JSitemap

Description

The JSitemap component allows you to create adaptive sitemaps in HTML format, as well as all possible types of Sitemap files in XML format:

• standard sitemap;
• for mobile devices;
• for images;
• for video;
• for Google News.

Like other Joomla sitemap generators, JSitemap updates sitemap files as content is added and changed on your site. But creating a sitemap is just one of the features in the extension's arsenal.

Possibilities

List of functions and capabilities of the component announced by the developers:

• No Plugins Required
  No additional plugins are required to include content component elements in the sitemap.
• Data Source Wizard
  Include pages generated by third-party components in the sitemap with one click.
• SEO Control Panel
  A large set of SEO tools for Joomla on one page.
• Multilingual
  Support for multilingual sitemaps for both the built-in Joomla multilingual associations component and third-party extensions.
• Ping-O-Matic
  No need to wait for a search robot to visit: you can notify search engines about changes on your site yourself.
• Google Search Console
  JSitemap has official integration with Google webmaster tools.
• SEO Statistics
  Calculate Alexa and Google Rank, the number of indexed pages and other SEO parameters.
• Meta tag control
  Change the values ​​of the Title tag and the Description meta tag for all pages of the site.
• Image sitemap
  JSitemap allows you to create image sitemaps to speed up their indexing in Google.
• Google Indexing Tester
  Monitoring site page data that Google uses in snippets of search results.
• Video Sitemap
  Create sitemaps for YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, and HTML5 videos to speed up their indexing in Google.
• Sitemap Split
  Split sitemaps with many links into smaller sections and create index files for them.
• Google News and AMP Sitemaps
  Create sitemaps for Google News and AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) to increase your site's visibility in Google.
• Link Analyzer
  Analyzes and finds broken and unindexed links in the sitemap.
• RSS Feeds
  JSitemap is a powerful RSS 2.0 generator that supports many extensions.
• Search Engine Ping
  Automatically notify search engines when adding or changing content.
• Google Analytics
  Integration with Google Analytics allows you to access statistics directly from the Joomla control panel.
• Mindmap SCK Layout
  Ability to format an HTML sitemap in the Mindmap style.
• Custom 404 Page
  JSitemap allows you to override the content of the 404 error page.
• Multiple Sitemaps
  You can create an unlimited number of sitemaps from different data sources: created menus or component elements.
• Sitemap Modules
  You can create sitemaps for individual menus and place them in module positions as navigation.
• htaccess Editor
  JSitemap includes an innovative .htaccess editor that allows you to avoid errors when editing the file.
• Statistics and Graph
  The information in the XML sitemap is presented in an easy-to-read form.
• Robots.txt Editor
  With JSitemap, you can edit the robots.txt file directly from the Joomla control panel.

Control Panel

The control panel is located in Components → JSitemap PRO and looks like this.

The main page of the control panel has 3 sections:

1. Functionalities.
   Here is the full list of component functions.

2. SEO stats.
   Site statistics based on third-party SEO services.

3. SEO dashboard.
   List of created Sitemap files with links. Here, in one click, you can send a ping to search engines and add selected sitemaps to the robots.txt file.

Functionality

Let's look at all the functions presented in the Functionalities section:

1. Sitemap Data Sources.
   Here are the data sources for the sitemap. By default, sources from the menu and com_content are automatically created.
2. Wizard Data Sources.
   Allows you to select a new data source for the sitemap from the list of components.
3. Show raw XML Sitemaps.
   View XML sitemaps without additional styles and information for users.
4. Show formatted XML Sitemaps.
   View XML sitemaps with formatting and additional information.
5. Export XML Sitemap.
   Save the sitemap as an XML file to your local computer.
6. Analyze sitemap links.
   Analyzes links in the sitemap, determines the link source (component), the corresponding data according to the Sitemap XML standard (Last Modified, Change Frequency, Priority), as well as the indexing status of pages in search engines and the HTTP code.
7. SEO Spider.
   Analyzes pages in the sitemap and displays on the screen:
8. Search engines metainfo.
   Here you can replace the values ​​of the Title tags, Description and Robots meta tags for pages included in the sitemap, and also add images to the pages using the Open Graph protocol.
9. Google indexing tester.
   Here you can find out what text Google uses in snippets of the pages of the current site.
10. Datasets.
    Here you can combine individual data sources into groups. These groups can then be used to create navigation modules in various forms. For example, you can include the JoomShopping category in the data group and place it as a navigation module.
11. Robots.txt Editor.
    The robots.txt file editor directly in the Joomla admin panel.
12. .htaccess Editor.
    Allows you to edit the .htaccess file in the Joomla admin panel.
13. Ping-O-Matic Links.
    Allows you to inform search engines about changes on certain pages.
14. Show XML RSS feed.
    View RSS feeds.
15. Google Webmasters Tools/Search Console.
    Displays site data from Google Search Console. Integrating a Google account with the Joomla admin panel is done in 3 steps:
    1. request code from Google;
    2. enter code;
    3. authentication.
16. Google Analytics.
    Displays site data from a Google Analytics account.
17. Configuration.
    Go to settings.
18. Help & Documentation.
    Clicking on it will download a detailed manual for the extension in English to your computer.