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XML Sitemap for Collections

Hi all

I'm trying to create an XML sitemap for collections.

Everything is working fine apart from the last modified date, which I can't seem to get to work.

/sitemap_profiles.php...

    header('Content-type: application/xml');
    include('perch/runtime.php');
    echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <urlset xmlns="https://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:mobile="https://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-mobile/1.0">';

    perch_collection('Staff Profiles', [
        'template'   => 'about/sitemap_profiles.html'
    ]);

    echo '</urlset>';

/perch/templates/content/about/sitemap_profiles.html

<url>
    <loc>https://www.wardgethinarcher.co.uk/about/meet-team/<perch:content id="profileSlug" /></loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <lastmod><perch:pages id="pageModified" format="%Y-%m-%d" /></lastmod>
    <mobile:mobile/>
</url>

I appreciate that <perch:pages /> doesn't work in the content templates but there is no field in the collection template to include that data.

What's the best way to get the page's last modified date to work, please?

Is each profile a separate page or are they just listed out on a single page? If the latter then you don't need to list the items in your sitemap, just the page. If it's the former then you'd need to add a date field to the collection.

Personally I wouldn't worry about having the lastmod in there. It's not essential for a page like this. Unless they are firing people all the time!

Jon