Helps learners to understand how to structure their websites
In this video we learn about sitemap
Sitemap is used to create a structured representation of the files and pages that make up a website. This structure is created over a layout which we will talk about in a bit.
By creating a comprehensive sitemap, website owners and visitors can gain a clear understanding of the website’s structure and easily navigate through its content. It ensures that visitors can find the information they need efficiently.
What is sitemap
Sitemap is used to create a structured representation of the files and pages that make up a website.
Welcome to the video. I am Ajit. Today we will learn
what is sitemap
why sitemap is used, and
how to configure it.
By creating a comprehensive sitemap, website owners and visitors can gain a clear understanding of the website’s structure and easily navigate through its content. It ensures that visitors can find the information they need efficiently.
In the header of the website, there are sections. These sections represent the main divisions of content on the website and provide an overview of the different topics or areas covered.
Each top-level section can then be further divided into one or more subsections. These subsections act as subcategories or subtopics within the larger sections. To enhance navigation, the subsections should be listed as a second-level navigation within the header itself. This allows users to easily access specific areas of interest within each section.
Within each subsection, there are one or more documents or pages organized in a Table of Contents (TOC) format. The TOC provides a hierarchical structure, outlining the various pages or documents within the section or subsection.
Why sitemap?
Just like a college library needs to organise their shelves, books in an order based on cateogry or genre. Similarly, in a package, we want to organise the documents in different sections, subsections and TOCs.
Sitemap serves as a blueprint or roadmap, providing information about the organization and hierarchy of content on the website.
How to configure sitemap for your site
We create the sitemap in the FASTN.ftd. So, we write:
Now, let’s see how to configure the sitemap for a website.
We create the sitemap in the FASTN.ftd document. So, we write:
In all the three cases, whatever written before colon is displayed as the title on webpage and whatever is written after colon, becomes the URL to access it.
First section
We put our first section like, hash for section, home as section name and URL:
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# Home: /
Lang:
ftd
Section Home is displayed on the webpage, which displays the content of index.ftd document. The URL / corresponds to index.ftd document.
Whereas, any document other than index.ftd file we need to write something after /. For example, there is a file foo.ftd, then to access the foo document, we need to write, /foo/.
Second section
Let’s add another section.
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# Season: /season/summer/
Lang:
ftd
The URL is the path of the document. Inside folder season, there is a document called summer.ftd.
Let’s check in the browser.
We will see how to clean and customize this URL later. For now.
Subsections
Let’s give some subsections to this section season.
Helps learners to understand how to structure their websites
In this video we learn about sitemap
Sitemap is used to create a structured representation of the files and pages that make up a website. This structure is created over a layout which we will talk about in a bit.
By creating a comprehensive sitemap, website owners and visitors can gain a clear understanding of the website’s structure and easily navigate through its content. It ensures that visitors can find the information they need efficiently.
What is sitemap
Sitemap is used to create a structured representation of the files and pages that make up a website.
Welcome to the video. I am Ajit. Today we will learn
what is sitemap
why sitemap is used, and
how to configure it.
By creating a comprehensive sitemap, website owners and visitors can gain a clear understanding of the website’s structure and easily navigate through its content. It ensures that visitors can find the information they need efficiently.
In the header of the website, there are sections. These sections represent the main divisions of content on the website and provide an overview of the different topics or areas covered.
Each top-level section can then be further divided into one or more subsections. These subsections act as subcategories or subtopics within the larger sections. To enhance navigation, the subsections should be listed as a second-level navigation within the header itself. This allows users to easily access specific areas of interest within each section.
Within each subsection, there are one or more documents or pages organized in a Table of Contents (TOC) format. The TOC provides a hierarchical structure, outlining the various pages or documents within the section or subsection.
Why sitemap?
Just like a college library needs to organise their shelves, books in an order based on cateogry or genre. Similarly, in a package, we want to organise the documents in different sections, subsections and TOCs.
Sitemap serves as a blueprint or roadmap, providing information about the organization and hierarchy of content on the website.
How to configure sitemap for your site
We create the sitemap in the FASTN.ftd. So, we write:
Now, let’s see how to configure the sitemap for a website.
We create the sitemap in the FASTN.ftd document. So, we write:
In all the three cases, whatever written before colon is displayed as the title on webpage and whatever is written after colon, becomes the URL to access it.
First section
We put our first section like, hash for section, home as section name and URL:
null
# Home: /
Lang:
ftd
Section Home is displayed on the webpage, which displays the content of index.ftd document. The URL / corresponds to index.ftd document.
Whereas, any document other than index.ftd file we need to write something after /. For example, there is a file foo.ftd, then to access the foo document, we need to write, /foo/.
Second section
Let’s add another section.
null
# Season: /season/summer/
Lang:
ftd
The URL is the path of the document. Inside folder season, there is a document called summer.ftd.
Let’s check in the browser.
We will see how to clean and customize this URL later. For now.
Subsections
Let’s give some subsections to this section season.