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Caro De Weze
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Hi,

I have two questions about the sitemap:

  • In the backend it is set that this goes to sitemap_not.xml instead of sitemap.xml. Why is this? When I search for it I also get the following error:

  • I was told that it is better to use the Swift sitemap, so googlesitemap.xml. When I search for this I get a 404. Do I need to activate something for this somewhere?

Kind regards,
Caro De Weze


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Brian Fredrick Ahlmann Boyles Dynamicweb Employee
Brian Fredrick Ahlmann Boyles
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Let's address this in the support ticket you sent [#15337] NUS - Swift sitemap : Dynamicweb Care

 
Christoffer Rosendahl Frede
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we have the samme issue/error in the sitemap template.

the error occurs on Dynamicweb 10 with swift installed.

Caro did you get the problem solved ?

best regards Christoffer.

 
Nicolai Pedersen Dynamicweb Employee
Nicolai Pedersen
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Hi Christoffer

You should not use the sitemap template - but use the built in sitemap.xml feature that comes out of the box.

The sitemap template was made as an example that partners can use to modify the response to their liking.

Attached find a converted version of the template - the one you have is not converted from DW9 to DW10.

BR Nicolai

 
Christoffer Rosendahl Frede
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great, where can i find info on the built in sitemap.xml feature ?

cant seem to find it.

 
Nicolai Pedersen Dynamicweb Employee
Nicolai Pedersen
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Hi Christoffer

It is just there. In the screenshot above, a page is named Sitemap.xml and has that name in "Use in URL" field on the page properties. If there is a page with a URL that exists, Dynamicweb will not serve what else should be on that url.

So if you rename the "Use in URL" field of your page to "sitemap-not-in-use.xml" or similar, Dynamicweb should start serving the auto generated sitemap.xml

On website settings, you can set a couple of checkboxes: 

This will include a link to Sitemap.xml in robots.txt:

Pages will be in the auto generated sitemap if they are published and 'Show in sitemap' is enabled on the page:

To include product groups and products to the sitemap, Dynamicweb will use the URL settings of the product list page to include the correct structure as they are published on the website: