[Sigia-l] Sitemaps

Thu Oct 2 03:28:32 EDT 2008

Hi,

Thanks both for your response... thats really interesting and seemingly
there is something I can add to sitemaps.  I don't surpose you have any
generic examples I could look at, maybe off list?  It would really help to
visualise what you are saying.

Cheers,

Chris

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:53 AM, Eric Reiss <elr at e-reiss.com> wrote:

> We've always created sitemaps (boxes and arrows) with three distinct
> sections:
>
> 1 - the big sitemap with a home page box (0.0) and all the rest of the
> hierarchy.
>
> 2 - global navigation (stuff that's on each page and is important, e.g.
> search, contact, home). We label these functions as x.1, x.2 etc. "x"
> represents EVERY page.
>
> 3 - secondary navigation (stuff that generally only shows up in the
> footer, but is still on each page (privacy policy, mail to webmaster,
> legal disclaimer, etc.). We label these functions as x.3, x.4 etc.
>
> Special redundant links from the home page to highlighted content that
> is already present in the main sitemap is diagramed as "staff positions"
> leading off the home page (this is org chart vocabulary).
>
> We don't sitemap page-specific contextual navigation.
>
> BTW, we haven't used Visio or other "drawing" tools for years. Our
> sitemaps are now strictly Word outlines. Fast to make and edit; easy to
> understand.
>
> Over the years, we've reduced our reliance on wireframes to a minimum as
> clients don't generally understand them and tech integrators
> occasionally want something more substantial in the way of
> documentation. In fact today, our wireframes are often hand-drawn
> sketches. AJAXy functions trigger a new hand-drawn wireframe to create a
> kind of storyboard.
>
> Cheers,
> Eric Reiss
> CEO
> The FatDUX Group
> www.fatdux.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On
> Behalf Of Juan Ruiz
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 01:30 AM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Sitemaps
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> I've had the same challenges as you described in your email. If I were
> to put all the links coming out of a page on the sitemap, the document
> will become a mess with all the lines connecting all over the place.
>
> I decided then, for each sitemap, I add extra information that will help
> represent how the navigation flow is (because the user can move and jump
> from page to page). Besides the sitemap, I document the unique templates
> (page templates that are being re-used on the CMS) and then I create a
> navigation flow, which represents the various navigation systems the
> website will have (top navigation, search & selectors, other navigation
> classification, etc) and how the user will move from page to page.
>
> With this information, the sitemap document becomes more robust, and
> helps to visualize how all pages will be connected directly or
> indirectly on the website.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Regards,
>
> -Juan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On
> Behalf Of Chris Wright
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 12:19 AM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Sitemaps
>
> I'm getting confused over the true purpose of a sitemap when displaying
> an
> organisation of information.
>
> I draw site maps to show how the pages/entities or organised logically.
> i.e. about us, work we do, and contact us are under the homepage.
>
> however my global navigation will just show about us, and work we do...
> not
> contact us.  i use wireframes to show this.
>
> however i would like to have a diagram that shows that on a particular
> page
> cross links to other pages.  the wireframes could do it, the site map
> won't
> ... is there something i can use to show this organisation?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
>
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