Angular SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)
This project was generated with Angular CLI version 8.1.0.
In order to get started with Angular development, Node.js and the Angular CLI is needed. To install the Angular CLI use the following command in the terminal window:
$ npm install -g @angular/cli
The style option specifies what CSS preprocessor is used in building the project. the options are: css, scss, less, sass, styl.
The routing option generates a file app-routing.module.ts file.
The enable-ivy option enables the next generation renderer.
This skip-install option disables the npm install after code generation.
ng new ngseoref --routing --style scss --enable-ivy --skip-install --skip-git
Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.
Create the file robots.txt to the src folder and create the text
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Create the file sitemap.xml to the src folder and create the text:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc>https://sad-clarke-31f3c6.netlify.com</loc>
<lastmod>2019-07-03</lastmod>
<changefreq>always</changefreq>
<priority>1.0</priority>
</url>
</urlset>
Substitute https://sad-clarke-31f3c6.netlify.com for the site URL.
Modify angular.json and add "src/robots.txt" and "src/sitemap.xml" in tha assets,
"assets": [
"src/favicon.ico",
"src/assets",
"src/robots.txt",
"src/sitemap.xml
],
Add the meta data in the <head> section in the intex.html file in the src folder:
<link rel="canonical" href="https://sad-clarke-31f3c6.netlify.com" />
<meta name="description" content="This is a meta description sample. We can add up to 160 characters.">
Substitute https://sad-clarke-31f3c6.netlify.com for the site URL.
npn install
At times, the package.json file can get out of date from what is current. To check for outdated packages install npm-check-update, run ncu to see outdated packages, and then run ncu -u to update the packages.
npm install -g npm-check-updates
ncu
ncu -u
npm install
Run ng serve for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.
Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the --prod flag for a production build.
Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.
Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via Protractor.
To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help or go check out the Angular CLI README.