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#Functionality

Meld Google Sitemaps automatically generates a Google sitemap.xml file by using the configuration information found under the "Extended Attributes" tab for a Mura page. These settings are:

Exclude From Sitemap

• Inherit: will travel up the parent pages until it finds a page that indicates whether to include or exclude the page
• Yes: will exclude this page from the sitemap
• No: will not exclude the page from the sitemap

Change Frequency

• A sitemap-specific setting, indicating how often the page content gets updated
• Priority
• A sitemap-specific setting, telling the search engine how important this page is relative to other pages on your site

To enable sitemap generation for a site, click on the Settings menu item, then Edit Settings.

Sitemap Enabled

• The sitemap will be generated on a scheduled basis

Location

• Web Root: The sitemap will be located in the base of the web site (do not use if you have multiple sites setup in Mura)
• Site Folder: The sitemap will be located in the site folder, i.e. /default/sitemap.xml

Frequency

• How often the sitemap will be automatically generated

Time of Day

• The time of day the sitemap will be generated

Email

• If you want to be notified of when a sitemap is generated, enter an Email address here (and ensure your Mura Email settings are configured properly)

How It Works

Meld Google Sitemaps creates a scheduled task that will move through your Mura CMS pages and add pages to the sitemap.xml file according to the settings set in the Extended Attributes tab.

Note that it is a good idea (though not strictly necessary) to register your Google sitemap with search engines. To do this with Google, for instance, visit http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/.