Re: [IxDA Discuss] Content inventory link ID numbering conventions
I always use 0.0 for the Home page. If there is another state of the home page (logged in, or admin user, etc.) I might use 0.1 or 0.2. Sometimes I will also give a global page a 0.x number, like Search Results, since this doesn't belong to any content category. x.0 maps to a category page. Not all category pages have children. x.x maps to a child page. Most often, I will only go to a third level if there is a process embedded in a child page, like submitting a form or completing a purchase. On rare occasions I'll go to a third level page for really specific content; I haven't ever (to my recollection) gone to a fourth level. When it comes time to wireframe each page, I might use letters to indicate different states or version of the same page. I won't say this is the only way of doing things, but it hasn't faltered in years. Dante Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Content inventory link ID numbering conventions
I'm a bit green yet with actually producing this stuff myself, but Dante's method sounds like what I use. However, I am finding myself at a loss on how to treat global details, such as top navigation, footer, user login box, etc. when their level of detail requires a separate page. Right now I have them listed as the 0.x pages, but that doesn't seem quite on target, as they're not really subsections of (0.0) Home. Scott On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Elizabeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Dante, it's always good to know which methods and variations have been tried and tested! -- 'Life' plus 'significance' = magic. ~ Grant Morrison Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Content inventory link ID numbering conventions
I do content inventories much the same way as Dante does, it sounds like. The homepage is 0.0, the top-level category pages are 1.0, 2.0, and so on, and pages below those are numbered as children. I've gone as deep as five or six levels using this system, and it works fine, even if it leads to some cumbersome numbers. And on the same principle as the one Dante describes, where the root of the site is a global 0, I number the utility navigation elements (Contact Us, Sitemap, and the like) as 0.x. This applies even if there are child pages underneath--so for example, if Contact Us is page 0.2, department-specific contact pages underneath it would be 0.2.1, 0.2.2, etc. I've tried out different approaches to numbering in content inventories, and this one is the one that makes the most sense to others who have to use the inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29259 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Content inventory link ID numbering conventions
I do content inventories much the same way as Dante does, it sounds like. The homepage is 0.0, the top-level category pages are 1.0, 2.0, and so on, and pages below those are numbered as children. I've gone as deep as five or six levels using this system, and it works fine, even if it leads to some cumbersome numbers. And on the same principle as the one Dante describes, where the root of the site is a global 0, I number the utility navigation elements (Contact Us, Sitemap, and the like) as 0.x. This applies even if there are child pages underneath--so for example, if Contact Us is page 0.2, department-specific contact pages underneath it would be 0.2.1, 0.2.2, etc. I've tried out different approaches to numbering in content inventories, and this one is the one that makes the most sense to others who have to use the inventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=29259 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Content inventory link ID numbering conventions
Hello! Not a very exciting query I'm afraid, but I'm hoping you can all help me clear up a little debate we've been having all day. * When doing a content inventory, is there a correct (standard) way to number the sections starting from the home page?* According to most sources [1] it appears to be 1.0, but then each option from the primary navigation seems a little lost and the numbering scheme seems to get excessively complex on account of this extra digit; the alternative of course being to label the home page 0 and then each main menu option 1, 2, 3 and so on [eg. 2] and some include a letter [eg. 3]. *There also seems to be some variation between the number of digits used; does a 4 digit number imply a 3rd or 4th level page? Is a 0 on the end understood to mean there are child pages? (though this seems to force some unnatural numbering). * eg. 1.0 Home 1.1 *(or 1.1.0?)* Activities 1.1.1 *(or 1.1.1.0)* Flying 1.1.1.1 *(or ...)* Handgliding 1.1.1.1.1 Tandem 1.1.1.1.2 Solo 1.1.1.2 Parapenting 1.1.1.2.1 Tandem 1.1.1.2.2 Solo 1.1.2 Diving 1.2 Bookings *Also, is there a specific way to treat the secondary navegation options such as contact and site map? I figure this is where an initial letter maybe useful.* I know there are a lot of articles about this, but they all seem to skim over this point or say something different. Seeing as we've got a few redesigns on the horizon, I'd rest easier if I knew we'd got off to a good start! Many thanks Elizabeth [1] http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2001/10/fraser/ To create the IDs, I start by giving every page on the site-wide navigation its own number. Home, for instance, stands alone at the top level of the site. Its number is 1.0. At the next level, you might find About the Company, Products, and Customer Service. These would be numbered 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0, respectively. Within the Products section, the Applications top page would be 1.1.1.0 and the Service Products top page would be 1.1.2.0. If there were five Service Products content pages below that, they would be 1.1.2.1, 1.1.2.2, 1.1.2.3, and so on. http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/site_diagrams_mapping_an_information_space 1.0 Home 1.1 Who We Are 1.1.1 Our History 1.1.2.Our Staff 1.1.2.1–1.1.2.8 Staff Bios 1.2 What We Do 1.2.1 Products 1.2.2 Services [2] http://www.gdoss.com/web_info/CAPTUS_site_ias.pdf http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/40.php (Note. I'm not entirely sure this article is saying the home is 0, but it seems to be). [3] http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/re_architecting_peoplesoft_com_from_the_bottom_up Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
