mockra

If you’re looking to add a sitemap for your rails application, I’ve found sitemap_generator to be a great tool. You can get started by adding the gem to your Gemfile.

  gem 'sitemap_generator'

You’ll then need to create a config/sitemap.rb file that will be used to generate your sitemap. You can generate this file by running:

  bundle exec rake sitemap:install

You’ll then need to edit the config/sitemap.rb file, and add the routes you want in your sitemap there. Here’s an example:

  SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.default_host = "http://www.yourdomain.com"

  SitemapGenerator::Sitemap.create do
    Post.find_each do |post|
      add post_path(post)
    end
    add faq_path
  end

You can then run rake sitemap:refresh to generate a sitemap file for your application. You’ll also want to add the sitemap location to your robots.txt file: Sitemap: http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml.gz

Depending on your server and deploy setup, you’ll need to decide how to handle refreshing and generating a production sitemap.

One option for refreshing your sitemap would be through crontab.

  every 1.day, :at => '5:00 am' do
    rake "-s sitemap:refresh"
  end

There’s also built in support for hosting your sitemap on S3, which is useful if you’re behind a load balancer. Just make sure to update your robots.txt with the correct location.