Site map Generation and Uploading to a Web Server

To generate a site map click on the 'Generate' button on the toolbar. If output options have not been set, you will be asked to enter this information (later on you will need to click on the 'Generate' button again to generate the site map). When SiteXpert generates output files, an information about success or failure will pop up in the top-right corner of SiteXpert's main window (just under the toolbar). Click on the gray 'More' button to see which files have been created on either local disk or remote FTP server. This list is also saved in file GenLog.txt in subfolder 'Logs' of SiteXpert's program folder.

There is a possibility of updating a site map automatically, without user input (Note: this option is only available in Professional edition of SiteXpert). To do this, use the command line argument /g (or -g), eg. SiteXpert.exe /g c:\WWW\WebSites\MediaMania.sx This will update site map whose settings are saved in file c:\WWW\WebSites\MediaMania.sx (of course first you have to create and save this file). Remember that the 'Erase old layout before starting Layout Wizard' option from the Layout Wizard determines whether your old site map layout is deleted or not. It does not matter which scanning mode you chose in Layout Wizard. Using this command line argument will excecute Layout Wizard in the same mode you chose before saving the file.

Note: you can also use an additional command line argument /s[execution speed] (or -s[execution speed]) where [execution speed] determines execution priority of SiteXpert (in range 1--lowest to 3--highest). For example, SiteXpert.exe /s1 will start SiteXpert with idle priority (it will only execute in the background so it doesn't slow down other programs). Default priority is 2 (normal).

Professional edition of SiteXpert includes a powerful tool -- Web Site Navigation Manager -- which automates creation af advanced navigation schemes.
It is especially helpful when you want to:

• Insert more than one output object (e.g. menu, dynamic tree, search engine) into a web page.
• Insert an output object into multiple web pages.
• Insert an output object into existing web page (or multiple web pages).
• Insert, modify, or remove custom HTML code from existing web pages
• Perform a combination of all of the above functions (e.g. insert multiple output objects into multiple web pages).

Professional Edition of SiteXpert allows you to export layout in form of XML file. In order to do this, click the down arrow next to the Generate button and select 'Export XML layout'. This will take you to to the XML Export dialog.