1. Advanced Web
Web Quest

2. To do today
Meet with your client and complete the first part of the client form
Refer to the resources tab on my web site for the form
You can either print out the form and hand write your responses from your client meeting OR you can save the form to your H: drive and type in the answers
You must turn this completed form in with your completed website
Put it some place safe…like your folder!

3. After you finish meeting with your client
Begin making a “mock up” or a story board of what you think the web site should look like
Draw it by hand OR create something in DreamWeaver and / or Fireworks and / or Photoshop
You must meet with your client again to get their approval of your story board

4. Story board it! Make your story board
Draw it and show as much detail as you can OR
Create a sample web page in DW, FW or PS
Meet with your client to get approval

5. Things to consider. . .
Make a folder and title it according to the site you will be designing
All files go in here
Make sub folders to hold images, documentation, etc.
What is the monitor resolution are you designing for?
800 x 600? x 768?

6. Things to consider. . . Making buttons Fw or PS? You decide!
In FW, you must save the original button (PNG format) and EXPORT it to appear on the website
In PS, you must save the original button (PSD format) and Save as… for it to appear on the website
To edit the text always use the original source file and do a export / save as

7. Things to consider. . . Button Size
Determine the longest word to appear on your button
Create the button around this word
Typical size are not larger then 100 pixels wide and 25 pixels high, font size no larger then 14 points

8. Things to consider. . . Banner Size What’s the slogan / logo?
What monitor resolution are you using as a basis?
Create your button to fit the width of the monitor resolution
Remember about the padding from the browser
Create the button around this word
Nothing works the first time…experiment with the sizes to see what works best for your site.