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Information architecture principles and practices

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Site Structure

The metaphorical allegory of the proposed website for build-to-order tablet PCs will be a functional one, based on the structural aspects of the new device and its customization and configurability to customers' preferences. Inherent in this site structure is the need to also support a catalog system of enhanced components and accessories. The foundational aspect of a successful e-commerce system is the inclusion of catalog management and content management systems (Spiteri, 239). This analysis provides a site structure for the proposed website that will sell build-to-order tablet PCs. Empirical studies have consistently shown that companies who can provide greater flexibility to customers in terms of product and feature customization over time gain greater customer loyalty and the potential for greater profitability (Fan, Tsai, 1141). The goal of the proposed website is to provide prospective and current customers with the opportunity to customize their tablet PCs to their exact specifications.

Site Structure

1.0 Creating Your Tablet, Your Way

1.1 Designed To Fit The Way You Work

1.1.1 Customer Success Stories

1.1.1.1 Student-Designed Tablet PCs Success Stories

1.1.1.2 Knowledge Worker (engineering, marketing, sales individual contributors in companies) Tablet PC Success Stories

1.1.1.3 Supermom Success Stories

1.1.1.3.1 Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO and Mom -- How She Uses a customized tablet PC

2.0 Customized For Your Exact Needs

2.1 List of Customization Options in Matrix Format By product Model

2.2 Leader Board of Most Common Configurations

3.0 Build-To-Order Tablet PC Product Catalog and Product Configurator

3.1 Choice of Guided Selling Interface Or Expert-level Configuration

3.2 Visual Build-Out Of Tablet As It Is Completed

3.3 Product Configurator

4.0 Features For Your Customized Tablet PC

4.1 All The Power You Need -- Selecting A Processor

4.1.1 Selection of microprocessors for the Tablet PC

4.1.2 Short Definitions of each microprocessor benefits and ideal uses

4.2 Selecting A Screen

4.2.1 Touchscreen vs. Stylus

4.2.2 Durability Options

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  • Fan, Wei-Shang, and Ming-Chun Tsai. "Factors Driving Website Success - the Key Role of Internet Customisation and the Influence of Website Design Quality and Internet Marketing Strategy." Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 21.11 (2010): 1141.
  • Spiteri, Louise R. "Information Architecture of Business-to-Consumer e-Commerce Websites. Part I: The Online Catalogue of Selected Video Retailers." Journal of Information Science 27.4 (2001): 239-48.
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