Posts about: "Sitemap Basics"
Stop Ghosting: How a Live Content Tool Solves the “Waiting for Client Assets” Bottleneck
Every digital agency has been there. The discovery phase went perfectly. The visual sitemap for presentations was approved. The project is kicked off, the developers are ready, and then… silence. You are stuck waiting for the client to send over the “About Us” copy or the high-res team photos. This is the notorious content bottleneck, …
The Dev-Friendly Handoff: Eliminating Manual Data Entry with XML/CSV Exports
For digital and creative agencies, the transition from a finalized sitemap to a live development environment is often where projects lose momentum. You have spent weeks perfecting the information architecture, color-coding page statuses to track progress, and getting that crucial architectural sign-off from the client. However, if your handoff process involves a developer manually typing …
Beyond the Box: Using Color-Coded Sitemaps to Manage Client Expectations
In the fast-paced world of digital and creative agencies, managing client expectations is not just a best practice, it’s an art form. From initial pitches to final architectural sign-off, clear communication and tangible deliverables are paramount. This is where a powerful sitemap tool, specifically one with robust color-coding capabilities, becomes an indispensable asset. Forget those …
How to create a sitemap in 2023
“How to create a sitemap?” you ask… well there’s a few different kinds of sitemaps: XML Sitemap – for search engines to know which of your website pages you want to be crawled Visual Sitemap – a diagram of the pages you want in your new or redesigned website HTML Sitemap – a page on …
How to find your sitemap
How to find your sitemap for your website is just a matter of looking in the right places. If one exists, these steps will help you find it 99% of the time. Note that we’re talking about an XML sitemap throughout this article. Updated August 2023 to include a link to automatic sitemap finder tool …
Site Mapping Guide: All your sitemap questions answered
Site mapping can sound like a daunting topic. I used to think so myself – but the basics are fairly simple to understand. It’s easy to get lost in the detail, so I’m gonna walk you through exactly what you need to know about ‘what are they’, ‘when to use them’, and ‘how to create’ …
How to submit your sitemap to Google
Submit your sitemap to Google because ‘SEO reasons’ – they say. But what does that even mean and how do you actually do it? Before we start, let’s just be clear on what some of the above words mean: Sitemap – in this case we are referring to a sitemap.xml file (not Visual sitemaps or …
Sitemaps and Sitemap Generators Explained Simply
A sitemap generator streamlines or automates the process of creating a sitemap. That sounds handy right? But what is a sitemap? And do you need a visual sitemap, an XML sitemap, or both? … Okay stay tuned, while it sounds like nerdy water-cooler chat for web developers, the high level concepts here are actually pretty …