This web tool must exist but I don't know what to search for

[Ry]

I'm looking for something that can crawl over a website (i.e. my campaign wiki) and make a relationship map based on links in the page. Does anyone know of something like this, or what I should be searching for?

 

[azhrei_fje]

I don't know of a tool that automatically makes the graph... I would probably run a link checker (there are a few written in Perl that I might try) and then post-process the output with GraphViz.

If nothing else, maybe the links from the GraphViz site can help you find what you need?

 

[jaerdaph]

Don't most Wikis offer site map pages? But I guess even if they do, they only take into account links to pages internal to the site. And your site isn't a Wiki, so never mind.

I know some of the Web editors like FrontPage and Dreamweaver offer tools for site maps including external links.

 

[Ry]

My sites are wikis but they don't have map functionality.

 

[Nifft]

Tools that walk websites are called spiders. You should be able to find something with that as a search term.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Ry]

Thanks Nifft!

 

[babomb]

You might also want to search for a "sitemap creator" or "generator". There are lots out there; one of them will probably work for you.

 

[Banshee16]

I'm looking for something that can crawl over a website (i.e. my campaign wiki) and make a relationship map based on links in the page. Does anyone know of something like this, or what I should be searching for?

Microsoft Site Analyst. I use it frequently in my job....but I don't think it's available anymore.....my copy is probably 5 years old.

I did find a link that might help...

http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/web_sites.html

Banshee

 

[Plane Sailing]

Microsoft Visio would probably do the job too.