SIGIA-L Mail Archives: SIGIA-L: Web Site Maps from Visio &
SIGIA-L: Web Site Maps from Visio & a Database
From: Leslie Carter (lcarter_at_webmethods.com)
Date: Fri Feb 16 2001 - 10:03:53 EST
Has anyone had success putting web site information in a database (such as
MS Access, Excel or even a text file) & generating a site map based on that
with Visio? The site information in the database would include: page title,
functions on the page, links to other pages. (I'm aware that Visio can
automatically generate a site map from an already Existing site, but that's
not what I mean here.)
Are there any Visio aficionados out there? I have a lot of Access
experience; perhaps we could co-author an article on how to do this. This
could be a wonderful technique for site designers.
This task should definitely be possible from what I've read about on Visio's
shape & connector properties, & how they can be specified in a database. In
fact, Visio has an org chart wizard for taking an organization's info from a
database & generating an org chart. The only book that I get my hands on
covering Visio & database integration was Learn Visio 2000 for the Advanced
User by Ralph Grabowski, but it didn't specifically address setting up
shapes & data for a site map.
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Leslie E. Carter, Ph.D.
User Interface Design & Evaluation
webMethods, Inc.
Email: lcarter_at_acm.org
Work: 703-460-6057
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Leslie Carter
Usability & Design
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