url '/404/' generated in sitemap.xml

[zxkane]

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The 404 page is generated in sitemap.xml.

The webmaster tool of google will report the link of '/404/' problematic as not found.

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I checked some other themes of hugo, I find there is no /404/ link in sitemap.xml. Might there is a way to gracefully exclude the url '/404/' from the sitemap.xml.

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0.53+

[UtkarshVerma]

@zxkane I myself am not well versed with the working of websites. I've put up a question on Webmasters Stack Exchange in the meantime. Hopefully, I'll have a clear picture after that.

[zxkane]

I'm not familiar with Hugo custom mechanics. I checked another theme also having custom 404 page, but 404 URL is not generated in sitemap.

[UtkarshVerma]

I've decided to prevent the 404 page from being indexed. This issue will be fixed through some later commits.

[UtkarshVerma]

It was being indexed because I was keeping a 404.md file in the content folder. Now I've fixed this by placing the 404.md file outside the content folder hence it doesn't get built by Hugo and isn't indexed!

[zxkane]

Thanks for fixing it quickly.

[UtkarshVerma]

No problem. Fixing every issue just improves my theme, so why shouldn't I? By the way, I just found a better way to fix this without changing the file location of 404.md. Will be implemented within the following hour.