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Website structure - best tools to analyse and plan, visually
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Hi - I am about to analyse and then re-plan the structure of a website and think it would be best to do it graphically - in the form of a chart.
Are there any tools you would recommend to visualise the structure of an existing website (perhaps something that can scan and then represent a websites) - or plan out a new/revised website?
Thanks in advance, Luke
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Screaming Frog also has a basic, useful site visualisation capability built into it.
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Hi Luke. I use DynoMapper too like James. DynoMapper will inventory your website and create an interactive visual site map that displays the website hierarchy and includes Google Analytics. You have 14 days free trial.
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