Clever web studio develop a Great website

Clever web studio use some principle for developing a great website: Systematic Planning and Design and Development.

The Systematic Planning and Design and Development components include the following elements:

A. Systematic Planning:

• Web audience
• Goals and objectives
• Sketch out the Web site
• Select a Web authoring tool

B. Design and Development:

• Navigation structure
• Design elements
• Homepage and page construction
• Graphics

Both the Systematic Planning and Design and Development will be discussed using a systems approach.

Systematic Planning

Just as planning is important in building a house, planning is also very important in developing a website. Planning can ensure a quality website, save time and make the content of the Web site easy to navigate. A systems approach to web development is an overall plan that gives attention to all the essential elements in designing a website. The following questions will guide the systematic planning of your site.

1. Who are your website visitors?
(Target Web audience)

2. What are the content, depth and breath of information in your website?
(Goals and objectives of your site)

3. How are you going to arrange the topics and subtopics of your site?
(Sketch out Web pages using index cards or flowchart)

4. What are you going to use to construct your website?
(Selection of a Web authoring program)

The Target Audience

When beginning the planning process, it is important to identify the specific audience that will be coming to your Web site. Ask yourself the following questions:
1. Who am I developing this Web site for?
2. Does age, gender, financial status, marital status or education affect my site audience?

The audience guides every aspect of your Web design. The design of information, selection of graphics and visual elements (which include color, text, and graphics) are directly related to the target audience.

Goals and Objectives

Goals provide the general frameworks of your Web site and are broad statements that indicate the purpose of the site. For example: the purpose of developing my Web site is to provide school districts, corporations and individuals with information regarding computer training. Objectives are precise statements about specific Web site content. Objectives organize site content information and depth and breadth of site information. To help frame and write your Web site objectives, answer the following question: What specific information do I want my Web users to know? The following is an example of objectives for a Web site:
The home page will provide an overview and links of services provided.
The about us page will inform visitors of the creator's biography, which should include education, experience and research.
The pricing page will provide information on the rates of services provided.
The contact us page will provide a form in which clients will be able to send information back regarding their name, address and comments.
The about courses page will inform visitors of courses offered and course content.
After the objectives are completed, build a topic and subtopic outline from your objectives.

Design and Development of the website

An effective technique for sketching out the framework of your website is to use 5 x 8" index cards or a flow chart to organize and simulate your Web data for each objective. This technique will enable you to see and arrange the pages in your website. The latest Web programs deliver all of the authoring and site management tools you need to create a professional site. You can let one of these programs do a lot of the work for you by using wizards and design templates.

The design and development of a website encompasses the elements of the sites' navigation structures, design principles, homepage and page construction and graphics. Web pages are built around navigation structures. These structures hyperlink and organize the interrelationships of the website content.

Design Principles

We are developing a website with four design principles used in creating most types of graphics. These design principles are simplicity, balance, emphasis and unity. The following is a brief summary of each principle.

The simplicity principle states that in order to communicate effectively, visuals should convey one basic idea. Visuals that contain many ideas are confusing to viewers and misinterpretations are greatly increased. Therefore, the viewer best comprehends multiple ideas in a series of visuals, which are interpreted one at a time.

Emphasis provides a means by which attention can be drawn to the important elements of a visual. Emphasis can be accomplished by using labels, arrows and contrasting color, by changing the size relationship, or by doing anything that draws the eye to the important element in the visual.
Balance is a form of equilibrium within a Web page or visual. Visuals on a Web page that are out of balance are disturbing to viewers. There are two types of balance: formal and informal. Formal balance refers to a situation in which the two halves of the visual are symmetrically arranged around the vertical center of the visual. Informal balance refers to an arrangement in which the elements are not symmetrically arranged, but still appear balanced and stable. Informal balance is more difficult to achieve, but can result in more interesting visuals.

Unity refers to the strength of the relationship between the elements of a visual. The elements should be tied together into a single meaningful unit. To ensure unity in a visual, place the elements very close together, overlap the elements and use a border or a background shape.

In the development of a website, it is important that the web designer be able to edit graphics and create animations. Two great graphic editing software programs are Microsoft's PhotoDraw and Adobe PhotoShop. Also, Macromedia's Flash is an exceptional program that enables our developers to create an array of dazzling effects. In addition, a digital camera and scanner are important tools for capturing and editing graphics. Clever web studio is used all tools for professional development website.