Add a generation for sitemap to the doc site

build-docs.py

@@ -329,7 +329,14 @@ def main() -> int:
         [sys.executable, "build_scripts/gen_staticwebapp_config.py"],
         "Generating staticwebapp.config.json"
     )
-
+
+    # Generate site-wide sitemap index (references each language's sitemap.xml)
+    # and robots.txt. Runs last so all per-language sitemaps already exist.
+    run_command(
+        [sys.executable, "build_scripts/gen_sitemap_index.py"],
+        "Generating sitemap index and robots.txt"
+    )
+
     print(f"\n{'='*60}")
     print("  Build complete!")
     print(f"{'='*60}")

build_scripts/config_loader.py

@@ -152,6 +152,39 @@ def get_default_language(config: dict | None = None) -> str:
     return config.get("defaultLanguage", "en")
 
 
+def get_base_url(config: dict | None = None) -> str:
+    """Get the canonical base URL of the published site, without trailing slash.
+
+    Used for canonical/hreflang tags, per-language sitemap baseUrls, and the
+    site-wide sitemap index. Languages are served under /{code}/ beneath this.
+    """
+    if config is None:
+        config = load_build_config()
+    return config.get("baseUrl", "https://docs.tabulareditor.com").rstrip("/")
+
+
+def get_sitemap_downrank(config: dict | None = None) -> list[dict]:
+    """Get sitemap downrank rules: a list of {match, priority} dicts.
+
+    Each rule lowers the <priority> of sitemap URLs whose path contains the
+    'match' substring. Rules are evaluated in order; the first match wins.
+    """
+    if config is None:
+        config = load_build_config()
+    return config.get("sitemap", {}).get("downrank", [])
+
+
+def get_sitemap_exclude(config: dict | None = None) -> list[dict]:
+    """Get sitemap exclude rules: a list of {match} dicts.
+
+    Each rule removes sitemap URLs whose path contains the 'match' substring.
+    Used to drop legacy Tabular Editor 2-only pages from the published sitemap.
+    """
+    if config is None:
+        config = load_build_config()
+    return config.get("sitemap", {}).get("exclude", [])
+
+
 def compute_file_hash(file_path: Path | str) -> str:
     """Compute SHA256 hash of a file's contents.
 

build_scripts/gen_redirects.py

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 import sys
 import traceback
 
+from config_loader import get_base_url, get_default_language
+
 
 def get_available_languages() -> list[str]:
     """Scan localizedContent/ folder and return list of language codes (excluding 'en')."""
@@ -69,6 +71,10 @@ def generate_localized_config(template: dict, lang: str) -> dict:
     # Set output destination to language subfolder (relative to project root)
     # From localizedContent/{lang}/, we go up twice to reach project root
     build["dest"] = f"../../_site/{lang}"
+
+    # The published sitemap covers the default (English) language only, so
+    # non-default languages do not emit their own sitemap.xml.
+    build.pop("sitemap", None)
 
     # Update template paths - need to go up two levels to reach project root
     if "template" in build:
@@ -113,6 +119,10 @@ def generate_redirects_config(template: dict) -> dict:
     # Set English output destination (relative to localizedContent/en/)
     config["build"]["dest"] = "../../_site/en"
 
+    # Point the sitemap at the default language's URL prefix
+    if "sitemap" in config["build"]:
+        config["build"]["sitemap"]["baseUrl"] = f"{get_base_url()}/{get_default_language()}"
+
     # Update template paths - need to go up two levels to reach project root
     if "template" in config["build"]:
         new_templates = []

