Design Template/Page Description
Due: Friday, February 23, by 4:00 p.m., uploaded to Web and URL emailed to Kimberlee

Assignment
For this assignment, you will develop a design template for your Web site and describe the planned content of individual pages in the site.  Use the following guidelines when constructing your template:

• If you are far enough in developing content to know exactly how you want to divide the pages on the site, consider making a “dummy” of each page to evaluate the site’s navigation and overall look.  On each of the dummy pages, write a description of that page’s planned content.
• If you are not yet certain about how you want to divide the site, make one page that demonstrates the design and navigation scheme you will use for the site.  On that page, describe the planned content of the site.
• Before you start creating your template, reread the design plans stated in your proposal and draw out the design on paper.  By drawing the template, you can see if you will need to use tables to organize your design.  Drawing will also allow you get a sense of the balance between images and text. 
• Do not forget protocols for naming Web files (all lower-case letters and no spaces) when saving your template.

 

• Has a well thought-out template with effective navigation elements, organized design, and color/font selections that will work on most viewers’ computers 
• Has a complete description of the proposed content of the site
• Expresses ideas clearly
• Has a sophisticated style (remarkable variety of sentence patterns, smooth transitions between ideas, superior control of diction) 
• Has few, if any, minor errors in grammar, usage or mechanics