[Sigia-l] Site maps for web apps, vs for content sites?

[Stewart Dean]

Hi Mark

I worked on an interactive TV application not so long ago so understand what 
you mean by a button map - mine was a matrix with each button for each 
'view' covered. This was done using excel and was accompanied by a flow 
diagram / application map where each line was marked by button icons 
(limited by those on the Sky (open TV) set top box in this case. Was very 
useful as you point out.

Does show that there is no one solution for documenting functionality.

The site map on it's side is where the hirachy of the site instead of going 
form top to bottom (or top and to the right in my case)  starts at the left 
(I presume with most of use being westerners) and then goes down site levels 
as you move to the right. So a top level section page (like 'products' for 
example) will reside in the second colomn rather than the usual second row.

Cheers

Stewart Dean


>From: "Mark Richman" <markrichman at lycos.com>
>To: sigia-l at asis.org
>Subject: Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Site maps for web apps, vs for content 
>sites?
>Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:58:40 -0500
>
>Following up Annie's comment about "turning the site map on its side", I've 
>been mapping out interactions by using "button" maps, where a box 
>represents a single page (or state, if you like) and the only thing in each 
>box are the navigation buttons...such as Save, Cancel, Previous, Save and 
>Choose Another, etc...(this is a web app). To the right of each button I 
>place its destination, along with the reason(s) the user might need to use 
>this button.
>
>This allows me to get a big chunk of the flow on a single page, easily 
>locate buttons (and user intent) that I am missing, uncover extraneous 
>navigation, and makes it easier to explain to the client.
>
>I've been using this to debug ineractions and refine wizards, but it could 
>be a concise piece of documentation as well.
>
>And, exactly how does one "turn the site map on its side" anyway?
>
>Mark Richman
>
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