Navigational file system

Abstract

A method and apparatus for specifying the hierarchy of pages in a web site. The apparatus may include a graphical user interface providing a window including a display space for displaying a navigational structure for the web site on an output device. The tool includes an import tool for selecting a page to be displayed in the web site from a file structure, a placement tool for placing the page into the navigational structure and a structure routine for assigning a navigational relationship to a page relative to other pages in the web site as each is placed in the navigational structure. The navigational structure may be displayed in a tree format or an organizational chart format. The apparatus may be a computer program containing instructions for causing a computer to select a plurality of files for inclusion in a web site where the files are stored in a physical file structure, assign a navigational relationship between the files and represent the navigational relationship between files in a navigational structure for display to a user on an output device. The apparatus may include a memory for storing a plurality of files and a file structure. The file structure may include a plurality of hierarchical levels with at least one file per hierarchical level. The file structure defines a navigational relationship between the plurality of files where the files are the only structural elements in the file structure.

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