Installation and configuration

Installation:

• Install zip package using Sitecore Package Installer
• Publish website or just necessary items with subitems:
  • /sitecore/templates/Branches/Dynamic Sitemap XML
  • /sitecore/templates/Dynamic Sitemap XML
  • /sitecore/system/Modules/Dynamic Sitemap XML

NuGet feed:

NuGet feed is available and it contains the sitemap dll. Might be useful for creating your own logic (see: Items processors in Specifying your own logic)

Install-Package Sitecore.SharedSource.DynamicSitemap 

Configuration:

• Dynamic Sitemap XML provides Sitecore.SharedSource.DynamicSitemap.config configuration file, installed in /App_Config/Include directory.

Setting that can be specified there:

• sitemapConfigurationOutputFolder - folder where will be generated sitemap xml files
• refreshRobotsFile (true or false) - indicates that robots.txt file will be updated with references to sitemap xml files
• xmlnsTpl - sitemap module schema used for the XML sitemap
• database - the database from which to pull items for generating the sitemap
• productionEnvironment - (true or false) determines whether the sitemap should be submitted to the search engines or not