Questions tagged [information-architecture]
Semantic structure of information within a website, desktop application etc.
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Multiple Contact Us forms and how to handle them
What is the best approach to organize multiple forms? Simple websites might only have 1 contact form for any type of questions.
However, some sites have contact forms for difference users. For ...
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What to do when process diagrams become too big?
I use process flow diagrams and find that the value they provide – the ability to scan, parse, and understand a system – starts to diminish when they become too big and unwieldy.
Can anyone suggest ...
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Is too many options to accomplish the same task good or bad for user interface?
For example, In order to design a event log, I provide users multiple ways to sort out the log entries they want to find out: search box, tagging system, category tabs.
The ultimate goal for users is ...
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When is redirecting to a “Success” page necessary?
When is it necessary to redirect a user to another page after submitting a form versus just being on the same page but with a "success" message on top?
Is this appropriate for small forms like "...
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Building trust on a high-value e-commerce site
I'm going to design an information architecture for an online diamond jewelry shop with focus on a diamond ring configurator for a project at university.
A questionnaire has identified these customer ...
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Information Architecture for Widgets - how do I organise my content?
Apologies if this should be a 'Content Strategy' question... anyway, I am involved in a project that is multi-platform and will have both mobile phone and tablet components (not identical). I will ...
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How to visually show Information Architecture of a website?
I am working on a school project to analyze the existing information architecture of a website and then redesign it (I have been referring to this slide).
I came up with a site map which shows the ...
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Content Strategy to Avoid Duplicated Pages
I'm working with a client on a website redevelopment project where the site in question targets two main end user types, lets call them 'Business-A' and 'Business-B'.
EDIT
Apologies; I failed to ...
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Information Architecture for a Blog [closed]
I am about to re-design an existing blog for a company and I have a very good flexibility in terms of layout-design and IA.
There are many galleries to get some inspiration for the design part, but ...
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navigation menu for not an ordinary site content
Most of my past projects are rather simple in terms of navigation. A simple dropdown menu (Superfish, for instace) works with most of them.
Now I have a project that requires content to be separated ...
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How to clearly display automated auction bids
I am currently working on a small Auction site. On this Auction are items and on the item's "Details" page displays a list of bids on the item descending from the amount, so the "active bid" will be ...
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Which layer to end tree test on?
I'm doing a Tree Test on a product that runs embedded software. I am faced with a dilemma on how to design the tree and where to have the designated "correct response" be. I am using Optimal Workshop (...
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How to create a task flow after scenario?
I am trying to create a user experience design for ATM users. These users are semi-literate. I have created a Design strategy, Persona and Scenario. My next step is to create a Task flow and then ...
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Semantics: Shop vs. Store Label
You're browsing a micro-site about the latest basketball shoe. You want to buy the basketball shoe and other accessories (e.g. headbands, socks, etc.) on the site. Shop is a verb and implies an action ...
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Are there any references for useful forum categories?
I am involved in setting up a forum/message board site that will be used for client communications and support. I would like to plan the categories/topics that messages will be posted under.
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Navigation hierarchy: categories next to single items at the top-level
In our new product we have several pages grouped into several categories.
One of those categories is more important than the rest.
Moreover, we have relatively a small number of pages and categories (...
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Visually distinguish an index versus a single view
I think I'm having a hard time pulling this off because no one has yet done a good job of this.
Think of the home page of most blogs as the index, just a list of the latest blog posts.
When you ...
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Less frequent but relevant information more seldom or more frequent but less relevant information more often?
In a project I’m participating in we are in a crucial crossroad. We’re discussing whether it’s better to fill an intranet with information, even if it’s not directly targeted at this particular user, ...
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How should a small team approach the redesign and relaunch a large, complex intranet? [closed]
I'm embarking on a redesign of a corporate intranet. The project will likely result in a complete structural overhaul of the site. However, the project team will be relatively small.
This poses a ...
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can user-generated tags help organise a site's IA?
I am working on a project for an ecommerce website where there are multiple personas. Each persona will have a different mental model of the system so the IA is proving especially hard.
My original ...
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How to manage many level navigation before the main operation
I am designing web application which needs 4 levels to manage the flow charts which is the main purpose of the application .
The structure is something like this:
Company names - folder
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Single Page Application - In-app New Tabs
I have a table of items and when I click on an item, the details open in the same view. So, to view another item, I need to go back and click on another one.
To avoid the back and forth, I want to ...
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Tablet form design navigation: Up/down or left to right
I'm designing a long tablet form and trying to decide on the navigation. My intuition is telling me option A in the image is the right approach. It feels like one long form on one page vs. several ...
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“Starred” or “Favorited” items in an organizational app
I am designing an organizational app, and, per the specs, it has a "favorites" tag/shortcut/folder. This would exist alongside folders and tags. In your experience, is it a good idea to include "...
