What is a Site Map?

A site map is one page or sometimes a set of pages, which lists all, or most of the pages on a web site.

If your web site is small, consisting of only a few pages, you can have links to all these pages from one page – the site map. On the other hand, if your site consists of hundreds of pages segregated into directories (hopefully!), the site map of your web site might run into 2 or more pages.

As the term suggests a site map is a map of the web site and can be a list of links or a more complex representation. However, my advice is to keep the site map as simple as possible.

Here is a basic site map of webdevelopersnotes.com
(I have only displayed the important links)

• Basics
• HTML Tutorial
• Advanced HTML Tutorial
• JavaScript Tutorial
• SQL Tutorial
• Tips and Tricks
• Windows Live Mail help
• Windows Mail help and tips
• Hotmail help and tips
• Yahoo help and support
• AOL email help
• Gmail help and tips
• Web Design Tips and Tricks
• Web Promotion Tips and Tricks
• Web FAQ – How do I?
• Web Graphics design
• Web hosting information – tips and articles
• Web Page Design
• Resources

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