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44212: Web-site Development

Review & Assignment 2 Requirements

Ian Perry

Room: C49Extension: 7287

E-mail: [email protected]://itsy.co.uk/ac/0506/Sem1&2/44212_WSD/

Ian Perry 44212: Web-site Development: Review & Assignment 2 Requirements Slide 2

Remember a Web-siteshould support a Web

Presence i.e. the necessary interaction between an

organisation and those in the Internet/Web community they wish to do business with.

Organisation

Intranet

Internal

E-Business

CustomersInternet

Business-to-Customer

E-Commerce

Suppliers Extranet

Business-to-Business

E-Procurement

Both up and Down the E-Business Supply Chain:


Design Decisions?

Define your Business Goals: decide which business processes

are best supported (or replaced). Be clear why you are creating this

site: by deciding what you want your Web-

site to Be and Do. Make sure that you:

Know your Audience!


Remember your Audience?

You are NOT designing for yourself: design is no substitute for functionality.

Make it easy to find what matters: snail-mail addresses and telephone numbers

should not always be easily found! Have realistic expectations:

even if they are modest ones. Start small, but design for scalability:

Web-sites suit a phased development, but “Under Construction” notices are BAD!


Things NOT todo on a Web Page!

Don't crowd images. Don't be inconsistent with structure. Don't have too much information (data?)

on a single page. Don't leave the important stuff for the

bottom. Don't violate white-space balance. Don't forget other platforms & browsers. Don't forget to make the title of each

Web-page very descriptive.


“Keep it Simple”

And your Web-site will be: easier to build;

consistent structure, common ‘look-and-feel’, easier navigation, etc.

easier to maintain;no Web-site is ever complete, they are always

‘under construction’, so NEVER say so!

And remember that “less is definitely more”:

except when it comes to testing!


Use your Web Development Plan!

1. Business Analysis; What business processes/problems does the Case

Study organisation have?

2. Competition Analysis; How have other, similar, organisations used the Web

in order to support their business processes.

3. Content Decisions; Which business processes might be best supported,

and which problems might best be solved, by an Internet/Web solution?

4. Site Map; How will the Content be organised, i.e. what shape

will the Web-site be?


How to Build a Web-site?

Name all files on the ‘Site Map’. this will save a lot of anguish later!

Develop the ‘standard’ Web-page: most (all?) Web Pages will look like this. make the major navigation ‘work’.

Use copies of the ‘standard’ Web-page: for a consistent ‘look-and-feel’. adding the Page Content as required:

from existing documents if possible?

Test, test, test!


Name ALL Files on Site Map

flights.htm

Home Page

Flights Accommodation Car Hire Travel Insurance

Booking Request

Annual

Single Trip

index.htm

accomm.htm

car.htm insure.htm

annual.htm

single.htmbook.htm


Develop the ‘Standard’


Use the ‘Standard’

Open the ‘standard’: save (immediately!) with a new file name, i.e.

refer to the names on your ‘Site-Map’. Add the ‘Page Content’:

utilising existing text and images where ever possible.

Examine the Results: and make any necessary adjustments.

Repeat for all Web-pages: using the same ‘standard’.


Look at all of your Web-pages

using Internet Explorer


Take Your Time &“Keep it Simple”

Spend quite a lot of time developing your ‘standard’ Web-page: you don’t want to have to change the ‘standard’,

having already used it to build several Web-pages with the original ‘bad’ version.

Make sure that you only work with files that are located in ONE folder: or work only on a floppy disk; as that is what you

have to hand in. And remember that “less is definitely more”:

except when it comes to testing!


WSD Assignment 2 NB. Deadline = 26 April 2006

Web-site Implementation 70% of Web-site Development Marks

What is required? Implement an appropriate ‘Web-site’ for the

case study organisation, based on your submission for Assignment 1, i.e. your 'Web Development Plan'.

MUST:fit on, and work from, a single 3.5” Floppy Disk,

so optimise ALL of your Image files. Home Page MUST:

have the file name index.htm


ABM Car Sales - Case Study

ABM Car Sales: are fairly new to the Scarborough area;

having ‘set up shop’ in 2002. specialise in the sale of Audi, BMW &

Mercedes; hence their name. only sell pre-owned (i.e. second-hand) cars, only sell cars that are a maximum of 5 years

old; although they might make an exception for a particularly good/unusual/rare example of one of the above marques.

don’t really like to have any cars for sale at less than £5,000; as they want to differentiate their business on price, as well as type of car.


ABM Car Sales - Case Study

ABM is owned and operated by 3 Partners (Andrew, Brittany & Malcolm); each of whom specialise in one of the marques available for sale.

ABM also employ: an Administrator; who keeps all of the necessary

paperwork up-to-date, 2 Mechanics; who check the vehicles that are bought,

or accepted in part-exchange, for any problems and either carry out the necessary repairs themselves, or locate a local specialist if the ‘problem’ is beyond their capabilities,

and a Forecourt Person; who makes sure that the cars are looking their best for potential customers.


ABM ‘want’ a Web-site!

You have been recently appointed as a Web Consultant, and are tasked with using the Internet/Web to; “increase public awareness of ABM Car

Sales, and of the quality pre-owned cars they have available for sale”.

i.e. You are to: develop a Web-site that will provide a

suitable Web Presence for ABM.


Assignment 2: Web-site ImplementationDeadline: 26 Apr 2006 (70% of Marks)

1. Robustness (15 Marks) The extent to which your Web-site has been

fully tested, so that there are no broken hyperlinks, no missing images, and that both spelling and grammar are accurate.

It will be difficult (IMPOSSIBLE?) to give you very many (ANY?) of the rest of the marks for this assignment if the Web-site does not function.

2. Consistency (15 Marks) The consistency of the Web-site as a whole,

the chosen Navigation Method(s), and the structure of individual Web-pages.


Assignment 2: Web-site ImplementationDeadline: 26 Apr 2006 (70% of Marks)

3. Creativity (15 Marks) The elegance, ingenuity and downright style

of your Web-site.

4. Business Relevance (40 Marks) The extent to which your Web-site is

‘appropriate’ for this business – i.e. how well it supports specific business processes.

5. Web-site Evaluation (15 Marks) A critical evaluation of the ‘appropriateness’

of the Web-site you have produced.


No more Lectures!

There will be no more Lectures in support of the WSD Module.

There will, however, be TWO more Workshops, i.e.: 17 March, 2006 31 March, 2006

Make sure that you attend these Assignment Support Workshops if you need my help.

And Remember that the Assignment 2 Deadline is immediately after the Easter Break, i.e.: 26 Apr 2006

Good Luck!

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