Sitemap XML Extension

About

An XML Sitemap is used to give search engines information about your site. The Radiant SitemapXML Extension by Aissac creates a XML sitemap for your site.

Tested on Radiant 0.8 and 0.9 RC1.

Features

  • Allows you to specify in Radiant admin which pages appear in the sitemap;
  • Gives you the possibility to set the change_frequency and priority per page.

Installation

All you have to do is install the Radiant Sitemap XML Extension:

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git clone git://github.com/Aissac/radiant-sitemap-xml-extension.git\
 vendor/extensions/sitemap_xml

and run the migration 

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rake radiant:extensions:sitemap_xml:migrate

Note

The git branches hold stable versions of the extension for older version of Radiant CMS. To checkout one of these branches:

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git clone git://github.com/Aissac/radiant-sitemap-xml-extension.git\
 vendor/extensions/sitemap_xml
cd vendor/extensions/sitemap_xml
git checkout -b <branch-name> origin/<remote-branch-name>

Configuration

The <loc> XML tag holds the URL of the page. This URL must begin with the protocol (such as http) and end with a trailing slash. Radiant Sitemap extension automatically creates this tag for you, but you have the possibility to override it by setting Radiant::Config["sitemap_xml_domain"] to something like 'http://your-site.com'.

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Radiant::Config["sitemap_xml_domain"] = "http://your-site.com"

Usage

You can set if a particular page will make it to the sitemap by checking or unchecking the Appear in sitemap checkbox on each page.

The Sitemap protocol format consists of XML tags:

  1. The <loc> required tag:

    • URL of the page. This URL must begin with the protocol (such as http) and end with a trailing slash.
    • You can override the host name by setting the Radiant::Config["sitemap_xml_domain"] = ‘http://your-site.com’
    • Will be automatically created from the url of each page.

  2. The <lastmod> optional tag:

    • The date of last modification of the file. This date is in W3C Datetime format (YYYY-MM-DD).
    • Will be automatically created from the updated_at attribute of each page.

  3. The <changefreq> optional tag:

    • How frequently the page is likely to change.
    • You can set the changefreq from the Change frequency drop down on each page.

  4. The <priority> optional tag:

    • The priority of this URL relative to other URLs on your site. The default priority of a page is 0.5.
    • You can set the priority from the Priority drop down on each page.

  5. Visit http://yoursite.com/sitemap.xml

For more information on sitemaps, visit sitemaps.org.

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