Adding a site map
A site map is a hierarchical list of links to every page of a site. You can quickly insert a site map in a document that belongs to a local siteA managed collection of documents, folders, and resource files on the local file system that you intend to publish as a Web site. by clicking Site Map on the Insert menu. Like a dynamic navigation bar or tree, a site map gets its links from the structure of the site treeThe explicitly defined logical structure (hierarchy) of a site, on which dynamic navigation bars are based. of the local site to which a document belongs. Unlike a dynamic navigation bar, however, the links in a site map are static—that is, they do not automatically update when you change the site structure. On the other hand, a site map has the advantage that it can contain links to every page on the site, whereas a dynamic navigation bar or tree contains links to only pages on one level of the site tree.
An example site map for a small site
To insert a site map
- Place the insertion point where you want the site map.
- On the Insert menu, click Sitemap in the Site section.
- Specify options for the site map:
- Under Link style, choose the type of list you want for the site map: bulleted or numbered.
- If you don’t want to include the current document in the site map, deselect Include current document.
- If you want to limit the depth of the site map to a certain number of levels, select Limit depth and enter the number of levels. “1″ means include the top level (the home page) only.
- Click OK.
Since a site map is just a list of ordinary links, you can format it as you would any other content.
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Adding dynamic navigation bars and trees