[Website]: Generate a dynamic sitemap #876
Description
Is there an existing request for this feature?
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
A majority of our pages are not indexed by Google, most likely due to not having a self-updating sitemap. This means less traffic, less donations and therefore less people can be supported with a Social Income.
Source: Google Search Console
Describe the solution/feature
We should implement a dynamic sitemap that automatically includes all live routes (e.g., website pages, blog posts, language variants). NextJS has some build in options.
The sitemap should be:
- Automatically updated when new pages are added (e.g., on website or new blog articles from Storyblok)
- Accessible via /sitemap.xml
- Compatible with Google’s indexing requirements
- Handle staging and prod env.
This might involve:
- Generating the sitemap at build time using a script (e.g., with next-sitemap or a custom script)
- Ensuring routes from CMS (e.g. Storyblok) are included
- Adding lastmod metadata for better crawl efficiency
- Generate sitemap at build time and serve as static file or trigger a rebuild (e.g. via a webhook from Storyblok) when new content is published.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Manually maintaining a sitemap (error-prone and not scalable)
Criteria for Completion
- A working sitemap is available at /sitemap.xml
- Sitemap includes all public routes (static and dynamic)
- CMS content (e.g., blog posts) is included
- Google Search Console confirms the sitemap is valid and processed
Anything else?
Before adding next-sitemap as a dependency, consider whether it’s simpler and more flexible to write our own custom sitemap generation function tailored to your routes and CMS structure.
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