Googlesitemaps module seems to be working fine on my SS2.4.1 install, if I go to mysite.com/sitemap.xml I can see the site tree including new pages.

Where my question comes from is that when I go to my root folder (using FTP or a file manager) the actual xml file is not there, even though the files content is displayed on the browser and the file is getting updated somewhere because new pages are showing.

So Google is asking for a xml file in the root directory; the actual file does not exist but everything seems to be working. I will appreciate if someone can briefly explain. This is getting a little over my head.

Thanks in advance,

You'll probably also notice that none of your pages exist on the filesystem as well. This is because the requests all get sent to sapphire/main.php (have a look at .htaccess if you want to see how it's done). The sitemaps module then registers with sapphire that it wants to be given the sitemap.xml URI, and then goes and generates the sitemap each time it's called.

It doesn't exist anywhere. It's just a URL that points to a controller that generates content on the fly, just like every other Silverstripe request.

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Simon and Unclecheese, thank you for your quick reply and explanation, I feel better now that it all sort of makes sense in my head! I am obviously not a programmer but I like to learn and working with the SS community has been a great experience since day one.

Best,