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Individual Project

 

What is it? Information Design
· Goals & Objectives
· Audience

How should it work? Interaction Design
· Site plan
· Navigation

How should it look and sound? Content Design
· Style, layout
· Media used
· Images

You will develop a website for a site of at least 3 pages, all of which will be created in Dreamweaver. Think about what type of site you would like to create and what it will be about.

Submit a Site Guide.

Your Site Guide should include:
  • goals & objectives for the site
  • who your targeted audience is
  • your site map
    • title of each page
    • brief description of the page contents
    • navigation/linkage between pages
    • image information
    • visual details(fonts, colors, styles…)
  • maintenance plan
  • file naming format
  • server details (location, instructions)


The Site Guide should contain the answers to the following questions:

  • topic of the website
  • type of website (news, advocacy, advertising)
  • sub-topics
  • key message(s)
  • audience and how your site is targeting this audience
  • affective and effective aspects of the site
  • user feedback mechanisms
  • future enhancements
  • market research- Include a minimum of 2 websites in your market research. Include the following information about these sites:
    • Web address/URL
    • What type of site is it and who is their target market?
    • Are they successful in targeting their audience?
    • Who is responsible for this page? Is it easy to locate this information?
    • What are the sections/subsections of this site?
    • Ease of navigation & usability
    • What do you like or dislike about this site?

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