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SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!
UPDATE: For everyone who has been leaving comments, apparently the comment system can't show more than 12 comments as I have not been able to see any of the new comments.  Please don't think I am ignoring anyone, I just can't see the newly posted comments.

Chris Prime, the man behind converting the my original SiteMap Generator to a feature-based item has just emailed me his latest updates and has generously submitted these updates for posting online.  So thank you Chris for the update.  The new ZIP file is on my DOWNLOADS page.  Look for the SiteMapGenerator_5_13_2009.zip file.

From Chris, here are the new features in the code:
 
  1. 1)      It now does document libraries and lists (including attachments on list items)
  2. 2)      It checks to see if the document library or list inherits security from the site level (if not then it doesn’t scan the list – not the perfect code, but I couldn’t figure out how to check anonymous access to a list like you can with a site)
  3. 3)      It doesn’t index system libraries when indexing the documents and lists
  4. 4)      To include a list in the indexing you have to create a view (the attributes don’t matter, just the title) called “Sitemap Include” and then it will index it

           Be sure to check it out if you use it. 

Posted on 5/13/2009 at 11:03 AM Permalink | Share This Post | Comments (19) | Leave a Comment

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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Kyle,

I had the same problem as you and was getting the "Access Denied" error. I was able to activate it by using STSADM -o activatefeature with the -force switch.

Hope this help,
Richard
Richard Calderon at 1/29/2010 3:58 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hello Tim,

I cannot find any documentation on the SiteMap Generator. Is there any. I have run into an issue. When I try and activate the feature, I get an "access denied" error. I have anonymous access enabled for the authentication providor and the site collection. Any help would be most appreciated.
Kyle Bakker at 12/18/2009 1:07 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

HUGE thanks to you Tim, and Chris for this contribution to the SharePoint community!
Sean Bordner at 5/14/2009 3:06 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

More information about the SharePoint SiteMap Generator can be found on Tim's SharePoint SiteMap Generator Version 2 post.
Sean Bordner at 5/14/2009 3:16 PM
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Question: sitemap.xml is empty

Hi

I just tried to implement this feature on my company's website, but there seems to be a problem with the way i'm using it:

-I used the deploy script to deploy it into the portal's URL (testserver:1010), and it installed just fine
-I checked that the feature was in fact avtive, and it was
-I checked the Time Job status, and it's running each 30 minutes, as expected
-I browsed the sitemap.xml file, and it's there... it's just that it's empty, meaning, it has just the urlset tag, but no url defined

Im certain that the site collection in the mentioned web application has pages and subsites, so i'm wondering if there's something else i may be missing here

Many thanks in advance for your help
victor garcia at 5/29/2009 12:23 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hi there Tim

The test server is not set for anonymous access, only the production server is

So, does this feature need anonymous access??
victor garcia at 6/1/2009 6:37 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Nevermind, just checked your other post... it does need anonymous access

Thanks!!
victor garcia at 6/1/2009 6:46 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Is your test server set up for anonymous access?  That might be the problem. 
Tim Dobrinski at 6/1/2009 8:48 AM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

hello, I'm am new to this site and new toSharepoint. I was wondering how to go about installing this to a Sharepoint document library. Any information pointing me in the right direction would be great. Thanks!
Dan Haas at 6/15/2009 12:42 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the quick response. I understand this is a little more difficult then uploading a document. I just need a sitemap of a document library to complete a solution with rendering xml files in a doc library. If it makes a more comprehensive sitemap of the whole site and I can still do what I have in mind, no problem.

I have WSS 3.0 but have done very little customization (just out of the box stuff). I was wondering how to take the code you've colaborated on and added it to the site. Is there a tutoral out there that walks you through? I found this site when looking for an answer. Am I on the right track? Thanks in advance.

Dan
Dan Haas at 6/16/2009 10:06 AM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Nevermind, I figured it out. the answers to my question I found here. Thanks Tim, 'site feature' was the term I was looking for.
Dan Haas at 6/16/2009 3:06 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

You cannot add this to just a Document library.  It is a site feature and needs to ba added to the entire site as it will make a Site Map for the whole site.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Tim Dobrinski at 6/16/2009 8:51 AM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hello, Tim

I have this installed and activated as a site feature to my intranet.  I see the timer job and definition, but I am at a lost now as to where to view and/or use this.  Does it drop an xml file somewhere?
Robert Summers at 7/28/2009 3:07 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

It should drop a sitemap.xml file at the root of the site.
Tim Dobrinski at 7/28/2009 4:42 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

i installed on WSS 3

i cant find the mapsite.xml

What is the path?

txs
f f at 8/16/2010 1:48 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

i cant find it opening with Sharepoint designer......
f f at 8/16/2010 1:58 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hi Tim,

I have been using this feature for a while and love it. I just discovered an issue after implementing dual authentication. I have extended my web app in order to use Andrew Connell's Dual Authentication Model and I'm using the extended app as my public/anonymous access/ forms authenticated web app. The sitemap generator seems to only deploy to the original/secured app and therefore creates the sitemap links to the original/secured app that the search engines can't see. Is there a way to adjust/configure/designate the solution to use the extended web app's links?
David Carr at 8/18/2009 4:27 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

martin wbbh at 9/27/2010 5:57 AM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hi Tim,

I have been using this feature for a while and love it. I just discovered an issue after implementing dual authentication. I have extended my web app in order to use Andrew Connell's Dual Authentication Model and I'm using the extended app as my public/anonymous access/ forms authenticated web app. The sitemap generator seems to only deploy to the original/secured app and therefore creates the sitemap links to the original/secured app that the search engines can't see. Is there a way to adjust/configure/designate the solution to use the extended web app's links?
David Carr at 8/18/2009 4:27 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

i cant find it opening with Sharepoint designer......
f f at 8/16/2010 1:58 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

i installed on WSS 3

i cant find the mapsite.xml

What is the path?

txs
f f at 8/16/2010 1:48 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

It should drop a sitemap.xml file at the root of the site.
Tim Dobrinski at 7/28/2009 4:42 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hello, Tim

I have this installed and activated as a site feature to my intranet.  I see the timer job and definition, but I am at a lost now as to where to view and/or use this.  Does it drop an xml file somewhere?
Robert Summers at 7/28/2009 3:07 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

You cannot add this to just a Document library.  It is a site feature and needs to ba added to the entire site as it will make a Site Map for the whole site.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Tim Dobrinski at 6/16/2009 8:51 AM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Nevermind, I figured it out. the answers to my question I found here. Thanks Tim, 'site feature' was the term I was looking for.
Dan Haas at 6/16/2009 3:06 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the quick response. I understand this is a little more difficult then uploading a document. I just need a sitemap of a document library to complete a solution with rendering xml files in a doc library. If it makes a more comprehensive sitemap of the whole site and I can still do what I have in mind, no problem.

I have WSS 3.0 but have done very little customization (just out of the box stuff). I was wondering how to take the code you've colaborated on and added it to the site. Is there a tutoral out there that walks you through? I found this site when looking for an answer. Am I on the right track? Thanks in advance.

Dan
Dan Haas at 6/16/2009 10:06 AM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

hello, I'm am new to this site and new toSharepoint. I was wondering how to go about installing this to a Sharepoint document library. Any information pointing me in the right direction would be great. Thanks!
Dan Haas at 6/15/2009 12:42 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Is your test server set up for anonymous access?  That might be the problem. 
Tim Dobrinski at 6/1/2009 8:48 AM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Nevermind, just checked your other post... it does need anonymous access

Thanks!!
victor garcia at 6/1/2009 6:46 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hi there Tim

The test server is not set for anonymous access, only the production server is

So, does this feature need anonymous access??
victor garcia at 6/1/2009 6:37 PM
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Question: sitemap.xml is empty

Hi

I just tried to implement this feature on my company's website, but there seems to be a problem with the way i'm using it:

-I used the deploy script to deploy it into the portal's URL (testserver:1010), and it installed just fine
-I checked that the feature was in fact avtive, and it was
-I checked the Time Job status, and it's running each 30 minutes, as expected
-I browsed the sitemap.xml file, and it's there... it's just that it's empty, meaning, it has just the urlset tag, but no url defined

Im certain that the site collection in the mentioned web application has pages and subsites, so i'm wondering if there's something else i may be missing here

Many thanks in advance for your help
victor garcia at 5/29/2009 12:23 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

More information about the SharePoint SiteMap Generator can be found on Tim's SharePoint SiteMap Generator Version 2 post.
Sean Bordner at 5/14/2009 3:16 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

HUGE thanks to you Tim, and Chris for this contribution to the SharePoint community!
Sean Bordner at 5/14/2009 3:06 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hello Tim,

I cannot find any documentation on the SiteMap Generator. Is there any. I have run into an issue. When I try and activate the feature, I get an "access denied" error. I have anonymous access enabled for the authentication providor and the site collection. Any help would be most appreciated.
Kyle Bakker at 12/18/2009 1:07 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Kyle,

I had the same problem as you and was getting the "Access Denied" error. I was able to activate it by using STSADM -o activatefeature with the -force switch.

Hope this help,
Richard
Richard Calderon at 1/29/2010 3:58 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

HUGE thanks to you Tim, and Chris for this contribution to the SharePoint community!
Sean Bordner at 5/14/2009 3:06 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

More information about the SharePoint SiteMap Generator can be found on Tim's SharePoint SiteMap Generator Version 2 post.
Sean Bordner at 5/14/2009 3:16 PM
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(Unrated)

Question: sitemap.xml is empty

Hi

I just tried to implement this feature on my company's website, but there seems to be a problem with the way i'm using it:

-I used the deploy script to deploy it into the portal's URL (testserver:1010), and it installed just fine
-I checked that the feature was in fact avtive, and it was
-I checked the Time Job status, and it's running each 30 minutes, as expected
-I browsed the sitemap.xml file, and it's there... it's just that it's empty, meaning, it has just the urlset tag, but no url defined

Im certain that the site collection in the mentioned web application has pages and subsites, so i'm wondering if there's something else i may be missing here

Many thanks in advance for your help
victor garcia at 5/29/2009 12:23 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Is your test server set up for anonymous access?  That might be the problem. 
Tim Dobrinski at 6/1/2009 8:48 AM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hi there Tim

The test server is not set for anonymous access, only the production server is

So, does this feature need anonymous access??
victor garcia at 6/1/2009 6:37 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Nevermind, just checked your other post... it does need anonymous access

Thanks!!
victor garcia at 6/1/2009 6:46 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

hello, I'm am new to this site and new toSharepoint. I was wondering how to go about installing this to a Sharepoint document library. Any information pointing me in the right direction would be great. Thanks!
Dan Haas at 6/15/2009 12:42 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

You cannot add this to just a Document library.  It is a site feature and needs to ba added to the entire site as it will make a Site Map for the whole site.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

Tim Dobrinski at 6/16/2009 8:51 AM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the quick response. I understand this is a little more difficult then uploading a document. I just need a sitemap of a document library to complete a solution with rendering xml files in a doc library. If it makes a more comprehensive sitemap of the whole site and I can still do what I have in mind, no problem.

I have WSS 3.0 but have done very little customization (just out of the box stuff). I was wondering how to take the code you've colaborated on and added it to the site. Is there a tutoral out there that walks you through? I found this site when looking for an answer. Am I on the right track? Thanks in advance.

Dan
Dan Haas at 6/16/2009 10:06 AM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Nevermind, I figured it out. the answers to my question I found here. Thanks Tim, 'site feature' was the term I was looking for.
Dan Haas at 6/16/2009 3:06 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hello, Tim

I have this installed and activated as a site feature to my intranet.  I see the timer job and definition, but I am at a lost now as to where to view and/or use this.  Does it drop an xml file somewhere?
Robert Summers at 7/28/2009 3:07 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

It should drop a sitemap.xml file at the root of the site.
Tim Dobrinski at 7/28/2009 4:42 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hi Tim,

I have been using this feature for a while and love it. I just discovered an issue after implementing dual authentication. I have extended my web app in order to use Andrew Connell's Dual Authentication Model and I'm using the extended app as my public/anonymous access/ forms authenticated web app. The sitemap generator seems to only deploy to the original/secured app and therefore creates the sitemap links to the original/secured app that the search engines can't see. Is there a way to adjust/configure/designate the solution to use the extended web app's links?
David Carr at 8/18/2009 4:27 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Hello Tim,

I cannot find any documentation on the SiteMap Generator. Is there any. I have run into an issue. When I try and activate the feature, I get an "access denied" error. I have anonymous access enabled for the authentication providor and the site collection. Any help would be most appreciated.
Kyle Bakker at 12/18/2009 1:07 PM
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(Unrated)

RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

Kyle,

I had the same problem as you and was getting the "Access Denied" error. I was able to activate it by using STSADM -o activatefeature with the -force switch.

Hope this help,
Richard
Richard Calderon at 1/29/2010 3:58 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

i installed on WSS 3

i cant find the mapsite.xml

What is the path?

txs
f f at 8/16/2010 1:48 PM
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RE: SharePoint SiteMap Generator Update!

i cant find it opening with Sharepoint designer......
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