Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-23 Thread Rick Lecoat
On 22/11/07 (00:32) Lea said: >But some people prefer to have a quick squiz at the sitemap to see the >totality of what the site contains. >People are all different. Your navigation can be fine, and their >mindset just wants to look at things differently. I agree. I am a user who quite likes s

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-21 Thread Webb, KerryA
Andrew wrote: > Jermayn, > > That one person may find the sitemap useful does not mean that the site > navigation is broken - all that we do know for sure is that one person > likes to use the sitemap. > > If everyone uses the sitemap, then the navigation could well use some > work. > > Similar

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-21 Thread Lea de Groot
On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:07:16 +0900, Jermayn Parker wrote: > The way I personally do sitemaps (if i decide to do them) is use the > google sitemaps tool and keep it as a xml document and just make sure > that your navigation is easy enough so people can access the content > without getting lost. XM

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-21 Thread Andrew Boyd
. Good job Julie Hale Senior Consultant SMS Managment and Technology From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 1:44 AM To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' Subject: RE: [WS

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-21 Thread Jermayn Parker
ior Consultant SMS Managment and Technology From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 1:44 AM To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' Subject: RE: [WSG] SIte Maps? But even

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-21 Thread Julie Hale
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 1:44 AM To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' Subject: RE: [WSG] SIte Maps? But even for a relatively small site having a sitemap will help some users find what they want quickly. Those people are the same ones who will scan the index of a b

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-21 Thread Lea de Groot
On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:44:15 +, Chris Taylor wrote: > But even for a relatively small site having a sitemap will help some > users find what they want quickly. Those people are the same ones who > will scan the index of a book before flicking through the pages. Yes, its got to be total 'broc

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-21 Thread Steve Green
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Taylor Sent: 21 November 2007 14:44 To: 'wsg@webstandardsgroup.org' Subject: RE: [WSG] SIte Maps? But even for a relatively small site having a sitemap will help some users find what they want quickly. Those people are th

Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-21 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Chris Taylor wrote: But even for a relatively small site having a sitemap will help some users find what they want quickly. Those people are the same ones who will scan the index of a book before flicking through the pages. I've done that on this site: http://www.2plan.com/ despite it only bei

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-21 Thread Chris Taylor
or so. Does anyone think that is overkill? Chris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Montoya Sent: 21 November 2007 14:26 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] SIte Maps? On Nov 20, 2007 7:04 PM, Jermayn Parker <[EMAIL P

Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-21 Thread Christian Montoya
On Nov 20, 2007 7:04 PM, Jermayn Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In coming in late to the discussion: > > Do we really need a sitemap? I recently read an article were it talked > that if all the seo was done properly and it was smallish, you > probably do not need a sitemap. > I remember that

Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-20 Thread Jermayn Parker
In coming in late to the discussion: Do we really need a sitemap? I recently read an article were it talked that if all the seo was done properly and it was smallish, you probably do not need a sitemap. On Nov 21, 2007 3:28 AM, Designer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to say: " Thanks for the

Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-20 Thread Designer
Just to say: " Thanks for the responses." All interesting. Bob www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Hel

Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-19 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
Designer wrote: Any links or pointers to creating such an index/map would be most welcome. Needless to say, standards and accessibility are important . . . I split them up in section-maps - table of contents - and produce them manually. An automated process is probably the only practical solut

Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-19 Thread Christian Snodgrass
As far as "should obscure site link A be included?", the answer is yes. Sitemaps should generally have a link to each and every link on your website. I typically use just a standard unordered list (ul), and nest it if appropriate. Designer wrote: I have never done a site map/index. I have Goog

Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-19 Thread nate hanna
Bob, I usually just make my sitemap UL and LI driven as seen here: http://www.stmarysgvl.org/sitemap/ or here: http://www.woodcreekdental.com/sitemap/ Both of those sites are "database" driven and I've written a PHP script to automatically produce the UL LI structure; if your site is not "databas

Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-19 Thread Sanke Solutions
There is a small desktop app called "Xenu Link Sleuth", a google search should find it. This checks all links on your site and gives you a range of reports on which ones are not working etc. It goes indepth and even provides links of items such as images etc. It can also give you a list of all t

Re: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-19 Thread Designer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the sake of clarity; can you please confirm whether you are referring to machine-readable site-maps for the benefit of Google etc.; or to human-readable site-maps for the benefit of your human visitors? Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-19 Thread Mohamed Jama
D] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 November 2007 11:21 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] SIte Maps? For the sake of clarity; can you please confirm whether you are referring to machine-readable site-maps for the benefit of Google etc.; or to human-readable site-maps for the be

RE: [WSG] SIte Maps?

2007-11-19 Thread michael.brockington
For the sake of clarity; can you please confirm whether you are referring to machine-readable site-maps for the benefit of Google etc.; or to human-readable site-maps for the benefit of your human visitors? Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Designer Sent: Su