[thelist] Need suggested Site Mapping software

[Megan Holbrook]

This may or may not be exactly what you're looking for (it's Windows
only), but we've found it useful from time to time when evaluating the
size and scope of an existing site - there's a 30-day evaluation copy
available at http://www.electrum.co.uk/products.htm:

PowerMapper 2.01
PowerMapper Standard allows web masters to simply create graphical maps
of their web sites. PowerMapper Professional adds industrial-strength
facilities for mapping and managing large corporate and commercial web
sites.

PowerMapper helps webmasters develop and manage web sites with powerful
features for:
Mapping - create maps of any site on the World Wide Web 
Rapid Navigation - users can reach any page on your site by a single
click, without having to download any plug-ins or viewers 
Customization - modify maps to match your needs 
Validation - find pages with invalid HTML or broken links 
Visualization - check consistency of site structure and graphic design
from one simple view 

PowerMapper requires Windows 95 or NT 4.0 and a copy of Internet
Explorer 3.0 or later (although maps can be viewed in any browser).

M.

Simon at Sentient Technologies wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Recently a client asked if we could create
> a new guide to the content in their members
> area. It's a very large site, lots of pages,
> and not well-organized. Someone could spend
> months wandering around and still probably
> not see everything that's there.
> 
> That's worked reasonably well for their member
> retention so far, but now they'd like to do a
> better job of communicating how much content
> they have to offer.
> 
> The difficulty is that so many people have
> added content in so many different ways and
> places over several years that no one there
> now really is sure what they have.
> 
> So here's my question:
> 
> Is there a great site mapping software program
> that would help with this? Something that would
> go through the whole members area and list out
> everything that was there, preferably with links
> to each page?
> 
> Any and all suggestions welcome,
> 
> Simon
> 
> Note 1: The content is all password protected on
> Apache servers if that means anything. The client
> is willing to put the whole members area on a
> hard drive and give it to us, which should get
> around the password problem.
> 
> Note 2: I'd prefer a program that runs on the Mac
> platform but I can run it on a Windows machine if
> needed.
> 
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