Definitions
General Policy
Policy Authority
Right to Use University Resources
Approval
of New Sites
Required Elements
Off-Campus Vendors
Personal Pages
Security
Servers
and URLs
Responsibilities of Server Administrators
American's with Disabilities Act Compliance
University Templates
Validating
and Testing
Web Design Tips
Web Design Tips
Organization
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Users will typically come to your Web site with some question in mind.
And typically the answer to that question will not be printed in bold caps on your homepage. The answer is two or three levels down, deep inside your site. Users will have to navigate your site to find that answer. That is where your site's organization system comes in. |
A Web site's organization system (also referred to as its architecture, or navigational system) consists of the headings and links that take users from your homepage through your site's sub-pages to the information they need. There are many different ways to organize a Web site:
- By topic
- By task
- By audience
- Hierarchically
- Alphabetically
- Geographically
- Chronologically
- Sequentially
If you are creating a very large site, you may want to use several types of organization systems to meet the needs of different types of users. However in most cases, it is best to choose one type of overall organization system and then stick with it.
Elements of Organization
Homepages
Sub-Pages
Headings
Links
