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Setting Up Sitemap Section Front Index Feed with Outbound Feeds

The Sitemap Section Front Index block is an out-of-the-box template that uses custom fields to quickly and easily set up, configure and manage your feed. This Sitemap Section Front Index block is a sitemap index feed which means it returns a list of links to sitemap feeds that contain stories from the sections. For a sitemap feed containing links to your website’s sections, use the Sitemap Section Feed.

Feed Setup

The Sitemap Section Front Index feed is a platform level Arc feed block with configurable and customizable parameters. This block will only work with the site-service-hierarchy content source. It must be linked to one of your site service hierarchies to generate a sitemap link to each section in that hierarchy. You can customize which sitemap format is used and exclude sections that should not be displayed.

Steps to configure the Sitemap Section Front Index feed.

Sitemap Section Front Index Configuration

1. Path

This path will be used in each link generated. By default it generates links to your sitemap filtering on each section. It starts with /arc/outboundfeeds to match the URL to your sitemap or sitemap-news.

default: /arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap/category

2. Sitemap at root (Available with Web Delivery 1.7)

Optional checkbox to convert sections from slashes to dashes for sitemap links at root. For example it will convert /sports/football to -sports-football. You must also change the Path to use dashes.

default: unchecked

3. URL Extension

Optional, add a file extension to the end of the generated URL, for example .xml. If you add an extension you will need to change your sitemap resolver to match.

default: blank

4. Additional URL Parameters

Optional parameters to append to URL, join multiple parameters with &. For example, outputType=xml&ref_src=sitemap.

default: blank

5. Section IDs to exclude

Comma separated list of section IDs to exclude from the feed, for example, /subscribe,/test.

default: blank

Checkbox used to exclude navigation links from the feed.

default: checked

Resolver Configuration

Each feed template needs to have a resolver applied. To Create A Resolver, you’ll want to configure these fields.

1. Resolver Name

Unique, easily recognized name given to the resolver, such as sitemap-section-index.

2. Resolver Priority

Number to indicate priority order (1 to 100). Lower numbers are evaluated first.

3. Regex Pattern

^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-section-index/?$`

4. URL Parameters

No parameters are needed.

5. Websites

all

6. Content Source

You must choose site-service-hierarchy.

Content and Template Mapping

7. Hierarchy

Enter name of the Site Service hierarchy. Typically default but you can select any available hierarchy.

8. Section ID

blank

9. Default Template

Select the template you just created sitemap-section-index to use with this resolver.

10. Default output type

Select xml.

11. Content Mapped Template

blank

Sitemap Section Front Index URL

To preview your Sitemap Section Front Index XML, modify the URL below with the your client org and website name.

https://Outboundfeeds.CLIENTORG.Arcpublishing.Com/Pf/Arc/Outboundfeeds/Sitemap-Section-Index/?\_website=CLIENTWEBSITE NAME

Sitemap Front Index

Additional Information

All sitemaps adhere to the Standard Sitemap Protocol and implement Google’s extensions for both Images and Videos.