1 Understand purposes of
websites and the laws and guidelines that concern their development
Purposes of websites: commercial e.g. information
repositories, marketing; non-commercial e.g. personal, advice and guidance,
clubs; educational; government (local authority, national); communication
within organisations e.g. intranets
Client need: target audience; user need e.g. clear
navigation, fast download speeds; suitability of language, choice of images,
appropriate formats e.g. layout, colour, font
Laws and guidelines: legislation e.g. Data
Protection Act 1998; Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, Digital
Millennium Copyright Act 2000; internet guidelines e.g. employer defined,
international agreements
2 Understand the principles of multi-page website design
Construction features: frames, action buttons;
hyperlinks and visited hyperlinks; hotspots; download speeds as affected by
browser and memory size of pages; interactive features e.g. email links,
registration log in
Design: tools e.g. storyboards, sample pages;
house style e.g. layout, corporate image, use of logos
Interactivity: acceptance of user input through
e.g. keyboard or mouse clicks; underpinning database; form design3 Be able
to create a multiple page website
3 Be able to create a multiple page website
Web development software: specialist software e.g. MS
FrontPage,
Dreamweaver; embedded facility in other packages e.g. Word; other e.g. Flash;
use of HTML
Format and edit: common web functions and features
e.g. bookmarks,
hyperlinks to other pages and external links, use of graphics, fonts and
text formatting features, background colours and images; simple HTML e.g. use
of editor, file extensions, tags such as ,closing tags; editing and formatting tools
Combining
information: information from different sources e.g. scanner, digital camera,
application packages, original artwork, clip art Checking: image resolution;
colours; internal or external links not working; inappropriate content;
text; formatting
Review: appropriate for purpose and audience; problems
e.g.
unnecessary animation, inappropriate or unclear graphics, slow download
speeds, inappropriate font choice or colour combinations
Publishing:
uploading files e.g. to intranet or local server; maintaining contents through
update; file management e.g. naming files, folder structures, moving and
deleting files
