1. Web Design, 3 rd Edition 3 Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 1

2. Chapter Objectives  Describe the Web site development planning process  Complete Step 1: Define the site’s purpose  Complete Step 2: Identify the site’s target audience  Complete Step 3: Determine the site’s general content  Complete Step 4: Select the site’s structure Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 12

3. The Web Site Development Planning Process Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 13

4. Step 1: Define the Site’s Purpose  Web site goals  Web site objectives  Web site purpose Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 14

5. Step 2: Identify the Site’s Target Audience  Define the site’s target audience –Develop a target audience profile Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 15

6. Market Segmentation  Geographic –Local, State, National, Global  Demographics –Age, Gender, Race, Ethnicity, etc.  Psychographics –Lifestyles, hobbies, etc. Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 16

7. Milk  Few features  Generally appeals to the masses  Name another product that does such?  They even segmented the market for milk Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 17

8. Who is this marketed towards? Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 18

9. Who is this marketed towards? Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 19

10. Who is this marketed towards? Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 110

11. Who is this marketed towards? Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 111

12. Who is this marketed towards? Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 112

13. Who is this marketed towards? Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 113

14. Who is this marketed towards? Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 114

15. Who is this marketed towards? Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 115

16. Who is this marketed towards? Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 116

17. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  The home page is often the first page a visitor sees  Should include: –Who –What –Where  Search feature Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 117

18. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  Web sites often include multiple subsidiary or underlying pages  Should include the same elements as its home page: –Name –Logo –Typeface –Color scheme Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 118

19. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 119

20. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  A splash page uses images, animation, and sound to capture visitors’ attention and draw them into the site Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 120

21. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  Should include value-added content: –Relative –Informative –Timely –Accurate –High quality –Usable Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 121

22. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  Text –Primary component of a Web site –Guidelines to consider Chunk text for scannability –Place explanatory or detailed information on linked underlying pages –Use active voice and a friendly tone –Remove transitional words and phrases like as stated previously, similarly, and as a result, which might not be relevant for the chunked text Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 122

23. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  Images –Most commonly included content element on Web sites –Can personalize and familiarize the unknown Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 123

24. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  Audio –Low-bandwidth alternative to video –Audio can persuade, inspire, personalize, motivate, or sooth Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 124

25. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  Video –Video clips incorporate movement and sound –Extremely large sizes of video Downloadable vs. Streaming Video Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 125

26. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  Animation –Widely used to attract attention and liven Web pages –Adds interest and appeal to Web pages –Overuse of animations can become distracting and annoying –Animated GIF Gives the appearance of moving pictures –Flash animation Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 126

27. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  Multimedia –Add action, excitement, and interactivity to your Web site –Viewers are intrigued and entertained by multimedia presentations –Multimedia presentations can be interactive Users can participate Helper Applications Plug-ins Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 127

28. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 128

29. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  Dynamically Generated Content –Served up to your Web site visitor triggered by a specific event Frequently called up from a database Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 129

30. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 130

31. Step 3: Determine the Site’s General Content  Organizing Web Site Files –Organize the resulting files in your Web site –Create folders on your computer’s local drive –Regularly create back ups Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 131

32. Step 4: Select the Site’s Structure  Outline your Web Site –Choose the method that you find most flexible and comfortable Linear / tutorial structure Random structure Hierarchical structure Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 132

33. Linear/Tutorial Structure  Presents information in a specific order –Training website Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 133

34. Random Structure  Arranges information without a specific order  Use only for small Web sites Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 134

35. Hierarchical Structure  Organizes information into categories and subcategories  Best used in organizational / topical Web sites Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 135

36. Hierarchical Structure Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 136

37. Chapter Summary  Describe the Web site development planning process  Complete Step 1: Define the site’s purpose  Complete Step 2: Identify the site’s target audience  Complete Step 3: Determine the site’s general content  Complete Step 4: Select the site’s structure Chapter 3: Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 137

38. Web Design, 3 rd Edition 3 Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 1