Posted by Animesh Kumar on 06/09/05 23:05

Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:

> "Els" <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> skrev i meddelandet
> news:4hppn9bnp7s0.e2r47my6krv5.dlg@40tude.net...
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>>Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
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>>>"Toby Inkster" <usenet200504@tobyinkster.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
>>>news:pan.2005.06.09.07.06.31.271389@tobyinkster.co.uk...
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>>>>Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
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>>>>>My next question is about how to style css. I have seen that there
>>>>>are some site maps with nice geometrical forms but I do not know
>>>>>how I could group several items in a circle or in a ellipse.
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>>>>http://tobyinkster.co.uk/more-complex-spiral
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>>>That already sounds an interesting suggestion. But I was wondering
>>>whether I could position the lists of links in this form without
>>>showing the spiral or the circle or the ellipse themselves. If I
>>>used a circle for example, the homepage could be at the centre of
>>>the page.
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>>Would you use text or images for the links?
>>A sitemap is typically a page with a lot of links, and I wonder how
>>crowded it would look with texts in circles.
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> I do not know yet so I was wondering about both solutions.
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>>Here is an example of a functional circle of images, which makes
>>perfect sense to have it in a circle instead of in lists (imho).
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>>http://pcbuilder.alternate.nl/html/builderStart.html
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> It sounds nice.
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Behold! The page uses frames. Use of frames is often questioned. Plus,
that page has an "icon" for every link (in the form of a computer part).
Someone who is lost in your site will not relate to icons easily.
(Unless you create some nice pictorial icons)

>>On this page it's important that one can see at once which components
>>have been 'installed' yet, which makes the circular form very useful.
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>>On your site however, I think the amount of links will obscure the
>>overview, plus I don't think your pages can be as clearly depicted as
>>computer parts.
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> My site has already a structure and
> it could suit a multi-tiered sitemap where the main part has a similar form
> as the one which you described.
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