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Organization Systems

Organization Systems. Schemes for organizing web sites. Exact Organizational Systems. Alphabetical Chronological Geographical. Alphabetical. Chronological. Another Chronological. Geographical. Geographical. 4 Valuable Ambiguous Organizational Schemes. Topical Task oriented

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Organization Systems

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  1. Organization Systems Schemes for organizing web sites

  2. Exact Organizational Systems • Alphabetical • Chronological • Geographical

  3. Alphabetical

  4. Chronological

  5. Another Chronological

  6. Geographical

  7. Geographical

  8. 4 Valuable Ambiguous Organizational Schemes • Topical • Task oriented • Audience specific • Metaphor driven • Hybrid schemes

  9. Topical • A topical scheme organizes items by subjects. Most websites provide some types of topical access.

  10. Topical - items by subject • www. usatoday.com

  11. Task-oriented • Task-oriented schemes organize content into a collection of functions, services, or tasks.

  12. Audience specific • A bank might have navigation for individuals, small businesses, and for corporations.

  13. Task oriented & audience specific

  14. Metaphor driven

  15. Hybrid schemes • These can combine multiple organizational schemes, but, unless the schemes are physically separated confusion will result. • For example, topical links could appear in a horizontal bar at the top and a left-handed bar could be task-oriented.

  16. Hybrid schemes • Topical links relating to merchandise are at the top. • Above the topical links is a task oriented bar – your account, etc.

  17. Hybrid scheme • Additional task-oriented links are located at the bottom of the Nordstrom site.

  18. Hybrid –Topical & Tasks oriented

  19. Database tasks structure – with topical schemes

  20. Questions: Name the organizational scheme in each of the following examples: • The yellow pages in a US book • A stock brokerage home page that gives users the following options: getting a stock quote; buying, selling, or searching a stock; and reviewing their portfolio.

  21. Questions: Name the organizational scheme in each of the following examples: • A home page for a tile manufacturer that has links for customers, retailers, distributors, and suppliers. • A music-CD retailing site offering selections in Rock, Pop, Country, and Western, Jazz, and Classical. • An interior designer’s site up as a well-appointed home, with different rooms displaying available services and a portfolio of previous projects.

  22. What is the organizationalschemes of the following: • http://www.ipl.org/ • http://www.richlandcollege.edu/ • http://www.cnn.com/

  23. eCampus Assignment • After reviewing and answering the questions on this Organizational Schemes PPT, • What are the tasks and topics for your client’s web sites? • What organizational system would work best for your client’s website? • Explain why the system you’ve selected will work best.

  24. For more information: • http://www.sitepoint.com/article/information-architecture • http://www.amazon.com/Information-Architecture-Designers-Structuring-Websites/dp/2880467314

  25. Credit • http://www.prenhall.com/mccracken/

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