[Sigia-l] landing page vs. no landing page

[NMCCRAVE at rochester.rr.com]

Hi Hilary-

Something else to consider is that if a user has JavaScript turned off, they would not see the rollover navigation (I'm assuming this is some sort of DHTML).  So, offering a landing page for each section is the only way for these folks to reach subpages aside from any additional homepage links. 

Hope this helps.

Nancy McCrave


----- Original Message -----
From: Hilary Marsh <hilary at contentcompany.biz>
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:01 pm
Subject: [Sigia-l] landing page vs. no landing page

> I hope it's okay that I ask a pedantic question. I'm not an IA, 
> but 
> sometimes on small projects do IA work in addition to my usual 
> content strategy and management services.
> 
> I'm working on the website for a nonprofit organization. The 
> organization's current site uses rollovers, so the user sees the 
> top-level nav categories but can only go to the second-level 
> content. 
> (I.e., the top-level category is "areas of interest" and when you 
> mouse over that, you see the areas -- arts, environment, etc. -- 
> "areas" is not a link but the things under it are.)
> 
> One category -- "about us," of course -- has a page labeled 
> "introduction," which is effectively the landing page for that 
> section. It's the only section that has such a page. (And why is 
> "about us" always the problem-child section, anyway? I've 
> encountered 
> this on almost every site I've worked on.)
> 
> I usually try to make navigation consistent, in that sections 
> either 
> have landing pages -- which often requires writing static fluff 
> content that no one reads or cares about -- or not have them -- 
> which 
> results in the occasional "introduction" page.
> 
> How do you all feel about this? I look forward to your input.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Hilary
> 
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