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Editing a Sitemap

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Last Updated: August 12, 2008 11:01 AM

Using the Sitemap Manager, located in the Hosting Control Center, you can edit sitemaps associated with your Web site. Specifically, you can update URL settings, such as which URLs are included in the sitemap, the date URLs were last modified, the frequency at which you update your site, and the priority of specific URLs. You can make different updates to individual URLs in the list or make the same changes to a bulk selection.

Performing Unique Edits to Individual URLs

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, select Hosting.
  3. Click Manage Account next to the hosting account you want to manage.
  4. Click the Sitemaps icon in the Content section of the Hosting Control Center. This action opens the Sitemap Manager with your sitemap file displayed..
  5. Select the sitemap you want to update.
  6. Click the Edit icon. Your list of URLs is displayed.
  7. Select the URLs that you want to update. If you need assistance focusing your selection, see Filtering Sitemap URLs.

    NOTE: You can clear your selections at any time by clicking the Refresh List button in the action bar above the URL list.

  8. For each URL in the list, edit the settings that you would like to update:
    9. Last Modified
    The date you last updated the selected URLs. You can enter a date in the YYYY-MM-DD format or click the calendar to select a specific date.
    Change Frequency
    A frequency at which you update the selected URLs. You can select from always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or never.
    Priority
    The priority level, relative to other URLs, to apply to the selected URLs. This option ranges from 0.1 (lowest) to 1.0 (highest) priority.
    Status
    This uneditable field displays "New" if the URL was collected during the most recent crawl and log parse or "Old" if a URL existed in the sitemap previously.
    Source
    This uneditable field displays icons to denote whether the URL was located in a log file, a Web Crawl, or both.
    Date Added
    This uneditable field displays the date that the URL was initially located.
    Included
    The status of whether the URLs are included in or excluded from the sitemap XML file.

    NOTE: You can change the Included status for multiple URLs by selecting all URLs to be updated and clicking the Include or Exclude button in the action bar above the URL list.

  9. Click Save. Your sitemap edits are saved.
  10. Click Done to return to the main sitemap page.

Performing the Same Edit to Multiple URLs

  1. With your list of URLs is displayed, select the URLs that you want to update. If you need assistance focusing your selection, see Filtering Sitemap URLs.
  2. Click the Edit icon.
  3. Edit the settings that you would like to update:
    4. Last Modified
    The date you last updated the selected URLs. You can enter a date in the YYYY-MM-DD format or click the calendar to select a specific date.
    Change Frequency
    A frequency at which you update the selected URLs. You can select from always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or never.
    Priority
    The priority level, relative to other URLs, to apply to the selected URLs. This option ranges from 0.1 (lowest) to 1.0 (highest) priority.
    Included
    The status of whether the selected URLs are included in the sitemap XML file.

    NOTE: Any field you leave set to "Do Not Modify" will leave each of the selected URL's files unchanged for that setting.

  4. Click OK.
  5. Click Save. Your sitemap edits are applied to all selected URLs.
  6. Click Done to return to the main sitemap page.