Planning a websiteby Katie Hardaker

There are lots of things to think about when deciding about

creating a website…

Designing a Website

1. Topic• Hobby• Band• Club• Sports

2. Audience• Who are they?• Where are they from?• What will they want to see?• What kinds of info will be needed?

3. Key Terms• Wording (Subject Spec)• Hot Words/Hyperlinks

4. Layout• Pictures• Frames• Borders• Tables• Text Boxes

5. General Interface• Background (image/colour)• Buttons•Menus

6. Logo• Existing?• Your Own?• Watermark effect?• Small in a corner?

7. Title• Font• Font Colour• Font Size

8. Body Text• Font• Font Colour• Font Size

9. Pictures• Of what?• From Where?• Links?

10. Navigation• Order of pages• Web Schema• Why in order?• What links what?

You will now plan your website

• For homework I asked you to identify what you want to create a website about.

• You will now put together a presentation using the slides following this one to plan your site ready to build it next week.

1. Topic

I have chosen to create a website about photography.

This is because i like it and i know some people who are amazing photographers.

Ideas…• Hobby• Band• Club• Sports

2. Audience

The type of person that would visit my site would be someone who wants a family photo or a wedding photographer etc.

They will be particularly interested in seeing where to find us, how to contact us the graphics and text.

Ideas…• Who are they?• Where are they from?• What will they want to

see?• What kinds of information

will be needed?

3. Key Words

I will need to use words related to my topic these will include unique, professional, photographer/y.

Ideas…• Wording (Subject Specific)• Hot Words/Hyperlinks

4. Layout

I want my website to include graphics, texts, tables, menus and frames.

Ideas…• Pictures• Frames• Borders• Tables• Text Boxes

5. General Interface (what it looks like)

In the background I will have images of scenery, weddings, family photos, it will change (sample photos)

I will use buttons to show different ideas of photos including: weddings, parties, baby photos, maybe animals and landscapes.

My buttons will look like drop boxes on the top of the page.

Ideas…• Background (image / colour)• Buttons (square / round/ animated/ picture / change colour)

6. Logo

Will your website have a logo?

yes

Where will it come from?

Google images Paste it here…

Ideas…• Existing?• Your Own?• Watermark effect?• Small in a corner?

7/8. Title & Body Text

What will the title be

Digital photography

What type of font/writing will you use? What size writing will it be?

I will use a bold font, something that stands out and the sizing will have to be in the middle, bigger than the rest but not too big.

Ideas…• Font• Font Colour• Font Size

9. Pictures

Paste the pictures you want to use here…

Something like this...

Where are they from? (i.e. internet, digital camera)

digital camera

10. Navigation

How many pages will your webpage have?

10

What will each of these pages show?

The homepage, examples of the photo category, where to find us and how to contact us.

Websites like mine

picasaweb.google.comPicasa -

National geographic - nationalgeographic.com

The other day photography -Theotherday.co.uk

Websites like mine

Picasa gave me an advantage because it gave me the idea to put sample pictures on my website to give the customers a rough example of what we do and the quality of our work. The pictures would be ones that we have taken before.

National Geographic gave me the idea for the animals because they take such good and detailed photos.

The other day photography gave me confidence in putting wedding photos on my website, because they have such good detail and the angles are really good.