Planning a website

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Planning a website

• Communicate to the audience the goal for the
  website
• Sketching the layout

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The Audience

• The reason the website exists
• Who are they?
• Age group?
• Special interests?
• Assumed prior knowledge?
• Need to know that website will provide?
• How can site design fit audience?

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The Audience

• Think, brainstorm, plan, build
• Before writing any code for a new site
• Submit a brainstorm and a 1 page written
  explanation of the audience for every site you
  create
• Submit sketches for the site
• One sketch for every unique page design

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Discovery through creativity

• Important to develop a sense of exploration and
  experimentation in our work
• Try different designs for a site

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Sketching layout design ideas

• Use powerpoint shapes to create layout sketches

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