The document discusses the design process and analysis. It covers defining goals and requirements, structuring information through site maps and wireframes, designing visual elements like colors and layouts, building and testing the interface, and launching/maintaining the site. Key aspects of the process include defining the target audience, gathering user requirements, creating wireframes, designing prototypes, testing usability, and optimizing for search engines.

1. The Design Process &
Analysis
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2. Goals for today
•Review
•Look at the design process
•SEO, clients perception, pro tips
•Usability testing
•Branding
•Be not burnt out.
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3. What is Progressive
Enhancement?
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4. A layered approach
to Web Design,
focused on content,
accessibility & the
user.
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5. HTML - Structure
CSS - Presentation
JS - Behavior
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6. The Design Process
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7. Overview
•Define
•Structure
•Design
•Build & Test
•Launch
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8. Define
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9. Define
•Identifying goals
•Identifying target audience
•Interviewing users
•Requirement gathering
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10. Structure
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11. Structure
•Content Inventory
•Site map/data flow
•Wireframing
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12. Structure
Site map
home
projects about client form
confirmation
project X
data output
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13. Structure
Data flow
submit form
email database
data output API
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14. Structure
Site map
home
projects
project
project
project
contact
about
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15. Structure
Wireframing
•Information Architecture
•Design layout
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16. Structure
Wireframing
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17. Design
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18. Design
•Color scheme
•Design comps
•Interaction prototypes
•Design review
•Client changes
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19. Design
colors
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20. Design
design comp
Interaction
model
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21. Design
Interaction model
options
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22. Design
Design review
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23. Design
Redo it.
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24. Build & Test
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25. Build & Test
•Font-end
•Browser Test
•Back-end (CMS installation)
•Bug tracking
•Final presentation to client
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26. Build & Test
Front-end coding
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27. Build & Test
Front-end coding
1.HTML
2.CSS
3.JavaScript
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28. Build & Test
Back-end (CMS installation)
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29. Build & Test
Bug tracking & QA
...
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30. Build & Test
Final presentation to client
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31. Launch
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32. Launch
Dev -> Test -> Prod
FTP vs. live edit
SVN & GIT
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33. Maintenance
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34. Maintenance
fixing stu when it breaks (it always does)
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36. [ take a break, they’ve had enough ]
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37. Search Engine
Optimization (SEO)
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38. SEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF515-0Tduk
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39. SEO
•Content
•Semantic/meaningful HTML
•Page weight
•+1’s
•Links
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40. SEO
<meta name=”keywords” content=”[a list of keywords]”>
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41. SEO
•Web Standards
•Je rey Zeldman
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42. Usability Testing
your design
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43. Testing
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44. Branding
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45. Meaningful Logo Design
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52. Whitespace in Logo Design
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56. Guild of Food Writers
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58. Today is in the past
•Reviewed
•Looked at the design process
•SEO, clients perception, pro tips
•Usability testing
•Branding
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59. Next Class
•Color Wheel
•Color Theory
•Communicating with color
•Typography
•Font Design
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60. Concerns
E-mail: timwright12@gmail.com
Twitter: @csskarma
AIM: csskarma
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