Site map

Select the asset to use as the root node of the site map. For example, if you want to create a site map for your site, specify the site asset as the root node. If you leave the root node blank, it will print a site map for its parent site. For example, if you create a site map under the training site, it will automatically show all menu link assets under the training site.

This field allows you to specify an alternate root node for the site map based on GET, POST, or SESSION variables, current asset, current user, current site, set value, or any superglobal. For example, say you have an article folder in your site. There are several topic pages with articles for that topic stored beneath it in the hierarchy under that folder. When a user is viewing a topic page, you want to display the articles under that page in the sidebar of the design. In this case, you could nest a site map in your design and set the root node for the site map in the dynamic parameters section to be the current asset. The site map will then list the articles for the topic at which the user is currently looking. Any dynamic root node passed to the site map must be located under the asset(s) specified in the Static root node field.

Select which format to use for the site map. You can select default format to display the site map using tables (that is, using <table>, <tr> and <td> HTML tags), or unordered list to display the site map as a list (that is, using <ul> and <li> HTML tags).

Specify the number of columns for the site map. By default, this value is 1, meaning that the site map will be displayed in one column.

Specify the number of levels below the root node to be included in the site map. By default, this value is 0, meaning that all assets below the root node will be included. If you only wanted to show the top-level assets in the site map, you would enter 1 into this field.

Select whether to print stalks on the site map. By default, this value is Yes. An example of a site map with stalks is shown in the figure:

Select whether to print stalks at the top level on the site map. By default, this value is No.

Select whether to print asset icons on the site map. The icons that are used are the icons you see in the asset tree for each asset type. If you were creating a site map for specific asset types, you might want to display the icons to tell which assets are. For example, if you have created a site map for your site’s files, the icons will show which assets are images, which assets are ms word documents, and which assets are PDF files. By default, this value is No.

Select whether to print assets of a hidden link linked on the site map. By default, this value is No.

Select whether to show dependant assets on the site map. Some examples of dependant assets are the type formats, position formats, and group formats folders under an asset listing. However, these folders will only appear if show hidden link links have been set to Yes as well. By default, this value is Yes.

Specify the assets to be excluded from the site map. For example, you may want to exclude the site map from the site map.

Specify which assets to include in the site map. If this field is left blank, all asset types will be included.

This section allows you to specify a format for a particular asset type. You can use a combination of keyword replacements and HTML to specify what information is displayed and how to display it. For example, you can display the name and published date for each asset on the site map. You can also specify to display a standard page in green text, a Microsoft Word document in blue text, and a PDF file in red text, as shown in the following figures: