(5) Prototyping:

Prototyping means deciding structure of web site based on classification of contents, purposes, visitors and arranged contents.

Use:

To prepare the site map of web site

(4) Web Browser Compatibility:

The web site should be compatible with each web browser i.e each and every web browser should be able to execute and display our web site contents.

The names of some popular web browsers used by the user are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Google Chrome etc.

If the web site contains the images then the image formats (GIF, JPG, PNG) should be understandable by user’s web browser.

Some web browsers understand PNG formats with some limitations.

(3) Contents:

The Contents is a very important part of the web site and is the measurement for the quality of web site.

Steps/Process for the management of contents

(a) Prepare the necessary contents

(b) Classify the contents as per the need of users

(a) Prepare the necessary contents:

The points to be remember while deciding contents are as under

· The Contents include Text and Images or both.

· The Contents should be as per the purpose/aim of the web site, it should contain irrelevant information.

· The Contents should well compiled and should be as per the need of visitors/targeted audience

· The Contents should be accurate, meaningful, and short

· The Contents should not have more than one meaning

(b) Classify the contents as per the need of users and arrange it in a proper structure

Web site of Software developers (provides online help)

· Information of Software’s

· FAQs( Frequently Asked Questions)

· Updated software for downloading

· Necessary documents

· Tutorials for software Learning

· Facility for download of free trial version software

· Links of Other Web sites which provides News and other related information

· Facility of sharing views about software with each other by making a forum/group

(2) Targeted Audience

The Visitors of our web site are called targeted audience.

By knowing characteristics of the targeted audience, we can easily know theirs wishes and choices.

Characteristics:

Who is going to visit our web site?

Registered members, existing customers or all public

What is the Reason for visiting web site?

Knowing the latest information, getting/download the latest version of software etc

What is the interval/period of web site visiting?

Regularly, sometimes or incidentally

Is the web site for internal use of employee of company?

For providing latest information, effective correspondence, exchange of ideas / thoughts / techniques or to help each other

What is the background of visitors?

By Educational Qualifications, Technical Knowledge, Culture, Male/Female etc.

We should put the contents of web pages as per the choice of visitors.

We should also care for the look of web page and contents, so that the visitor can remain to our web site for long time.

(1) Aims and Goals:

Aims and Goals are very important step of web site designing.

An aim means the reason of making web site. For Example providing information to the specific group of people, online sales etc.

Aims should be specific.

A goal means what we want to achieve by making a web site? For Example providing accurate information, making strong relations with existing customers etc.

Different measurements should be predefined for the success and evaluation of web site.

Planning of Web Site Designing:

(1) Aims and Goals

(2) Targeted Audience

(3) Contents

(4) Web Browser Compatibility

(5) Prototyping

What is Web Site?

A Web Site is group of web pages that related to each other for a specific purpose.

If we care in the designing of the web site, then we can easily achieve our goals.