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Chapter 1 : Content Analyzer: A Tool for Webmasters 6

Chapter 2 : Anatomy of a WebMap 12

What's in a WebMap 12
The Map Window 13
The Two Map Views: Tree and Cyberbolic 13
The Content Analyzer Toolbars 14
Map Objects 15
Object and Route Label Colors 17
Viewing Map Objects in Your Web browser 19
The Tree View 20
What the Tree-View Plus, Minus, and Question Mark Icons Mean 21
Expanding or Collapsing Pages in the Tree View 22
The Cyberbolic View 23
Exploring a Page in the Cyberbolic View 25
Changing the Orientation in the Cyberbolic View 25
Changing the Distance Between Objects in the Cyberbolic View 25
Centering the Selected Object in the Cyberbolic View 26
Enabling Snap Mode in the Cyberbolic View 26
Changing the Cyberbolic Pop-up Label 27
Showing the Busiest Links in the Cyberbolic View 27
Showing the Common Ancestor When Selecting Objects in Both Views 27
Changing the Font Size in the Cyberbolic View 28
Tips for Using the Cyberbolic View 28
Opening, Saving, and Printing Existing Maps 29
Opening a Map 29
Saving a Map 30
Printing a Map 30
Exporting a Map to HTML Format 30

Chapter 3 : Creating and Customizing WebMaps 32

Creating a WebMap 32
To Map the Site 33
Changing the Default Mapping Options 35
The General tab 35
The Site Copy tab (Mapping from URL Only) 37
The Extensions Tab 38
The Restrictions Tab 38
Exploring More (or Less) of Your Site 39
The Explore Dialog Box 39
Manually Exploring a Particular Page 41
Exploring Sites that Restrict Spiders 42
Tips for Mapping Someone Else's Large Web Site 43
Showing or Hiding Types of Objects 44
Showing or Hiding Object Types 45
Showing or Hiding All Alternate Routes 46
Changing the Default Display Options 47
Loading Default Settings into Existing Maps 48
Changing How Objects are Labeled 48
Object Types in the Labels Dialog Box 49
Labels Available for All Object Types 50
Labels Available for Alternate Routes 51
Additional Labels for HTML Pages 51
Additional Labels for Images 52
Additional Label for Gateways 52

Chapter 4 : Working with HTML Reports 53

Generating Content Analyzer Site Reports 53
Managing Your Site with Content Analyzer Site Reports 54
Available Site Reports 55

Chapter 5 : All About Routes 57

What are Main and Alternate Routes? 57
Resetting the Routes 58
Different Ways to Set Routes 58
Setting Routes by URL Hierarchy 59
Setting Routes Breadth-first (Shortest Main Route) 59
Setting Routes by Usage Data (Hit Counts) 60
Setting Routes Individually 60
Taking a Shortcut to the Main Route 61
Changing How Alternate Routes are Displayed in the Tree View 61
Allowing or Disabling Expansion of Alternate Routes 63

Chapter 6 : Searching Maps and Creating Custom Reports 65

Searching Made Simple 65
Quick Searches 66
Creating Your Own Quick Searches 67
Custom Searches 68
Performing a Simple Text Search 68
Performing a Not Search 69
Performing an And or Or Search 69
Working with the Search Results Window 70
Object and Link Properties 71
Default Properties Column Settings 71
Determining which Properties Appear in the Search Results Window 72
Changing the Properties and Column Order in the Search Results Window 73
Changing How Properties are Sorted 76
Saving Your Own Quick Columns 76
Changing Quick Columns Defaults 76
Exporting Search Results 76
Search Dialog Box Criteria 78
The Search List 78
The Search Type List 78
The Object Type List 79
The Field List 79
The Modifier List 86
The Text String/Value 86
Search Results Window Properties 87

Chapter 7 : Managing Links 93

Search Results and Link Info 93
All about Links in Content Analyzer 94
Links and InLinks 94
The Link Info Window 94
Link Properties 95
Default Column Settings 95
Changing the Properties and Column Order in the Link Info Window 96
Changing How Properties are Sorted 97
Exporting Link Info to HTML or Tab-delimited Text 97
Keeping Track of Links 98
Following Links: Where They Go or Where They Come from 98
Verifying Links 99
Locating and Fixing Broken Links 100
Determining Why a Link Is Broken 101
Locating Links to a Changed Resource (InLinks) 103
Locating Resources Without Links to Them (Orphans) 103
Checking the Accuracy of Hyperlink Text 104
Checking the Consistency of Link URLs 105
Keeping Track of Links to and from Other Sites 105
Searching for Offsite Links 106
Verifying Offsite Links 106
Making the Most of Usage Data 107
The Big Picture: Busiest Links in Your Site 107
Analyzing Individual Pages and Links 107
Getting Info about Hit Counts and External Referrals 107
Usage Data: Some Tips and Caveats 110
Available Link Properties 111

Chapter 8 : Site Management Tips & Techniques 119

A Map--and a Database 120
Importing Usage Data 120
IIS Server Logs 121
Netscape Server Logs 121
NCSA and Apache Logs 122
To Import Usage Data 122
Working with Usage Data 122
Keeping Maps Current 123
The Remap Site Command 123
Changing Remap Options 124
Comparing and Updating WebMaps 125
Working with Comparison Results 127
Staging Your Site 128
Changing the Map's Local Path 128
Using Helper Applications to Edit or View Source Files 129
Starting a Helper Application 129
Configuring Helper Applications 129
Indicating the Path to an Object's Source File 131
Removing Applications from the Helper Application List 132
Seeing What Objects Look Like in Multiple Browsers 132
Checking the Types Of Resources in Your Site 132
Checking the Explore Status of Objects 133
Finding Unverified Resources 134
Using the Properties Dialog Box to Analyze an Object 134
Using the Annotations Tab to Track Changes to Your Site 135
Manually Annotating the Map 136
Getting Information about Authors and Dates 136
Using META Tag Data in Your Maps 137
Working with Images 138
The Image Tab 139
Turning Server-side Imagemaps into Client-side Imagemaps 139
Checking Image ALT Strings 140
Checking Image Size and Alignment 141
Analyzing Pages 142
Getting More Information about HTML Page Tags 142
Checking Page Load Sizes 142
Checking Page Titles 143
Creating an HTML Index for Your Site 143
Creating an HTML Table of Contents of Your Site 144
Getting Statistics about Your Site 145
Publishing WebMaps of Your Site 146
Showing or Hiding Individual Objects 148
Hiding All Routes to an Object 148
Hiding All Alternate Routes to an Object 148
Locating and Redisplaying Individually Hidden Objects 149
Strategies for Making Great Maps of Your Site 149
How Big is Your Site? 149
Are You Using Robot Exclusion Protocol? 150
Do You Have Imagemaps Connected to Cgi Scripts? 150

Appendix A: Content Analyzer Setup 151

The General Tab 151
Setting Up Content Analyzer to Work with Your Browser 151
The Helpers Tab 153
The Proxy Tab 154
Using Content Analyzer with Proxy Servers 154
Disabling the Proxy Service 156
The Cyberbolic Tab 156
The Passwords Tab 156
If Your Site Has Password-Protected Areas 156
More on Realms 157
A Note on Authentication Schemes for IIS 158

Glossary 158




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