Which template should I use?

[Bruce Searl]

Hello, I'm trying to make a simple flow chart of some web site page and data
flow that includes user input some key info that is passed to varioius paths
through the site and special pages. I'm not a programmer and don't understand
any of the shapes for progamming charts and I dont need that level of
sophistication anyway... I need to be able to show flow and key descion point
logical flow and some small page capures... But it is really more than just a
web site page layout so that doen't fit the billl I don't see in Visio 2003
where it defines what each shap is commonly used for... is there a place I
can find that info? Mainly, which template should I use to get started?

Thanks much,

Bruce Searl
Thememagic.com

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Here are a couple suggestions:

Obviously the Flowchart template is a good choice for flowcharts. If you
want to keep things fairly abstract, try this. All you need is Process and
Decision shapes for the flow. Use any of the other shapes to represent more
specific items such as a document or data.

Visio 2003 Professional also contains a Conceptual Web Site template that
may work well for your scenario. It has shapes that represent particular
elements of a web page. You can incorporate some flowchart shapes if
desired.

I also have seen customers use the Block Diagram template to create more
customized diagrams. They use these generic shapes because they don't want
any meaning associated with the symbols other than what their own
presentation calls for.