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
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Go to the page under which you want to create your Site map.
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Go to Edit > Create a new page:
Note: To create new pages, you need edit or admin permissions for the parent page.
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Select Change page template to expand the options, then select Site map:
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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:
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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.
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Enter the new page's URL and other page properties, as for a blank page template.
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Enter the keywords and page contact.
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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 |
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| 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.