Tool to generate a site map from a site

[worksdev]

Hello:

I'm trying to find a tool that visually models a website. I think I recall using one that was mentioned in one of the SitePoint news letters. I recall that when you give it a URL it reads the pages linked to and from it and produces a visual model of it.

Does anybody recall or know of such a tool.

Basically I want to get a quick visual model or site map of a couple of existing client sites and I'd like a tool to do it.

Thanks,
worksdev

[Shpigford]

microsoft visio is a popular app for that...

[Jeremy W.]

WHERE is the site map stuff in Visio? I couldn't for the life of me find it!!!!

[vgarcia]

WHERE is the site map stuff in Visio? I couldn't for the life of me find it!!!!

File -> New -> Web Diagram -> Site Map

Then just type in the URL. I'm using the Visio version that comes with VS.NET.

[Jeremy W.]

Damn... I'll have a go. I KNEW it coudl do it (one of the reasons we bought site licenses for it)... I just couldn't find it when push came to shove.

I'll have a looksee.

J

[worksdev]

microsoft visio is a popular app for that...

Thanks Josh:

I was looking for something that might automatically do it (as much as possible) by just giving it the URL and setting a few parameters. Does Visio do that?

It was more of a temporary issue that I needed it for rather than a more permanent one, which would be worth buying software for.

I did find this tool (but not excactly what I needed):

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

I also looked at StarTree.

The thing that I am looking for is a tool that I thought I clicked to from one of the SitePoint newsletters. It let a person browse a site and see thier links visually. I believe it was a java applet.

If any one recalls it, please let me know.

Best Regards,
Sean

[Shpigford]

yes...visio will automatically search the links for you and lay it out...

[worksdev]

yes...visio will automatically search the links for you and lay it out...

Cool,
Thanks.

[Jeremy W.]

Apparently not VS2000 Std though, as I can't find that option...

J

[vgarcia]

Apparently not VS2000 Std though, as I can't find that option...

J

I think it's only in the Enterprise editions of Visio.

[awestmoreland]

I'm not convinced that these return the kind of map that you would expect to see, but check them out:
Spider Simulator
Site Map Generator

I found both at Search Engine Secrets.


Andy