Hello, fellow readers!
As you can probably guess, in today's post checking and reviewing a websites Hypertext and Information Architecture. I'll later develop on what this means. The web chosen for this task is one of the most basic one for any Tolkien lover. Even thought it's commonly named as "Tolkienpedia", the truth is that the real name isn't as cool.
"One wiki to rule them all" is the name of the website. Here you'll find almost every thing that you'll need to know from the Legendarium (In case you 're new here and you don't know what this means, it's how all the mythology and universe that John Ronald Reuel Tolkien created is called), including every film and book. Information about every character, place and event is displayed here, along with some extra features like polls, other blogs and forums.
When I said I would be reviewing the Hypertext and Information Architecture, I meant that I would check how the internal organization of the hypertext, links and nodes would work. For example, the most common way to organize a website would be something similar to a 3D spider web: you can get from a place of the web (a page) to another within a few movements (clicks) and choosing between different routes, for the sake of a more dynamic and interesting experience. For example, the most logical way to organize a website which only target is to give pure, unbiased information, is to put different links leading to different pages from the own website as you read it. For example, think about this situation. You just finished watching "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" and you're brimming with emotion after watching this big, cool dragon destroy a city. You want to find more information about him. So look it up in the Tolkienpedia. After looking at the page, youdecied that you want to know more about his race so you llok it up. And then, you start finding about more and more things, all thanks to the way that the information is organized. You can also find external links, leading to YouTube videos or other webs for more especialized information or interactive content like maps or music.
And also, there's the main page, that has to work as the neural point of the webpage, and in this case, it does. From that point you can go almost anywhere, os at least set your search along with your interestYou can access the most general pages, like the ones informing about the films and books one by one, or the most relevant and visited pages, mostly referring to the main characters, like Gandalf or Frodo. You can access other wikis from the main page, as the Tolkienpedia is hosted in a larger website where you can find any other theme. The way this works is similar to the own Tolkienpedia.
As you can probably guess, in today's post checking and reviewing a websites Hypertext and Information Architecture. I'll later develop on what this means. The web chosen for this task is one of the most basic one for any Tolkien lover. Even thought it's commonly named as "Tolkienpedia", the truth is that the real name isn't as cool.
"One wiki to rule them all" is the name of the website. Here you'll find almost every thing that you'll need to know from the Legendarium (In case you 're new here and you don't know what this means, it's how all the mythology and universe that John Ronald Reuel Tolkien created is called), including every film and book. Information about every character, place and event is displayed here, along with some extra features like polls, other blogs and forums.
When I said I would be reviewing the Hypertext and Information Architecture, I meant that I would check how the internal organization of the hypertext, links and nodes would work. For example, the most common way to organize a website would be something similar to a 3D spider web: you can get from a place of the web (a page) to another within a few movements (clicks) and choosing between different routes, for the sake of a more dynamic and interesting experience. For example, the most logical way to organize a website which only target is to give pure, unbiased information, is to put different links leading to different pages from the own website as you read it. For example, think about this situation. You just finished watching "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" and you're brimming with emotion after watching this big, cool dragon destroy a city. You want to find more information about him. So look it up in the Tolkienpedia. After looking at the page, youdecied that you want to know more about his race so you llok it up. And then, you start finding about more and more things, all thanks to the way that the information is organized. You can also find external links, leading to YouTube videos or other webs for more especialized information or interactive content like maps or music.
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| Smaug in the Tolkienpedia |
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| Fire drakes in the Tolkienpedia. |
And also, there's the main page, that has to work as the neural point of the webpage, and in this case, it does. From that point you can go almost anywhere, os at least set your search along with your interestYou can access the most general pages, like the ones informing about the films and books one by one, or the most relevant and visited pages, mostly referring to the main characters, like Gandalf or Frodo. You can access other wikis from the main page, as the Tolkienpedia is hosted in a larger website where you can find any other theme. The way this works is similar to the own Tolkienpedia.
This is all for now, fellow readers. We'll meet again soon.
See you,
Jaime
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