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E-Commerce is a growing and dynamic field. It is of special concern for the IT students. Following are the fundamental aspects of these Lecture Slides : Organization Structures, Information, Navigate, Street Structure, Hierarchy, Hypertext, Database, Strengths, Weaknesses, Hierarchical Structure
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The main organizational structures are:
A well-designed hierarchy forms good foundationfor many web sites.• The mutually exclusive subdivisions and parent-
child relationships of hierarchies are simple.
are quickly and easily understood.
model of the site’s structure and their locationwithin the site.
hierarchical categories should be mutuallyexclusive.
depth in the hierarchy.– Breadth: Be sensitive to the cognitive limits
of your user. More than ten options on themain menu can overwhelm users.
more than four or five levels, they maygive up and leave.
In hypertext systems, content chunks are connectedvia links in a loose web of relationships.Features:• Great flexibility• Substantial potential for complexity and confusion• Rarely useful as the primary structure• Often used to complement structures based on the
other two models.
Information architecture• Organization systems
Schemes
Structures
-^ Navigation systems • Labeling systems• Searching issues
Discussion of the midterm
A good navigation system:• Helps exploration/orientation
The page must indicate its location within the site.
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LLBean
Care must be given to clear directions/options.
Doing this requires anticipating the users’ needs
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