Colon is ignored when using "xhtml:link" in the xml nod...

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Community members are experiencing an issue where the colon in "xhtml:link" is being ignored when using it in the XML Node of a sitemap for a multilingual site. This appears to be a bug, and community members have reported it on an issue tracker. Some community members have found that while the colon doesn't appear in the editor, it is correctly included in the generated XML file. The community is discussing potential solutions, such as extending the sitemap schema with custom namespaces. The issue is expected to be resolved soon, but there is no explicitly marked answer at this time.

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Colon is ignored when using "xhtml:link" in the XML Node sitemap.

I'm working on a multilingual site, and when I try to add the "xhtml:link" with the XML node, the colon gets ignored. I tried different string concatenation solutions, but none worked. I have the same issue with comments "<!-- -- >".

Is it a bug? Is there any solution to add a tag with a colon with the XML node?

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MMartin B. Levy

Hi. I’m experiencing the same issue with "xhtml:link" in the XML Node of my sitemap for a multilingual site. The colon gets ignored when trying to add xhtml:link, and I haven’t found a workaround that keeps the colon intact. Is there any update or solution for this?

OOleg Isonen

indeed, its a bug

OOleg Isonen

here is an issue to follow https://github.com/webstudio-is/webstudio/issues/4343

OOleg Isonen

Can you describe the use case please?

IIvan Starkov

Seems like sitemap schema can be extended with any custom namespaces.

MMartin B. Levy

Actually, even though the : (in my case, for xhtml:link) doesn’t appear in Webstudio’s editor, it is correctly included in the generated XML file.

MMartin B. Levy

I’m creating a sitemap for a multilingual site and was hoping to generate it with a reference URL and its alternate versions, like this:

<url>
    <loc>https://fpa-france-ebrei.wstd.io/contact</loc>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="fr" href="https://fpa-france-ebrei.wstd.io/contact"/>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://fpa-france-ebrei.wstd.io/en/contact"/>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://fpa-france-ebrei.wstd.io/contact"/>
</url>

MMartin B. Levy

And Webstudio currently doesn’t support self-closing tags in XML if Text Content is empty.

IIvan Starkov

Fixes, will be released soon
https://github.com/webstudio-is/webstudio/issues/4343

We are not supporting self-closing tags at this time (the plan is to eventually switch XML to a standard text editor; the current solution is a workaround). However, this is not a bug or issue, as <tag /> and <tag></tag> are functionally the same.

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