[thelist] starting a website
Erika Meyer
erika at seastorm.com
Mon Jul 10 17:43:42 CDT 2000
Start:
- with client, define site goals & audience.
Next:
- with client, gather as much content or content info as you can. &
discuss navigation/link/functionality/maintenance issues.
Then:
- get out the paper & pencil, and proceed as others have described.
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Clients hate this, by the way. There is a tendency to think the
designer should have some sort of omniscient powers & be able to
understand the client's goals & needs when the client doesn't even
understand them him/her/themselves.
IMO what slows things down is failing to do the preliminary planning.
If you start out with the layout/gui, but lack an in-depth
understanding of what is behind the interface in terms of
content/audience/goals, you're a lot more likely to either end up
backtracking at some point further down the road, or to simply end up
with an inferior site.
It's hard to over-plan a web site in the earliest stages.
Erika
erika at seastorm.com
http://www.seastorm.com
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