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Suffix Builder (for links)

Fig 1. Suffix Builder window

Suffix Builder for links is activated during output generation process. Each time SiteXpert adds a link to the output site map file, it sends this link to Suffix Builder for processing. Suffix Builder consists of a set of rules that define when and how each link should be processed. Each rule has two parts:

text suffix (prefix or postfix) that determines WHEN the rule should be activated. If the link being processed starts with this text, then the rule will be activated. If this text is empty, the rule wil be activated for every link. For example, if this text is: 'http://', then the rule will be activated for all of the following items: 'http://www.xtreeme.com', 'http://www.microsoft.com', 'http://xtreeme.com/sitexpert/'. It won't be, however, activated for: 'ftp://ftp.xtreeme.com' or 'www.xtreeme.com'. Please note that this text is not case sensitive.

text suffix that determines HOW the rule should be applied to the link. If a link matches the rule, this suffix will be inserted before the original link's text.

You may also use one of the following special suffixes:

'<N' - remove first (or last) N letters from item text
'>' - clear item text
'#' - don't include this item in layout tree

Suffix Builder is very useful for changing absolute links to relative, or relative links to absolute links. It is also useful if you decide to change location of the site map file. For example, if the site map file was located at 'http://www.xtreeme.com/sitemap.html' and all links were relative, and you want to move the site map to the following location: 'http://www.xtreeme.com/siteindex/sitemap.html', then all you need to do is add a rule to Suffix Builder, that adds the '../' prefix to all links. Now all links will work from the new location. A problem might occur if you also have absolute links in the site map. It's important to realize that many rules can be applied to a single link and this will solve the problem. So, in this case, first add a rule that adds the '../' prefix to all links, and then add another rule that adds the '<3' prefix to links starting with 'http://'.

To change absolute links to relative, simply remove first few letters from all links (for 'http://www.xtreeme.com/' this would be '<23'), and to change relative links to absolute, just add the common part of the URL (eg. 'http://www.xtreeme.com/').

Please note that order of rules in the rule list can make a huge difference since rules are applied in the specified order. Use the up and down arrows to change the order.