Chapter 3 - Site Planning

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. Whether you are creating a single personal web site or working on a professional web development team, you save time and improve quality by thoroughly planning the site design and development process before you start creating it. This chapter walks you through planning and building a framework for your site, resulting in more efficient development when you build your web site.

When you complete this chapter, you will be able to:

Resources

Pencil wireframe tool

Gliffy

Survey Monkey

Amaya

BBEdit

Bluefish

Firebug

Kompozer

Sea Monkey

Trellian

CuteFTP

Filezilla

FireFTP

Sample Site Specifications

Site Specification Sample #1

Site Specification Sample #2

Site Specification Sample #3