N341  Notes - Site Maps  and Indexes

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Table
of
Contents


 

Site Maps

 

Site maps display the major links on large sites or all links on small sites. 

Textual
 

Graphic

 

  

Limited in number of links that can be displayed.
 

TOC

A table of contents that expands and contracts is one option that can also be used as site navigation. Combines text with hierarchy. See the IUS Computer Science site for an example.
 

Site Index

An index lists all important links alphabetically. See the IUS Faculty Web Index for an example.

 

Exercise 0

Site Map
Page Contents
Homepage.htm <a href="Ch1.htm">Chapter 1</a>
Ch1.htm  <a href="Ch2.htm">Chapter 2</a>
<a href="HW1.htm">Homework 1</a>
HW1.htm <a href="Ch1.htm">Chapter 1</a>
<a href="Hw2.htm">Homework 2</a>
Ch2.htm <a href="Ch1.htm">Chapter 1</a>
<a href="Hw2.htm">Homework 2</a>
<a href="Ch3.htm">Chapter 3</a>
HW2.htm  <a href="HW1.htm">Homework 1</a>
<a href="Ch2.htm">Chapter 2</a>
<a href="Hw3.htm">Homework 3</a>
Ch3.htm <a href="Ch2.htm">Chapter 2</a>
<a href="HW3.htm">Homework 3</a>
HW3.htm <a href="Ch2.htm">Chapter 2</a>
<a href="Hw2.htm">Homework 2</a>
  • Create a graphical site map of the above table.
  • Create a better organization as a table of contents site map.

 

Help Systems

 

 

General Help

Web sites may supply help for the general situations, in many cases it fulfills the same purpose as a site map or index. See the text site help page or the Microsoft site for examples of general or site wide help systems.
 

Specific Help

Help on specific topics or context sensitive help generally offers limited assistance on a limited topic. Use the title tag to display context help almost anywhere. The red text and the table have titles for limited help.

Use the title tag to <a href="" title="Even more help">display context help</a> almost anywhere.

Another method of adding help is through rollover control with CSS, see Chapter 6 notes.