Assignment 1 - Site Organization

Sunday March 6 @ 11:59PM

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For this assignment, you will be mapping out a website of your choice using figjam. Reverse engineer the sitemap tree with a top level view of how pages are connected to one another. This part of the assignment is focused on documenting the hierarchy of pages. You'll also learn more about components by documenting main content types on different pages.

Instructions

  • Pick a website of your choice to map.
  • Create a figjam file and map it with the same style as provided in the example content
    • Up to 6 Top level pages/categories
      • Text field should have the page name in large text and relevant path information in small text
    • Children of these pages/categories
    • Document main site content type on each page (content that stands out the most)
      • cards, posts, products...
      • list fields
  • In a README.md file, document:
    • Name and project title
    • Website name and link
    • Links to references
      • Make a point on the topic that your reference(s) address
      • Do some background research on any area of the assignment, you should link to at least 1 article
    • Personal Reflection notes on the website's layout and content
      • Is this site well structured?
      • What could be improved?
      • What did you learn from studying it's structure
      • Ideas of how you could recreate one of the content types in storyblok

Resources


Rubric

Figjam Content (5pts)

  • Text for page/category title + url (specific to that part of the site)
  • information on content type schema fields for main content on pages
  • An indepth Description of a primary content type
    • ie: A product page from which smaller product cards are created

Figjam Design (5pts)

  • Accurately depicts the sitemap
  • Visually show how content is structured with connectors
  • Use of color and/or shapes to differentiate types of information
  • Easy to follow visual hierarchy

Readme File Basic Info (5pts)

  • Basic Info
  • References

Personal Reflection (5pts)

  • Relevant and insightful information
  • Legibility and Clarity
  • Ideas on improvement to site content or structure
  • Something that you learned

Submission Notes

  • In a zip file submit:
    • A pdf of your figjam file.
    • The README.md file
  • For a bonus point, add a working shareable link to your figjam file in the text box of your submission.