Making a sitemap

Retro Techy · 11 Nov 2016 at 12:51

I've been informed by our domain provider that our website doesn't actually have a sitemap, which is a bit funny considering how many web designers we've had working on the thing.

I want to try to setup a sitemap myself today, I can see there are a load of websites out there offering this service, most of them free.
Can anyone recommend a decent 1? Or is this really something I need to make myself?

gord · 11 Nov 2016 at 13:11

What platform is your site built on?

Retro Techy · 11 Nov 2016 at 13:14

Bloody good question, but I don't know the answer.

Is there a quick way to find this out myself rather then trying to get in touch with the guy who made it?

Etheco · 11 Nov 2016 at 13:17

Retro Techy said:
Bloody good question, but I don't know the answer.

Is there a quick way to find this out myself rather then trying to get in touch with the guy who made it?

Is there a admin area? Normally tells you there in the footer on most.

Mynight · 11 Nov 2016 at 13:42

What's the URL?

As for sitemaps I've never had any issues using the online generators.

Retro Techy · 11 Nov 2016 at 14:46

Mynight said:
What's the URL?

As for sitemaps I've never had any issues using the online generators.

Sorry, front page has got my ugly mug on it.

I used https://w3techs.com and it says this.

Server-side Programming Language
PHP

Client-side Programming Language
JavaScript

JavaScript Libraries
JQuery

Bootstrap

Markup Language
HTML5

Does that help?

gord · 11 Nov 2016 at 15:33

We can't say for definite but probability wise you're probably on Wordpress.

As mentioned though, the admin area would give it away. And it's also where you'd go to install a sitemap plugin, or use the SEO features of another plugin to generate one. The benefits of generating the sitemap dynamically within the site is that when page changes are made it updates automatically.