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jeffreytrull1 last edited by

Is it possible to generate an XML sitemap for a site without PHP? If so, how?
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NoisyLittleMonkey last edited by

Have a look at this Screaming Frog

http://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/

Its one of the best tools to use for creating sitemaps in our opinion.
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jeffreytrull1 @donford last edited by

Seems like this should work, but I couldn't get it to work for my site. Thanks though
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jeffreytrull1 @Keszi last edited by

From what I can tell the first site you listed only works with PHP. Otherwise I would definitely go with that.

I'm sure I can find something to work out of the giant list from your second link. Thanks!
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Keszi last edited by

HI Jeffrey,

I am always generating the XML sitemap with : http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/

Also, you can see some sitemap generators on the following link: https://code.google.com/p/sitemap-generators/wiki/SitemapGenerators

I hope it helped,

Cheers!
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donford last edited by

This site has a free generator that crawls your site to generate the map.

http://www.auditmypc.com/free-sitemap-generator.asp

HTH
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SherWeb last edited by

if your IIS based you can definately go with something like :

http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/637/managing-robotstxt-and-sitemap-files/

Best,
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