Website Redesign: UX Design

PHASE 2: DESIGN

In this phase, you will draft a high-level organization of the technical, functional, and visual components of the website.

Draft a sitemap.

Using the information and data gathered in the discovery phase, sketch out an optimal sitemap. A sitemap will typically mirror your main menu navigation and website pages branching off from those pages.

Resource: Plan Your Site Structure

Articulate user flows.

Map out what each user will do when they visit the website. Outline the series of steps that will be involved in accomplishing each task.

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Create content outlines.

Using the user flow information above, list the high-level ideas that you want to convey and that users would be looking for on the main pages of the website.

TIP:
Make sure all team members familiarize themselves with the Accessibility Primer and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Fundamentals. The two go hand-in-hand to help create a highly usable and accessible website.

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Next Step

Built upon a sound UX strategy, the design phase continues with wireframing.