Website Navigation Map

I occasionally create a website navigation map using a hierarchical box diagram for the website of the nonprofit association where I work at. My boss says, isn't this something IT should do? And I smartalecky say, tell me about it!

The reason why I create the navigation diagram is because people call me or email me ALL THE TIME (members or coworkers) with questions about where is such and such, or how can I get such and such [insert here product/service/workshop/information], or what programs can you talk to me that will help me send you my money quicker....you get the idea. So I *really* don't have time to get ticked off at our IT/marketing/membership departments for having changed something again and not having told us. Which by the way, happens all the time and it sucks.

So by having a high-level website navigation diagram up on my office wall, and updating it regularly, I don't waste my time when it's down to the wire. Imagine telling someone: I'm sorry, I know you want to send us your money for one of our awesome products/services/education offerings/conference but because I don't know where anything is on the website I can't help you.

That's for suckas my friends, and I ain't one of 'em.

So I was researching on google for some sort of freeware or app that can help with this task. Alas, what I found wasn't anywhere even close to what I wanted--what's free out there is just some sort of link list maker and no graphical depiction. I didn't even bother with what's available for pay.

Today I decided that rather than using PowerPoint to develop the graphic, I'd use MS Word's Smart Art. Halfway through I Realized I hadn't save the file and freaked and saved it. Alas, my doggone settings were set up for saving docs automatically to pre-Office 2007. So the blessed chart I spent 1/2 hour working on thus far...the chart saved as an image rather than an editable chart--I had 1/2 more content to add! I almost had a stroke. I clicked and right clicked and nothing happend. WTF man.

So I tried something. I saved the .doc file into a .docx--the file format it was supposed to be anyway to begin with. It was a true miracle. The graphic became an editable smart art diagram gain. Phew.

I swear, sometimes stuff Office can do to the work I'm painstakingly doing, really shocks the willies outta me. Thank God I tried that before having to restart the whole dang chart over from scratch.

Hope this helps someone out there in a similar predicament.