Website Navigation

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Website Navigation
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Objectives

• Page quality
• Understanding website navigation
• Create site map using ASP.NET

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Page and Site Quality

• Googles guideline
• Relevant and original content
• Transparency
• Navigability
• Why page quality is important?

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Navigability

• Making it easy for users to find what they're
  looking for
• Ways to improve navigability
• Make a site with a clear hierarchy and text links
• Offer a site map to your users with links that
  point to the important parts of your site
• Create a useful, information-rich site, and write
  pages that clearly and accurately describe your
  content.
• Think about the words users would type to find
  your pages, and make sure that your site actually
  includes those words within it.
• Try to use text instead of images to display
  important names, content, or links

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ASP.NET Navigation

• It defines the navigation structure of the
  website (XML site map)
• It uses the site map information to display a
  users current position and to allow the user to
  move from one place to another

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Defining a Site Map

• Need to create Web.sitemap object
• Select from VS Website - Add New Item - Site
  Map
• Every page is represented by a
  element
• Example
• our company" url"aboutus.aspx" /

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is Hierarchical

• Pages usually have hierarchical structure
• Examples
• about our products"
• description"Camping Gear"
• url"product1.aspx" /
• description"Cycling Gear"
• url"product2.aspx" /

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Duplicate URLs are not allowed

• You cannot create two site map nodes with the
  same URL

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Summary of the Properties for Site Map

• Every page is represented by a
  element
• is Hierarchical
• Duplicate URLs are not allowed

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Steps to Create a Website with a Site Map

• Design your site structure and have file name for
  each page
• Create a Web.sitemap object. (You need the names
  of the pages.)
• Create a Master page associated with the site map
• Create each web page. Make sure you select master
  page for each new page you create.