Design Process for Web

Below are the three phases.

1. What order should they be carried out? They must be carried out in order, unordered web design will result in over-cost, time and creep.
2. Provide detail as to what each heading includes.
   

• Information design

1. Site Goal: The goal of the website, which may have many factors; information, education, entertainment, commerce.
2. Site Audience:The audience, weather they are young or old or may not have good computer skills. What is the aimed target machine specification.
3. Site Content:The data to be displayed on the website, this depends on the Audience and the Goals.

• Site design

1. Site Structure/Organization: The sites structure is the levels of content and page levels. What page will show what content and how will it be layered.
2. Navigation:How the website will provide a system to navigate. This depends largely on how experencied the users are, and the needs to show the content. In any case the web site must be easy to navigate.
3. Interaction/Functionality: What are the functions in the web site. How will this be done via Interaction.
4. Usability: How useable is the webpage, is it easy to find what the users require to find?
   

• Page design

1. Layout Grids: What is the general layout of the webpage, eg. two column, three column
2. Design Sketches: Draw the webpage in the many differnert combines to find what works best. Without having to redo and redo...
3. Mock-ups: A detailed drawing of the webpage to get a greater feel for the final product.
4. Web-based Prototype: A prototype to be able to really see the naviagation and layout of the website, this shows if it is really going to work out ok. And a "final" chance for the stackholders to have input.