Sitemap error in google search Console as not xml
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When I go to Google and enter add my site to import the site map it gives an error that the map is HTML not XML. In search engine optimization in 1 - Settings I have selected to create the Sitemap Automaticaly:
When I go to the page properties and select expert to determine the format the choices I have do not align with Googles preference of xml, RSS, mRSS, and Atom 1.0, or Text:
None of these choices are the recomended alternatives for the sitemap. Below is the link from Google on the options:
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/build-sitemap#xml
How can i get the X to give me the xml or something that is recommended by Google?
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Page Properties > File Name Format: html
This is the normal setting and has nothing to do with the sitemap.
Google Search Console > Add new sitemap: mywebsite.com/sitemap.xml