Dynamic Web Sites DECO 3001 Tutorial 9 – CMS Presented by Ji Soo Yoon 21 May 2004 Slides adopted from http://www.ksu.edu/dia/projects/cm/ , http://webdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa021802a.htm , http://aifia.org/files/cms0303.ppt , http://www.psu.edu/webconference/Web2003/Web2003Materials/C msJohansen.ppt , http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/jpgant/PPAEgov_Webdesign.ppt
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Dynamic Web SitesDECO 3001 Tutorial 9 – CMS
Presented by Ji Soo Yoon21 May 2004
Slides adopted from http://www.ksu.edu/dia/projects/cm/, http://webdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa021802a.htm, http://aifia.org/files/cms0303.ppt, http://www.psu.edu/webconference/Web2003/Web2003Materials/CmsJohansen.ppt, http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/jpgant/PPAEgov_Webdesign.ppt
IA CMS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ia-cms/ CMS List http://www.cms-list.org/
Appendix:Just For Your Information
Web Site Construction and Evaluation Process
Who is Involved in Web Site Design?
Key Questions for Planning Site
What is the mission of your organization? How will creating a Web site support your
mission? What are your immediate goals for the site? What are your long-term goals for the site? What Web-related strategies will you use to
achieve those goals? How will you measure the success of your
site?
What Are Your Goals?
Make a short statement about your goals including strategies for designing the Web site length of design, construction and evaluation
periods measures used to evaluate the success of plans for long-term editorial management and
technical maintenance Remember
on-going dynamic process
Know Your Audience
Identify potential visitors of your Web site site must meet their needs and expectations well designed site should meet a range of skills
and interests Users include
Web surfers Novice and occasional users Expert and frequent users International users Physically challenged
Additional Steps
Design Critiques Identify other Web
sites to use as models
See design from the user’s point of view
Each team member brings a list of favorite sites and shares with group
Content Inventory Assess the content
needed for site Hardest and most
time consuming part of project
Start early
Site Development Process
Site definition and planning Information architecture Site design Site construction Site marketing Tracking, evaluation and maintenance
Site Production Checklist
Production issues Technology Web server support Budgeting
Production Issues
What are the purpose and goals for the site? Who is the target audience for the site, and what do
they want? Will your site production team be composed of in-
house people, outside contractor, or a mix of the two?
Who will manage the process? Who are your primary content experts? Who will be the liaison to any outside contractors? Who will function as the Webmaster?
Technology
What browsers and operating systems should your site support?
What is the network bandwidth of average site visitors?
What advanced features will be used? How will readers reach the support
personnel? How will you handle database support? What type of A/V content will be used?
Additional Factors
Web Server Support In-house or outsource Domain name Site traffic constraints 24/7 support &
maintenance Stats on use Database coordination
Budgeting Salaries and benefits HW/SW Staff training Outsourcing fees Ongoing support
Webmaster Server and technical Database
New content and updates
STEP 2: Information Architecture
Focus - Detail the content and organization of the Web site Inventory all existing content Describe what new content is required Define the organizational structure of the site
Build a small prototype Used to test site navigation and user interface See how site looks and how navigation interface
supports information design
STEP 3: Site Design
Create and approve page design and overall design standards
Commission illustrations, photography and graphics
Develop content Conduct programming, database
design, and data entry
STEP 4: Site Construction
Web site is filled with content Create database and programming
components Beta test the site
STEP 5: Site Marketing
Site should be integral part of marketing campaign and corporate communications programs.
URL should appear on every piece of correspondence
STEP 6: Tracking, Evaluation, and Maintenance
Record information about site visitors to determine how many visitors over a given time how many pages were requested for viewing appeal of pages and their format