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Also consider limiting the file types included in the map. My Visio by
default mapped every graphic file and downloadable document by default; when
I generated a second map for the HTML pages only, I got a much more useful
picture of the site. YMMV
Dan Goldstein
-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:JPosada -at- book -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:35 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: site mapping
Limit how many levels deep it goes...start at maybe three levels. You can
then select the appropriate points and mine down from there, which results
in a separate Visio with an hyperlink to the primary level. This also tends
to reduce the branches from points that aren't needed, such as index pages.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
NY: 212-414-6656
Dayton: 732-438-3372
"Alright, nobody move! I've got a dragon here, and I'm not afraid to use it"
---------- Donkey
>
> Many thanks to all who wrote with suggestions for site
> mapping software.
> We're currently downloading and testing a lot of these programs. We've
> already generated a humungous Visio document - now need to
> figure out how to
> limit the size of the map!
