Banner purpose of website for townland history

 

Introduction button

county library button

dublin button

internet button

mapping button

photography button

oral history button

family tree button

archeology

Button to sitemap

button to manual

button to kiltarnet

button to internet links

 

 

 

Assignment

Design, develop and implement a Web Site for an identified audience.

The web site must demonstrate correct use of formatting, graphics, page layout, links and anchors, imagemaps, lists, tables, comment and Meta tags. The web site will be evaluated in terms of:

Presentation of content

Design

Site Objectives

Appropriateness for intended audience

Site Structure

Navigation Solution

Browser compatibility.

Access Speed

On the following pages is a suggested checklist for your Website and a guide to the creation of your Report. The report should contain most or all of the features mentioned and be in the region of 1500 words.

 

 

Website Checklist

File Structure

Completed

Website Folder created

Video/Still images and sounds stored in the Correct Folder

 

Files correctly named

 
   

Design Consideration

Completed

Web Site Objectives reported on

 

Target Audience reported on

 

Site Map/Structure created

 

Appropriate content used

 

Consideration given to Access Speeds

 
   

Navigation

Completed

Links, Anchors, Hit Counters,etc.

 

Frames used and reported on

 
   
   

Compatibility

Completed

Website viewed in various Browsers, (i.e. Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, Opera, etc.) and reported on

 

Viewed at 800*600, 1024*768, 1280*1024 resolution and reported on

 

Web Safe fonts used and reported on

 

Images

Completed

Images correctly displayed

 

Alternative text used for every image

 

Image maps used

 
   

Formatting

Completed

CSS styles applied correctly

 
   

Promotion of Site

Completed

Meta Tags Used

 

Website uploaded to the UL Server

 

Submitted to search engines

 

Evaluation of Site

Completed

Self Evaluation of Website

 

Submitted to evaluation sites

 

Access speeds in the various Browsers reported on

Feedback Form

 

The report to contain a screen dump of the main page of the web site with its URL clearly Visible.

Introduction

Introduction to include:

  1. Table of contents
  2. Description of Website
  3. Reasons for choice of Website
 

Knowledge Base

Where did you get your information?

Internet, local information, library, newspaper, magazines, your own background knowledge etc.

Is the Information correct and current?

Aims of Web site

List a few specific aims of the web site in a bulleted manner.

Website life cycle

Present a realistic work schedule.

  • Planning
  • Collecting material
  • Flowcharting/sitemaps
  • Design
  • Testing
 

Planning

List the URL of 5 Websites that you viewed which have similar aims to your Website.

Recommended sites

Web site 1

URL:

2

URL:

3

URL:

4

URL:

5

URL:

Evaluation of Websites

Each web site must be evaluated on the basis of

Target audience

Navigation

Ease of use (friendliness)

Colours used

Graphics used

Spelling, grammar etc

Target Audience

The target audience has a big influence on the size and complexity of the design. The intended audience is?

Give details, important characteristics, etc.

 

Software Used

What software was used in the development of the web site?

(Dreamweaver)

Structure of site

Give the structure of your Website and explain why you used your model.

Flowcharts/Storyboard

Show examples of the storyboard you created at the start

Navigational Rationale

Did you use a navigation bar, Rollovers, site map?

Discuss all the features that might help in navigation and then discuss what you did.

Naming of files and folders

What type of conventions did you use?
What file formats did you use and describe the options available to you i.e. jpg vs. gif etc

All Images should be stored in an images folder, sounds in a sound folder etc.

Typographic

Discuss the use of fonts in general. What font did you use and why?

Colour Scheme Used

Colour scheme used

Graphic sources

Where did you get your graphics? Drawn/Manufactured, Internet, scanning, disk etc.

Did you have to edit them? How?

Did you have to optimise graphics?

Page download times.

Page
Name

Download times at various speeds

28.8

56.6

ISDN

Broadband

         
         
         
         
         
         
 

Web safe colours

Discuss the use of web safe colours in general and then focus on why you chose the colours you used. In Dreamweaver you can choose Windows, Assets and choose the colour and use that as a screen dump as it clearly indicates the web safe colours.

Use a screen dump from the assets section in dreamweaver.

Screen size used

Discuss screen size and resolution settings? Then explain why you used your setting

How does your site view on the different screen sizes, describe?

http://www.anybrowser.com/screensizetest.html

 

 

Use of frames

Why did you use frames?

Indicate why you used the particular set of frames and other options you may have considered.

 

CGI scripts

Explain CGI and describe how it’s used, e.g., hit counter and forms?

 

Other considerations

Do you have any long pages? How did you counteract the negative effect? Anchors

Did you make any considerations as to the content of pages at top or at the left etc?

What else did you consider?

Uploading the site

Did you upload your Website to the UL? Server?

What software did you use to upload the site?

 

Where my site is housed

Did you upload your Website to any other ISP’s or Servers? Advantages and disadvantages of each. .

This site is housed on the UL Server at the following URL:

http:// ?

Promotion of site

What Meta tags did you use?

What search engines did you add the site too.

www.submitcorner.com

Evaluation

How did you evaluate the site?

What evaluation sites did you use?

How many browsers was it tested under?

Critical Analysis of Site

You can use

http://www.cast.org/bobby/

http://www.submitcorner.com/tools

www.netmechanic.com

www.anybrowser.com

Screen Dumps

A screen dump of some of the main pages should be included in your report.

  Blank assignment document

 

Introduction | County Library | Dublin Sources | Internet | Mapping | Photography | Scanning | Oral History | Family Tree | Archeology | Purpose of Website | Website Map| Manual | Kiltarnet | Links |