Create a site map

A site map for a corporate web site (or other large web site) typically contains lists of hyperlinks organized under logical headings.

You can create a site map by using categories. Before beginning this procedure, you should determine the names of the categories you want to use to organize your web site.

Step 1: Create the categories you want on your site map

Important   You can skip this step if the categories you want to use on your site map have already been added to the list of available categories, or if you want to use categories from the Available categories list.

1. In any view except Tasks view, right-click any page, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Workgroup tab.
3. To create a category of your own and add to the Available categories list, click Categories.
4. In the New Category box, type the name of a category you want to appear on your site map, and then click Add.

   Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each new category you want to create.

Step 2: Categorize the files you want to display in the category lists on your site map

1. In the folder list, right-click the page you want to categorize, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu.
2. Click the Workgroup tab.
3. In the Available categories list, select the check box of the category in which you want to group the page.

   You can select multiple categories so that a single page can appear in multiple categories on your site map.

Step 3: Add the lists of categories to your site map

1. Do one of the following:
   • If you want to create a new page for the site map, click New Page .
   • If you want to open an existing page to which to add the site map, click Open , and then browse to the page you want to open.
2. In the Normal pane, position the insertion point where you want to add the first category list.
3. Type the name of the category (for example, "Customer Service") as a heading for the list of files in that category.

   Tip

   The heading doesn't have the be the same as the category name. For example, if your category is "Customer Service," you can type a heading such as "Customer Service Pages."

    
4. On the Insert menu, click Web Component.
5. In the left pane, click Table of Contents.
6. In the right pane, click Based on Page Category, and then click Finish.
7. In the Choose categories to list files by list, select the check box of the appropriate category.
8. In the Sort files by drop-down box, do one of the following:
   • To sort the list alphabetically, select Document title
   • To sort the list by file date, select Date last modified
9. Under Include the following information, click the check boxes if you want to display the Date the file was last modified or any Comments added to the file.
10. Repeat steps 3 through 9 for each category list that you want to include on your site map.

Notes

• Click Preview in Browser  to test the site map.
• Your site map will be updated automatically whenever you add files to, or remove files from, a category.