Site structure for a journal in full text

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Hi there,
I wonder if anyone can tell me if the structure/ site architecture for a section of our website concerning our journal looks sensible? Or is there a better way of doing it?



Or is there a missing "step" in the asset map as outlined below?



The key thing is: We want to allow people to see a lot of the journal before it is subscriber-only viewing of the full text. Everyone will be / must be

able to see sections 1.x to 4.x



But at section 5.4, a reader will have to log in to access and read the full text.



I want to make sure I get the asset map right for sustainability in the future.

The journal comes out four times a year.



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Here is the outline /structure/ site architecture for the journal that I have:

ie. the asset map outline:



JOURNAL section



|-Page 1 – ABOUT THE JOURNAL

|-Page 1.1 - background

|-Page 1.2 - frequency, indexing/abstracting info

|-Page 1.3 - rights and permissions



|-Page 2 – SUBSCRIBING TO IT

|-Page 2.1 - costs

|-Page 2.2 - order form

|-Page 2.3 - inquiries

|-Page 2.4 - request online access



|-Page 3 – EDITORIAL INFO

|-Page 3.1 - contact the editor

|-Page 3.2 - who's who

|-Page 3.3 - consulting editors group



|-Page 4 – FOR CONTRIBUTORS

|-Page 4.1 - general guidelines for contributions

|-Page 4.2 - guidelines for peer-reviewers

|-Page 4.3 - guidelines for authors and peer-reviewers

|-Page 4.3 - calls for papers

|-Page 4.3 - contact the editor



|-Page 5 – ISSUES

|-Page 5.1 - Tables of contents

|-Page 5.2 - Index to articles

|-Page 5.3 - Media releases

  • |-Page 5.4 - Individual issues in full text

    |-Page 5.4.1 - vol.25 n.1 2006

    |-Page 5.4.1.1 - table of contents

    |-Page 5.4.1.2 - editorial

    |-Page 5.4.1.3 - introduction

    |-Page 5.4.1.4 - article 1

    |-Page 5.4.1.5 - article 2

    |-Page 5.4.1.6 - article 3

    |-Page 5.4.1.7 - column 1 - newspaper reports

    |-Page 5.4.1.7 - column 2 - abstracts of scholarly articles

    |-Page 5.4.1.8 - supplement





    |-Page 5.4.2 - vol.25 n.2 2006

    |-Page 5.4.2.1 - table of contents

    |-Page 5.4.2.2 - editorial

    etc



    |-Page 5.4.3 - vol.25 n.3 2006

    |-Page 5.4.3.1 - table of contents

    |-Page 5.4.3.2 - editorial

    etc



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    Question is: Have I got the structure right or is there a better way to do it?

    Thanks …

    Anne.



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Since you want people to be able to see an overview of the journal for free before paying to see the full text of the articles, you may be better off putting the articles at a lower level.


Eg,

Issue 1 (containing title, table of contents, introduction etc)

|- issue 1, article 1

|- issue 1, article 2

|- issue 1, article 3



this avoids having a mix of publicly available and private only read permissions at a single level, and also lets people know what they are going to pay for.



As you get further into building the site you will be tempted to structure the assets so that you can inherit metadata schemas, or paint layouts, or something else. That is just the way Matrix works. Don't be bound up in a site structure that has to exactly reflect your site navigation, because they can be different.



I would also find it useful to have a current issue link, whether it be the 'home page' of your site, or a redirect page that gets updated, like /current. Then as a regular reader of the journal, I could easily see the latest articles.