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description: "The XML Node\_is used to create\_an XML document, such as a sitemap."
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# 📘 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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<figure><img src="../../.gitbook/assets/xml-component.png" alt="XML Node component available for an XML page"><figcaption><p>The component appears when Document type is XML</p></figcaption></figure>


## How to use the XML Node component

1.  Go to Page Settings > Document Type and select XML from the dropdown&#x20;

    <figure><img src="../../.gitbook/assets/page-settings-xml-doc-type.png" alt="Page Settings with Document type set to XML"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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](collection.md) to iterate over a list of data
- A sitemap skeleton is available in the Marketplace

## Include 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&#x20;
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)&#x20;

   <figure><img src="../../.gitbook/assets/static-sitemap-data.png" alt="Sitemap System Resource selected in Dynamic data"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


5. Use a [Collection](collection.md) to iterate over the static sitemap data

## Related

- [XML Time](xml-time.md) – ISO date formatting for feeds
- [Collection](collection.md) – Iterate over feed items
- [Head Slot](head-slot.md) – Add meta tags