This month we are moving into the next phase of designing your site flowchart. I know you can't wait to get into the actual design, but this type of pre-planning will save you hours of time. A well-organized flowchart will be your guide to your site navigation, make sure when you design your navigation that you have room for all the expansion that you are likely to make in the future. A good idea is to use a different colored pen to identify future pages. Here is an example of a basic flowchart.
Difficult navigation is one of the top reasons for leaving a site.
Obviously you can change the titles to suit your product or service. Try and keep them short and brief. In future issues of the newsletter we will be discussing ways of providing better descriptions and links to pages within your site. There is no limit to the size of your flowchart. If you are having difficulty getting all the information on one page, break it down into levels and make a separate page for each level.