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Start here and set the input variables for your SiteMap.
Generated output for Dynamic SiteMap Code or a Static SiteMap.
Open the online Help file in a new window.
Access registration and support details.
Go to software developer web site, www.softswot.com.
Open the About Google Sitemaps web page. Learn how Google uses sitemaps to index your site.
Open the Google Sitemap Account web page to directly access your Google Sitemap Account. Add and monitor your Google sitemaps.
Open the Yahoo submission page to submit an RSS SiteMap to Yahoo.
Set the Input variables as required and then click Generate Dynamic SiteMap Code or Generate Static SiteMap. Dynamic SiteMap Code can be uploaded to your server and when ever it is called will automatically build a SiteMap reflecting the current status of your site. A Static SiteMap can be uploaded to your site and when it is called will display a SiteMap of your site as it was when the Static SiteMap was generated. The SiteMap processing time depends upon the number of links extracted and the settings applied. It will generally range from less than a second to several minutes. An indicative processing time is 1 sec per 100 links extracted. Selecting Last Modified Date, Title, or Description variables will result in a slower processing time.
Select the desired SiteMap type.
Generates a SiteMap in the XML format required by Google Sitemaps.
Generates a SiteMap in HTML format for your site showing the site pages for visitors and providing search engines with page links.
Generates a text SiteMap which is suitable as an alternative site map format for some search engines.
Set the variables for the urls to be included in the SiteMap.
Input the starting URLs (ie http://www.mydomain.com/), each url must be separated by a comma (ie ,). SiteMap XML will extract href links from each of these and if the set Depth is greater than 0 and the set Limit has not been reached extract href links from each of the links. The domain of the first URL will be set as the site domain and only URLs relating to this site and that pass the Include, Exclude tests will be used in the generated SiteMap.
Only URLs that include these character combinations will be used. Each character combination must be separated by a comma (ie ,). Standard character combinations to include would be .htm, .php to use urls with htm and php extensions and not other file types ie .gif .css etc. URLs that match the site domain home page are included by default.
Only URLs that do not include these character combinations will be used. Each character combination must be separated by a comma (ie ,). Standard character combinations to exclude would be PHPSESS (a common session id used for php sites). This test is applied after the Include URL's test.
Sets the page depth applied. A depth of 0 will extract links only from the Start URLs. A depth of 1 will also extract links from the links found in the Start URLs. This process continues until the set Depth or links Limit is reached.
Sets the maximum number of links extracted. Once the number of links extracted (checked) exceeds the Limit value no further pages will be examined for links regardless of the Depth set.
This is the time the program waits before extracting links from each page. Processing pauses for this duration decreasing the load on the server but increasing the running time.
Set the desired variables for your SiteMap. Only variables applicable to the selected SiteMap Type are displayed.
Include the Last Modified Date of the url file in the generated SiteMap. To use this feature your server must include a Last-Modified: date in the response headers when the url file is requested.
Sorts the url's in the SiteMap in alphabetical order.
Includes the contents of the title tag in the SiteMap for each url if available. Not applicable for Google SiteMaps.
Includes the contents of the description tag in the SiteMap for each url if available. Not applicable for Google SiteMaps.
Includes the URL value as displayed text. Only applicable for HTML SiteMaps.
Includes a count number for each URL. Only applicable for HTML SiteMaps.
When selected the generated HTML SiteMap is a complete valid web page and can be displayed as a standalone document. When not selected the generated HTML SiteMap is content only and should be included within an existing web page. Only applicable for HTML SiteMaps.
This is the tag type that surrounds the Title in a HTML SiteMap when you Include Title. The default value is 'p' a paragraph tag. Only applicable for HTML SiteMaps.
This is the tag type that surrounds the Description in a HTML SiteMap when you Include Description. The default value is 'p' a paragraph tag. Only applicable for HTML SiteMaps.
URLs that include these character combinations will use the corresponding Set Priority and Set Change Frequency. Each character combination must be separated by a comma (ie ,), you can place each on a new line to easily see the corresponding Set values on the same line number. Only applicable for Google SiteMaps.
The Set Priority will be applied to corresponding For URLs. Each Set Priority value must be one of the numbers 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0, each value must be separated by a comma (ie ,), you can place each on a new line to easily see the corresponding For URL on the same line number. Only applicable for Google SiteMaps.
The Set Change Frequency will be applied to corresponding For URLs. Each Set Priority value must be one of the values always hourly daily weekly monthly yearly never, each value must be separated by a comma (ie ,), you can place each on a new line to easily see the corresponding For URL on the same line number. Only applicable for Google SiteMaps.
Default Priority is used for any URL that does not match a For URLs character combination. Only applicable for Google SiteMaps.
Default Change Frequency is used for any URL that does not match a For URLs character combination. Only applicable for Google SiteMaps.
Input a Start Url, adjust any other variables as required and then click Generate Dynamic SiteMap Code to create code you can upload to your server to Dynamically generate your SiteMap. Once uploaded whenever this code is called it will dynamically build a SiteMap in real time and return a current SiteMap of your site.
Input a Start Url, adjust any other variables as required and then click Generate Static SiteMap to build a SiteMap that for your site as it is now. This returns a SiteMap in the set format reflecting your site at this point in time. This SiteMap can be saved and provided to search engines or displayed on your site however if your site changes a new SiteMap will need to be built for the changes to be included. Alternately you can Generate Dynamic SiteMap Code that once uploaded to your server will always return a current valid and up to date SiteMap.
Reloads SiteMap XML Dynamic SiteMap Generator Software, and returns variables to default values.
This section displays the generated output based on the input values set.
This is the Generated output for Dynamic SiteMap Code or a Static SiteMap. Generated output is displayed in the text area. Select and copy this output to a text editor. For Dynamic SiteMap Code from the text editor save the output as a file with a .php extension ie sitemap.php. For Static SiteMaps save the output code as a file with a .xml extension for Google and RSS SiteMaps ie sitemap.xml, a file with a .html or .htm extension for HTML SiteMaps ie sitemap.html and a file with a .txt extension for Text SiteMaps ie sitemap.txt. Then upload the saved file to your server.
Selects all the contents of the text area.
Display Static SiteMap sends and displays the Generated Static SiteMap directly to your browser allowing you to see how it will be displayed in a browser without having to upload it. As an alternative to saving the SiteMap from the text area you can view source of this display and then use Save As from your browser. This display will not run Dynamic SiteMap Code and should not be used with Dynamic SiteMap Code. Dynamic SiteMap Code must be uploaded and run on your server.
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