to find out how to create your sitemap:
http://smplc.ms/googlesitemap

Just to reiterate, there is no need to create an XML sitemap file but it does help the system pick up your pages (as well as restricting pages the system picks up) in addition to aiding with SEO.

To add an XML sitemap please navigate to:
Sites > Update / remove > Site settings > XML sitemap

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Short URL: http://smplc.ms/xmlsitemap

  • Harry
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  • Registered: 21 Jul 2011
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Re: XML sitemap

Hi

I have uploaded an uncompressed xml sitemap, but when I put the name of the file in the site settings area into the XML sitemap box, the box just goes red when I try to save it.  Any help appreciated, I'm most likely being completely stupid :-).

Thanks,
Harry

  • Registered: 21 Dec 2010
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Re: XML sitemap

Hi Harry, did you put the full URL, e.g. http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml

I have added the sitemap to your account for you, but could you double check it.

  • Zhane
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Re: XML sitemap

I updated the content of most of my websites recently and
I made some modifications. Of course I had to update my sitemap.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.