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Week 7 - MTM4081

Week 7 - MTM4081. project plans. week6 review. Why do we standardize ? Who sets the standards for web development? What are the benefits and disadvantages of standardization. Government standards: Common Look and Feel 2.0 and Usability Template

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Week 7 - MTM4081

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  1. Week 7 - MTM4081 • projectplans

  2. week6review • Why do we standardize? Who sets the standards for web development? • What are the benefits and disadvantages of standardization. • Government standards: Common Look and Feel 2.0 and Usability Template • Group assignment: Test government websites for CLF2 and WCAG2. • Group presentations: Discuss the results of your testing. • Treasury Board Secretariat is looking for 2 students to assist with design and user experience. Apply to:laura.wesley@tbs-sct.gc.ca • Pretzilis looking for 2 or 3 students to assist with web design, development, and blog writing. Apply to:kmcinnes@pretzil.com • Storm Communications is looking for 3 students to assist with web design, digital media design, and web development. Apply to: dave@strormcom.com • Review

  3. Week 7 • projectplans • Planning may feel like a frustrating delay to action, but often saves time.Nothing helps move things along better than a good plan. • When do we plan? • Whenever starting a new web development project, we create a project plan to outline how we get from zero to 100. • What types of plan? • Information architecture, technology infrastructure, process and workflow, schedules, budgets, designs, task lists,… • Why do we plan? • Allows us to resources and anticipate problems. Solving issues quicker saves a lot of money. • Drupal specific plans • Content Architecture, Views, Process and Workflow, Theming www.opin.cachris.smith@opin.ca (613) 851-7102 126 York Street, Office 300, Ottawa

  4. Week 7 • contentarchitecture • Understanding the type of information that will be stored in your website. • Songmeanings.net example content types include: lyrics, artists, albums, … • Plan needs to include: types of content, data fields, and field type (text, integer, boolean, …) • Case Study Explaining Architecturehttp://drupal.org/node/447230 • Content Architecture, Data Model, Information Architecture www.opin.cachris.smith@opin.ca (613) 851-7102 126 York Street, Office 300, Ottawa

  5. Week 7 • contentarchitecture • What types of content do you think would be required to create the Economic Action Plan website? www.opin.cachris.smith@opin.ca (613) 851-7102 126 York Street, Office 300, Ottawa

  6. Week 7 • themedesign • Planning the different regions that are required to display content on your website. • Understanding blocks, what regions do we require for this site? http://www.jewishpathways.com/ • A plan could include the design ‘cut-up’ into the required regions. • Case Study Explaining Theminghttp://drupal.org/node/447230 www.opin.cachris.smith@opin.ca (613) 851-7102 126 York Street, Office 300, Ottawa

  7. Week 7 • processworkflow • Planning how content will be managed within the system. User roles, permissions, and content states. • Workflow often matches the business processes within an organization. • To enable advanced workflows, use the Workflow module. www.opin.cachris.smith@opin.ca (613) 851-7102 126 York Street, Office 300, Ottawa

  8. Week 7 • displayviews • Planning when data is being displayed, how it needs to be displayed, and the display type. • Plan requires going through the website and identifying all data driven components. www.opin.cachris.smith@opin.ca (613) 851-7102 126 York Street, Office 300, Ottawa

  9. intermission

  10. Week 7 • groupwork • Find Website • Target • Choose one of the many online websites that lends itself well to Drupal. • Content Architecture • Planning • Analyze the website and write the content architecture. Determine the content types, fields, and relationships between types. Teams of 3. Assignment should take 1-2 hours followed by presentations. Display Views Theme Design Planning Planning Analyze the website and write a list of the require views, the data that needs to be extracted, and the display type (page, block, feed) Based on the website design, outline the website into different regions. Use Photoshop to do this.

  11. intermission

  12. Week 6 • presentations • Group H • Group G • Group F • Group D • Group C • Group E • Group B • Group 1

  13. Week 7 • written www.opin.cachris.smith@opin.ca (613) 851-7102 126 York Street, Office 300, Ottawa

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