{"id":2482,"date":"2024-05-08T17:57:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T15:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.claritee.io\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2024-05-08T18:04:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:04:32","slug":"visual-sitemaps-structured-diagrams-for-website-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/visual-sitemaps-structured-diagrams-for-website-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Sitemaps: Structured Diagrams for Website Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Creating<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Create visual sitemaps with attached wireframes using Claritee.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use AI to assemble a complete sitemap and all sections of all pages with just a few clicks. Collaborate in real-time with your team to create detailed outlines of your entire project, including the wireframe and prototype of its functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a visual sitemap?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A visual sitemap is a structured diagram that provides insights into the website’s layout, the connections between pages, and the navigation scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It serves as a fundamental tool in the planning phase of website development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to create a visual sitemap?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Manually:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add each page manually and organize the navigational hierarchy by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With AI:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lay out all the pages in 1-click with AI. You can even add the layout of all page sections if you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copy an existing website structure:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can enter a website URL or a sitemap.xml link to generate the visual hierarchy sitemap of that website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a visual sitemap generator?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A Visual Sitemap Generators creates the layout of a website’s structure in a hierarchical diagram. It can be achieved by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI<\/strong>: Using the latest in AI-technology, Claritee<\/a> can create the page hierarchy of any site according to industry best practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copying a website: <\/strong>Claritee can accept a homepage URL or a sitemap.xml link and automatically generate the hiearchical layout of the website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using both these options, the end-result is an automatically-generated visual diagram of a website page structure, which can be edited. Users can also enter individual pages and create wireframes and functional prototypes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to generate a visual sitemap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To generate a visual sitemap, first sign up for a free account with Claritee. Then, create a new project,.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to generate a sitemap with AI, on the new project popup, select and describe the type of site you want. Optionally, check the box to lay out all page sections using AI also. Once you click “generate sitemap”, you will be taken to your new visual sitemap for your new project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to copy a sitemap from an existing website, first click “sitemapping” in the project popup, and enter the URL to the homepage, or the sitemap.xml page of the website, and Claritee will generate the visual sitemap automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a visual sitemap tool?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A visual sitemap tool enables the creation of an easily navigable layout for your website, showcasing the hierarchy and interrelations among pages. This tool is invaluable during the initial planning phase of a website structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a visual sitemap template?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A visual sitemap template offers a pre-designed page layout tailored to your company’s niche, serving as a foundation for your unique sitemap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Claritee, you can use AI to generate this sitemap, based on your site information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issues Generating a Visual Sitemap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Occasionally, generating a visual sitemap may fail due to various technical or access-related issues, such as unavailable or restricted sitemap.xml files, excessive page counts, or technical limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visual AI Sitemap Builder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Claritee’s Visual AI Sitemap Builder offers an interactive platform for creating website or app structures with drag-and-drop functionality and content block detailing, simplifying design, management, and discussion processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a sitemap?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Sitemap lists a website’s pages and their interconnections, available as a hierarchical diagram or an XML file, aiding search engines like Google and Bing in understanding a website’s structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to create an XML sitemap?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An XML sitemap can be auto-generated using a CMS like WordPress or through sitemap generation services, detailing the website’s page hierarchy for search engines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Create visual sitemaps with attached wireframes using Claritee. Use AI to assemble a complete sitemap and all sections…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_powerkit_reading_time":["3"],"_edit_lock":["1715184273:3"],"_thumbnail_id":["2483"],"_edit_last":["3"],"_abr_review_settings":[""],"_aioseo_title":[null],"_aioseo_description":["Visual sitemaps and visual sitemap generators help you create a hierarchical website layout for UX design, SEO, and digital design planning purposes."],"_aioseo_keywords":["a:0:{}"],"_aioseo_og_title":[null],"_aioseo_og_description":[null],"_aioseo_og_article_section":[""],"_aioseo_og_article_tags":["a:0:{}"],"_aioseo_twitter_title":[null],"_aioseo_twitter_description":[null],"csco_singular_sidebar":["default"],"csco_page_header_type":["default"],"csco_page_load_nextpost":["default"],"csco_post_video_location":["a:0:{}"],"csco_post_video_url":[""],"csco_post_video_bg_start_time":["0"],"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":["0"],"powerkit_share_buttons_transient_pinterest":["1732244220"],"powerkit_share_buttons_transient_linkedin":["1732244220"],"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":["yes"],"footnotes":[""]},"categories":[1],"tags":[24],"class_list":{"0":"post-2482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ui","8":"tag-sitemaps"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2482"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2489,"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482\/revisions\/2489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/claritee.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}