SILS iSchool

09 March 2021

preps | design thoughts | accessible design



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Class Schedule

Basics | sessions 01-03
  1. 19 Jan intro and clients | lecture | labs
  2. 26 Jan servers and command line | lecture | labs
  3. 02 Feb networks and protocols | lecture | labs
Web Development | sessions 04-08

  1. 09 Feb structural layer | lecture | labs
  2. 16 Feb presentational layer | lecture | labs
  3. 23 Feb using a structure | lecture | labs
  4. 02 Mar behavioral layer | lecture | labs
  5. 09 Mar design thoughts | lecture | labs
Dealing with Markup | sessions 09-10
  1. 16 Mar control objects and display | lecture | labs
  2. 23 Mar tools that read markup | lecture | labs
Working with data | sessions 11-14
  1. 30 Mar formulas, functions, vectors | lecture | labs
  2. 06 Apr data display | lecture | labs
  3. 13 Apr manipulate data sets | lecture | labs
  4. 20 Apr relational data bases | lecture | labs
Presentations | sessions 15-16
  1. 27 Apr designing a presentation | lecture | labs
  2. 04 May delivering a presentation | lecture | labs


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Keep the users in mind as you design your site.
Ensure that the users are never confused about where they are in your site structure.
Ensure that your design speaks for you.

Remembering what we talked about earlier ...

Plan your website

Take a few minutes and decide on a "theme" for the page(s) you are creating. Decide the structure of the site and what images you will need.

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You want to consider that the development cycle for web sites has four stages

  1. The first stage is to develop content and format in tandem
  2. The second stage is to view the results
  3. Third, to make repairs as necessary. At this time you will either return to the first step to add content, or go to the fourth step
  4. Fourth, publish the page

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Key things to remember

know your audience,
keep it simple,
be fast,
know the rules before you knowingly break them

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Define the purpose and the target audience

[Foxtrot comic strip, 05 Feb 2006]

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Determine the structure of the site by sketching the navigation structure

[Foxtrot comic strip, 21 Sep 2006]

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Determine the content and navigation for each page

[Foxtrot comic strip, 19 Sep 2006]

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Determine the design of the page

[Foxtrot comic strip, 22 Sep 2006]

Don't forget that these are your pages,
so they should represent you in a manner you wish to be represented

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09 March lecture | preps | thoughts | accessiblity