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Sitemap

Meaning in UX/UI design, with examples

/ˈsaɪtmæp/nounCore term

In UX/UI design, sitemap means: A diagram that shows all the main pages or screens of a website or app and how they are grouped and connected, usually drawn as a tree.

In Turkish: site haritası

How it is used

Designers create a sitemap early in a project to plan the information architecture and agree on scope with stakeholders. Developers and SEO specialists use the word differently: an XML file that lists pages for search engines.

Example sentences

  1. The new sitemap removes twelve pages that nobody visits.

  2. Let's agree on the sitemap before anyone starts wireframing.

Common collocations

  • create a sitemap
  • visual sitemap
  • sitemap structure
  • update the sitemap
  • information architectureThe way content and features in a website or app are organised, grouped and labelled so that people can find what they need and understand where they are.
  • navigationThe menus, links, tabs and other elements that let people move around a website or app and understand where they are.
  • card sortingA research method in which participants group topics written on cards into categories that make sense to them, showing how users expect content to be organised.
  • user flowA diagram or sequence that shows the screens, steps and decisions a user goes through to complete one task in a product, such as resetting a password.

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