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    • JamesHancocks1
      JamesHancocks1 last edited by

      I've looked in the robots.txt Tester and I can see 3 warnings:

      There is a 'syntax not understood' warning for each of these.

      XML Sitemaps:
      https://www.pkeducation.co.uk/post-sitemap.xml
      https://www.pkeducation.co.uk/sitemap_index.xml

      How do I fix or reformat these to remove the warnings?

      Many thanks in advance.
      Jim

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      • Martijn_Scheijbeler
        Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by

        Hi James,

        The right syntax is:

        Sitemap: https://www.pkeducation.co.uk/post-sitemap.xml
        Sitemap: https://www.pkeducation.co.uk/sitemap_index.xml

        When you retry it should show up as working.

        Martijn.

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        • JamesHancocks1
          JamesHancocks1 @Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by

          I'm to give that a go Martijn.

          The text "XML Sitemaps" is in there and flagas as an error. Does this need to be reformatted as well or deleted?

          Kind regards,
          James.

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