Help needed I am new to site maps

[computerwoman]

I am new to site maps and I am just learning how to do websites. I have just downloaded a site map in a text file and i would like to know how to put it on my website. do i need to put sitemap on the front page and then have a link to that page with the text site map on. I would very grateful for your help

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

you should upload sitemap.xml file to your domain root via FTP and then submit it to Google on:
[ External links are visible to logged in users only ]

[embook]

Now you can also  put path to  sitemap in file robotst.txt
for example:
sitemap: somedomain/sitemap.xml

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Yes, you can add it in robots.txt with FULL url:
sitemap: [ External links are visible to logged in users only ]

[Md_Terp]

Hello,

you should upload sitemap.xml file to your domain root via FTP and then submit it to Google on:
[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]

[wnotis]

Hello,

you should upload sitemap.xml file to your domain root via FTP and then submit it to Google on:
[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]

Yep, I've done that already too. Several times. Get the same thing each time. Google says "Unsupported file format
Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it meets our Sitemap guidelines and resubmit."

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Please let me know your sitemap URL so that I can check it.