Saturday, 1 September 2018

2011 WEB DESIGN ASSIGNMENT


WEBPAGE           DESIGN ASSIGNMENT

 

              

            BONGANI MHLANGA
Mr Bongani Mhlanga graduating in Botswana (2012)


        

INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT (SWAZILAND)

 

TABLE OF CONTENT

TOPIC                                                                       PAGE

RESEARCH……………………………………………………. 3

PROJECT PLAN……………………………………………… 4

DESIGN SPECIFICATION………………………………… 5-7

CRITICAL EVALUATION…………………………………. 8-9

REFERENCES……………………………………………….. 10

 

TASK 1 - RESEARCH


  • It has got a UK map that directs visitors
  • Articles about what is happening in the camping industry
  • Quick search options with(name, country, UK post code)
  • Different popular campsite searches
  • Tents reviews, shops, company directories

 


  • It has got featured campsites
  • Clear pictures that make it easy to navigate
  • Refine search to choose from
  • Nice coloring which are attractive


  • Has got a map of UK different campsite search tools
  • Good company logo
  • Clear pictures of different campsites
  • Detailed information about each campsite
  • Easy to search tools for each campsite to get to different areas
  • Each site has all featured entries with option to e-mail them
     

SUMMARY

  • My site will have a map of the UK to direct visitors
  • It will have the quick search options(name, town, country, UK postcode)
  • It will have a logo and a theme color
  • It will have clear pictures of different campsites
  • Will have detailed information about my site and contact details
  • It will have the list of the areas that have campsites in UK



TASK 2 - PROJECT PLAN

DATE
ACTIVITY
RESOURCE
TIME FRAME
OUTPUT
25-27 Oct
Research UK campsites
IDM Computer lab
3 Days
An idea of how other campsites look like
1-2 Nov
Consultation
Students and lectures
2 Days
Gathered ideas of my webpage features
17 Nov
Drafting a project plan
Students and lectures
1 Day
Arranged events for the project
21 Nov
Verification of project plan
Tutor
1 Day
To come out with an accurate project plan
22-24 Nov
Draft design specification
Internet
2 Days
Creating a picture of the website to be designed
25 Nov
Design a final specification
IDM Computer lab
1 Day
Detailed information about the website to be designed
27-30 Nov
Start designing my website
IDM computer lab
3 Days
To see how my website will look like
1 Dec
Complete and test website
Other student’s laptops
1 Day
To come out with a good website
1 Dec
Write project analysis
IDM Computer lab
1 Day
An analytical report of my website
2 Dec
Submit my assignment
CD-ROM
1 Day
My project is complete

 

TASK 3 - DESIGN SPECIFICATION

PROPOSED DOMAIN NAME: www.enjoyholiday.co.uk

  1.  OVERVIEW OF WEBSITE REQUIREMENT

1.1 OUR NEW SITE WILL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING FUNCTION FOR OUR BUSINESS:

“We want people with little or no prior experience of camping to find a lot of information about camping in the UK.The site will provide a lot of information about guidelines to get people started with camping as a relaxing and enjoyable holiday, and will provide advices and recommendations for places to camp in the UK on-line”.

 

  1.  SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMISATION
     
    1. SEARCH ENGINE RANKING:

The website should be accessible to search engine spiders and be coded with good on-page search engine optimisation.The designer should proposed separately a budget for link building required to make the site reasonably competitive in the target market.

 

  1.  LIST OF PAGES
     
    1. HOME PAGE:

I will make it possible for a visitor to navigate to all the other resources in the website. The home page will quickly communicate the purpose of the site, be visually engaging and provide clear navigation to the rest of the site.

 

    1. CAMPING EQUIPMENT PAGE:

This page will describe essential camping equipments including pictures and brief detailed summary of equipment.

    1. CAMPSITE INFORMATION PAGE:

This page will describe essential camping facilities that are found in each campsite, including pictures of those sites.

    1. UK BEST CAMPING AREAS:

This page will describe different areas of the UK, which are good for camping. The page will provide with maps, showing areas, photographs of that area and a brief description of that area.

    1. MORE INFORMATION PAGE:

This page will provide link to other websites of interest and sources of further information.

    1. REGISTER PAGE:

This page will have HTML form which will provide an interface through which users can sign up to receive a regular camping newsletter from our organization.

    1. ABOUT US PAGE:

This page will have full details about our organization and full contacts details will be all found in this page.

 

  1.  STYLE AND LAYOUT
     
    1. OVERALL STYLE:

The site style should incorporate our corporate colors and logo.

          4.2NAVIGATION:

A common navigation bar should be included on all pages. The navigation bar will include links to all pages in the site.

 

  1. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
     
    5.1ACCESSIBILITY:

This site must comply with the standards of accessibility contained in W3C WAI (World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative) level A Guidelines.

     5.2 VALID CODE:

All code on the site should validate to W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) specification

 

TASK 5   CRITICAL EVALUATIONS

THE HOME PAGE:

The home page is less informative. But it does set the proper context for visitors. It is not slow to upload. The home page does not quickly communicate the purpose of the site.

 

NAVIGATION:

The global navigation from page to page is not consistent. The major major sections have local navigation.

 

SITE ORGANIZATION:

The site is clear and easy to understand. The information has been organized and placed in a way that makes it easy to use.

 

LINKS AND LABELS:

The labels on the section headers and content grouping is easy to understand and gives a picture of what the site is all about. The links are easy to distinguish from each other. They have been listed which makes them easy to be distinguished from each other. But it is not informative like giving visitors an option like “click here” option. The links are not spread out in the documents.

 

SEARCH AND SEARCH RESULTS:

The search engine is easy to use. There are basic and advanced search functions. They are organized and easy to understand. They give relevance weightings and context. The searches do not remind visitors what they searched for.

 

READABILITY:

The font is easy to read though some have colors that are not good for reading. These include some font colors that are too faint like “grey” and those that are bright like “lime”. The line lengths are good because they are just short and straight to the point.

 

PERFOMANCE:

Pages are too quick to load which makes it to have a high performance in terms of upload speed. The site does have graphics and applications like search but does not have multimedia presentations that have been optimized for easy web viewing.

 

CONTENT:

There is insufficient depth and breadth of content offering of content or written information. The content seems to match the mission of the organization and the needs of the audience because the most information that is in the content is about camping which is the main mission of the site. The site is poorly developing its own content and is mostly using other sources content throughout their site. There is no good mix of in-depth materials like (detailed case studies, articles and white papers).there is no superficial content like (press releases, marketing copy).

 

RECOMMENDATIONS

The designing team must be so creative in a way that will attract visitors as they browse the site. The site must have well structured pictures that give the clear objective of the site. They must use graphics and applications that will give the page a dynamic nature.

 

REFERENCES









Mr Bongani Mhlanga taking a certificate from Director of IDM Botswana (2012)



 
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