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[SERPico]

I was wondering if there are tools free or paid that can give you a tree like structure, something you see in mind maps, that will display how the structure of a site is?

Which pages are in which folders and how many clicks the folders are from each other and the root directory?

Thanks in advance guys!

[Jill]

I believe Xenu Link Sleuth does that.

[SERPico]

Hi Jill,

It does something similar but not in giving you a visual representation in the form of a family tree like structure.

I hope to find something that can do this.

[qwerty]

A designer I work with sent me a graphical layout of a site's file structure recently, but I don't know if some application created it or if he did the whole thing himself in a graphics program. I've written him to see how it was done.

[qwerty]

He uses OpenMind and enters the information manually, but the site does indicate that it can import data from XML files.

[SERPico]

Thanks! I will look into that, i found this application that maps out the type of website elements but not site structure, it would be awesome if you can have something like this to map out site structure so you easily see which pages are isolated so to speak and which pages get a lot of love from the home page, etc.

I'll look into that solution you posted and hopefully the trial allows you to make use of it to export the created file, it's kind of a expensive solution for me personally.

Thanks for the suggestion!

[SERPico]

I found a solution for the ones that are interested, although their pricing scheme is very confusing displayed, basiacally the whole site is a little confusing and overwhelming but the demo looked interesting and i downloaded a trial anyway to check it out, can't get it yet to work though.

Hopefully i can find a more basic and affordable solution, should i find something I'll post it as well.

Suggestions are still welcome of course

[rolf]

I think it might be useful for you to learn about Modified Preorder Tree Traversal.

Below is a URL to an article explaining the theory. The article deals with how to use it for tree-structured navigation menus in PHP/MySQL, so I don't think the application of it is what you're looking for, but the theory can apply in any tree mapping situation so it may give you some other avenues to explore if you're still looking.

http:/ /www. sitepoint. com/article/hierarchical-data-database/2

p.s. this link URL is broken up with spaces to stop it from turning into a link, how do I add a URL without it turning into a link and without having to break it up with spaces?

[qwerty]

this link URL is broken up with spaces to stop it from turning into a link, how do I add a URL without it turning into a link and without having to break it up with spaces?

Just skip the "http://". That's the forum software's signal that what follows is to be a link.

[Hyperformance]

Hey SERPico

MS Frontpage actually does this - although not very in-depth (as it could be), the visual I get from my site or pages (broken links, etc.) is nice and allows for editing right from the graphic... I like the feature, and it does what you seek.

hth

[SERPico]

Thanks Rolf for the suggestion but it's not something that will help me visualize my site structure.

I need some sort of software that can spider your site and map it all out in a clear and visual presentation.

I will check that out Hyperperformance

Thanks guys!