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Organize 

Structure content groups 

Understand the importance of structure in Web sites 

When information is hyperlinked, as on the Web, it can become confusing and hard to 

find. The purpose of a Web site is to provide a logical, organized structure so information 

is easy to find. 

In traditional media such as books and video, pages 

and frames are viewed in sequence. Traditional media 

have a linear structure in which information is strung 

together like beads on a string, front to back, 

beginning to end. 

Hypermedia, in which it s possible to jump from page 

to page and screen to screen, are non-linear. Unlike 

traditional media, hypermedia have no built-in 

organization. It s easy to get lost. 

Web sites are organized hypermedia. Web sites show 

people where they are, and where they can go. 

Information is structured and organized so it makes 

sense. 

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