Sitemap template

Create a beautiful website with the help of a sitemap template to visually outline and plan the ideal structure.

What is a sitemap?

A sitemap is a visual representation of your website. Sitemaps are particularly helpful for teams developing a website, as they outline each page on the website and the relation webpages have to one another. 

Sitemaps are organized with blocks and arrows that show connections between content and webpages. This helps to visually communicate a website’s content needs and the framework required for website development.

Who uses a sitemap?

Building a website is a team effort. From marketers to developers to product managers, the architecture of a website relies heavily on insight from different professionals to effectively reach the customer and create a clean customer experience.

Marketers provide sitemaps with insight from customer reports, personas, and behavior. In turn, this information translates to a smooth customer journey throughout the website. Product managers give an understanding of the product and the link within operations to deliver tips and tricks that optimize the website experience for the user. 

Sitemaps are a great tool precisely because they help each stakeholder visualize the overall website ecosystem — and keep everyone on the same page.

How to create a sitemap visualization

Sitemaps follow a similar structure to flowcharts. Each block represents a webpage, with arrows that show connections between one webpage and another and show the hierarchy of content between pages. 

To create a sitemap for your website, follow these steps:

Step 1: List all the content and webpages you need on your website.

Step 2: Create categories by uniting the web pages that have the most in common. Once the categories have been defined, organize them by website hierarchy of information. A website hierarchy represents the order of arrangement of pages on a website. The aim is for the user to find their desired page with ease and logic through a series of menus and tabs. 

Step 3: Connect the web pages with arrows. These arrows are helpful in organizing blocks by common relevance. The arrows direct the flow of information and the user journey.

Features included in the MURAL sitemap template

MURAL’s sitemap template board offers easy-to-use features to outline, connect, and personalize website sitemaps. Use the dynamic drag-and-drop elements to include and inspire your team in the website development ideation.

Personalize a visual key for your sitemap

Create your sitemap with images and icons to represent the different elements of website development. The sitemap template allows users to choose between predefined icons or upload their own to customize the visual key.

Customize your sticky notes

Tailor sticky notes and blocks to help organize and visualize the sitemap. MURAL’s sitemap template lets you decide whether something is worth a note, a sticky note, an icon, or an image!

Bulk edit with ease

Editing has never been this quick and easy. With MURAL’s sitemap template, you can select a group of objects to edit. Simply filter and choose the adjustments you'd like to make, updating the size, color, or switch type.