How to point to sitemap from Google Webmaster Tools

#1

Hi,

I added my Middleman project to Google Webmaster Tools and I want to add a sitemap. Does Middleman automatically created a sitemap? And what’s the url to it?

thanks for your help,

Anthony

#2

Anthony, have you looked into the official Middleman extensions list? I can see a middleman-sitemap plugin there and middleman-search_engine_sitemap. They seem to be actively developed. Actually I will try them tonight for my current project.

#3

I’m currently using middleman-search_engine_sitemap. Works great. Build middleman site, push to deploy. Go into Google Webmaster Tools, select the site, Crawl --> Sitemaps and the url to the deployed sitemap.xml. Then on every build and deploy Google will pick up the new sitemap.

#4

thanks guys,

I implemented the middleman-searchengine sitemap and it works like a charm … on my local machine.

I have a problem to deploying my changes to heroku:

   error  tmp/sitemap.xml
   There were errors during this build, re-run with `middleman build --verbose` to see the full exception.
   rake aborted!
   Command failed with status (1): [middleman build...]
   /tmp/build_b3d8907b-d401-4248-91c2-027fd6b69c1d/Rakefile:3:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

!
!     Precompiling assets failed.
!

!     Push rejected, failed to compile Ruby app

 To git@heroku.com:morning-inlet-7066.git
  ! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
 error: failed to push some refs to 'git@heroku.com:morning-inlet-7066.git'

my repository is here: https://github.com/acandael/personal-site

should I use a more recent version of the middleman-searchenginesitemap gem ?

thanks for your help,

Anthony

#5

moved my website to www.bitballoon.com . The middleman-search_engine_sitemap is working fine now :smile: