{"id":5638,"date":"2021-08-26T09:04:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T09:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5638"},"modified":"2022-03-18T10:23:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T10:23:36","slug":"how-to-enable-the-sitemap-feature-on-the-website-builder","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/how-to-enable-the-sitemap-feature-on-the-website-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable the SiteMap Feature on the Website Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SiteMaps are an important part of SEO. Without these, website crawlers wouldn&#8217;t know where to begin when it comes to indexing your content and the various pages you have. This is a feature you should definitely enable, especially as you are first growing your website and submitting it to the Webmaster Tools at Google and Bing!<\/p>\n<p>This Knowledgebase Article will show you how to enable the SiteMap feature in the Website Builder.<\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--info   hts-messages--withicon \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tCreating your website doesn\u2019t have to be a hassle. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/website-builder\/#60b65e4e63b58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website builder<\/a> makes it easy to create a beautiful website in minutes without coding or design skills.     \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<h2 id=\"how-to-enable-the-sitemap-feature-on-the-website-builder\">How to Enable the SiteMap Feature on the Website Builder<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Login to your cPanel. There&#8217;s a lot of ways to do this, but the sure fire easiest way is to login to your <a href=\"https:\/\/lab.chemicloud.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Client Area<\/a>, then open your cPanel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4061\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1674\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lab.jpg 1674w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lab-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lab-1024x303.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lab-768x228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lab-50x15.jpg 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lab-1536x455.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lab-60x18.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lab-100x30.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1674px) 100vw, 1674px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Scroll down to the Software section and open the Website Builder:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5423\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-783x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-783x270.jpg 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-768x264.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-50x17.jpg 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-60x21.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-100x34.jpg 100w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1.jpg 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Your list of sites will load. Locate the site edit, then hover over that site and click the speedometer icon to login to the site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5430\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8-783x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8-783x403.jpg 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8-50x26.jpg 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8-1536x790.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8-60x31.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8-100x51.jpg 100w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/8.jpg 1885w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Once the Website Builder Admin loads, click Advanced from the tools in the left menu, then click Sitemap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5639\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1918\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-20.jpg 1918w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-20-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-20-783x350.jpg 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-20-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-20-50x22.jpg 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-20-1536x687.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-20-60x27.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/1-20-100x45.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1918px) 100vw, 1918px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 5: When the SiteMap Settings open, you&#8217;ll notice a few options. Let&#8217;s review them!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5640\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1360\" height=\"1129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-22.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-22-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-22-783x650.jpg 783w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-22-768x638.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-22-50x42.jpg 50w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-22-60x50.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2-22-100x83.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1360px) 100vw, 1360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable SiteMap &#8211; this will turn the feature on or off. We recommend enabling this feature.<\/li>\n<li>Use SSL for Sitemap URLs &#8211; Your Sitemap URL will be http:\/\/www.yourdomain.com\/sitemap.xml unless you enable this feature. You should know major search engines will downrank you for not using HTTPS, so we highly encourage you enable this option as well.<\/li>\n<li>Manage Sitemap Settings &#8211; you have the option to Automatically or Manually mange the settings that go with having a Sitemap. Unless you&#8217;re a web pro, we encourage you to set this to Automatically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be sure to click Save at the bottom when you&#8217;ve finished enabling the SiteMap feature!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SiteMaps are an important part of SEO. Without these, website crawlers wouldn&#8217;t know where to begin when it comes to indexing your content and the various pages you have. 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