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Process

1.Define your purpose

Overall purpose of the site:

What will your site enable visitors to see, understand, or experience?

What need will your site meet that isn’t currently being met by other sites?

What are the three most important goals for this site?1. 2. 3.

Intended Audience(s):

2.Analyze your audience

Who is the primary audience?

Rank your audience in terms of importance

What do they do at your site?

What do you want them to think after they leave your site?

Is your audience web savvy?

3.Study competitionThree sites similar to mine are:

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Descriptions of competition:Site 1: Look and feelNavigationDiscreet itemsOrganization (logical, predictable, scattered, chaos, confusing)Goo thingsNot so good thingsFeatures you would like to adopt

4.List probable content

List possible content (Blue Sky)

Cull & List again – unrealistic content (budget, time, skill)

Rank content

5.Content inventory

What you have

What you need to create (make template for now)

Type of site structure

Linear

HypertextHierarchicalHypertext –hierarchical blend