IXD301 – Site Mapping & Content Audit

 

Site Map

Site maps provide a structure and a set of arrangements to the basis of my website ultimately allowing for a more navigatable site and an overall vision of my site’s goals and purposes. It displays all of the pages that consist inside of a domain/website and often uses a hierarchical structure. For example, in my site map as seen below, we find the home page at the top showing it is the starting ground for all other pages. It also shows us how ‘Page X’ relates ‘Group X’. It is also extremely beneficial as it can help me eliminate any unwanted/useless pages. Additionally, for larger teams, it works as a prominent source they can all work from.

 

Content Audit

Content audits help register and break down all the content that exists on a site which provides an insight into the website inventory.  This in turn can help uncover the strengths and weaknesses of a site. After completing a content audit on one of my inspirations for my portfolio website (http://ateliermisono.com/WP/about/) I decided to do the content audit of my own website on paper.

 

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