build_scripts/gen_sitemap_index.py

@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Post-process the English sitemap and generate the site-wide entry point.
+
+DocFX emits a sitemap for the default (English) language at
+_site/{default_lang}/sitemap.xml (configured via build.sitemap in the generated
+docfx.json). Non-default languages do not emit a sitemap. This script:
+
+  1. Removes Tabular Editor 2-only URLs from the English sitemap per the
+     'exclude' rules in build-config.json.
+  2. Downranks selected URLs in the English sitemap (API reference pages) per
+     the 'downrank' rules in build-config.json.
+  3. Writes _site/sitemap.xml: a <sitemapindex> pointing at the English sitemap
+     (the published sitemap covers English only).
+  4. Writes _site/robots.txt: allows all crawlers and advertises the index.
+
+Run after the English build so _site/{default_lang}/sitemap.xml exists.
+
+Usage:
+    python gen_sitemap_index.py              # Process _site/
+    python gen_sitemap_index.py --dry-run    # Preview without writing
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from config_loader import (
+    get_base_url,
+    get_default_language,
+    get_sitemap_downrank,
+    get_sitemap_exclude,
+)
+
+
+SITEMAP_NS = "http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
+
+
+def apply_exclude(sitemap_path: Path, rules: list[dict], dry_run: bool = False) -> int:
+    """Remove <url> entries whose <loc> matches an exclude rule. Returns count removed.
+
+    A rule matches when its 'match' substring appears anywhere in the URL's
+    <loc>. Used to drop Tabular Editor 2-only pages from the published sitemap.
+    """
+    if not rules or not sitemap_path.exists():
+        return 0
+
+    ET.register_namespace("", SITEMAP_NS)
+    tree = ET.parse(sitemap_path)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+
+    matches = [m for r in rules if (m := r.get("match"))]
+
+    removed = 0
+    for url in list(root.findall(f"{{{SITEMAP_NS}}}url")):
+        loc_el = url.find(f"{{{SITEMAP_NS}}}loc")
+        if loc_el is None or not loc_el.text:
+            continue
+        if any(m in loc_el.text for m in matches):
+            root.remove(url)
+            removed += 1
+
+    if removed and not dry_run:
+        tree.write(sitemap_path, encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True)
+
+    return removed
+
+
+def apply_downrank(sitemap_path: Path, rules: list[dict], dry_run: bool = False) -> int:
+    """Lower <priority> for URLs matching downrank rules. Returns count changed.
+
+    A rule matches when its 'match' substring appears anywhere in the URL's
+    <loc>. Rules are evaluated in order; the first match wins.
+    """
+    if not rules or not sitemap_path.exists():
+        return 0
+
+    ET.register_namespace("", SITEMAP_NS)
+    tree = ET.parse(sitemap_path)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+
+    changed = 0
+    for url in root.findall(f"{{{SITEMAP_NS}}}url"):
+        loc_el = url.find(f"{{{SITEMAP_NS}}}loc")
+        if loc_el is None or not loc_el.text:
+            continue
+        loc = loc_el.text
+        for rule in rules:
+            if rule["match"] in loc:
+                priority_el = url.find(f"{{{SITEMAP_NS}}}priority")
+                if priority_el is None:
+                    priority_el = ET.SubElement(url, f"{{{SITEMAP_NS}}}priority")
+                priority_el.text = f"{float(rule['priority']):.1f}"
+                changed += 1
+                break
+
+    if changed and not dry_run:
+        tree.write(sitemap_path, encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True)
+
+    return changed
+
+
+def build_index_xml(base_url: str, default_lang: str, site_dir: Path) -> tuple[str, bool]:
+    """Build the sitemap index XML referencing only the default language.
+
+    Returns (xml_string, included) where included is True if the default
+    language sitemap exists.
+    """
+    included = (site_dir / default_lang / "sitemap.xml").exists()
+
+    lines = [
+        '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>',
+        '<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">',
+    ]
+    if included:
+        lines.append("  <sitemap>")
+        lines.append(f"    <loc>{base_url}/{default_lang}/sitemap.xml</loc>")
+        lines.append("  </sitemap>")
+    lines.append("</sitemapindex>")
+    return "\n".join(lines) + "\n", included
+
+
+def build_robots_txt(base_url: str) -> str:
+    """Build a robots.txt that allows all crawlers and advertises the sitemap index."""
+    return (
+        "User-agent: *\n"
+        "Allow: /\n\n"
+        f"Sitemap: {base_url}/sitemap.xml\n"
+    )
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Post-process the English sitemap and generate the site-wide index"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--site-dir", "-s",
+        default="_site",
+        help="Site output directory (default: _site)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--dry-run",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Preview output without writing files"
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    site_dir = Path(args.site_dir)
+    if not site_dir.exists():
+        print(f"Error: site directory {site_dir} does not exist")
+        return 1
+
+    base_url = get_base_url()
+    default_lang = get_default_language()
+    en_sitemap = site_dir / default_lang / "sitemap.xml"
+
+    print(f"Base URL: {base_url}")
+    print(f"Default language: {default_lang}")
+
+    # 1. Remove Tabular Editor 2-only pages from the English sitemap
+    exclude_rules = get_sitemap_exclude()
+    removed = apply_exclude(en_sitemap, exclude_rules, dry_run=args.dry_run)
+    print(f"Exclude rules: {len(exclude_rules)}; URLs removed: {removed}")
+
+    # 2. Downrank API reference pages in the English sitemap
+    rules = get_sitemap_downrank()
+    changed = apply_downrank(en_sitemap, rules, dry_run=args.dry_run)
+    print(f"Downrank rules: {len(rules)}; URLs adjusted: {changed}")
+
+    # 3. Build the English-only sitemap index
+    index_xml, included = build_index_xml(base_url, default_lang, site_dir)
+    if not included:
+        print(f"Warning: {en_sitemap} not found - sitemap index will be empty. "
+              "Check that build.sitemap is set in the English docfx.json.")
+
+    # 4. robots.txt
+    robots_txt = build_robots_txt(base_url)
+
+    if args.dry_run:
+        print("\n--- _site/sitemap.xml ---")
+        print(index_xml)
+        print("--- _site/robots.txt ---")
+        print(robots_txt)
+        return 0
+
+    (site_dir / "sitemap.xml").write_text(index_xml, encoding="utf-8")
+    (site_dir / "robots.txt").write_text(robots_txt, encoding="utf-8")
+
+    print(f"\nGenerated: {site_dir / 'sitemap.xml'} (English only)")
+    print(f"Generated: {site_dir / 'robots.txt'}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    exit(main())

docfx-template.json

@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
             "_disableContribution": true
         },
         "markdownEngineName": "markdig",
+        "sitemap": {
+            "baseUrl": "https://docs.tabulareditor.com",
+            "changefreq": "weekly",
+            "priority": 0.5
+        },
         "dest": "_site",
         "xrefService": [ "https://xref.docs.microsoft.com/query?uid={uid}" ]
     }

metadata/build-config.json

@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 {
   "_comment": "Shared build configuration for all build scripts. Edit this file to add/remove content directories.",
   "defaultLanguage": "en",
+  "baseUrl": "https://docs.tabulareditor.com",
+  "sitemap": {
+    "_comment": "Published sitemap covers the default language only. 'exclude' removes URLs whose path contains 'match' entirely. 'downrank' lowers <priority> for URLs whose path contains 'match' (first matching rule wins). Exclude is applied first.",
+    "exclude": [
+      { "match": "/features/Command-line-Options.html" },
+      { "match": "/getting-started/Getting-Started-te2.html" },
+      { "match": "/references/user-settings-files-te2.html" }
+    ],
+    "downrank": [
+      { "match": "/api/", "priority": 0.1 }
+    ]
+  },
   "contentDirectories": {
     "_comment": "Directories that contain translatable content (markdown and HTML files)",
     "directories": [