Site Structure When confronted with a new and complex information system, users build mental models. They use these models to assess relations among topics and to guess where to find things they haven’t seen before. The success of the organization of your web site will be determined largely by how well your site’s information architecture matches your users’ expectations. Figure 3.1 — Don’t make a confusing web of links. The browse functionality of your site Once you have created your site in outline form, analyze its ability to support browsing by testing it interactively, both within the site development team and with small groups of real users. Web sites with too shallow an information hierarchy depend on massive menu pages that can degenerate into a confusing laundry list of unrelated information. Figure 3.2 — Examples of the “Goldilocks problem” in getting the site structure “just right.” If your web site is actively growing, the proper balance of menus and content pages is a moving target. Webs
Greasemonkey "grease monkey" Slang. A mechanic, especially one who works on motor vehicles or aircraft. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. "Greasemonkey" Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension which lets you to add bits of DHTML ("user scripts") to any Web page to change its behavior. mozdev.org Gist: Web readers use scripts to change Web pages Implication: No bad Web pages! A user script is a set of JavaScript instructions that your Web browser runs just before it shows you a Web page. Isn't a Web page a pre-set document that my browser simply shows me? Why do that? Give Me An Example The 9-year old son of Prakash Kailasa, a Greasemonkey developer, was preparing for a spelling bee. But JavaScript? Since most people have neither the time or desire to complicate their lives with JavaScript, you should browse the Greasemonkey script repository. Book Burro Facilitates shopping for books by listing prices from competitors. Other Initiatives Date: June 2005
Information Architecture 101: Techniques and Best Practices By Cameron Chapman Information architecture (IA) is an often-overlooked area of website design. Too often, as designers, we just let the CMS we’re using dictate how content for a site is organized. But too often, a website’s content breaks the boundaries of most CMSs. This guide covers the fundamentals of information architecture for organizing website content. Information Architecture Design Patterns There are a number of different IA design patterns[1] for effective organization of website content. Single Page The first pattern is the single page model. Flat Structure This information structure puts all the pages on the same level. Index Page A main page with subpages is probably the most commonly seen website IA pattern. Strict Hierarchy Pattern Some websites use a strict hierarchy of pages for their information design. Co-Existing Hierarchies Pattern As an alternative to the strict hierarchy, there’s also the option of co-existing hierarchies. Image by Al Abut You are not your user. L.L.
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Kamu Kurumları İnternet Sitesi Kılavuzu e-Dönüşüm Türkiye Projesi 2005 Eylem Planı’nda 38 nolu “Kamu Kurumları İnternet Sitesi Kılavuzunun Hazırlanması” eylemine yer verilmiştir. TÜBİTAK Marmara Araştırma Merkezi sorumluluğunda Ağustos 2005’te başlayan çalışmalar tamamlanarak 2006 yılının ilk yarısında bu kılavuz hazırlanmıştır. Kılavuzun temel amacı, kamu kurumları internet sitelerinde sunulması gereken asgari içeriğin ve sunum şekillerinin belirlenmesidir. Ortaya çıkan kılavuz kamu kurumları internet sitelerinin sağlaması gereken asgari içeriği tanımlamakta, bunun yanında bu sitelerin en geniş kitlelerce erişilebilir olması amacıyla site tasarımına dönük öneriler içermektedir. Herhangi bir kamu kurumu, özel sektörden farklı olarak, genelde ilgili olduğu alanda hizmetin alınabileceği yegane kurumdur. Kamu kurumlarının internet siteleri için de durum farklı değildir. Geniş erişilebilirlik düzeyini sağlamak bazı noktalardan ödün vermeyi gerektirebilecektir. 1.1. Kılavuz sekiz ana başlık altında toplanmıştır. 1.2. 1.3. 2.1. 2.2.
How I Structure Site Content For the last few weeks we’ve been looking at information architecture. First with 8 principles of usability and then with some thoughts about setting up your site structure so search engines could find and understand your content. When I started I promised I would offer my own process for setting up the content structure on a site. First here are those other posts about information architecture to get you caught up in case you missed any. Bear in mind that much of what follows is the process I use when I have complete control over the information on a site. My process with structuring a client’s site will end up being a little different than what’s described here, though I’ll follow as much of the process below as the client allows. My Process When it’s entirely up to me what content will be included on a site and how that content will be organized I run through the same process. BrainstormOrganizePruneReviseCreate files and folder structureThink about navigation Brainstorming Organizing
Examples of Successful Website Layouts Updated September 23, 2007 Successful website layouts depend on many variables including consistent navigation, proper balance, use of space, and clear delivery of content. Below are examples of successful layouts in a variety of industries. Mini USA The U.S. site for the Mini Cooper cars is a great example of well-executed flash work, mainly because the flash doesn’t get in the way of the goal of the site. With the main area of the home page dedicated to one feature, the user isn’t overwhelmed with content. Well-named consistent navigation, drop-down menus and quick links to the mini models make the site easy to navigate. Veerle’s Blog The blog for this graphic designer and illustrator, focused on XHTML, CSS, and design tips, is an attractive example of web 2.0 design. Lightroom Architecture and New Media The layout for this architecture and design firm does a good job of breaking out of the column and box design of many websites.
