Basic functions of the sitemap palette
Fig.1
The whole website is divided into so-called locales, which are a combination of countries
and languages.
The locale you wish to edit can be selected at the top of the sitemap palette
(Fig.1, 1). By clicking on the green arrow button on the right side of the locale’s
name you switch to the selected sitemap locale.
The currently selected locale is shown on top of the sitemap (Fig.1, 2). The sitemap itself is the tree-like table of contents of your website.
Each entry in the sitemap corresponds to an entry in the website’s menu. These
entries are called nodes (SitemapNode). The root node of the sitemap is
the home page. To learn more about tree-like data structures and the common terminology
you can refer to the excellent explanation at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_data_structure.
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Change visibility | Toggles the visibility state of the sitemap node between visible and invisible |
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Edit view settings | Opens a new tab with editing options for the sitemap node’s view |
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Delete sitemap node | Deletes the sitemap node |
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Create new sitemap node | Creates a new sitemap node as the last child of the current node |
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Remove content from sitemap node | Removes the current content from the sitemap node |
Creating a new sitemap node
Creating a new sitemap node will produce a new child node named “NEW”. After creating the sitemap node, you can rename it and add content to the node by clicking the edit button.
Changing the visibility of a sitemap node
The current visibility of a sitemap node is symbolized by the eye-icon. Invisible nodes are marked by a grey icon, whereas visible nodes have a coloured icon. If a sitemap node is invisible, it is not shown in the site’s menu and it cannot be viewed by the users of the website. Invisible sitemap nodes are useful, if you are preparing new parts of the sitemap which are not finished yet or to temporarily remove certain parts of the website which you want to include again later.
Removing the content from a sitemap node
If you remove the content from a sitemap node, the node will be completely empty afterwards.
It will also lose all themeing and styling information.
Note: This will end only the linking between node and content. The content still remains
in the content registry and needs to be deleted separately.
Changing the name of a sitemap node
The name of the sitemap node is the node's display name in the website’s menu. To change the name of a node, you have to first select it by clicking on the name of the node. If you then click on the name again, an input field will open allowing you to edit the node’s name. This works much like renaming files in Microsoft Windows™.
Rearranging sitemap nodes
The moving of sitemap nodes is very easy. Simply drag the node to its new position in the sitemap. This will move the selected node and all its children to the new position. All links and bookmarks will continue to work.
Deleting a sitemap node
If you delete a sitemap node, the selected node and all its children will be deleted. This operation cannot be undone, so please be careful. If you want to exchange the contents of a sitemap node, consider removing the content instead of deleting the node, since this will keep all existing links and bookmarks intact.
A full description of the sitemap and its function can be found in the chapter “The sitemap”.