SEO with EXT:news

This chapters covers all configurations which are relevant for search engine optimization regarding the news extension.

XML Sitemap

The sitemap includes links to all news records. This makes it easier for search engines to find all news records and to index those.

Depending on your requirements you can either use the simple sitemap provider from the core or a custom one shipped with EXT:news.

Basic sitemap

The core ships a basic sitemap configuration which can also be used for news records:

plugin.tx_seo.config {
    xmlSitemap {
        sitemaps {
            news {
                provider = TYPO3\CMS\Seo\XmlSitemap\RecordsXmlSitemapDataProvider
                config {
                    table = tx_news_domain_model_news
                    additionalWhere =
                    sortField = sorting
                    lastModifiedField = tstamp
                    pid = 26
                    recursive = 2
                    url {
                        pageId = 25
                        fieldToParameterMap {
                            uid = tx_news_pi1[news]
                        }

                        additionalGetParameters {
                            tx_news_pi1.controller = News
                            tx_news_pi1.action = detail
                        }

                        useCacheHash = 1
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Extended sitemap

The GeorgRinger\News\Seo\NewsXmlSitemapDataProvider provides the same feature set as

RecordsXmlSitemapDataProvider but with some additional ones on top:

• If you are using the feature to define the detail page through the field

Single-view page for news from this category of a sys_category you need to use a custom provider. - If you are need urls containing day, month or year information - Setting excludedTypes to exclude certain news types from the sitemap

To enable the category detail page handling, checkout the setting useCategorySinglePid = 1 in the following full example:

plugin.tx_seo {
    config {
        xmlSitemap {
            sitemaps {
                news {
                    provider = GeorgRinger\News\Seo\NewsXmlSitemapDataProvider
                    config {
                        excludedTypes = 1,2
                        additionalWhere =

                        sortField = datetime
                        lastModifiedField = tstamp
                        pid = 84
                        recursive = 2
                        url {
                            pageId = 116
                            useCategorySinglePid = 1

                            hrDate = 0
                            hrDate {
                                day = j
                                month = n
                                year = Y
                            }

                            fieldToParameterMap {
                                uid = tx_news_pi1[news]
                            }

                            additionalGetParameters {
                                tx_news_pi1.controller = News
                                tx_news_pi1.action = detail
                            }

                            useCacheHash = 1
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}