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Figure 16-10

Sitemap Generator Plugin

The Sitemap Generator plugin does exactly what its name implies — it generates a sitemap for your

blog as shown in Figure 16-11. See the official sitemap demo page at

http://www.dagondesign.com/

sitemap/

. To install this plugin:

1.

Go to

http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/sitemap-generator-plugin-for-word-

press/

. Download

dd-sitemap-gen.txt

from the main page, and save it as

dd-sitemap-

gen.php

to your

/blog/wp-content/plugins

folder.

2.

If you now load the Plugins section in the admin page, you’ll see the new entry named Dagon

Design Sitemap Generator. Click Activate to activate the plugin.

3.

After activating the plugin, go to Options

?

DDSitemapGen to configure the sitemap generator.

Set a permalink,

sitemap

, for the sitemap. Next, set “Items per page” to 0 so all items are on

one page. After you select your options, don’t forget to click the Update button.

4.

To add the sitemap to your blog, navigate to the Write

?

Write Page section to create a new

page for it. Set the page title to the value “Sitemap.” Add

<!-- ddsitemapgen -->

as shown

in Figure 16-12. (Note that when editing the page, the markup will not show up because it is an

HTML comment. To edit the markup or an existing page, you must edit the page in HTML

mode by clicking the HTML button of the editor.)

5.

Visit the Sitemap page of your blog to see your new sitemap in action — see Figure 16-13.

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