Sitemapping

Developing a user-friendly sitemap is one of the most important parts of your new website. A sitemap refers to how information is organized on your website. An effective sitemap with intuitive menu navigation should require minimal cognitive effort from users.

Depending on your contract, you may be required to provide GHD with a sitemap so that we can configure your new website. 

Create a new sitemap

Not sure where to begin? We've created step-by-step instructions to help you build a new sitemap. 

Sitemapping best practice

Our experts have put together a few sitemapping best practices to help you with building your new sitemap. 

Gaining sitemap approval

Engaging with your staff during the sitemapping process is a great way to get buy-in and ensure that the sitemap represents all of the services and programs offered by your organization. Here are some ways that you can work to gain internal sitemap approval.

Test your sitemap

Want to find out if your new sitemap addresses some of the major pain points that users experienced on your old website? Reach out to your Account Executive or Implementation Specialist and ask about our tree testing services. 

With a sitemap tree test, participants will be asked to find information on your website by navigating through the menus to select a destination. This user experience test can help identify areas in your new sitemap that may require changes to improve the usability of the website.