Let’s start out and define Information Architecture.One definition of Information Architecture is “the organization, labelling and structuring of data for content-based applications such as websites.” This emerging field has become more prominent in recent years as websites have grown increasing complex and users demand more friendly navigation systems. Information Architects organize content, such as text, […]
How to Create User-Focused Blogs
January 17, 2006 By
For your site to succeed, arrange the content around the user’s needs. Many novice web designers underestimate the difficulty in designing an effective site structure, especially one that will be appreciated by novice and experienced users. We are trained in childhood to retrieve data in certain ways. For example, in libraries we refer to chronological […]
Difference between Usability and Information Architecture
January 17, 2006 By
Though the terms Usability and Information Architecture are often understood to be the same thing, this is not true. Usability This tends to study a person’s ability to do (i.e. use) something, such as reading text on a webpage. Usability is not restricted to the web and is used across many industry sectors. For example, […]
What do Information Architects do?
January 17, 2006 By
An Information Architect organizes a website so that users have a better online experience. In general, their main responsibilities are to: Assign tasks to team members. The Information Architect often doubles up as the Project Manager. Capture the site’s design goals. Communicate the business objectives, such as the site’s sales targets, audience, and language requirements. […]
