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ENGL 4170/5170: Web Design for Content Writers

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Announcements

references

• PageDescriptionAnnotatedWireframesUsability
• PortfolioSitePrototypeProject
• NotesOnDreamweaverEssentialsCS3
• GettingStarted
• SiteEditingGuides

Tues 27 Nov

• workday
• Chap 5: Writing Web Content

Thurs 29 Nov

• review Chap 5
• review of pages: checklist
  • page title
  • page footer - email link/page link
  • sidebar nav
  • link to home
  • color scheme / palette and legibility
  • page properties (use on template)
  • templates set with editable and uneditable areas
  • pages created from templates set to update
  • make global changes on templates
  • make content changes on individual pages
  • ...
• work time

Tues 4 Dec

• quiz on chapter 5
• including a Designers page
  • Include link to Designers page in footer as part of provenance. One paragraph bio, photos optional.
• FYI: Web design / writing positions at WGBH.

Thurs 6 Dec

• workday: attendance required
• keep in mind, you need a Designers page.

Tues 11 Dec

• attendance required
• PreparingForTheFinalPresentation

final presentation: Mon 17 Dec 3:30 - 5:30

On deck

• Writing web content

reference

• Web Design Handlist
• SiteProjectRequirementsGathering
• Site Project: Personas and Content Inventories
• Site Project: Experience Design: Site maps, wireframes and navigation.
• Some examples