Leverage Your Online Presence The Web Design Process Duane Dixon – HSPVA -- Susan Boone - Westside High School -- Houston I.S.D. TechSPAN ‘09

You can create the look, feel, and navigation for Web sites using HTML, as well as a number of computer graphics programs. Start by planning…then revise some more. So you want to have a web site? Now What?

Design

Brainstorming Work with key individuals at your campus to get ideas about what content should be on the web. Determine WHO is responsible for gathering the information and creating the text and collecting images.

Assigning Groups… Team Roles: “Buzz Words” for developers –Project manager –Documenter –Designer It doesn’t matter what you CALL these individuals, but it REALLY matters that they exist. Otherwise, you may be the ONE person that ‘does it all’….

PROTOTYPES Three prototypes used in Web design 1. Site Map – text-based outline of the entire Web site. 2.Storyboard – graphical representation of the entire Web site that shows the navigational structure and page hierarchy. 3.Wireframe – diagrammatic representation of each page in the Web site. Placement of various elements on the page should be represented with simple drawings.

Planning the Content Work from the sitemap and wireframe to develop content.

Initial Design Templates… –Free sites –Problem Solving –Trouble Shooting CSS Style Sheets… –Work with code –Plan

Feedback All of the people involved in providing content needs to check to make sure the team is headed in the right direction.

Iterate

Build the HTML Dreamweaver Notepad (Templates)

CSS ???? Really cool Style sheets add a lot of flexibility. Many available CSS style sheets that are available

Present to Administration Be sure to include the administration in the development phase. Get feedback from them AGAIN until the site is completed.

TEST When refining a Web site, what techniques should be used? Heuristic – problem solving Think Aloud – work in teams (pairs) and go through the entire site and discuss and record comments Usability Studies – use various tools to track data collected from the Web site

Launch If the website is stored on the HISD server…check to make sure the guidelines for the district have been followed.

How To Request a Department Web Site on the Portal To request a department Web site on the HISD Portal, contact Marcy Spears, Portal Services Supervisor. She will meet with you to discuss your site and assist you through the process of organizing the site. Training will be provided by the HISD Help Desk monthly for site managers and content contributors.Marcy Spears

School Web Site Guidelines Guidelines and standards covered here are intended to ensure appropriate content/use of HISD school Web sites as to: – Process – Protocol/Responsibility – Content – Requirements – Publishing Guidelines

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Links Storyboarding: - Decent article on storyboardinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyboard Wireframing: eframing_paper_wireframing - a great ideahttp:// eframing_paper_wireframing - wireframing app for purchasehttp:// - free online wireframing apphttp://hello.hotgloo.com/ - wireframing bloghttp://wireframes.linowski.ca/

Design/CSS: - a great CSS resourcehttp://reference.sitepoint.com/css - A List Aparthttp:// - A great/wonderful inspiration site for design ideas all done with CSShttp:// - Josh Spear, great with spotting design trendshttp://joshspear.com/ - what Delicious is to links, this is to imageshttp://ffffound.com/

Leverage Your Online Presence – link to this presentation D=9&DepartmentChoice=links High School for the Performing Arts Westside High School