[IxDA Discuss] Content Inventory Tools

[Maria Cordell]

Fred,

Sounds like for some reason you're looking at the map window only and
not at the Excel-like data table that appears above it. It's the data
table that I use more than anything else, as an export for
manipulation within Excel. If you're not seeing the table, look for a
dot-like handle above and just outside the map window. Click and drag
down to expose the table.

I'll separately send to you a screenshot of Site Orbiter so that you
can see what I'm talking about.

Maria

p.s. If you're indexing a large site, the default map view will be
somewhat unusable. You'd have to play with the settings (zoom, etc.)
until you get something that works well for you.

On 3/5/07, Fred Beecher <fbeecher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maria,
>
> Being on a Mac and in the middle of two content inventories right now, I
> downloaded this and tried it... and got an unreadable mass of gray. It looks
> like a spider with a serious nervous tic got into my computer screen. : )
>
> Could you share with us how you use this tool effectively?
>
> Thanks,
> Fred
>
> On 3/5/07, Maria Cordell <mcordell at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > For Mac, I like starting with Site Orbiter:
> >
> > http://www.siteorbiter.cc/
> >
> > It does a great job of spidering a site and give you a list that can
> > be exported to Excel. Haven't tried it with OmniOutliner. Will have to
> > see what advantages that offers, if any. I suspect it's good for
> > working on something that isn't yet built, whereas Site Orbiter is
> > great when starting with an existing site.
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> >
> > Maria
> >
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