Documenting web site restructure

[Robert]

Hi all:

I'd like to use Visio to document a web site before and after
restructuing. I plan to create two page in Visio, one for the Before
and one for After restructuring.

I'd like to be able to have someone click on a shape (web page) in the
Before page and be taken to the After page and SOMEHOW have the
corresponding web page be highlighted (indicated) in the new
structure.

Does anyone know how this can be done?

Thanks.

Robert.

 

[Brett Newman]

Hi,
It will require custom code to do exactly what you want but you can
get close for free with Hyperlinking.
Try this:
- On the After page, find a Web page shape you want to link to such as
"Home Page"; right click on it
- Select Format>Special and use Ctrl-c to copy the Visio assigned Name
for this target shape (note that you can change the default name to
something recognizable if you want to)
- On the Before page, select the corresponding Web page shape, i.e.
"Home Page"
- Select Insert>Hyperlink
- In the dialog, click Browse for the Sub-address (you can leave the
Address field blank because you're staying within the same drawing)
- In the Page field, select the After page
- In the Shape field, paste (Ctrl-v) the shape name you copied from
the After page
- Optionally, select a Zoom level
- Click OK
- Back in the Hyperlinks dialog, you may want to enter a Description
such as "Home Page - After"
- Click OK

Now when you hover over the Home Page shape on the Before page you
will see a Hyperlink cursor indicator. Right click and you will see
the Hyperlink name. Select it and you will go to the After page with
the Home Page shape centered in the zoom. If you had specified
another zoom level, you would see the shape centered at that zoom
level.

This does not highlight or color the shape to indicate which it is
(which can be done with custom code) but it does locate the shape by
zoom.

With custom code we could also create these Hyperlinks automatically
by scanning the Before page and finding corresponding Web page shapes
in the After page. That would be very useful for sites with lots of
pages. In summary, with custom code we could set the links and also
visually indicate the target shape, just so you know what's possible.
However, you may be fine with the free solution above.

Brett