CMS Schematics, Page Shapes, Wire Frames
A recent post on the IAI mailing list asked how common it is for IAs to define page shapes or “…wire frames from 10,000 feet, with names for each of the “zones” (n.b. not “elements”, “zones”). …Any given site may have a handful of page shapes, and each page shape has a handful of page zones. Each page and each shape would be named for easy reference.”
I’ve used a very similar approach based on the defining a limited number of ‘screen types’ that show standardized page structures and layouts for documenting browser based applications. I’ve posted an example of this kind of schematics or wire frames packet done for a small content managment system. This packet includes a conceptual overview of the user domain, as well as a set of defined screen types, screen flows, and wire frames. Here’s the full packet, exported from Visio as html.
Page shapes or screen types look like this:
Or this:
These are the accompanying wire frames or schematics:
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