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Duplicate links in a navigation structure
Does anyone know of any research or studies regarding usability concerns of duplicating links within a navigation structure? When I say "duplicating links" I mean repeating a menu item within the ...
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Best set of elements in footer?
We're working on a side site for a project, which is based on WordPress. The site has posts, pages, photos and videos, most of this content is of informational nature. However, the site's intention is ...
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Very complex responsive navigation
I'm working on a redesign project that has a complex navigation, especially in the case I have to make it full responsive.
There is a navigation bar to go to several section of the site. Each section ...
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Content page prior to login screen?
Context
We have been asked by a client to have a precursor page to house some content about product and services before the login screen. As our product is B2B SaaS proposition users/employees have ...
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differentiating between groups of products that are very similar?
This is the corner I'm backed in to:
My company is releasing a new line of products that use the same hardware as our current products, but with completely different software -- a cloud based version ...
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Is paging within a scrolling banner necessary?
This is used quite extensively across the web, but I'm wondering whether it is actually necessary.
Alot of animated banners/carousels on websites use navigation or paging links so that you can jump ...
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Is it suitable to change the design of a service over time?
When designing a web service is it acceptable to change the layout over time?
For example when you first launch a service you may be introducing new concepts and relationships to the user which ...
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Documentation: one long page or several short pages
We're working on the design and organization of our documentation. The current structure is something like this:
General info on topic
specialized sub-topic 1
specialized sub-topic 2
specialized sub-...
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Selecting from a list of 200-character items [closed]
Background
I'm a product manager working on an application that allows users to send out custom email campaigns (e.g. newsletters, coupons, etc).
On our campaign edit page where the user prepares ...
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How to layout / structure a page with a long sidebar but a short content section?
Basically, I have a data table in the main content area and a filter section on the sidebar. The filter on the left serves as a filter for the data that would appear in the data table.
Now, each of ...
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Organization hierarchy vs labels
I am building a location tracking app for enterprises. An organization has hierarchy like CEO → Department Head → Region → State → City. Anyone in parent group should have visibility over all its ...
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Menu categories are both on the page and the hamburger menu.. is it redundant?
I am creating the responsive version of a website and I ran into some issue. The website has 3 main categories (say, Cat 1, Cat 2, and Cat 3).
First I thought of putting the 3 categories on the page ...
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How to best organize multiple taxonomies when the content resides on categories?
I'm working on a website about public health that has a somewhat confusing data structure. It currently opens up to a list of location categories (one-to-many) that contain a content page and a list ...
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Are these typical product pages distracting? (Aesthetics vs. UX balance)
Tradition - Information Overload?
(typical product page from a traditional e-commerce platfrom like Amazon.com)
As an average user I look at less than a third of information, and read through even ...
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Design patterns for unstructured storage and search of information
The prevalence of tags seems to have helped drive a trend towards unstructured storage of information, and instead supporting unstructured or intelligent search features to help retrieve stored ...
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Online courses: Open structure versus Closed structure
I'm building a simple course platform that uses content like articles and videos as the building blocks of the course. You have to learn the content in a chronological order to make sure you ...
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Menu Contextual Order
The application I'm working on maintains lists of timezones, countries, cities, & venues, and it allows the user to manage those lists (list/add/edit/remove) via a menu.
My initial approach was ...
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Examples of products that have 2 areas / sets of login details
Take the scenario of a Point of Sale system, like Square. There is a 'hub' account that is logged in all day from the tablet, that all employees use to make transactions.
Every employee then also ...
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Submission Forms design
I am working on a web application that allows curators or users to publish/edit articles, papers etc. They can use external services (like ArXiv etc.) to import data directly to the forms and they can ...
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Greying out or hiding information icons
I've seen a lot of posts here about greying out or hiding controls and menu items, but this question is about greying out or hiding informational icons in a selection list.
I'm curious on your ...
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Multiple-axis content access - Is three dimensions too many?
Referencing previous article: Are multiple entry points good or bad?
Our Intranet design has IA and global navigation that is currently based on locating targets along three axes. Content is sparsely ...
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Displaying a large number of tables
We're designing a search feature which returns results from many different tables.
The user searches for something and the application returns all the tables answering the search query. The user ...
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How should I handle conditional content for product listings?
I have a client who wants to have conditional content in the product catalogue of their website for each market/user base. The client has a lot of "user bases" and markets, each with different needs, ...
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Adaptative Web Design + UX deliverables
does it make sense to create UX deliverables about wireframing information design, when nowadays we are evolving to adaptive web design, with more than 2 or 3 different layouts for different devices? ...
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Careers links in mega menu
I am designing a corporate website career page. Should I use a mega menu for the career page? Here are some of the items related to the career page:
Who we are!
What we do?
Life at Our Company!
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How to show better hierarchy for inter dependent fields in a table?
[Might be an existing question, couldn't find a better match]
User scenario
I have a list view that shows column headers ( fetched from a separate table )
User has the following ability to do.
Can ...
