Sitemaps & content prioritization
Content first
- Content is a priority for websites
—people come for the content - Content should be considered very early
- Organization of content is important
Page-to-page structure
Understanding a user’s flow helps structure pages
- Where does a user want to go?
- What task does a user want to complete?
- How do they get from one place to another?
Sitemap diagram
A sitemap diagram helps us understand how pages are connected together—visually.

Simple sitemap for a small business.

Complex sitemap with repeating content & lots of pages.
Content prioritization
Help structure the content for importance to user
- Organize content by importance
- Important content is highlighted, or more highly numbered
- Audit content for relevance & helpfulness

Darker grey is more important. You could use numbers too.