Sitemap settings

A sitemap is a special index file designed for search engines like Google. This file lists the URLs of pages on the website along with metadata, e.g. update date.

In the HTML export -> Sitemap section of Project settings dialog you can configure various sitemap settings related to exported HTML files.

To open the project settings, use one of the ways described below:

click Project settings button in the application toolbar;
go to the Project menu and click the Project settings menu option;
use Ctrl+Alt+P shortcut;

Project settings dialog should appear. On the left side of it go to HTML export -> Sitemap.

Base URL

Enter the base URL for your sitemap here.

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Sitemap protocol

Here you can choose a version of the sitemap format to use for your sitemap file.

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Extra tags

Select the checkboxes for the extra tags you want to add to the sitemap file.

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Compression

Select this checkbox to compress your output sitemap files with a GZIP compression algorithm.

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Sitemap file creation during HTML export

Check this option to specify whether the sitemap file must be created each time you export your project in HTML format. Here you can also specify the path to the folder for the sitemap file.

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Additional sitemap list

If you have several sitemaps for different parts of your website then use this list to add them. Dr.Explain will generate the sitemap index file with links to all the sitemaps listed here.

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