1. Organization Systems Schemes for organizing web sites

2. Exact Organizational Systems Alphabetical Chronological Geographical

3. Alphabetical

4. Chronological

5. Another Chronological

6. 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 organizational schemes 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.

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