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Perch CMS documentation - Create a Google Sitemap

I followed the guide in the documentation to create a sitemap:

https://docs.grabaperch.com/perch/content/functions/how-do-i-create-a-google-sitemap/

It (sitemap.php) created a sitemap containing over 1,000 entries all for the root of the domain!

The documentation says to create sitemap.html as follows:

<perch:before><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <urlset xmlns="https://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
    </perch:before>
    <url>
        <loc>https://example.com<perch:pages id="pagePath"></loc>
    </url>
    <perch:after>
    </urlset>
    </perch:after>

<perch:pages id="pagePath"> didn't return anything, meaning all entries were <loc>https://example.com</loc>.

My eye spotted that there was no '/' at the end (before the '>'), so I changed it to <perch:pages id="pagePath" /> and hey presto the sitemap works as it should.
Dave Lindsay

Dave Lindsay 0 points

  • 2 years ago
Hussein Al Hammad

Hussein Al Hammad 105 points
Registered Developer

2 years ago

Hello Dave,

This is because you are using an older version of Perch. Tags in older versions required Perch tags to be self-closing />. Since Perch 3.1, this is no longer required.

The change is documented here: https://docs.grabaperch.com/templates/

It was also discussed in Perch's blog if you're interested in learning more: https://grabaperch.com/blog/archive/2018-03-26-template-changes-in-perch-3-1
Dave Lindsay

Dave Lindsay 0 points

2 years ago

Thanks for replying Hussein. I will have a look at those links.