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Site Map Generator, compatible with Google and any
search engine.
Produces XML, text, and HTML site maps.
Free and
open source under the Mozilla 1.1 license
© 2006-2016 by Denis Sureau
It is a sitemap generator and checker.
It parses recursively the content of a web site, from the main page to each
page that is linked, in the goal to build a list of all pages to be referenced
by search engines.
The program works locally on the image of the site.
Once the map being generated, you can edit it with the built-in viewer (or any
text editor or XML editor), and then upload it directly at root of your site
(or at root of your space on a shared site).
And then you must register the map at Google if it is a XML file.
This manual applies mainly to the binary executable.
The program is free and open-source under the Mozilla 1.1 license.
You can use it and distribute it freely. If you change the source (smap.sol
file and sources of the GUI), you must maintain the copyright header and all
copyright notice with author's name displayed by the programs.
The sources even modified must remain open and under the Mozilla license
Each button and field on the screen has a pop up window that describes its purpose, when the mouse stay up on it, and so understanding and using this interface is rather easy.
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The top text field allow to enter the path of the main file.
The second field below, is to enter the URL of the site, in the case a local
path has been type in the first one.
GENERATE
Build a site map according to the selected format, from options.
CHECK
Verify the file is well-formed.
For a XML file, validating is discussed further.
VIEW MAP
View the file in an editor. You can change values or remove links here.
CLEAR
Clean the screen.
In the panel of options at right you can thick if you choose to generate additional
tags: priority, date of last modification of the page, and frequency of changes.
Here you can choose among three format:
Thick this option if you wan more details displayed when a map is generated. This info is displayed into the large, blank fields of results.
Thick this case to include a priority tag. This tag has sense only if you edit the map to change value for some pages.
The priority value is 0.5, that means for no priority. You can edit this value further for each page. This is a relative priority for the robot. The value is in the range 0.1 to 1. If you want to change this value, give higher value for more important pages.
The date is taken from the date of the file. It allows Google to ignore a page previously indexed if is not modified from the last visit of Googlebot.
If this option is selected, two more choice become available:
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Date: the date only of the last modification.
- Time: the date
plus the time of the last modification.
The frequency is taken from the value at right on the same line,
than you may change by selecting a value in the list.
The frequency for some pages may be changed at editing also.
The big text field will display the results of the processes.
Error messages are sent here.
1) If your site if well referenced by Google, with all pages
indexed, then ignore the XML site map.
The XML site map helps only
Google to index your site.
You can know how Google and other search engines view you site by typing in
the search field:
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site:www.scriptol.com |
This lists all links on your site and you can discovers missing pages.
Of course, replace "scriptol.com" by the name of your site.
The XML site map is convenient to register a site at Google with info on change
frequency and priority. And registering at Google is useful when:
The drawback of site map registering is that you must register again at Google when new pages are added to your site.
2) A text site map is informative mainly for you. It may be submitted at Google
also and provide minimal infos on the site, that may be sufficient anyway. Other
search engines can use it.
3) The HTML site map is universal. It is suitable for any search engine. You
have to put a link from you main page (preferably at top) and it allows visitors
to know your site and find what they search. And search engines in the same
manner.
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Close: Close the windows.
Save map: Save the map in place, and check it.
Save map as: Save the map at a new location or under a new name, and check
it.
You can use the smap.exe binary executable directly.
smap [options] top-page
You can use also the Scriptol to PHP compiler if PHP is installed, and launch the program with this command:
solp smap [options] top-page
Available options are these:
- l include the date of last modification (for XML map).
-p include the priority tag (for XML map).
-f include the changefreq tag (for XML map).
-v verbose, more message.
-t produce a text file map (default is XML).
-h produce a HTML file map.
The value of change frequency is assigned inside the smap.ini file.
Once the map generated, if it is in XML format, you can check if it is well-formed with the xcheck.exe program, included in the archive.
xcheck sitemap.xml
Once the map checked, it should be correct for the engine to parse
it.
If you have modified the map and want to be sure it is valid,
use a validator online, before to register it at Google.
You need for these files:
Validating the site map file may be performed locally
(preferable), or directly on you site once the two files have been
uploaded.
See on the web site for links on validators.
Upload the file at root of your web site. In the same directory that the index.html
or index.php page.
The map in the sitemap.xml or sitemap.txt file have to be registered in the Google Console for webmasters. Or in the robots.txt files (see on the Scriptol website).
You need for a Scriptol compiler if you want to change the
smap.sol source file and produce an executable.
Scriptol
compilers and instructions of use are available on this site.
© 2006-2016 by Denis Sureau www.scriptol.com
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