NetChain - Site Map
This SiteMap is dynamically generated with NetChain.SiteMap ActiveX object. Everyone knows, that Web is truly dynamic place. Even static sites are changed often. It is always nice to have a map of your site. But the problem is that every time you change the content of your site, like adding new or removing pages and folders, you have to change the map. Because of that most site maps looks somewhat primitive, like a bullet list of pages. We know - it is a hassle to maintain the site map, if that map has sophisticated formatting for better look. That's why we wrote this object for our-selfs. Here's example of using this class:
Dim SiteMap
Set SiteMap = CreateObject("NetChain.SiteMap")
With Response
.Write SiteMap.MapHeader()
.Write SiteMap.Item("", "Home Page", "/")
.Write SiteMap.Item("X", "Services", "/Services/")
.Write SiteMap.Item("IX", "Web Site Design", "/Design/")
.Write SiteMap.Item("IL", "Another Page", "/another/")
.Write SiteMap.Item("L", "Last Page", "/last/")
.Write SiteMap.MapFooter()
End With
Set SiteMap = Nothing
When you need to make changes in your map, all you have to do is to add or remove one line per page - the method Item, which takes 3 arguments:
- Branch level and location - a combination of letters "X", "I" and "L"
- Page title, goes as a caption into the box
- URL - the link to your page, with optional additional parameters, like target, etc.
It's that simple! Now, take a look at the source code of this page. You will see how much of HTML code this object has generated. Would you like to see the real source code of this site map? Just to compare how easy it is to make it. Here is the real source code of the map on this page.
The characters used in branch level are based on the shape of the connector.
- L - used at the end of a branch or the map. It creates a connector shaped like letter L.
- I - used to draw a vertical bar to connect upper box with lower, without connecting to the side.
- X - used to create a connector to the right side as well as to the upper and lower boxes.
Creating a map with this object is very simple. Basically you have to specify a number of connectors and their
style that suppose to appear on the left side of each box. Each letter represents one connector. The shape of the
connector defines by the letter itself. It is soo simple. Look at the examples and you will see how easy it is to
use this object.
Licensing of this object has 2 models:
- Per domain name
- Per server
Cost of this object is only $19.99 per domain name or $149.95 per server. The benefits of getting license per
server are obvious: you can have thousands web sites on the same server. You may have multiple processors on the
same server. You only have to buy a single license per server.
1-800-547-0045.
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