The document outlines the principles and practices of website development, including the purpose of websites, design principles, and factors affecting website performance. It covers the design process, client requirements, and the use of various tools and techniques for creating interactive websites. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of testing, optimization, and the skills necessary for successful website implementation.
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The document outlines the principles and practices of website development, including the purpose of websites, design principles, and factors affecting website performance. It covers the design process, client requirements, and the use of various tools and techniques for creating interactive websites. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of testing, optimization, and the skills necessary for successful website implementation.
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Content Learning aim A: Understand the principles of website development
A1 Purpose and principles of website products The concepts and principles of
website production. Purpose of websites, including the features of: o content- based (Web 2.0 technologies) o product and/or service-based o target audience, e.g. social networker, seekers, gamers, buyers, age profile, gender o requirements, e.g. user-friendly, consistent, navigational, customisable, flexible. Principles of website design, e.g. usability, white space, site layout, accessibility, spacing, navigation, typography, alignment, clarity, consistency/intuitiveness, accuracy, content, media, simplicity. Media and objects, e.g. position, colour, contrast, size, appropriateness. Creativity and innovation, e.g. unconventional layouts, white space, ‘outside of the box’ thinking, golden ratio. Search engine optimisation, e.g. indexing (meta tags), use of keywords, importance of updates, limiting crawling. A2 Factors affecting website performance Requirements of website performance to support organisational requirements. Where scripts run (on the web server – server-side scripts, or the local client machine – client-side scripts). Browser compliance, e.g. which elements are supported by different browsers. Server- side factors, e.g. bandwidth availability, number of hits, file types. Client-side factors, e.g. upload and download speeds, browser, cache memory, processor speed, interactivity. Learning aim B: Design a website to meet client requirements B1 Website design Website design requirements driven by the priorities of an organisation. Understanding the steps involved in developing a design for a client website. Problem definition statement requirements: intended audience, full summary of the problem to be solved, constraints, benefits, nature of interactivity, complexity of the website. Purpose requirements as defined in a client brief for their interactive website. Application of website design principles by professionally created websites. Initial design ideas/prototypes (illustrating design principles) and the requirements for an interactive website, including: o diagrammatic illustrations, e.g. storyboard, mood board, wireframe, site maps o realistic representations o search engine optimisation o alternative design ideas/prototypes, including compatibility with mobile/tablet devices. UNIT 6: WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT Client-side scripting design tools and techniques, e.g. pseudocode, flow charts (including use of British Computer Society (BCS) standard flow chart symbols) used to develop original code. Effective use of ready-made and/or original assets, e.g. a digital animation, digital graphic, digital audio and video, or any other combined assets. Obtaining and using feedback from others to help refine alternative design ideas/prototypes and make decisions. Testing plan requirements and its completion with test data, to test functionality. Identifying technical and design constraints and working around them. Local legal and ethical considerations applicable. B2 Common tools and techniques used to produce websites Use of tools and techniques and their suitability for different client requirements. HTML, HTML5 and subsequent updates. Tables. Forms, text field, text area, buttons, radio buttons, check boxes. Navigation, menus, hyperlinks (internal and external), anchors. Interactive components, e.g. hot spots, pop-ups, buttons, menus, rollover images. Colour schemes, styles and templates. CSS, e.g. background colour, background images, text formatting, borders, padding, heading styles, element position. Embedded multimedia/digital asset content, e.g. digital animation, digital graphics, digital audio, digital video. Accessibility features, e.g. alternative tags, zoom features, text-to-speech. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C® ) standards for accessibility and HTML compliance. Platform compatibility, e.g. browser, operating system, mobile devices. Exporting and compressing of digital assets into suitable file types. Learning aim C: Develop a website to meet client requirements C1 Client- side scripting languages The uses and requirements of client-side scripting languages. Embedding of original client-side scripts into web pages to provide more interactivity and improve the usability of the website. Types of web-scripting languages, e.g. JavaScript, VBScript. Uses of scripting languages, e.g. alerts, confirming choices, browser detection, creating rollovers, checking/validating input, handling forms. Constructs, e.g. syntax, loops, decision making, functions, parameter passing, handling events, methods. UNIT 6: WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT C2 Website development Use of tools and techniques for the development of websites. Creation of interactive websites, including: use of CSS, e.g. HTML tags, CSS frameworks, box model, access CSS from HTML, doc types use of original client-side scripting compatibility with mobile and tablet devices effective use of tools and techniques the uploading of files to a web server or host computer/device. C3 Website review The implications of working with a client to improve the quality, suitability and appropriateness of the interactive websites. Reviewing interactive websites, including: quality in comparison with other similar websites suitability for intended purpose and audience suitability against the client’s requirements, including optimisation local legal and ethical constraints strengths and improvements. C4 Website optimisation Understand the concepts of testing and optimising the website in order to meet client requirements. Optimising an interactive website, including: performance and user testing obtaining and evaluating feedback from others checking interactivity checking compatibility refinements and making improvements to meet client needs to optimise the website. C5 Skills, knowledge and behaviours The skills, knowledge and behaviours required when implementing websites. Planning and recording, including the setting of relevant targets with timescales, how and when feedback from others will be gathered. Reviewing and responding to outcomes, including the use of feedback from others, e.g. IT professionals and users who can provide feedback on the quality of the website and their suitability against the original requirements. Demonstrate own behaviours and their impact on outcomes, to include professionalism, etiquette, supporting others, timely and appropriate leadership, accountability and individual responsibility. Evaluating outcomes to help inform high-quality, justified recommendations and decisions.