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https://github.com/skatkov/jekyll-news-sitemap

Your friendly gem to produce Google News sitemap compatible xml file
https://github.com/skatkov/jekyll-news-sitemap

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Your friendly gem to produce Google News sitemap compatible xml file

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# Jekyll::NewsSitemap



*Jekyll plugin to silently generate Google News Sitemap based on posts*



More info on Google News Sitemap could be found here:

https://support.google.com/news/publisher-center/answer/9606710?hl=en&ref_topic=9606468



This gem was heavily infuenced by jekyll-sitemap.

## Usage



1. Add `gem 'jekyll-news-sitemap'` to your site's Gemfile and run `bundle`

2. Add the following to your site's `_config.yml`:



```yml

url: "https://example.com" # the base hostname & protocol for your site

publisher: "The Example Times"

plugins:

  - jekyll-news-sitemap

```



💡 If you are using a Jekyll version less than 3.5.0, use the `gems` key instead of `plugins`.



If all gem plugins have the same `priority`, they will be executed in the

order they are required, generally. Thus, if you have other plugins which

generate content and store that content in `site.pages`, `site.posts`, or

`site.collections`, be sure to require `jekyll-news-sitemap` either *after*

those other gems if you *want* the sitemap to include the generated

content, or *before* those other gems if you *don't want* the sitemap to

include the generated content from the gems. (Programming is *hard*.)



Because the sitemap is added to `site.pages`, you may have to modify any

templates that iterate through all pages (for example, to build a menu of

all of the site's content).



## Note on Use with GitHub Pages Gem

The GitHub Pages gem ignores all plugins included in the Gemfile. If you only include `jekyll-news-sitemap` in the Gemfile without also including it in the `_config.yml` *the plugin will not work*. This can be confusing because the official Jekyll docs state that plugins can be included in either the Gemfile or `_config.yml`.



When building a site that uses the GitHub Pages gem, follow the instructions above and ensure that `jekyll-news-sitemap` is listed in the `plugins` array in `_config.yml`.



:warning: If you are using Jekyll < 3.5.0 use the `gems` key instead of `plugins`.



## Exclusions



If you would like to exclude specific pages/posts from the sitemap set the

sitemap flag to `false` in the front matter for the page/post.



```yml

sitemap: false

```



To exclude files from your sitemap. It can be achieved with configuration using [Jekyll v3.7.2 and jekyll-sitemap v1.2.0](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/commit/776433109b96cb644938ffbf9caf4923bdde4d7f).



Add a glob config to your `_config.yml` file. 



```yml

defaults:

  -

    scope:

      path:            "assets/**/*.pdf"

    values:

      sitemap:         false

```



## Override default development settings



[Follow these instructions on Jekyll's documentation](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/usage/#override-default-development-settings).



## Developing locally



* Use `script/bootstrap` to bootstrap your local development environment.

* Use `script/console` to load a local IRB console with the Gem.



## Testing



1. `script/bootstrap`

2. `script/cibuild`



## Contributing



1. Fork the project

2. Create a descriptively named feature branch

3. Add your feature

4. Submit a pull request