Xtreeme SiteXpert Professional Edition: Complete Review & Key Features
Overview
Xtreeme SiteXpert Professional Edition is a Windows-based site-mapping and navigation-generation tool designed to automate creation and maintenance of website navigation (DHTML/JavaScript menus, site-map trees, portal interfaces) by crawling URLs or scanning directory structures. The Professional Edition adds advanced capabilities—search engine generation, automatic site updating, hierarchical diagrams, XML features, and additional export/validation tools—beyond the Standard Edition.
Key features
- Automatic site crawling: Builds site structure from a base URL or directory tree.
- Multiple navigation outputs: Generates DHTML drop-down menus, dynamic/static site-map trees, Java applet trees, portal interfaces, and site indexes.
- Search engine generation: Includes a site search/index builder (Professional-only).
- Automatic updates: Can refresh menus/map output to reflect site changes without manual rebuilding.
- Sitemap formats: Exports Google Sitemap / ROR and supports XML outputs.
- Includes and integration: Inserts generated navigation into pages using includes (PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, SSI); plugins available for Dreamweaver/FrontPage/GoLive/NetObjects Fusion.
- Cross-browser compatible output: Produces compressed JavaScript/XHTML intended to work across major browsers and platforms.
- Link validation & FTP upload: Built-in link checking and optional FTP publishing of generated files.
- Templates & styling: Hundreds of predefined graphical schemes and configurable styles.
- Format support: Recognizes many document types (HTML, PDF, Office, Flash, media, archives) when scanning.
- Hierarchical diagrams & site visualization: Visual maps to understand structure (Professional-only).
Pros
- Rapidly builds professional navigation and sitemaps without manual coding.
- Wide range of output types for different site architectures.
- Automatic update and search-engine generation reduce maintenance overhead.
- Integration plugins streamline workflow with common editors.
- Lightweight desktop tool — works offline for site generation.
Cons
- Windows-only desktop application; not a hosted/cloud solution.
- Interface and UX appear
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