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Information Architecture is a diagram of the structure and organization of content. The objective of a information architecture diagram is not to provide a full-blown navigational specification; this level of detail is best kept in other documents, where it is less likely to confuse and distract.

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Generating a Visual Site Map of an Existing Site

I thought I could easily answer this question by searching the web, but my Google-fu has failed me. So I turn to you, oh mighty stackoverflowers, and beseech you for enlightenment: What is the quickest and best way to generate a visual site map…
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Hiding posts of some categories in index page in octopress?

I have created a blog using octopress, I have made a dummy link instead of a page and pointed it to posts of some categories by editing the navigationbar :
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File Structure / Architecture for AJAX Site?

I'm building a site using ajax and am trying to decide where to put the files that supply the data for the ajax requests. For example, I am going to have a .js file that can be included in a page that will create country/state select boxes. I will…
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Designing a Sitecore tree to store more than 1Mn items

I have 300+ "Category" (Can go into 4 sub levels) items and 1Mn+ "Product Items" to be stored in the Sitecore database. I am designing the Sitecore content tree. I am considering two options, Option1 - Model as "Category" --> Sub category .... -->…
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Displaying a TON of images with jquery

I am about to embark on a jquery journey I have not ever done. I will be developing a site that has one objective : to display over 300 uncategorized images (artwork). I'm just trying to think about the best way to go about displaying all these…
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SEO: One Medium-Size Page or Multiple Small-Size Pages

Is it recommended / advisable to separate a medium-size page into multiple pages for (potential) SEO benefits? One example is I need to design a new product tour section, which describes about 5 different features. So, the choices are: Combine all…
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What is information architecture? (What) has it to do with programming?

I've came accross this concept several times and did not find a clear explanation. What is it? What has it to do with programming? What has it to do with what we (software engineeers / programmers) call architecture? How can it help me? How can I…
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Need Help Planning Architecture for Categorization Connundrum

I have more of a "what-would-you-do" question than an actual coding question. It relates to a project I am currently working on. In this project, we are tasked with combining several marketplace APIs into one interface. Each API has its own unique…
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Resources for building public information displays using HTML/CSS?

I would like to displays schedules, maps and other informations on displays in a building for visitors. These displays would provide at most mouse input but no keyboard. Ten years ago this was the domain of Macromedia Director but today I believe…
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backwards compatibility 301

The company has 2 domains. The legacy (Domain A) site is currently live and it was cloned from Site B, which was on a different domain. Site B was live for 4 months before abruptly being pulled. Site A had been placed as subdomain on that host and…
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SEO-friendly URL design for filtering a resource in Rails 3

I need to implement some SEO-friendly sort methods for a resource in Rails 3. This is what I'm considering doing for collections: /things # shows all things /things/popular # shows all things ordered by…
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How Are The StackExchange Tiles Layout Generated Programmatically

On the homepage of StackExchange there is a really well organised set of tiles that shows a huge amount of information in a neatly laid out structure for all of the sites under the stack umbrella. How was this created programmatically?
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What's the best way to retrieve this data?

The architecture for this scenario is as follows: I have a table of items and several tables of forms. Rather than having the forms own the items, the items own the forms. This is because one item can be on several forms (although only one of each…
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HTML Document Naming for site sub-pages in sub-directories

I'm working on a site redesign, and part of the task at hand is the structure of the site. Currently the site uses a CMS called Kintera that gives tragically unusable URLs (the site is http://www.helpcurenow.org). Part of the initial strategy we are…
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Showing Access Rights to end users.. should I? shouldn't I?

when using Requirement Management application, some ppl say, dont show your users, those areas which are not accessible for them or no permission, only show the accessible section... It doesnt sound good to me, what do you guys think?
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