Steveisa… What one geek is really interested in

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Ideas Site for my clothing company Wish list for friends and family Site about what I use and Subscribe to

Reasoning Often get asked what Podcasts/Feeds I get my information from. Want to inform people what I am interested in. Have a single place where people can get information about me and my hobby (Music and Technology)

Intended Audience Friends who have the same interests as me Work colleagues Twitter and Facebook friends who I have met over the internet with similar interests People on the Internet with similar interests

Goals of Steveisa… Inform people know what Technology I use Provide a list of Applications on all platforms that I use Show an up to date list of RSS feeds I read along with a brief description of what they are about. Give a list of Podcasts I listen to with a brief review.

Site Map Home Page Subscription Gear Applications

Steveisa…

Home Page What’s it about? A portal to the rest of the site. An introduction to the author Why I am qualified to present this information

Home Page cont. What it Features… Side bar with links Twitter Feed Bold headings Colourful page banner DIVs to section the site without tricky formatting. Menus are done with Lists to keep formatting and ordering simple

Home cont. What it looks like… Frame (Left and right bars and the top banner) on each page. Simple, quiet colours to keep site easy to read and view.

Subscription What’s it about? A Page dedicated to the Podcasts and RSS Feeds I subscribe to Often Asked the question “How do you know so much?” Links to feeds/podcasts for easy subscription

Subscription cont. What it Features… Table to contain all the information in an ordered format. Sub Menu for easy browsing Links to feeds and podcasts

Subscription cont. What it looks like… Banner and left and right bars from home page Tables for ease of viewing Splitting groups into many tables to break up the page

Gear What’s it about? Showing visitors what I use Explaining what each item is Listing specifications or details

Gear cont. What it Features… Table to format the items on the page Images to show what the items look like strong tag for item names for easier reading

Gear cont. What it looks like… Small border on table for definition Images resized before uploading to save space Custom strong tag

Applications What’s it about? Showing visitors what software I use Explaining what each product does Listing specifications or details Links to products where applicable

Applications cont. What it Features… Table to format the items on the page Links to more information Strong titles

Applications cont. What it looks like… Border on table for definition Separate tables for each section Links after description rather than heading

Mission Complete Simple but effective Goals met? Target audience found?

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