XF 1.5 Sitemap URL

[jiewaqpe]

What is the default URL to sitemap which could be submitted to Google, Bing and Yahoo for indexing of Forums and content?

 

[Paul B]

For here it's: https://xenforo.com/community/sitemap.php

Just add sitemap.php to your own installation URL.

 

[Jack Bastide]

how long does it take
to generate?

mines not there yet

 

[Paul B]

Have you enabled it in the options?

 

[Jack Bastide]

Yes all boxes are checked


These options allow you to control how the XML sitemap is generated and submitted to search engines. The sitemap can be used to speed up search engine indexing of your site.

• Automatically build sitemap
  If this option is enabled, the sitemap will be rebuilt automatically periodically. If this option is disabled, the sitemap will only be updated when it is rebuilt manually through Tools > Rebuild Caches. The current sitemap can be accessed via sitemap.php.

• Automatically submit sitemap to search engines
  Once a sitemap is built, if this option is enabled, the updated version will be automatically submitted to search engines. If this option is not enabled, search engines will only know about the sitemap if it is listed in robots.txt or if you manually submit it to them.
  

Included Sitemap Content

• Nodes
• Tags
• Threads
• Users

 

[Paul B]

Access the Rebuild Caches menu and manually rebuild the sitemap.

 

[Jack Bastide]

i just did that and it's there now

will it do it automatically from now on?

 

[Paul B]

Yes, it is updated automatically periodically.

 

[Jack Bastide]

Thanks Brogan,

Do I need to do anything to submit it to the
Search Engines or does the Xenforo script do
that automatically?

Jack

 

[Nicky Vermeersch]

Telling search engines where it is is useful and doesn't take much time. For example you can add it to the Google Webmasters or Bing Webmaster Tools, and they are relatively quick to start using it. You'd also get feedback, like which urls are in the sitemap but not accessible and which pages have been indexed.

 

[Jack Bastide]

When I go to mysite/sitemap.php it downloads a .gz file

Will google be able to download that gz file and read it?

 

[Optic]

Yes absolutely - Google Search console recognises .gz sitemaps OK.