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.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for inferring navigational hierarchy for a web site from an existing file hierarchy having one or more HTML files. The method includes inferring a navigational hierarchy for a web site from physical relationships between the HTML files stored in the existing file hierarchy. The method may include ordering the HTML files according to the navigational hierarchy for manipulation by a web site construction tool and displaying the ordered HTML files in a tree structure or an organizational chart structure indicative of the navigational hierarchy for the web site. The existing file hierarchy may include a directory and one or more sub-directories each including one or more HTML files. The method may include creating an initial level in the navigational hierarchy for all HTML files in the directory. Each file in the initial level includes a link to a next sequential file physically located in the file hierarchy that is assigned to the initial level of the navigational hierarchy.