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Hey, everyone, we are back at it again, and today we're going to learn about sign ups.

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So before we even get into creating them, we're going to talk a little bit about the anatomy and why

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they're so useful.

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And, yes, they are still useful.

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So the big question is people still use site maps?

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Of course I do.

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It's not just limited to information architecture.

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Everyone should use site maps, especially designers.

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They help provide structure for your product.

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Like, look at this.

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We have the primary navigation or secondary navigation.

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We can really plan out all the different navigation schemes within our product.

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Say maps help a lot.

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So what are they?

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Site maps are hierarchical diagrams of a website or an application that shows how pages are prioritized.

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I want you to think about the last lesson that we went through.

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User flows that we did prior are kind of like a street view of what we were discovering in terms of

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like how the user should achieve goals and where we discover different types of content we needed.

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You remember this user flow over here.

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This is making a purchase.

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And we discovered a lot of different things.

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We discovered like the different steps that it took to actually complete a purchase.

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We discovered different types of micro interactions, all the different close up details that we didn't

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necessarily know before.

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Now a site map is essentially a bird's eye view.

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This way we can take an early glance of what our product looks like from the treetops.

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So when do we use maps?

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Well, site maps are generally used in the beginning or really early on in the design process, like

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right after discovery or kickoffs, right after you get all the information from your clients or from

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your product team.

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Kind of like what we're doing right now with application that we're trying to build.

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They'll really help us when we need to start working on our wire frames.