RE: [WSG] matter of Semantics

2005-12-08 Thread Paul Noone 
That just sounds like ignorance to me but perhaps they'd be more comfortable
with Table of Contents, given that most site maps are nothing more than this
anyway? 

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I've been thinking what should be the best term for Sitemap coz I've had
some clients asking me if they are gonna have in that section a localization
map.

Probably the best term would be Index, what do you guys think?

Gerardo Chairez



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Re: [WSG] matter of Semantics

2005-12-08 Thread Donna 
Unless your site is about physical location, stick with 'site map' 
- many (not all of course) users will understand it to be a 
structural representation of the current website.

It sounds like your clients aren't heavy web users, which is fine. 
You might just need to explain that the terminology is quite 
common and many people will know what it is.

Of course, what you may really need to do is consider whether you 
need a site map ;)

An index is a different thing entirely - usually a listing of the 
site, not in hierarchical form. The most common type of index is 
alphabetical, but you can do other types of index.

I have a website that does list out 'sites' - it is for a market, 
and people can book their site. That was interesting to label.

Donna



On Thu Dec 08 17:40:14 PST 2005, Gerardo Chairez [Addictive 
Media] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 
 I've been thinking what should be the best term for Sitemap coz 
 I've
 had some clients asking me if they are gonna have in that section 
 a
 localization map.
 
 Probably the best term would be Index, what do you guys think?
 
 Gerardo Chairez