(Event) (OSCMS 2007) Site Structuring and Navigation in Drupal

OSCMS 2007: Site Structuring and Navigation in Drupal

Options for structure & hierarchy. strengths and weaknesses. users see pages, drupal sees menu callbacks modules define the menu_hook, which lets you define callbacks at urls. menu callbacks don’t necessarily reflect the structure that your users see on the site; don’t always relate to what users see on the site. 

Pages: How are they arranged? 
Traditionally in drupal: open and flexible. has this been a problem?

 

Hierarchy of pages is not the only option. others:

  • Chronologically (day/month/whatever)

  • Tags

  • Related pages (done a lot on amazon: “you may also like…”)

  • Rirectory/index

  • Browsing alphabetically

  • Tag clouds

 

no “folder” concept in drupal. some other cmses are pretty strongly based on the file/folder metaphor, ie plone.

Navigational Elements:

*nix shell = open sea, no navigational elements
web = city. people are surrounded by environment/context.

 

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