{"id":"6a8314fae1a8c96a76898955","title":"2026 08 17 Issue 297","path":"how-to/committee/release-notes/2026-08-17-issue-297","contentMarkdown":"# 17-Aug-2026 — present walks as events and keep only real public pages in the index [ref #297](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/issues/297)\n\n## [build 834](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/actions/runs/32036227122) — [commit e1e37d8](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/commit/e1e37d8ea428db56db2a2d586ea6db64f7411713)\n\n_____\n\n## What's new\n\nWalk pages now tell search engines who is leading and that the event is free, so they can list it as a proper event rather than a bare page. Addresses that are not a real public page return not found. Copies such as /home, object-id walk links, social events filed under walks, and format-export variants are pointed at the official address or asked not to be indexed, and the sitemap only lists pages with a public slug.\n\n## At a glance\n\n- The walk leader is included on the event listing\n- A free-event offer is included, marked sold out if the walk is cancelled\n- Unknown public addresses return not found and ask not to be indexed\n- `/home` and object-id walk addresses go to the proper address\n- Format-export copies of a page (`?format=html`, markdown or json) are not indexed\n- Social events appear at their social address in the sitemap; walks without a public slug are left out","contentHtml":"<h1>17-Aug-2026 — present walks as events and keep only real public pages in the index <a href=\"https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/issues/297\">ref #297</a></h1>\n<h2><a href=\"https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/actions/runs/32036227122\">build 834</a> — <a href=\"https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/commit/e1e37d8ea428db56db2a2d586ea6db64f7411713\">commit e1e37d8</a></h2>\n<hr>\n<h2>What&#39;s new</h2>\n<p>Walk pages now tell search engines who is leading and that the event is free, so they can list it as a proper event rather than a bare page. Addresses that are not a real public page return not found. Copies such as /home, object-id walk links, social events filed under walks, and format-export variants are pointed at the official address or asked not to be indexed, and the sitemap only lists pages with a public slug.</p>\n<h2>At a glance</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The walk leader is included on the event listing</li>\n<li>A free-event offer is included, marked sold out if the walk is cancelled</li>\n<li>Unknown public addresses return not found and ask not to be indexed</li>\n<li><code>/home</code> and object-id walk addresses go to the proper address</li>\n<li>Format-export copies of a page (<code>?format=html</code>, markdown or json) are not indexed</li>\n<li>Social events appear at their social address in the sitemap; walks without a public slug are left out</li>\n</ul>\n"}