site maps

[mikecol]

i use Dreamweaver mx and need to know how to use the site map it builds for me. i want to put the map on a page linked from the home page but cant for the life of me figure out how to do it.

please help!!!

[Accurax]

Sorry to be a pain,

But could you elaborate a little more?

Are we talking about a site map for submission to google?.... or a site map for your visitors to view to assist in navigation?

If its the latter, id suggest not bothering, and opting for an easy to understand navigation system instead, usingyour homepage as a sort of hub or main index.

If the latter, its very easy to write your own using XML, ill didg some info up for you if u need it??

[mikecol]

sorry if i was unclear. i need the site map to use with sites like google. also being very new to this whole thing, stuff like xml mean little to me. about all i do is copy n paste or drag n drop into dreamweaver .

[ukgeoff]

If it's site maps for use by Google then use a tool made for the job.

I use http://gsitecrawler.com/

[Accurax]

sorry to be a "showstoper" geoff

but where google and sitemaps are concerned it is (in my opinion) better to write your own.

The XML uyou need to do this is so easy to learn that my grandmother could handle it.

I dont know what your tool does geoff but writing your own allows you to inform google of lots of bits of info like the last date you updated etc.

It really isnt that hard ..... Geoff could you elaborate on the functionality of that tool, just to give it a fair chance for others looking for this info mate plz?

[ukgeoff]

Downloaded it from the link given and make your own judgement.

It's FREE.

[Ryan Fait]

I usually code them myself, but those programs do make it go faster.