RE: request for sample page structure analyses

DaveP, trying to visualise it, since its not accessible.
And adding vocabulary to Al's description.

    ** Bush site structure
    
    Site:
    
    http://www.georgewbush.com/
    

    Topics addressed in this outboard right-most panel include
    - affinity groups (African Americans [for George W Bush] etc.)
    - ads for disaster relief (contributes to the 'we are in an 
    emergency' feel)
    - 'volunteer of the day' bio for high-touch feeling
    - 'quick vote' invites people to indicate opinions on 
    current issues (but watch out if you do, the site gets in 
    your face to do what they want if you do this).

Guesses:
  Section, i.e. lesser than main body content. 
  Also contains advertisement and text blocks.

    There is a cut within the left-hand larger region left from 
    the first cut which pares off just a narrow region at the 
    top of the window frame for tasks.
text blocks. (If I understand what  a 'task' is Al?)


   There are links to tasks 
    known as "Blog, Party, Action Center, Vote Early, W stuff." 
Secondary navigation

    And then there is an inline task to give your email address 
    and subscribe to campaign bulletins by email. The latter 
    looks like and is placed like the search function on a normal page.

If its a submission, I'd call it a form, rather than a searchbox.
    
    
    There is a horizontal cut separating a top section 
    providing site identification with a picture of the 
    candidate doing something attractive.
header? I'm lost by now Al.
    
    Then there is a vertical cut separating off a pane at the 
    left margin for text links From a content region to its right.
secondary navigation.


    
    
    Inside the navbar there is a topic tree in the visual presentation.
secondary navigation, or is this primary?


    This is all done with presentation effects, not structural code.
Which is what we asked for, i.e. visual, not structural.

    
    The content region has a horizontal cut through it that 
    splits off a tabs area at the top,
primary navigation.

    
    In the region under the tabs on the home page there is a 
    vertical cut between two almost equal width columns.

What I called 'content' or body content, and Dave rightly queried.


    
    The left-most of these two columns is slightly wider and 
    news-oriented. It starts off with a 'latest pictures' 
    section followed by a 'latest headlines' section of links 
    to news stories.
    These are made into strongly identified pictorial rectangles.
So its a mix of text blocks and images.


    
    There is a search tool but it is relegated to the foot of 
    the left navigation bar.
searchbox.

No footer Al?

    ** Kerry site structure
    
    Site:
    
    http://www.johnkerry.com/
    
(I can get to this one, or at least
http://www.johnkerry.com/index.html
    

  The first cut is a horizontal cut across the full width of the  
   window.
dp. Header, containing logo and  form.



Again the search tool has been pushed off the top line to the foot of the left nav bar.
left panel, secondary links and searchbox.



 But here the signup task is above the others, which are presented in 'tab' graphics. 

Primary navigation.




Here there are a classic three columns with a narrow column of text links summarizing the site map on the left,
Secondary navigation.


 a larger column in the middle
My 'content' / body content. 


 and a middle-sized column filled with feature thumbnails on the right.

Secondary links,
images,
text blocks
and ...
I don't know.
Its a pull down menu, which after selection activates a link?
I'd call it secondary navigation, with a different implementation?





The main pane 
Text blocks,
images,
secondary navigation.


The only item I hadn't got was the pull down list with jump
on select. Since its navigation, I'd be happy with secondary
navigation.

And Al's use of task for a user action.
They generalise what I had as form and searchbox.


I think the vocabulary we came up with still matches these
two sites Al?

regards DaveP




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Received on Tuesday, 26 October 2004 07:17:55 UTC