# XML Node

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Webstudio automatically generates a sitemap for static pages such as Home and About. If you are integrating with a CMS, you can use this component to create a sitemap for CMS data.
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### How to use the XML Node component

1. Go to Page Settings > Document Type and select XML from the dropdown

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2. Go to Components > XML and add XML Node (this component won’t show until Step 1 is completed)
3. Set the tag and text content (e.g., “loc” and “<https://example.com>)

### Tips

* XML Nodes can be nested within each other
* Use [Collection](https://docs.webstudio.is/university/core-components/collection) to iterate over a list of data
* A sitemap skeleton is available in the Marketplace

### Including the static sitemap

While you can use the autogenerated sitemap for static pages and create a separate sitemap for dynamic pages, you can also combine the two.

To include the static sitemap data in your custom sitemap, follow these steps:

1. Create a page
2. In the page settings, set the Document Type to XML
3. Set the page path to /sitemap.xml. This will override the default sitemap.
4. Fetch the static data by clicking Create Variable > System Resource (Type) > Sitemap (Resource)

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5. Use a [Collection](https://docs.webstudio.is/university/core-components/collection) to iterate over the static sitemap data

## Related

* [XML Time](https://docs.webstudio.is/university/core-components/xml-time) – ISO date formatting for feeds
* [Collection](https://docs.webstudio.is/university/core-components/collection) – Iterate over feed items
* [Head Slot](https://docs.webstudio.is/university/core-components/head-slot) – Add meta tags


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