Unit 3 Student guide introduction

The topic of this week is Building a Client Website

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In this unit, you and your partner will work on a project to build a website for a client. Everyone builds the same site so don't think too hard about the design. The idea of this work is to learn how to apply design principles rather than the actual layout and look of the website. The client is a non-profit seeking the first website. Your team needs to interpret the client’s needs in designing the navigation, the look and feel, and the content flow. The client determines which site most closely meets those needs.

Keep in mind that the focus of this unit is working on a team and designing for someone else. The main emphasis is the design-team process for website development, the team-client interaction for incorporating feedback and changes throughout the development of the site, and the application of techniques that make the site design and content easily reusable and revisable.

To learn more about the design techniques, visit this site on Adobe.com. Adobe’s Website Production Management Techniques (read the information under Define on the
right side of the page for information on defining goals and objectives, creating a project plan, and establishing requirements).


Activities:

3.1 Defining a client website project
3.2: Planning a client project
3.3: Structuring a client website
3.4: Designing a client website
3.5: Reviewing and revising to client specifications
3.6: Implementing a reusable design
3.7: Building a client website
3.8: Testing a client website
3.9: Launching a client website