Extension: XML Sitemap

About

This is read me file of "XML Sitemap" extension. Search engine friendly sitemap based on http://www.sitemaps.org/
If you wish to modify any part of this extension, make a copy of this extension to create a custom version.

Limitations

• Can only be used with sites in UTF-8 encoding.
• Displays first 50,000 URLs of the site.
• Has been tested to work with sites that use aliases (static URL-s).

Extension Installation

1. Copy the folder "saurus4_xml_sitemap" to extensions/ directory in your site root.
2. Go to your site: Admin > Extensions > Extensions and click Refresh to synchronise.

Setting Up the Sitemap

Quick Setup

1. Create a hidden section in your site menu structure using "XML Sitemap" as a page template.
2. Type in alias such as "xml-sitemap". Publish the section.
3. To inform search engine crawlers, add the following line to the file "robots.txt" which can be found in your site root (replace the site name and alias name respectively):

   Sitemap: http://www.yoursite.com/xml-sitemap

Advanced setup

If you wish to use advanced methods of submitting your sitemap to search engines, refer to documentation at http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php#informing.

Version history

Version 1.0 / 1.10.2007

Version 1.1 / 15.10.2008

Version 1.2 / 07.08.2009