If you need to only do site maps you might want to check out
http://writemaps.com/
It is not an Omnigraffle or Visio -- it is not intended to be - but it
has a lot of features. You can add info, save versions, share, etc.
It is a project created by a guy named Scott Jehl who is doing some
great work for the jQuery community.
It is free but I am sure Scott would appreciate a donation.
Brian McLaughlin
On Mar 9, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Mike Padgett wrote:
Hi Tom,
I'm an Information Designer and I use Cmap Tools for sitemapping and
all my other ontology/taxonomy tasks.
Plus:
- It's very easy to use
- Ontology version boasts OWL/XML export
- Cross-platform, 17 languages
- Free for commercial and non-commercial use
- Great documentation
Minus:
- Fairly low-tech output
- Hefty Java back-end (included, just a bit big!)
I've used Cmap Tools extensively in the last 18 months for
sitemapping, content migration and even card sorting exercises
(albeit with pretty tech-aware users).
And it's free for personal use!
My overview:
http://www.mikepadgett.com/technology/technical/cmaptools-for-concept-mapping-and-owl-authoring/
All the links are in there. If you're interested in zooming over
there right away:
http://cmap.ihmc.us/conceptmap.html
Don't be put off by the evil homepage, these are not UX people! The
homepage was actually made with the software, though, just out of
interest.
Good luck!
Mike
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www.mikepadgett.com
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Morning,
It's been quite awhile since I've had to actually do any sitemaps.
I'm
wondering what your tool of choice is these days. I've got one to
create
myself and I'm faced with a myriad of tools at my disposal: Axure,
Illustrator, InDesign and even Visio (ugh) to name four.
I like Axure, but I don't have the wireframes in that tool.
Sitemaps have
always been such a manual labor type thing and hard to update.
Templates
make it easier but I'm wondering if I've missed any new techniques
or tools
in the last year or so.
Thanks!
Tom
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