Configure a sitemap

Alternate links

Generate alternate links

Select to add xhtml:link elements to the URL elements in the sitemap. xhtml:link is used for alternate links, for example to link to other language versions of the same page.

Example:

<url>
    <loc>https://sxa</loc>
    <lastmod>2021-10-28</lastmod>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://sxa" />
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://sxa/en" />
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="da" href="https://sxa/da" />
</url>

Include x-default

Select to add the xhtml:link element with hreflang set to x-default to the URL element. The x-default value signals to the search algorithm that the page does not target any specific language or region.

Example:

<xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://sxa" />

hreflang

Specify language and region options for the hreflang attribute:

Urlset attributes

lastmod

Select to render the lastmod attribute that belongs to the URL element. Specifies the date when the page was last modified.

changefreq

Select to render the changefreq attribute that belongs to the URL element. Specifies how often the page changes its content.

priority

Select to render the priority attribute that belongs to the URL element. Specifies a number between 0 and 1 that represents the importance of a specific page.

URL options

Link provider name

Specify a custom link provider. It is added to the providers node under the linkManager node in the Sitecore.config file. If you leave it blank, the default link provider of the site is used.

Content crawling

Crawler

Specify the name of the item crawler that fetches items from your site. The default value is itemCrawler. You can define multiple item crawlers in the sitemapItemCrawler element.

Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration xmlns:patch="http://www.sitecore.net/xmlconfig/">
    <sitecore>
        <experienceAccelerator>
            <siteMetadata>
                <sitemapItemCrawler>
                    <add name="itemCrawler" type="Sitecore.XA.Foundation.SiteMetadata.Sitemap.ItemCrawler, Sitecore.XA.Foundation.SiteMetadata" />
                </sitemapItemCrawler>
            </siteMetadata>
        </experienceAccelerator>
    </sitecore>
</configuration>

Cache

Refresh threshold

Specify in minutes the minimum time slot between rebuild operations. The sitemap is rebuilt on publish. For example, if the refresh threshold is greater than 0, then the next rebuild operation does not occur earlier than the time of the most recent rebuild operation plus the time you have specified.

The purpose of this field is to prevent excessive sitemap rebuild jobs when there are many publishing operations.

Cache Type

Specify how the sitemap is stored:

Cache Type

Cache Expiration - Specify in minutes the lifetime of the sitemap in the HttpRuntime.Cache property.

Sitemap index

Maximum number of pages per sitemap

Specify the number of pages to be included in a sitemap. If the number of pages on the site exceeds the limit, then the URL entries are divided into multiple sitemaps, and a sitemap index is generated that links to these sitemaps.

Media items

Generate sitemap media items

Select to generate media items where the sitemaps are stored when the site is published. Storing sitemaps in media items is required to deliver the sitemap files to the rendering host through the Experience Edge service. Enabled by default.