Sitemaps, not sire where to put this lol

[Torniquet]

Hey peoples

I have a question about generating an XML sitemap.

What is the best layout to use?

currently my xml tree if you will, consists of...

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<url>
  <loc>http://www.tapt-in.net/</loc>
  <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
  <priority>1.00</priority>
</url>

is there anything else that can be added to that? I have searched about the tinternet and come up with squat! (maybe i am looking in the wrong places lol)

opinions would be grand (y) xxx

[Chris]

After looking at the frequency you have me confused. Can you explain exactly how the system generates the sitemap?

[Torniquet]

I dont know lol, it was created by a free online generator.

I think changefreq is how often that particular page is likely to change and the priority is dependant on the depth of file within your site.

[Jackolantern]

ASP.NET has a good format for sitemaps which are automatically created by the IDE. Of course you don't have to use ASP.NET, but you could basically lift their XML format!

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<siteMap>
  <siteMapNode title="Home" description="Home" url="~/default.aspx">
    <siteMapNode title="Products" description="Our products"
      url="~/Products.aspx">
      <siteMapNode title="Hardware" description="Hardware choices"
        url="~/Hardware.aspx" />
      <siteMapNode title="Software" description="Software choices"
        url="~/Software.aspx" />
    </siteMapNode>
    <siteMapNode title="Services" description="Services we offer"
        url="~/Services.aspx">
        <siteMapNode title="Training" description="Training classes"
          url="~/Training.aspx" />
        <siteMapNode title="Consulting" description="Consulting services" 
          url="~/Consulting.aspx" />
        <siteMapNode title="Support" description="Supports plans" 
          url="~/Support.aspx" />
    </siteMapNode>
  </siteMapNode>
</siteMap>

[Torniquet]

Thanks Jack, I will look into using that in the near future