This document discusses planning the layout and internal pages of a website. It covers understanding user needs, using templates and common elements across pages, and designing the site's structure and navigation. The goal is to plan a multi-page website considering the target audience and user experience, ensuring easy navigation, a clear flow of information, consistent branding, and responsive design. Users expect quick loading, accessibility, and a logical layout regardless of device or browser used.
2. Lesson Goals
Know key features of the website layout
Understand how to structure individual pages
Be able to plan the internal pages of your website
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3. Assessment Criteria
The assessment criteria for this part of the unit is as follows:
Detailed planning for the design
and function of the website
considering how information flows
and pages link. Justify choices in
relation to target audience appeal
and usability. Relevant legal and
ethical issues considered.
D1
P2
Plan the development of a multi-page website:
• Purpose
• Target Audience
• Content
• Production Plan
M1
LO2 – Plan the development of a multipage website
Consider visitor needs and how
they will navigate the website. The
info provided on a budget, launch
date and timescale is realistic. Some
consideration to relevant revenue
potential.
4. What will a user expect?
Think about the whole website experience…
5. Technical Needs
Be able to plan website pages
Understand audience needs
A typical user on any of these sites may be looking for the following:
Navigation – Easy to get from page to page
Flow – Obvious which bit comes next
Loading – Relatively quick load times
Access – Site accessible to disabled users
Consistency – A clear style across all pages
Browsers – Displays correctly in all browsers
Colours – Effective contrasting colour scheme
Form – Allowing user interaction e.g. Contact
Planning website pages effectively can ensure
you adhere to each of these considerations.
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12. Templates
Be able to plan website pages
Understand audience needs
A template can help you to design
a consistent theme for all of your
web pages.
The template should include all of
the elements of your website that
you want to appear in the same
position on every page.
All other information will go into
editable regions which would be
different for every page depending
on each page’s content.
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13. Editable Region
This area would contain any information relevant to
the individual page. This area is not for information
that would go onto every page as that would be part
of your template for the webpages.
Site Template
14. Your Task
Be able to plan website pages
Understand audience needs
Use mybalsamiq to design the internal
pages of your website considering the
needs of your target audience.
Your site should use a template and
include the following features:
Navigation
Information Flow
Consistency
Good Content
Use the markup section to add notes
explaining your designs.
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