diff --git a/config.rb b/config.rb
index 010f5b3b..16c94913 100644
--- a/config.rb
+++ b/config.rb
@@ -99,3 +99,13 @@
 years.each do |year|
   proxy "/meetings/#{year}/index.html", "/meetings/meetings_index.html", locals: { year: year }, ignore: true
 end
+
+ready do
+  sitemap.resources.
+    reject { |r| r.data.status && r.data.status == 'Published' }. # keep published files
+    reject { |r| r.path =~ %r{(javascripts|images|stylesheets)/} }. # and assets
+    reject { |r| r.path =~ %r{\.htaccess\Z} }. # and .htaccess files
+    each do |unpublished|
+      ignore unpublished.path
+    end
+end
diff --git a/source/meetings/meetings_index.html.erb b/source/meetings/meetings_index.html.erb
index 0429e975..0749cbc9 100644
--- a/source/meetings/meetings_index.html.erb
+++ b/source/meetings/meetings_index.html.erb
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+---
+status: 'Published'
+---
+
 <%
   meetings = meeting_pages.select { |page| page.path.include? "/#{locals[:year]}/" }
   content_for(:title) { "#{locals[:year]} Meetings" }
diff --git a/source/rss/template.rss.builder b/source/rss/template.rss.builder
index da8c4332..4c9f4c84 100644
--- a/source/rss/template.rss.builder
+++ b/source/rss/template.rss.builder
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+---
+status: Published
+---
 articles = pages_in_category(category).take(10)
 site_url = "http://lrug.org/"