Xtreeme SiteXpert Professional Edition 9.0 - User Guide and FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions - Xtreeme SiteXpert Professional Edition

1. When previewing the sitemap in SiteXpert everything works fine but the sitemap doesn't work / look right when uploaded to the web server. What should I do?
   Some styles generate multiple output files (e.g. JavaScript .js files) in the output folder (defined in Options / Output) and all styles generate images in the image subfolder (also defined in Options / Output). Additionally the search engine generates database and script files. You will need to upload all these files in order for the output pages to work correctly on the web server. The safest way to accomplish this is using SiteXpert's FTP upload capability. Go to Options / Output and set your FTP options here. SiteXpert will automatically upload all necessary files. If you decide to save the output files on local/network disk, make sure you copy all generated files as well as subfolders to the final location.
   
   
2. How can I prevent Layout Wizard from overriding my custom item names / structure?
   There are two modes of running Layout Wizard -- you can switch between the two by selecting or clearing the option 'erase old layout before starting Layout Wizard' in the last step of Layout Wizard.
   
   If this option is selected, all your previous modifications (modified names, added folders/items, items moved to other folders) will be lost and layout wizard will simply re-scan the website from scratch.
   
   If the option is not selected, your manual modifications will be preserved, meaning that modified item names, placement of items and manually added items will stay the way you set them. The only problem can appear if documents were in the meanwhile removed from the website. In such case, you will manually need to remove them from the layout. Naturally newly added documents will appear in the layout.
   
   
3. I want to map a website where user interaction is required to access certain parts of the website. Can SiteXpert handle this?
   Yes, SiteXpert can fill out and submit forms using the GET or POST method. In Layout Wizard / Advanced Options select the 'Submit HTML forms' option and click the 'More' button to set detailed options. You can specify which forms you want to be submitted and which ones should be ignored. When Layout Wizard is started, you will be prompted to enter form data whenever a form is encountered.
   
   
4. I would like the tree to always highlight the current URL. Is this possible?
   Yes, you can set this up in options/tree properties in section 'synchronization of tree with current URL'. The default value of none will result in no synchronization being performed. Setting this to automatic will automatically highlight the current URL. The 'manual' option will add a link with the chosen text which the visitor can click in order to synchronize the tree.
   
   Synchronization can generally work in two ways: in a frameset configuration and without frames. In case of frames, the tree will always be synchronized with the document loaded into the document frame (as defined in options/frames/document frame/frame name). If not using frames, the synchronization makes sense only when the tree is included on multiple pages,most likely when using server-side includes/scripts to add the tree to the pages.
   
   
5. I have used the Navigation Mode of Layout Wizard to scan my website but the layout created in SiteXpert does not reflect the layout on my website. Why does this happen?
   You may need to change a number of options in Layout Wizard to correct this:
   • Make sure you have specified all required include filters. By default, only files with a few standard extensions such as htm, html, asp, jsp are indexed. If you are using very uncommon file extensions, please also go to Advanced Options and add these extension to 'HTML extensions'.
   • Check the 'If a file is referred to more than once' option. This will dramatically change the generated layout. For example, you can have all links of every page listed in the layout tree.
   • Try changing the 'Match layout with the original directory structure' option. Selecting this option will create a structure similar to the FTP (file and directory) structure of your website
   • If your website has links to external websites (other domains) you need to add the external websites which you want listed to the 'Allowed external web sites' list. This list is tightly connected to the 'When a link to a different website is found' option. Make sure both ar set correctly
   • You can limit the number of nested links Layout Wizard will follow by setting the 'Do not include files below level' option
   • You can prevent Layout Wizard from entering certain areas of the website by going to Advanced Options and adding filters to 'Ignored links'. You can also prevent Layout Wizard from scanning certain URLs by entering appropriate filter in 'Exclude file/URL filters'. For exmaple, entering http://www.domain.com/dir/* will not include any URLs starting with 'http://www.domain.com/dir/'.
   • You can have Layout Wizard submit HTML forms if your website requires user input to access certain areas. You can set HTML form submitting options in Advanced Options by specifying which forms should be submitted
   • You can change the way frameset and frame pages are handles in Advanced Options
   • You can use the Suffix Builder (found in Advanced Options / Add-remove suffix) to exclude pages based on their description
   • You can add unwanted file groups to the 'exclude file/URL filters'
   • Check the 'Discover redirected URLs' in Advanced Options of Layout Wizard. In some cases, redirected pages may not be properly handled without setting this option