Small things like this can be missed when upgrading to a new system until it is too late and Google already punished your store for lack of proper XML sitemap. It may not affect your rating or it may – in any case, it’s better not to mess with Google if this is something easy to setup.
To setup XML sitemap in X-cart v5.1:
1) go to Extensions -> Installed Modules
2) find “XML sitemap” module and click “Settings”
3) check the settings you want
4) download .htaccess file from your store folder by FTP (or open that file in File manage of your hosting control panel)
5) before this line:
</IfModule>
add
RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml(\?.+)?$ cart.php?target=sitemap [NC,L,QSA]
6) save modified .htaccess file and upload back to store folder
Now you can open sitemap via default URL :
http://www.YOURSTORE.com/sitemap.xml
Note: this sitemap file will have URL of complete sitemap which search engines will load.
Sources:
- http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=69984&highlight=XML+sitemap
- https://bt.x-cart.com/view.php?id=43571
