2.1 Create new
site profile
A " site profile" is a file that contains all the
links in a hierarchical structure for a web site. MagicMapper
will use this profile to create a sitemap.
To create a new site profile, click on the File
menu then select Create Site Profile (or click on the
"New" button on the tool bar). A dialog window will
appear as shown below.

- In the "Path" field, input the URL or the local
system directory path of the page which will
serve as the root of the sitemap. If the URL is accessed
through a proxy server ("firewall"), please
read the instructions on how to Set
up a proxy server.
- In the "Default file name" field, put in the
default extension for your web site.
The default extension is usually
"index.html" or "home.html" or
"default.html" depending on the server
configuration. The default extension is useful so that
the same document is not mapped into two different
items. If you don't know the default extension, or if
there are multiple default extensions, leave it
blank.
- Under explore options, you can choose to "Follow
Local Links", which means that the program only
follows links to documents that are located in the same
server as the root document, or you can choose to
"Follow All Links", the program will follow
links to documents on any server.
- You can also select the depth of links the program
follows. The default Depth of Links followed is two. You
can select any number from one to seven. If you want to
follow more than seven levels of depth, select All.
Click on the OK button to start exploring the web pages and
make a site profile. This profile will be displayed in the main
window area. You may then Edit
the Site Profile.