maps. And it does it very well.
PowerMapper includes a Web-crawler engine that analyzes site structure by collecting links from each page it visits. It then maps the deduced structure into a GIF image containing an HTML document that you can view with any browser. With this approach
, you don't need an additional plug-in to view the map, as in some other tools, and you can jump to a document in the map with a mouse-click.
The tool provides for four mapping styles: a hierarchical tree with 3-D buttons, a map that represents each page as a thumbnail and also helps you check for consistent graphic placement on pages, an isometric view that maximizes the number of pages displayed on a map, and a text-only table-of-contents version. You can remove individual pages and even entire branches of the site, if you think it aids visitors' understanding of the site structure, and rename each page without editing the original HTML. In addition, PowerMapper detects broken links, HTML errors, server errors, and errors in page titles. It also pays attention to robot-exclusion standards.
PowerMapper is a well-designed tool that helps Webmasters build easier ways to navigate sites. The only shortcomings: the lack of proxy-server functionality that would let you design maps off-line and the fact tha
t it maps a Web site's structure in only three hierarchical levels, a serious restriction in mapping big sites.
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PowerMapper 1.0.....................£76
Electrum Multimedia
Edinburgh, U.K.
Phone: +44 131 555 4241
Internet:
http://www.electrum.co.uk/
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