【Sitemap Making】Longing, Magazines, and Reassurance
I have recently reorganized my note as the "Academic Research City Arca Ingenium" and created a sitemap.
If the title of this article sounds familiar, you are likely of my generation or older lol
I visualized the evaluation of longing (= likes), utilized the magazine feature, and above all, created it while incorporating a sense of reassurance (← a bit of a stretch lol).
I would like to introduce the making process in the hope that it might be even a little bit helpful for those who are planning to create a sitemap.
※This is a long article of just over 3000 characters.
1️⃣ First, the direction and classification of articles
⚡I had Grok search my articles and suggest classifications and a direction.
🍤 Sitemap direction
It also suggested that I use magazines to categorize them.
Yes, I had been thinking about utilizing magazines.
Since my existing magazines were as follows, I decided to review them while considering the classification.
3 magazines that also include articles by other creators
✨ Gemini Laboratory / 📓 NotebookLM Experimental Lab / No-Genre Library3 magazines that do not include articles by other creators
HACCP-related / 2 others
🍤 Article classification
In the initial ⚡Grok proposal, there were 8 classifications. That's a bit too many, isn't it?💦
Generally, it is said that humans can easily remember up to 7 things at once.
With that in mind, and anticipating future expansion, I had originally thought of 3 to 5 classifications.
Therefore, I ultimately decided to create sub-category positions and use the following 5 classifications.
Since I have traditionally used buildings as motifs for my main magazines, the overall classification is designed to evoke an academic research city.
✨ Gemini Laboratory
📓 NotebookLM Experimental Lab
🎨 AI Creative Museum
🏛️ Grand Library (🌈 No-Genre Archive / 📋 HACCP & Quality Control Archive)
☕ note Exchange Cafe
According to the proposal from ⚡Grok, there was no particular logic to the order of the categories. I adjusted the priority by considering that AI articles are the main focus and which categories are popular.
Actually, between 7/4 and 7/5, I set up 3 magazines and posted 3 header articles for them. Long-time followers might have been surprised, but it was actually the groundwork for the sitemap lol
2️⃣ Visualization of popularity
At the time of creating the site map, I had nearly 80 articles.
I thought it was a tough number to post all of them.
So, I decided to post popular articles, also with the intention of expressing my gratitude for receiving Congratulatory Boards and likes.
I decided to use emojis to represent which articles are popular so that it is easy for visitors to understand.
3️⃣ Creating an image of an academic research city
Since my main magazine was themed around buildings, I had originally thought about making the overall image of the site map an academic research city.
I wanted to include fantasy elements, so I needed an image, and first, I had ⚡Grok create it.
Hey, ⚡Grok lol
🎨 There are two AI Creative Museums!
And the 📓 NotebookLM laboratory looks like a library lol
Wait, is the 🎨 AI Creative Museum Building 2 also a library lol?
The ☕ note exchange cafe also looks like a library building lol
How much do you love libraries!?
The atmosphere is good, so I changed some of the layout and design.
Since the text is unreliable, I deleted it with the intention of adding it myself.
Oh, the top right looks like the curve of the 📓 NotebookLM logo, and it's nice that it has a laboratory-like feel. The cafe also lost much of its library-like appearance.
Ah, so close!
The museum entrance is facing outward...
No matter how much of a fantasy it is, it's dangerous to make people walk on a dim path, you know?
Let's have it face the center to improve the flow!
Well, after another round of back-and-forth, here is the image below.
Hmm?
Did the resolution drop?
The bottom half has become a blurry image as if it were covered in mist, right? 🤔
Since it couldn't be fixed with ⚡Grok, I had ✨Gemini-sensei fix it, and that is what I am currently using.
It's somewhat nostalgic and fantastical.
I like the slightly dark image of twilight or dawn 😄
4️⃣ Site map name (city name)
Previously, I played around with creating mage card-style illustrations like the article below.
At that time, I actually got carried away and had 🌟ChatGPT turn the episode into a novel. What appears there is the 'Ancient Magic City <Arca Libra>'.
I was thinking about using it as is.
When I asked ⚡Grok, in Latin,
Arca (Latin): Has a strong meaning of a 'box/storage' that holds knowledge or secret treasures.Libra (Latin): Means 'equilibrium/balance' or 'Libra'.
Overall: 'Equilibrium (or scales) of the treasure chest of knowledge'.
The sound is mystical and fits a magic city, but it was said to be a bit too abstract as a brand name (city name) for a note.
I see.
So, I asked ⚡⚡Grok to come up with some candidates. While looking through them, I thought it would be interesting if my main theme AI appeared as an abbreviation, and the one I finally chose was "Arca Ingenium".
Arca: Treasure chest of knowledge, archive
Ingenium: Talent, ingenuity
There is a character named Ingenium in My Hero Academia, isn't there?
Yes, that's right, it's Tenya Iida.
I thought, this is definitely God telling me to use this name.
I also have a personal attachment to Arca.
The PlayStation game I was obsessed with, 'Arc the Lad'. The etymology of 'Ark', which is another meaning of 'Arc', is 'Arca'.
And so, the city name was decided.
5️⃣ Other points
🍤 How to use the embed and quote functions
Actually, for this sitemap, the
embed function is only used for each magazine, and I intentionally do not use the embed function for individual articles.
If the embed function is used repeatedly, it takes up vertical space and makes scrolling difficult, doesn't it?
Therefore, I only used the embed function for magazines that I wanted to stand out and serve as headings. On the other hand, to reduce vertical space, I decided to put each
article inside the quote function. By keeping the article titles as text only, I also hope to have the effect of making the 🩷 that visualizes 'likes' and the 🏆 that visualizes 'congratulations boards' at the beginning of the article titles stand out.
🍤 Header images for each article
I am also adjusting the design of the header images so that articles are easier to distinguish on the creator page. Some parts are not finished yet though💦
Sitemap Magazine: Dawn light shining—an image of finding light even when feeling down, with a frame that has a gold gradient at the top left and a navy gradient at the bottom right.
General Articles: A frame with a gradient from blue to green to evoke intelligence and freshness.
🎯 Summary
Thanks to everyone who read, liked, and commented, I was able to shape it this far. Thank you so much. I want to continue to nurture a part of the note city called 'Arca Ingenium' while continuing to use ingenuity. I think there are also people who are looking for their own way of expressing themselves on note. If this making-of article is even a little helpful to such people, that is my greatest joy!!
☕ Finally
Actually, the header image for this making-of article was created with the teaser version of KITAcore's app. I love the overall blue-based image and the intelligent Terina (female character). Thank you very much😄 The trial period for the app has already ended, but I think the official version will be released soon. If you are interested, please keep an eye on its progress.