Comments on: Survival of the flattest: how to futureproof your website’s IA

By: Fantasy CMS for government

Fantasy CMS for government — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:26:19 +0000

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By: Gill Wright

Gill Wright — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:56:45 +0000

The real issue is that everyone looks for information in different ways. You need to offer up a range of ways to find the same information – with the navigation and using metadata as the most used.

At the other end of the scale from the strict hierarchy would be a page with only a search box (and no links).

I think that your right to suggest a that information should be available by filtering the data in a variety of ways, however as mentioned above this brings metadata and taxonomy issues up. However, if you only provide this method for finding content then the site is as limited in terms of usability as if it only had the traditional structured IA.

By: Rob Pearson

Rob Pearson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:10:31 +0000

Just a reminder it’s beers tonight, 1800, Westminster Arms. See you all there. This is me (I’m the one on the right)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robotperson/817502624/in/set-72157600833032887/

By: Whitehall Webby

Whitehall Webby — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:12:57 +0000

…. should have said we sold those pages as signposts – to relevant content on our site as well as other govt sites like Direct Gov and related third sector sites. But we knew that most of the traffic was going to the related news/ speeches etc rather than via the policy pages.

By: Whitehall Webby

Whitehall Webby — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:11:26 +0000

Wish I could be there, but a touch out of my way.

Re: the A to Z on the Justice site. That was just a sop to policy owners. The real stuff is in the news and publications sections. Are stats showed that no one read the policy pages which is why we restricted policy teams to 200 words max.

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:39:30 +0000

That’s the one near the Abbey and QEII Centre, right? I’ll be there. Clutching a red carnation and a copy of Don’t Make Me Think.

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September #5 « take21 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:42:51 +0000

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September #5 at take21.org/blog — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:05:31 +0000

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By: Rob Pearson

Rob Pearson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:00:23 +0000

Excellent. Weds 7th, Whitehall arms, 1800. See you there. The codeword is ‘Rosenfeld’.

By: Philippe Parker

Philippe Parker — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:40:12 +0000

How about the Westminster Arms? SW1P 3AT

I’d love to meet those of you I haven’t yet. I could do Wednesday 7th or most of the evenings the following week.

By: Philippe Parker

Philippe Parker — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:22:43 +0000

I’d love to meet those of you I haven’t met yet.

How about the Westminster Arms?
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/21/2102/Westminster_Arms/Westminster

I could do Wednesday 7th, or most evenings the week after. I’ll try to bring some Home Office people too.

By: Philippe Parker

Philippe Parker — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:21:36 +0000

How about the Westminster Arms? I’d love to meet those of you I haven’t met yet. I could do Wednesday 7th, or most evenings the week after. I’ll try to bring some Home Office people too.

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/21/2102/Westminster_Arms/Westminster

By: Whitehall Webby

Whitehall Webby — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:51:21 +0000

Brilliant idea

By: Neil Williams

Neil Williams — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:35:52 +0000

Include me in

By: Rob Pearson

Rob Pearson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:08:54 +0000

This is all very interesting. How about a Whitehall IAs pint or two after work one evening?