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SITEMAP.NET Version 0.5.2 BETA - June 14, 2005

SITEMAP.NET is intended for users who have an intermediate to advanced understanding of their website and the server it is on.

  1. Download SITEMAP.NET Here
  2. Save the zip file to a conveniant location on your computer.
  3. Extract the files to the root directory of your website on your computer.
    For Example:
    If your local website folder is c:\websites\example.com\ then extract the files to that folder.

  4. Open the SiteMap.Config file in the SiteMapdotNet folder using Notepad or a similar text editor. Complete the following steps to configure SITEMAP.NET:
    • base_path - This is the web path to the folder you want SITEMAP.NET to crawl. By leaving it at the default "/" it will crawl your entire website.
    • sitemap_path - This is the web path to the folder you want to save your sitemap file too. By leaving it empty it will save the sitemap file to the location of the base_path. If you do not use your base_path as the location for your sitemap make sure you copy it to that location before submitting to Google otherwise some pages may be considered invalid.
    • extensions - This lists the file extensions included in the sitemap, to add additional extensions enter them in the format "...<extension>,<new extension>" This format is a comma delimited list with no spaces.
    • default_file - Future addition.
    • frontpage - Use to ignore FrontPage extension folders on the server. Set the ignore attribute to false to include these folders.
    • aspnet_client - Use to ignore ASPNET Client folder, set ignore attribute to false to include these folders.
    • directories - This is a list of directories that SITEMAP.NET will ignore. This is useful to eliminate any administration or include folders you do not want included. You can include all directories by setting the include attribute to false, otherwise it will exclude all folders listed. To add additional directories enter them in the format "...<directory>,<new directory>" This format is a comma delimited list with no spaces.
    • log_directory - This lists the directory in which all of the log files are stored. You can include the log files by setting the include attribute to true, otherwise set it to false to exclude. The full_logical_path attribute is for when you know the actual disk logical path to the log folder (For Example: c:\logfiles\w3svc1) otherwise enter in the partial address to the log files (For Example: logfiles\w3svc1) and set the full_logical_path to false. SITEMAP.NET will only parse through W3C format logs at this point.
    • permissions - Enter in the FTP username and password attached to your web account, this will allow SITEMAPS.NET to write the file and look in all of your folders for your log files. NOTE: If ASP.Net is not enabled for your web account this information is visible to regular web users, with ASP.NET enabled it is not visible in most cases.
    • defaults - Set the default change frequency and priority to be sent to Google.
      • changefreq - Use one of the following: always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly
      • priority - Use a number between 0.0 and 1.0, note this does not change how Google will rank you.
  5. Open your FTP application and upload the "bin" and "sitemapdotnet" folders from your local website folder to your web server.
  6. Open your browser and navigate to your the "sitemapdotnet/runme.aspx" page on your website. For Example: http://www.example.com/sitemapdotnet/runme.aspx Note: The runme page may take awhile to load depending on the number of pages and the number of log files to open.
  7. Submit the sitemap to Google Sitemaps.

If you have problems or questions the quickest way to get answers is to use our online forums. We will do what we can to respond as quickly as possible! Best of luck!

Obligatory Warning! Users downloading and using this tool do so entirely at their own risk. Chinook Webs cannot be held liable or responsible in any way for any issues arising from the use of this tool.

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