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Web Design: An Adventure. Thomas Miller Eastern Kentucky University. OUTLINE. Reasons for building the site Introduction information What the website needs to include What you need to know to build successfully Solution to the task Results Conclusion Future Work. MOTIVATION.
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Web Design: An Adventure Thomas Miller Eastern Kentucky University
OUTLINE • Reasons for building the site • Introduction information • What the website needs to include • What you need to know to build successfully • Solution to the task • Results • Conclusion • Future Work
MOTIVATION • Rely-A-Light • Russie Jones • Learning experience • Resume Builder
introduction • A well designed website will attract customers to your product. • With the right information you can give the customer the ability to learn about and purchase your product. • Using SEO tools will allow you to make your site more available to a wider range of internet users. • Keeping things simple will keep users interested for longer.
PROBLEM STATEMENT • The company wants a fully functioning ecommerce website • It needs to include: • Pictures • Galleries • Videos • Location finder • Product page/information • Shopping cart • Social Networking applications
Assumptions • Programming Languages • HTML • PHP • JAVA • CSS • Wordpress
PROPOSED SOLUTION • Brainstorm and execute: • Site Layout • Page Layout • Link building • Audience • SEO tools
CONCLUSIONS • I learned a lot about web design and now feel confident I can work with people outside of close friends and family. • You don’t have to be an expert to make a decent website. • I don’t like building websites.
FUTURE WORK • Who knows…
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • Kim and Lee Murphy • Russie Jones