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Site map page template

Use the site map page template to show all pages and files in a tree structure. Site maps are useful for:

  • Visitors who know what they are looking for
  • Site administrators who want to see an overview of their site

The site map page template automatically updates when content within the site changes – say, when you add or delete a page. View an example.

In this article:

Create a new site map

  1. Go to the page under which you want to create your Site map.

  2. Go to Edit > Create a new page:

    The SiteBuilder page 'Edit' menu, with the 'Create a new page' option highlighted

    Note: To create new pages, you need edit or admin permissions for the parent page.

  3. Select Change page template to expand the options, then select Site map:

    The 'Create new page' screen, with the option to create a Site map page highlighted

  4. Specify whether you want to Include uploaded files, Show forwarding pages or Show extra details about the size of each branch of your site by selecting the appropriate checkboxes:

    Site map options

  5. Enter the path of the site map's topmost page – the part of the URL that follows https://warwick.ac.uk. For example, to make a site map of the IDG website, the topmost page would be:

    /services/idg/

    The default is the home page of the current site but you can specify any page.

  6. Enter the new page's URL and other page properties, as for a blank page template.

  7. Enter the keywords and page contact.

  8. When you have finished editing the page properties, select the Create new page button. You see a confirmation message with a link to view the new page.

Reading a site map

Each page in a Site map has an icon to indicate its status:

Icon Meaning
Home page of a subsite.
Show subpages and files There are pages beneath this page; select the icon to expand the tree and view the child pages.
Hide subpages and files There are pages beneath this page which are currently displayed; select the icon to close the tree and hide the child pages.
This page does not have any child pages.
Restricted permissions This page has restricted permissions.

Note: Site maps obey page permissions. If visitors don't have view permission for a particular page, they don't see the respective page in the site map.

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