Help your website everyday The Story Board

"Help your Website Everyday
The StoryBoard".
The question: What do I do first?
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A flow chart, or storyboard, is an illustration of the
relationships among the various individual files (i.e.,
web pages) that constitute your site. The storyboard
will be a picture of the levels of your site.
Remember that your storyboard structure must reflect
the structure of your web site and your web site should
take advantage of the nonlinear structure of the web
itself.
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What software will you ALWAYS need?
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Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in
"free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement
that supports several languages. Running in the MS
Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL
License. http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

What software will you ALWAYS need?
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Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in
"free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement
that supports several languages. Running in the MS
Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL
License. http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable
cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP
client with lots of useful features and an
intuitive graphical user interface.https://filezilla-project.org/index.php

Images software
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PIXLR EDITOR, EXPRESS AND O-MATIC make up a great set of online tools
for image creation and manipulation.
http://www.pixlr.com

GMAIL ACCOUNT – Use with Google +, Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools, Gmail,
Google Drive and by the time you're reading this there's likely something new. Someone
this morning asked me if I had the new 'Google Now' on my browser yet. I didn't, but now
I do.
https://www.google.com/settings/personalinfo
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MICROSOFT ACCOUNT – what's a Microsoft account?
It starts with an email address and a password that are used to sign in to services
such as Outlook.com, Skype, SkyDrive and Xbox Live, as well as devices such as
Windows 8 PCs, tablets and phones, and Xbox entertainment systems. If you use an
email address and password to sign in to these or other Microsoft services, you
already have a Microsoft account.
Bing Webmaster Tools is at: http://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster

Planning
Plan your site before you start to create it.
Ask yourself:
What is the purpose of my site?
Who will be the audience for my site?
What content will I put on my site?
How will people want to use my site?
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Organization
Gather and organize your site content:
Divide your information into chunks of data.
Organize these chunks into categories or larger units.
Establish the importance of each unit.
Establish the relationships between and among units.
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Content
Your site will have some pages standard to all well-designed web
sites:
Homepage, About, Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, credits
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Make a Great First Impression
Proper Use of Colors
Avoid anything unnecessary
Create a clear navigation structure
Remember the web is dynamic not linear
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Using the tools you have
Because of the nature of their design,
web sites don't lend themselves to traditional, linear outlines.
Instead, create a simple site map with a flow chart.
Your topmost box will be your splash page.
Identify the major areas of your site.
Identify the areas subordinate to each main area.
Be careful to keep similar areas parallel in the flow chart.
Use the flow chart to get a sense of the framework of your site
and the relative importance of the various elements of your site.
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TAKE A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO
DESIGNING YOUR WEBSITES AND YOU WILL
END UP WITH A DESIGN THAT FITS THE SITE
OBJECTIVES PERFECTLY AS WELL AS
LOOKING ABSOLUTELY STUNNING TO YOU
AND YOUR CLIENT
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Links:
http://LibreOffice.org – software used to create the slides shown
http://www.nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/wdc/readings/storybd.htm
Plan your site before you start to create it.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672917/the-8-steps-to-creating-a-great-storyboard
http://goo.gl/nwv9ND - A Comprehensive Website Planning Guide by Ben Siegel for
Smashing Magazine.com (a number of resources here).
Email Guy Cook @ guy@vdomainhostinginc.com or
call voice # below to setup an appointment. Google Hangouts by request, up to 10
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