{"id":"6a61530f3007618ae2cf0440","title":"2026 07 22 Issue 297","path":"how-to/committee/release-notes/2026-07-22-issue-297","contentMarkdown":"# 22-Jul-2026 — generated sitemap.xml, robots.txt and official page addresses [ref #297](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/issues/297)\n\n## [build 789](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/actions/runs/29965636738) — [commit 4455bca](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/commit/4455bcab8aa86eee6e3a9c2ec691bec266de5030)\n\n_____\n\n## What's new\n\nSearch engines can now discover and index every public page on a site reliably. Each site serves a `sitemap.xml` generated automatically from the pages and events already in the site, and a `robots.txt` that points crawlers at it. Every page also declares its official address, so duplicate listings caused by tracking labels such as `?ref=ed_direct` collapse into the proper address in Google's index.\n\n## At a glance\n\n- `sitemap.xml` is generated automatically from the site's public pages, walks and social events, so it stays up to date on its own\n- `robots.txt` points search engines at the sitemap and keeps them out of admin and login pages\n- every page declares its official address, so addresses with tracking labels on the end no longer appear as separate pages in Google\n- benefits every NGX site with nothing to configure - the site address already held in system settings is used throughout","contentHtml":"

22-Jul-2026 — generated sitemap.xml, robots.txt and official page addresses ref #297

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build 789 — commit 4455bca

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What's new

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Search engines can now discover and index every public page on a site reliably. Each site serves a sitemap.xml generated automatically from the pages and events already in the site, and a robots.txt that points crawlers at it. Every page also declares its official address, so duplicate listings caused by tracking labels such as ?ref=ed_direct collapse into the proper address in Google's index.

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At a glance

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