{"id":1074,"date":"2025-08-26T01:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2025-08-26T01:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T01:30:07","slug":"sitemap-maintenance-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/2025\/08\/26\/sitemap-maintenance-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Sitemap Maintenance Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Perfect \ud83d\ude4c Here\u2019s your <strong>1-page Sitemap Maintenance Checklist<\/strong> for KOHTCM:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\uddc2 Sitemap Maintenance Checklist<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd39 1. When You Add a New Microsite (e.g. <code>\/cheng-si-tang\/<\/code>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2705 Create a new sitemap file (<code>sitemap_chengsitang.xml<\/code>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 Add all important URLs for that microsite inside it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 Update <code>sitemap_index.xml<\/code> to include the new sitemap.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 Upload <strong>both files<\/strong> (<code>sitemap_chengsitang.xml<\/code> + updated <code>sitemap_index.xml<\/code>) to your server root.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 Check <code>https:\/\/kohtcm.com\/sitemap_index.xml<\/code> in browser to confirm it lists the new sitemap.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd39 2. When You Add New Pages to an Existing Microsite<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2705 Open the correct sitemap file (e.g. <code>sitemap_clinic.xml<\/code>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 Add the new <code>&lt;url><\/code> entry with <code>&lt;loc><\/code>, <code>&lt;lastmod><\/code>, <code>&lt;changefreq><\/code>, <code>&lt;priority><\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 Re-upload only that sitemap file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 No need to change <code>sitemap_index.xml<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd39 3. After Uploading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2705 Test in browser: file should display as XML, not HTML.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 Ensure the URL matches your Search Console property (<a href=\"https:\/\/kohtcm.com\/\">https:\/\/kohtcm.com\/<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 Confirm server sends correct header: <code>Content-Type: application\/xml<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd39 4. Google &amp; Bing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2705 In <strong>Google Search Console<\/strong> \u2192 only submit <code>https:\/\/kohtcm.com\/sitemap_index.xml<\/code> (not each sub-sitemap).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 In <strong>Bing Webmaster Tools<\/strong> \u2192 also submit only the index.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 Google &amp; Bing will auto-discover all sub-sitemaps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd39 5. Robots.txt (Optional but Helpful)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Add this line (if not already there):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Sitemap: https:\/\/kohtcm.com\/sitemap_index.xml\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705 That\u2019s it!<br>Following this checklist, you\u2019ll never have sitemap problems again \u2014 just keep the <strong>index clean<\/strong> and update the <strong>right sub-sitemap<\/strong> when new content goes live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you also want me to make you a <strong>ready-to-use XML template<\/strong> (blank sitemap structure) so you can copy-paste whenever you add a new microsite?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfect \ud83d\ude4c Here\u2019s your 1-page Sitemap Maintenance Checklist for KOHTCM: \ud83d\uddc2 Sitemap Maintenance Checklist \ud83d\udd39 1. When You Add a New Microsite (e.g. \/cheng-si-tang\/) \ud83d\udd39 2. When You Add New Pages to an Existing Microsite \ud83d\udd39 3. After Uploading \ud83d\udd39 4. Google &amp; Bing \ud83d\udd39 5. Robots.txt (Optional but Helpful) Add this line (if not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1075,"href":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions\/1075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easyaccsoft.com\/webdesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}