A good Web site design requires a detailed initial planning phase. Before starting to code your site, pick up a pencil and paper and sketch out your site design. Creating the stylistic conventions and conceptual structure of your site beforehand saves time during development. This chapter walks you through planning and building a framework for your site, resulting in less recoding when you actually sit down at the computer.
When you complete this chapter, you will be able to:
- Create a site specification
- Identify the content goal
- Analyze your audience
- Build a Web site development team
- Create conventions for filenames and URLs
- Set a directory structure
- Create a site storyboard
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TUCOWS Shareware Site
WinZip
Aladdin Expander
Adobe Systems Incorporated
Macromedia, Inc.
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Case Project
Write a site specification for the site you defined in Chapters 1 and 2. Include as much
information as possible from the project proposal you completed at the end of Chapter 1.
Make sure to include a mission statement. Determine how you will measure the site’s success
in meeting its goals. Include a description of the intended audience.Describe how you will
assess user satisfaction with the site. Include technological issues that may influence the site’s
development or function.
Prepare a detailed flowchart for your site using the preliminary flowchart you created at the
end of Chapter 2. Create a filename for each page that matches the ISO 9660 standard.
Indicate all links between pages. Write a short summary that describes the flowchart.
Describe why you chose the particular structure, how it suits your content, and how it
benefits the user.
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