The Site Map View

 
Developed by Craig A. Cunningham
 

From Dreamweaver Help: "Use the site map to view a local site as a visual map of linked icons, to add new files to a site, or to add, modify, or remove links. The site map is ideal for laying out a site structure. You can quickly set up the entire structure of the site and then create a graphic image of the site map."

Available from the Site Files view using this button:

You must define a "home page" for your site, which serves as the "root" of the tree that emerges in the Site Map. This is done in the Site Map Layout view of the Define Sites... dialog:

Alternatively, you can temporarily view your Site Map using any HTML file in the site, by right clicking on an HTML file in the Site Map, and choosing "View as Root."

Here's a very large example Site Map.

Here's a smaller one, the web site for the John Dewey Society:


NOTES:

  • For each file, links are listed in the order they are encountered in the page code.
  • Can display either file name (default) or Page Title (file name given for pages with no title)
  • Note that many links are repeated in each page. This is because the JDS site uses a template that has similar links for each page.
  • Text displayed in red indicates a broken link.
  • Text displayed in blue and marked with a globe icon indicates a file on another site or a special link (such as an e-mail or script
    link).
  • A green check mark indicates a file checked out by you.
  • A red check mark indicates a file checked out by someone else.
  • A lock icon indicates a file that is read-only (Windows) or locked (Macintosh).
  • By default, hidden files and dependent files are not displayed in the site map. Hidden files are HTML files marked as hidden. Dependent files are non-HTML page content such as images, templates, Shockwave files, or Flash files. (To make hidden files visible, go to the Define Sites.... Site Map Layout dialog and check the box.)
  • When displayed, hidden files are displayed in italics.
  • Can double-click on any file to open it for editing.
  • Can select multiple files by holding down Shift (for adjacent files) or Control (for non-adjacent files)
  • Can edit file names or Page Titles
  • Can create new links using RIGHT-CLICK pop-up menu. Play with this to figure out how it works.


 

 

 

Developed by Craig A. Cunningham