Client Site Link

Visit my Client Site.

http://dswd208lopez.bncreative.org/client

Website Action List

Particular websites that influenced me with my design were:
http://www.aircondirect.com.au/
http://www.keepincool.com.au/

Their websites aren't the best but it has influenced me to create a design that was combined by the two. A lot of white space and having just a single box with content which I designed with the size of 800x600. And I also wanted to just go with the style of the client-supplied logo.

At first I was going to put the snowman as an animated clip but I had realised that the supplied logo was not editable and therefore would just cause more complications and I also don't want the website to look over the top. I would also love to have done more but because of time-limit, I was not able to.

I had decided to use a dreamweaver template as a design. Originally, flash was idea but because this is a website for a small air-conditioning business, there's really not much into it. And also, I wanted the website to be easily accessible. Having flash requires plug-ins, templated don't.

Feedbacks:

"Looks professional. Might need more animation"

"The Don’s Auto Air website has solid design, nothing overwhelming, colours suit the business. All the coding except for the contacts section submittal works well. Each page has plenty of information about the business, what they do and even some handy tips. Nice."

Domain Name System

Domain names are identifiers of computer on the Internet. The domain name acts as the website’s uniform resource locator or URL. An example would be: http://tippylopez.com
‘tippylopez’ being the domain name. A part of the Domain Name System of the internet that converts the domain names to ip addresses is called the domain name registry.

Net Registry
http://www.netregistry.com.au/

Pricing
.org.au $13.75 2 years
.com.au $ 44.95 2 years

The Net Registry provides customers a variety of services including domain names, web hosting, ecommerce and marketing solutions.

Marketing Report

Visit my Marketing Report website.

http://dswd208lopez.bncreative.org/marketing/index.html

Website Development Client Questionnaire

Group: Kasey, Kim and Tippy

Client Details
• Client Name:
• Job Description:

Website Details
• Purpose/Goals?
• Start Date: End Date:
• Do you have a current website? Yes/No
• Competitors website?
• Budget? _________________
• Do you require a data-based website?
• What are the key reasons users may have for visiting the site?

Content and Layout
• Website theme/colour scheme?
• Target Audience?
• What information do you want on your website?
• How many pages/sections?
• Time-limit/Deadline?
• Would there be related links on your website?

Usability
• Do you require your website to be mobile phone accessible?
• Site map
• W3C.org guidelines and web accessibility?
• Does it require high internet connection?

Project Website Phases

Group: Kasey, Kim, Tippy

Phase1-

Establish business and client contact details
Create a site specification document

Main purpose of the website?
What is your needs and goals?
What programs?
How long the process will take? Time limit? Deadline?
Cost? Budget?
Contract?
Consider any extra hiring that might be needed for coding or database?
Do you already have a website? Upgrading?


Phase2-

Certain theme or style to be followed?
Mobile phone accessible?
Web accessibility 1.0 strict? (Font sizes/alt text)
Colour scheme?
Age group?

Research how other businesses in the same industry are displaying their products and website.

Phase3-

Storyboarding

Layout-
Index, About, Product Info, Gallery, Contact, Thankyou etc

Phase4-

Layout styles-
Funky, simple, professional, modern, abstract, retro, vintage?

Map up a rough estimate of hours that will be needed to complete website- ex. finalisation, marketing complete.


Phase5-

Check website in both Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari etc.

Check it complies with WW3 standards, if optimised for the web and if resolution dependent.

Phase6-

Presenting contract and getting client feedback.

DSWD2

This is a blog for our Intermediate Web Design class.

Future postings will include useful links, articles and other web-related stuff.

I've got nothing else to say except that I hope you enjoy my future posts.

Cheers!!