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'''1. General planning'''
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==General planning==
- Q&A - strategic questions, answer & brainstorm, target audience,
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* Q&A - strategic questions, answer & brainstorm, target audience,
- Site compairson
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* Site compairson
- Project plan
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* Project plan
  
'''2. Sitemap'''
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==Building a site==
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===Sitemap===
  
 
Target audience what do we want them to do
 
Target audience what do we want them to do
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Use analytics to help inform this slightly
 
Use analytics to help inform this slightly
  
'''3. Wireframe - 3 days'''
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===Wireframe - 3 days===
 
 
 
Uses Adobe Fire.... for make mockups
 
Uses Adobe Fire.... for make mockups
Does all the areas of the site - helps with accountability, and getting buy
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: Does all the areas of the site - helps with accountability, and getting buy in from all stakeholders,
in from all stakeholders,
 
  
Alan waits on the home page to the very end, so you can see what the
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Alan waits on the home page to the very end, so you can see what the organization works on.
organization works on.
 
  
Visual Identity
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====Visual Identity====
Had a logo
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* Had a logo
No branding
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* No branding
But logo had a color scheme
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* But logo had a color scheme
  
Design elements from the logo
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====Design elements from the logo====
 
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: inspiration for the components
inspiration for the components
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: trial and error
trial and error
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: "best navigation" google
"best navigation" google
 
  
 
theme forest, creative market
 
theme forest, creative market
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basic structure to each site
 
basic structure to each site
  
'''4. Design - week and half'''
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===Design - week and half===
  
'''5. Coding''' - code it up, firebug, use standard templates, find one that meets
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===Coding===
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code it up, firebug, use standard templates, find one that meets
 
your basic wireframe
 
your basic wireframe
  
'''6. QA''' - get everybody testing and try to break the site
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===QA===
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get everybody testing and try to break the site
  
'''7. Launch''' - thats when you can train users, staff etc.
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===Launch===
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thats when you can train users, staff etc.
  
Other thoughts:
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==Other thoughts==
- Can do wireframing in-house? Maybe
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* Can do wireframing in-house? Maybe
- Pay for content / sitemap stage? Alan: Pay for the discovery process,
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* Pay for content / sitemap stage? Alan: Pay for the discovery process,
 
then refund if you use us for the rest
 
then refund if you use us for the rest
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[[Category: 2014 Los Angeles]] [[Category: Development]]

Latest revision as of 20:35, 4 May 2016

Why are you here? Tanya - rebuilding an old drupal site from scratch / How to make our site more interactive on a daily basis - we're not a portal, its just our information

Sarah - the design process

Chad - learn & use a "process"


General planning

  • Q&A - strategic questions, answer & brainstorm, target audience,
  • Site compairson
  • Project plan

Building a site

Sitemap

Target audience what do we want them to do

People focus on the wrong thing sometimes - news / articles not about - focus site / content on organizations primary focus e.g. fellowship buried on a mailing list - what does it do well, what does it do best, what do you want to differentiate, what do you want to highlight

Use analytics to help inform this slightly

Wireframe - 3 days

Uses Adobe Fire.... for make mockups

Does all the areas of the site - helps with accountability, and getting buy in from all stakeholders,

Alan waits on the home page to the very end, so you can see what the organization works on.

Visual Identity

  • Had a logo
  • No branding
  • But logo had a color scheme

inspiration for the components
trial and error
"best navigation" google

theme forest, creative market

basic structure to each site

Design - week and half

Coding

code it up, firebug, use standard templates, find one that meets your basic wireframe

QA

get everybody testing and try to break the site

Launch

thats when you can train users, staff etc.

Other thoughts

  • Can do wireframing in-house? Maybe
  • Pay for content / sitemap stage? Alan: Pay for the discovery process,

then refund if you use us for the rest