Web Designer Overall Checklist

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Web Designer Overall Checklist

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R. Renee Brown

Web Design - VCT 310

Lara Heberiein

June 30, 2008

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Web Designer Overall Checklist

How important is website design? Professional website should appeal to the client or customers. A poorly designed website will cost you deals, sales or money. An attractive or good-looking website that obtains no traffic (hits) and makes no money might is the same as a poor website. Good design allows the website designer to bond with the audience without them even realizing it. The fundamental nature of good web site design is to deliver your company or business point in a proportionate and delicate fashion within the construction set out by your company needs.

USABILITY, QUALITY and OVERALL STAGES

Website Objective

Detail Description

Completed

Customer or Client

Understand your online customers' attitudes, preferences and expectations while improving the effectiveness of your site.

Yes

No

Abstract Design

Mind-Map a site design and architecture at an abstract level.

Ask questions in detail.

Yes

No

Yes

No

Create a Sample Design

Create visual representations.

Do a user test.

Improve the sample designs.

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Final Design

Create the final website.

Continue to do more testing.

Test must meet goals

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Launch and Maintenance

Launch the website.

Maintain and get user feedback.

Use the feedback for major design improvements.

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Website Objective

Detail Description

Completed

Navigation Keys

Did I the questions;

Where am I?

Where have I been?

Where can I go?

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Links

Are the links active?

Yes

No

Images

Logo keep it somewhere at the top of every page - generally in the top, left-hand corner

Other pictures or animation

Yes

No

Yes

No

Search Engine(s) and Spiders

Create advertising accounts

Quickly access

Yes

No

Mega Tags

Use key words to be found on www

Quickly access

Yes

No

Content Easy to Read

Format your content so that it's easy to read.

Emphasize important points (or product characteristics) with a combination of header tags, bold type, color, or lists.

Yes

No

Yes

No

Contrast

Colors blend nice.

Products are items can be read.

Yes

No

Yes

No

Errors

Am I receiving emails from customers about errors during the website.

Forms or maps not downloading.

Yes

No

Yes

No

Purpose

Is the message clear to the customer.

If not, there's no compelling reason to re- type information.

Yes

No

Yes

No

Contact Information

Is address correct.

Mailing address different

Yes

No

Yes

No

Policies

Company guideline or rule posted

Yes

No

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Website Objective

Detail Description

Completed

Jargon

Does the site use terms that make sense to the user, or just to your organization?

Yes

No

Loading

Is website fast or slow downloading information.

Yes

No

Message

Type of message to customer, happy, sad all about business.

Yes

No

Billing and Fees

Correct fees for time and design and hosting.

Yes

No

Conclusion

In summary, the above checklist are not listed an special order.

Good design allows the website designer to bond with the audience without them even realizing it. The website will add money to your pocket or loss money if it does not for the viewers.

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References

Foraker Design (2002-2005). Provider of Usability & Web Design Services. Received June 27, 2008 from http://www.usabilityfirst.com/websites/index.txl

Thomason, L. (N.D.). Design Tip: Web Site Usability Checklist; Retrieved June 27, 2008 from http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol7/design_no4.htm

Sullivan, T. (1998). All Thing Web. User Testing Techniques - A Reader-Friendliness Checklist. Retrieved June 27, 2008 from http://www.pantos.org/atw/35317.html