Type of Change

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✅ Bug Fix

✅ Documentation

Summary

Briefly describe what this PR changes:

Adds/validates a Google Search Console–friendly sitemap and updates robots.txt to match our current site structure and crawling goals (public pages allowed, internal files restricted). Also removes Crawl-delay from the Googlebot section to avoid Search Console warnings while still rate-limiting other bots.

Changes Made

List specific files or sections changed:

• sitemap.xml: switched to a cleaner pages_list loop and (optionally) emits if page.last_modified_at exists; bundle exec jekyll build produces a valid sitemap.xml and I confirmed it parses as XML.
• robots.txt: removed Crawl-delay from the Googlebot group (Google ignores it and warns), kept Crawl-delay: 10 for other crawlers, and applied the “block internal files” rules consistently (disallow /images/, /assets/, /_site/, plus /bin/, /CNAME, - README.md, DEVELOPMENT.md, /.htaccess). AI-crawler blocks remain commented out (so they’re allowed).
• DEVELOPMENT.md: updated the URL checklist line to reflect the sitemap line is templated/should be verified.

Testing Checklist

Please confirm you've tested the following:

• Changes display correctly on desktop (1920x1080 or similar)
• Changes display correctly on tablet (768x1024 or similar)
• Changes display correctly on mobile (375x667 or similar)
• Tested in light theme
• Tested in dark theme
• No broken links or images
• No console errors
• Ran bundle exec jekyll serve locally without errors

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Additional Notes

By submitting this PR, I confirm:

• I have tested these changes locally
• I have followed the code standards in DEVELOPMENT.md
• I have updated documentation if needed
• I am ready for this to be reviewed and merged