Sitemap

A sitemap is a file where you provide information about the pages, videos, and other files on your site, and the relationships between them. Search engines like Google read this file to crawl your site more efficiently. Your sitemap should only contain URLs that you want search engines to index. The sitemap is language dependent.

There are two types of sitemaps:

Sitemap - HTML = is visual and does have styling.

Sitemap - XML = is for SEO only and has no styling.

HTML Sitemap

Generating HTML sitemaps is easy. Step one is creating a page, hidden from the menu structure called "Sitemap". Then, in your default page layout, create an include slide pointing to the sitemap include: /assets/custom/templates/html/includes/sitemap.php

The function call

  <br> // Generate SitemapHTML <br> $sSitemapHTML = CMS_Sitemap::GenerateSitemap(array ( <br> 'sSitemapType' => 'HTML' <br> )); <br> <br>  

Simply output the $sSitemapHTML into the slide created below.

Slide setup (sitemap.php)

  <br> <div class="Slide Sitemap"> <br> <div class="Container"> <br> <br> <div class="row"> <br> <div class="col s12"> <br> <br> <div class="ProjectSitemap"> <br> <ul class="Sitemap"> <br> <li class="SitemapRoot"><a href="/" class="Link">Home</a></li> <br> <li class="SitemapMain"> <br> <br> // Echo sitemap HTML here <br> <br> </li> <br> </ul> <br> </div> <br> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> <br>  

Sitemap styling. Note: The CSS file should already be included in the /assets/typestack/css folder.

XML Sitemap

XML Sitemaps

An XML sitemap is a structured file that lists all the important pages of a website, helping search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo crawl and index the site more effectively. This file provides a roadmap for search engine bots to discover URLs, prioritize content, and track updates. XML sitemaps can also include metadata, such as when a page was last modified, its priority, and how frequently it changes, making it easier for search engines to understand the site’s structure and importance of pages. While primarily used for SEO purposes, they enhance website visibility and ensure that all key pages, even those deep within the site structure, are indexed properly.

How to generate XML sitemaps

If your HTML sitemap works - your XML sitemap should work too.

You can check it on yourwebsite.com/sitemap.xml

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