1. Unit 13: Website Development

2. Last Session
Features of websites
Types of website

3. Todays session
Types of website
Meet your clients

4. ● Dynamic – BBC sport – live updates
Types of websites:
● Static – example:
● Dynamic – BBC sport – live updates

5. Originally most websites were static Created using html
static website
Not regularly updated
No dynamic content
Originally most websites were static
Created using html

6. Static websites Advantages of static websites
Quick to develop
Cheap to develop
Cheap to host
Disadvantages of static websites
Requires web development expertise to update site
Site not as useful for the user
Content can get stagnant
From Edinteractive

7. Dynamic websites
Information changes often sometimes automatically
User allowed to select what information they view
Examples include banking and social networking
Often embed digital assets to make site visually appealing

8. Dynamic websites Advantages of dynamic websites
Much more functional website
Much easier to update
New content brings people back to the site and helps in the search engines
Can work as a system to allow staff or users to collaborate
Disadvantages of dynamic websites
Slower / more expensive to develop
Hosting costs a little more
From Edinteractive

9. How can user experience of websites be improved
Forms that allow customers to leave feedback
Dynamic interactions when socialising online
Applying style sheets to keep the same look and feel for a website
Making websites interactive by embedding digital assets.

10. Good Websites Top 100 ‘best-designed’ websites
Sites that fulfilled their purpose:
Sell
Entertain
Inform
Communicate
Search
Task: Select one of these.
What features (text, digital assets links, interactivities, etc.) does it have?
Which of these help to make it a good website?

11. Bad Websites Worst 10 websites
Attracts as much attention as a well designed site, but “you actually want to stay at the nice looking one”.
Helps you to decide what a good website is!
designs/
Task: Select one of these.
What features (text, digital assets links, interactivities, etc.) does it have?
Which of these could be improved to make it a good website?

12. Purpose of website Commercial Non-commercial
Designed to sell a product or service.
Might contain e-commerce features enabling on-line purchases
E.g Amazon, e-buyer, e-spares
Non-commercial
Provides information to interested groups or individuals.
Not for profit
E.g government sites (data protection act), BBC sites (GetInspired)

13. Your clients The College Sports Club Arches - Library/Internet Café.
The Perry Orchard Restaurant.
Pikes - Complementary therapy outlet.
Tec Repairs - Computer repair and purchasing outlet

14. Task
Work as a team to prepare a creative brief for one of the potential clients (i.e. pretend to be the client).
Use the provided information, your creativity and answer the following
Proposal
Target audience
Website goals
Requirements
Pages required