- Explain the following terms in your own words:
– The Internet:
The internet is the worldwide network for computers. You can find mainframes, cellphones, personal computers, and any other device with access to an internet connection.
– HTML:
HTML is the universal language used to receive, send and present information via the internet.
– Browser:
A browser is a tool that gather all the HTML documents and is needed for us to view the documents. It is therefor necessary to have I we want to use the web the way we do today.
– Search engine:
Search engine is a program that searches trough all the HTML documents on the internet and sends back the most relevant results to the user. Example; Chrome, safari, Firefox and Opera.
- Please research and add another 10 questions to the briefing process.(See the lesson.)
Old:
1. What kind of visitors are you expecting on your website that would appeal to them?
2. Who are your competitors and how do you differ from them?
3. What actions do you want visitors to take on the site?
4. What is your deadline for completing the site? How big is the budget?
5. What features should be used on your website?
6. Please list the names of three sites that you like and explain what you like about them.
7. Do you have any colour preferences? What should the look and feel for the website be?
8. Who will be the contact person for this project?
9. What do you NOT want on your site in terms of text, content, colour and graphic elements?
10. Who will be responsible for maintaining the website? Will the person have the time and skills to do so?
New:
1. What framework will the website be built on?
2. What will visitors accomplish on your website?
3. If client has content and images ready or they will need agency to do it?
4. What are the clients drivers?
5. Will multiple levels of access be required?
6. What kind of website does your brand need?
7. What goals do you want your website to achieve?
8. How do you plan to maintain the site?
9. Who is your target audience?
10. How much traffic would you anticipate?
- From this list of 20 questions (your 10 added to my 10), please create the ultimate list of 10 questions that you would use for clients.
1. Who is your target audience?
2. Who are your competitors and how do you differ from them?
3. What actions do you want visitors to take on the site?
4. If client has content and images ready or they will need agency to do it?
5. What is your deadline for completing the site? How big is the budget?
6. What goals do you want your website to achieve?
7. Please list the names of three sites that you like and explain what you like about them.
8. What kind of website does your brand need?
9. What will visitors accomplish on your website?
10. Who will be responsible for maintaining the website? Will the person have the time and skills to do so?
Surf the web and find 10 sites you would consider to be great websites. Simultaneously, make a list of 10 sites you consider bad web sites. Remember to describe why you would define them as such. Upload your lists on your blog.
Great:
- https://www.brightdesign.co.uk – I like the simple feel and organization.
- https://swabtheworld.com/en/ – I like the contrast with color and the strong colors the site has. A more unique design but not in a messy way.
- https://alkemist.no – One of my favorite design solutions and a great inspiration.
- https://www.pixeldust.no – This is what they do, nice and organized.
- https://www.airbnb.no – Easy to navigate and get the information you want and a delight to look at.
Bad:
- https://oslo.craigslist.org – Uninspiring and only boring text.
- https://www.bobsaget.com – Messy and don’t know where to place my eyes.
- https://www.theworldsworstwebsiteever.com – I know this is a parody but still its bad, so bad. They way the designers wanted it to be. Every mistake in webdesign history.
- https://www.art.yale.edu – My eyes hurt, I get the abstractness in the page but to get this from an art school? Took 7 years to even enter the page.
- http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com – I expect more from a great writer. Bad navigation and uninspiring.
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