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| Name the (4) elements of conceptual design |
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• Content
• Navigation
• Layout
• Colour scheme |
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| Name the (5) steps to take in design |
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• Static vs. Database-driven
• Interactivity
• Web page contents
• Prioritizing
• Listing web pages |
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| Name the (3) major types of organizations for the home page |
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o Topical
o Audience-Splitting
o Metaphors |
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| What is information architecture? |
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• How websites are structured
• How users navigate through a website
• Planning for growth and change |
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| Define: breadth and depth |
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o Depth: number of menus
o Breadth: choices per menu |
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| Discuss deep structure vs. shallow structure |
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o Deep structure vs. Shallow structure
• Deep websites require more clicks for navigation
• Shallow websites offer more choices at the top
• Clicks should be minimized |
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| Discuss navigation (3 things it lets users know) |
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o Where they have been
• The browser provides histories and back links to tell a user where they have been
• Links can be set to change colour after they have been clicked
o Where they are
o Where can they go |
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| Discuss navigation location |
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• Navigation location should be consistent and east to find
o Top is easier to find than bottom
o Left is easier to find than right
o Upper left corner is easier to find than lower right corner
• Choose a location and put all navigation there throughout website |
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• Be easy to use
• Meet the needs of the user
• Deliver their content quickly and easily |
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| Name (3) technical considerations |
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• Download speed
• Plug-ins
• Animation |
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| Name/discuss some design considerations (7) |
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• Cluttered design
• Background patterns
• Colour
• Text
• Fonts
• Spacing
• Length |
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| Name some content considerations (4) |
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o Context information
• Being hypertext, users can enter a website anywhere
• Provide context information for the user to know how current the information is and who is providing it
o Sponsor information
• Users should know who is providing the information
• Provide a copyright line or other means of identifying the author or source on each page
o Contact information
• Make it east for the user to know who to contact if such means are available
o Titles
• Put an accurate, useful title on each page both in the "head" tag and on the page itself
• Titles are used by search engines so a good title helps a page be found |
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| Name some things that content should be (5) |
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o Readable
o Accurate
o Timely
o Grammatical
o Good quality |
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| READ THE F - - - ING SCREEN . |
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