Web

Earlier this week, Stephanie put together a really cool design for our portfolio section on the LevelTenDesign.com Web site. It was based off of a jQuery snippet she found that emulates the Coda slider (http://www.panic.com/coda/).

LevelTen utilizes a coaching model to organize its internal business processes. The process evolved from a traditional chain-of-command approach seeking a more efficient way to work with independent-minded, creative employees – strategists, researchers, designers, programmers, planners. LevelTen’s model recognizes that true creativity and inspiration can only be encouraged and directed; it can’t be specified, ordered, or demanded.

Java Server Pages (JSP) allows web pages to be generated dynamically using a combination of XML tags and Java Servlets. JSP is an extension to Java Servlets allowing the dynamic generation of web pages.

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Webmasters are people that create and manage a web site. Originally company sites were managed by a single webmaster resource. Today, however, the Internet is much more complex and the webmaster of old has been replaced by a web team for a company of any size. The modern meaning of webmaster is someone who manages the web team both in development and in production.

Webmaster Tips

• Look for a webmaster that understands every aspect of development, not just design and technical considerations.

Web site design is where the site content is created and assembled into pages. Quality web site design is critical to entice your audience and project a professional image.

Web Site Design Process

• Content Design
• Theme Design
  Development of the site's standard visual elements.
• Copy Development
  Text organization, writing, and editing
• Creative Feature Design
  Stand-alone graphics and multi-media beyond sites standard elements
• Production Processing
  Makes all content web-ready.

A Visitor is a statistical term to describe a single user that has accessed your site. Web servers log visitors on the first hit they make on the server then track them so that any additional requests are only logged as hits, not a new visitor. Web servers not only log the number of visitors but also which page they accessed first.

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Value describes the overall worth that is derived from your site for the organization.

Means of Value:

• Promote name recognition
• Elevate company's perceived value
• Establish credibility
• Generate sales leads
• Enhance sales process
• Expand markets
• Reduce operating costs
• Improve communications

Further Reading

The End-User Needs Analysis defines the web site requirements and expectations from the customer or audience's perspective. The Internet is the ultimate open market and if you do not effectively meet users growing expectations of what a web site should offer they will find someone who can at the click of a button.

Technical development provides the functionality of your web site. All sites have some level of technical requirements from basic web hosting to e-commerce to complex web applications.

Technical Functionality Tips

• Many inexpensive packaged scripts exist to add functionality to your site. Proper use of these resources can dramatically increase the value and uniqueness of your site for little costs.
• Technical development can be used to tailor site content to the specific needs of the user.

Website strategic planning is the process that determines what form and functionality your website will have.

The website strategic planning process can be divided into two phases, preliminary and core planning. Preliminary planning should be done internally to create the request for proposal. The core strategic planning should be done in conjunction with the web development group, whether internal or working with a outside firm.

When the planning is done you will have provided guidelines for:

• The look of the site
  creative brief, creative spec