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Current Work (updated monthly) See What We're Working On – Accessibility Activities and Publications DPUB-ARIA and DPUB-AAM are now Web Standards (W3C Recommendations) (2025-Jun-12) Digital Publishing WAI-ARIA Module 1.1 (DPUB-ARIA) and Digital Publishing Accessibility API Mappings 1.1 (DPUB-AAM) are now web standards (W3C Recommendations). For Review: Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile) — First Draft Note (2025-May-06) Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications is available as a first Draft Note. WCAG 2.1 published with minor technical fixes W3C published an update that addresses minor technical issues in the December 2024 publication of WCAG 2.1. The changes are listed in the Change Log section of WCAG 2.1. WCAG 2.2 in Brazilian Portuguese – Authorized Translation Published (2025-Mar-27) Other translations of WAI resources are listed in All WAI Translations. WCAG 2.2 in French – Authorized Translation Published (2025-Mar-17) (2025-Mar-06) (2025-Jan-21)
Information Architecture: Enhancing the User Experience | Webdes Defined as ‘the structural design of shared information environments’, information architecture focuses on bringing the principles of architectural design to the online world. Just like the blueprints of a dream home or the outline of a well-written article, good website structure organizes information in a way that enhances the user experience and delivers pertinent information as quickly as possible. In fact, most website visitors only become aware of information architecture when it is poor and stops them from finding the information they require. Read on for more details and a case study. Why Is It Important? Even an optimized site with sleek design and compelling copy can fall flat without sound information architecture. For example, Starbucks offers two free hours of Wi-Fi in their cafes with your registered Starbucks card, but the actual process of registering and getting online is so confusing, it’s enough to send you to the competition. Case Study – Vancouver Bike Repair 1. 2. 3.
Page Navigation for Visitor Friendly Sites and Stickiness In the small image, and again in this larger one, you see tabbed type buttons at the TOP of the page for navigation. This is not a feature on most wordpress blog themes. You must look for it. Some, as is shown in the image, also allow dropdown of child pages for sub-page navigation. In other words, you might have a main page called "About Us" with child pages for contact info, individual agents, etc. I recommend that you use top page navigation, as it helps to create a much easier navigation structure for your visitors:Though category links and page links/buttons can be placed in your sidebars (see the first right sidebar in this image), many site visitors look to the top first.If not familiar with blogs, many site visitors will not understand how to use the category links to find what they want, nor understand the category pages.You can have all types of navigation in the sidebar, and even use "redirection" to point pages to categories using the top page tabs.
CSS-Based Navigation Menus: Modern Solutions | CSS | Smashing Ma Advertisement Navigation menus have to be intuitive, precise and easy-to-use. One simple, basic principle, which is common for all kinds of nav bars you would ever want to use for your projects. In fact, navigation menu is probably the most important element in web design: after all, it is being used more often than any other element on a given page. Therefore it’s important to make sure that your visitors will find they way around the site structure – however complex the latter might be. So how do designers cope with a challenging task to create an attractive and usable menu? Below you’ll find 53 beautiful and user-friendly Navigation Menus and solutions web-designers came up with using basic CSS styling. PS: Over the last few months we’ve reviewed CSS-Based Techniques1, CSS-Based Forms2 and CSS-Based Tables3 and CSS-Based Footers4 (yes, some of these techniques use not only CSS, but also JavaScript and PHP). CSS-Based Navigation Menus 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. notiam.com11 8. 9. 11. 12. 13.
Are You Ready to Build a Website? This is a guest post by Doug Bond, the online marketing director for Andy’s Web Tools. As a small business owner, launching a new website can seem overwhelming. Many questions need to be asked, and it’s difficult to know if you’re ready to begin the building process. Here are 10 questions to help guide you through the thought process – knowing the answers to these questions will help make sure you’re prepared to begin your Web project. 1. You should build your website with a goal in mind. 2. Your website cannot be everything to everyone. 3. Determine what your customers are seeking and then make this information easy to find on the site. 4. Think about the questions customers ask most often and consider how you can make this information visually appealing on the site. 5. The design of your site should reflect the mission, vision and culture of your company. 6. Make sure you have your site set up in way that is easy for you to manage. 7. 8. Your domain name is important. 9. 10.
XHTML XHTML (Extensible HyperText Markup Language) is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely used Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the language in which web pages are written. While HTML (prior to HTML5) was defined as an application of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), a very flexible markup language framework, XHTML is an application of XML, a more restrictive subset of SGML. Because XHTML documents need to be well-formed, they can be parsed using standard XML parsers—unlike HTML, which requires a lenient HTML-specific parser. XHTML 1.0 became a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendation on January 26, 2000. Overview[edit] XHTML 1.0 is "a reformulation of the three HTML 4 document types as applications of XML 1.0".[3] The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) also continues to maintain the HTML 4.01 Recommendation, and the specifications for HTML5 and XHTML5 are being actively developed. Motivation[edit] Relationship to HTML[edit] Adoption[edit]
Svg Editor Demo [JS] - inEvo Labs Here at inEvo.pt we have been working hard on ColaDI (site soon). This is a project that will innovate in Design Content Management and Collaboration, adding real-time collaboration and discussion, 2D and 3D retrieval and web-based content management interface. An essential part of design collaboration is the means to draw and edit graphical content. As the past post on our Labs showed, we are working on a Javascript (GWT) SVG Editor. We are presenting a short demo video and a live demo so you can try it out. This library (pure svg editor, just SVG and JS on the browser) was built with GWT so you can add it to your GWT projects or just use it as Javascript on other frameworks. If you have a project that could benefit from this, please contact us. Without further ado, here is the demo video. Now for the Live Demo! Just some information first of what it can do for now: Enables some primitive creation like freehand drawing, rectangles and circle. If you notice some bugs, please let us know.