Tuesday 24 February 2009

Delivery Requirements

To design my website I will need a range of Software and Technologies:

Macromedia Dreamweaver CS3
I will use this software for the actual build of my website. It will also be used to create my XHTML and CSS.

Adobe Photoshop CS3
I will use Photoshop for any graphical work I design for my portfolio. I will also use this for image optimisation and file sizes.

Adobe Flash CS3
As this is a new skill I am learning, I will try to use Flash to produce elements of my website

XHTML 1.0 Strict
I will use Extensible HyperText Markup Language version 1.0 Strict. I will use this to produce a document to structure the content for my portfolio. This will also enable me to mark up elements for my website. I will ensure that my website site is validated and also well structured.

CSS 2.1
I will use Cascading Style Sheets version 2.1 this will be used to give style and layout to my website. I will ensure that my website is well structured so that it will be easier to validate and maintain my website.

FTP
I will use an FTP so that I am able to upload my website and any other files from my local computer to the internet this will allow people to view my website.

PHP
I will use PHP to design a contact form for my website this will be used for people to contact me.

Tuesday 10 February 2009

Target Audience

Primary Target Audience – Educationalists

Chloe is a 30 year old women, who works Full time for the BTEC Exam Board. In her working hours she normally uses her works laptop which is Microsoft Windows XP, where she accesses the internet mainly to check her emails and also word processing. She only has basic computer knowledge as she mainly users her computer in working hours. She occasionally uses her home computer in her personal time for accessing the internet to mainly shop online. Her use of the internet would be between 3 – 6 hours per week. Her connectivity is through her computer where she has 4MB broadband connection and uses Internet Explorer version 7. The types of sites she would normally visit are Amazon, Ebay and Google Mail.

Secondary Target Audience – Potential Employers

Tim is a 40 year old man, who is a full time lead designer for a company in Leeds. In his working hours he normally uses his computer which is Windows Vista to do a range of design jobs, also to access the internet and his emails. He has a wide range of computer knowledge were he is interested in learning more about different technologies. In his personal time he uses his computer to do design jobs from home, to access the internet and to check his emails. His connectivity is through his home computer were he has 8MB broadband connection and uses Firefox version 3.0.6. The types of websites he would normally visit are Amazon, Book Depositary and Corbis.

Tertiary Target Audience – Clients

Amy is a 24 year old women, who is a full time makeup artist. The website is used mainly for advertising her business and needs a redesign as the website needs modernising to entice new customers. She uses her laptop which is Windows XP for her business and also for her personal time, as she likes to keep records of her clients appointment information. She also uses the internet to shop online for new products and to check her emails. Her internet connectivity is 4MB broadband connection and uses Internet Explorer version 7. The types of websites she would visit are Amazon, Dior and ASOS.

Tuesday 3 February 2009

Project Goals

1. I will design my website to W3C accessibility guidelines 1.0 Level A

The website I produce needs to be compliant to these accessibility guidelines as it will make my website accessible to a wider audience. This will make users who use my portfolio be able to use it with ease. This could be measured by usability testing my website.

2. I will make my website easy to update and flexible

Making my website consistent will allow me to update the pages to suit different situations such as presentations and job interviews. I will make the layouts of my pages easy to adapt keeping them simple. This will also allow users to navigate around the website easily. This could be also measured by testing my website on a number of users.

3. I will make sure my web pages are no more then 3 clicks away

I will make sure that my content is no more them 3 clicks away this will make the navigation of my site easy to use and will be suitable for adapting my webpages.

4. I will use a variety of technologies

I will use arrange of technologies that I have learnt on the course and implement these in to my website such as XHTML, CSS and Flash. This will help show employers that I have learnt different skills thought out the course.