1. Designing a Web Site

2. Types of Web Sites Commercial Portal Site Informational Educational
E-commerce
Corporate Presence
Portal Site
Provides variety of services that people use every day
News and business info
Informational
News
Government
Public Interest
Educational
School & university
Distance learning
Museum sites
Personal
Share news w/ family & friends
Share interests & hobbies
Display portfolio or resume
DO NOT POST PERSONAL CONTACT INFO

3. Set up the basic structure
Web Site Development
Set up the basic structure
Plan the Site
Test the pages
Create the pages
Publish
the Site
Maintain
Determine purpose and goals of Web site
Design & Develop Web site
Evaluate and test Web site
Implement the Web site
Maintain the Web site
Modify the pages

4. Purpose & Goals What do you want your site to do?
What impact do you want your site have on others?
How do you want the site’s content to change over time?
What tools do you need to reach your goals
Who is your primary (target) audience?
What kind of hardware and software are site’s visitors likely to be using?

5. Plan
Begin by creating a basic plan

6. The Design Process Determine what the Web pages will look like
Determine how Web pages will interact with each other
Three categories in Design Process
Interaction design
Information design
Presentation design

7. Design categories Interaction Information Presentation
How hyperlinks will help user navigate
Where will the user need to go?
In what order will user move through site?
Is each link’s purpose clear to user?
Information
What content will appear on each page
What text & graphics will be included on each page?
Will these support the site’s purpose?
Presentation
Physical appearance of site
What look & feel will the site have?
What color scheme?
How will hyperlinks be positioned?

8. Evaluate & Test Confirming that site meets intended purpose & goals
Make sure everything works and displays correctly
Make sure all hyperlinks work
Use various browsers and different computers and platforms (PC, Mac etc)

9. Implement & Maintain Publish the site
Copy to web server
FTP
After “going live” check links again
Keep site current & working properly
Add, delete, update content & pages
Check that links continue to work properly

10. Your Assignment
Open the file “Doorways to Design” from the student server and follow the instructions on it.
You will be looking at a variety of Web pages and deciding what you like and do not like about them
Type your comments in the space provided
When completed, this assignment should be ed to me