Sitemap Automator



Sitemap automator

You can use a command line interface to automate all the major sitemap generator tools in the program.

Rage Sitemap Automator

Sitemap Automator makes it so easy to create XML Sitemap files that tell search engines all about your website including which pages to index, how often to come back for fresh, new content, and how important each page on your website is. XML Sitemap is basically a blueprint of your website, designed specifically for. Google does provide a free program that creates XML Sitemaps. Sitemap Automator offers the following benefits; 1) Much easier to set up and use. Just enter your URL and you're done. The generator provided by Google requires you to edit config files and upload additional scripts to your server.


Automator This means that you can also use external applications and bat / batch / script files.
This enables you to run our sitemap generator software at regular intervals using e.g. Windows Task Scheduler.
Sitemap automator

Sitemap Automator

  • Parameters:
    • ':%project-path%' : Where %project-path% should contain the active project file path. (Remember the colon before project path.)
    • '@override_initfromproject=c:exampleprojectsinitfrom.ini@' : Overwrite the initial project settings used.
    • '@override_rootpath=http://example.com@' : Overwrite website rootpath.
    • '-autocreate' : Automatically create project files and related if they do not exist already.
    • '-exit' : Exits when done.
    • '-hide' : Always invisible and exits when done.
    • '-scan' : Runs website scanner.
    • '-stop0000' : Stops scan after a number of seconds, e.g. -stop600 stops scan after 10 minutes.
    • '-save' : Saves project.
    • '@override_exportpathdir=c:exampleexports@' : Overwrite general directory path used for e.g. CSV export data files.
    • '-exportexternalcsv' : Exports all URLs data listed in 'external' tree view into a file called 'external.csv' located in project directory.
    • '-exportinternalcsv' : Exports all URLs data listed in 'internal' tree view into a file called 'internal.csv' located in project directory.
    • '-exportsitemapcsv' : Exports all URLs data listed in 'internal' tree view into a file called 'sitemap.csv' located in project directory.
    • '@override_sitemapxmlpath=c:examplesitemap.xml@' : Overwrite where the generated XML sitemap files are stored.
    • '-buildxml' : Runs sitemap builder and creates XML sitemap.
    • '-buildnewsxml' : Runs sitemap builder and creates XML news sitemap.
    • '-buildmobilexml' : Runs sitemap builder and creates XML mobile sitemap.
    • '-buildvideoxml' : Runs sitemap builder and creates XML video sitemap.
    • '-buildimagexml' : Runs sitemap builder and creates XML image sitemap.
    • '-buildcodexml' : Runs sitemap builder and creates XML code sitemap.
    • '-buildrss' : Runs sitemap builder and creates RSS sitemap.
    • '-buildtext' : Runs sitemap builder and creates text sitemap.
    • '-buildtemplate' : Runs sitemap builder and creates template sitemap (usually HTML / XHTML).
    • '-buildaspnet' : Runs sitemap builder and creates XML ASP.Net sitemap for use by ASP.Net controls.
    • '-buildgraphdatadot' : Build a graph data file using dot / .gv file format which can visualized in other tools including GraphViz.
    • '-build' : Runs sitemap builder and creates a sitemap of the selected type in project settings.
    • '-buildall' : Runs sitemap builder for all kinds.
    • '-robotstxt' : Creates a 'robots.txt' file.
    • '-upload' : Runs sitemap uploader and FTP uploads the last generated sitemap.
    • '-uploadall' : Runs sitemap uploader and FTP uploads all generated sitemaps.
    • '-ping' : Performs sitemap ping notification.

  • Examples for usage on Windows:
    • [ 'c:microsyssitemapSitemap.exe' -exit -scan -build -upload -save ':c:microsyssitemapprojectsmy-project.ini' ].
    • [ 'Sitemap.exe' -exit -scan -build -upload -save ':my-project.ini' ] - Here it is assumed my-project.ini is in the same directory as the executable.
    • [ 'Sitemap.exe' -scan -build @override_rootpath=http://example.com@ ]
    • [ start ' 'Sitemap.exe' -scan -build @override_rootpath=http://example.com@ ] - Launches asynchronously. Do not use spaces in parameters.
      [ timeout 2 ] - Idle time to avoid problems with multiple instances launching at the exact same time.

  • Examples for usage on Mac OS:
    • [ open -n A1SitemapGenerator.app --args -scan -build @override_rootpath=http://example.com@ ].
    • [ open -n A1SitemapGenerator.app --args -exit -scan -build -save -autocreate ':/users/%name%/myprojects/shopexample.ini' @override_initfromproject=/users/%name%/myprojecs/mydefaults.ini@ @override_rootpath=https://shop.example.com@ ].

  • Tips:
    • To prevent a parameter value that contains spaces (e.g. if you are passing a directory path) from being broken up, enclose it inside a couple of '.
    • In the above examples %name% refers to your user name in the given operating system.