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Configuring Sitemaps

Sitemaps contain a URL link to every visible document within the application. Each document has a priority and an estimated frequency of change (from hourly to yearly).

About this task

The default is priority 1.0 (highest priority to be indexed) for every document and a frequency of change of weekly.

Procedure

  1. Decide at which level you want to change settings.
    OptionDescription
    Global configurationChanges settings for all publications and documents.
    Global publicationChanges settings for all language versions within this publication.
    Language versionChanges settings for within this language version.
  2. Do one of the following.
    To change settings for global configuration:
    1. If you are in a SDL LiveContent Reach tool, click Home in the breadcrumb trail.
    2. In the Administration Tools pane, click Manage Application.
    3. Click Global Config.
    To change settings for global publication:
    1. If you are in a SDL LiveContent Reach tool, click Home in the breadcrumb trail.
    2. In the Administration Tools pane, click Manage Publications.
    3. Navigate to the publication.
    To change the language version:
    1. If you are in a SDL LiveContent Reach tool, click Home in the breadcrumb trail.
    2. In the Administration Tools pane, click Manage Publications.
    3. Navigate to the language version.
  3. Create or modify the values for the following:
    NameValue
    sitemap.changefreq
    Frequency with which you expect the site map to change. Specify one of the following:
    • hourly
    • daily
    • weekly
    • monthly
    • yearly

    The value must be spelled exactly and use all lower-case letters.

    sitemap.priority

    Priority for indexing. Specifiy a decimal from 0.0 (lowest) to 1.0 (highest).

  4. In the Administration Tools pane, click Manage Application.
    The Manage Application page appears.
  5. In the left pane, click Sitemap.
  6. Click Regenerate Sitemap.
  7. Optionally, to view the sitemap XML, click View Sitemap.