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    • jeffreytrull1
      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
        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
          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
            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
              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
                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
                  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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