Project Management - Organizing Your Website Part Two (Storyboard)

Project Management - Organizing Your Website Part Two (Storyboard)

In one of my employment zyban I worked for the film industry. Part of my educational training, which is critical for film production (in fact production of any kind), was storyboarding. The story board covers every last detail of the production to ensure nothing is missed, timing is correct, there is continuity, etc.

My training in I.T. Publishing/Web Design/Programming also had one very critical part of the course which was Project Management. Under that umbrella was also storyboarding.

What is Website Storyboarding?

Basically it is breaking the whole into small manageable pieces. It is not just creating pages, the linking structure, though that is part of it, but also the flow of where you what your visitor to enter, the paths you want them to follow (guide your visitor) to reach an end result.

This storyboard will end up telling your story to your visitor both visually sildenafil structurally.

The first web site I ever created was done totally on paper. Each page of paper represented one page of the site, including headings, content, links and graphic ideas. I had Dracula Lives pages of paper. Once I had this completed I took each page and entered it as html. After a bit of where can I donate my car my first web site was created (many moons ago now!).

A website storyboard can be created with a layout, a series of boxes, using a word processing or graphic design program. Each 'box' will represent each page with headings, content, links, graphics, etc. Arrows should be drawn between boxes (pages) in order to show the specific paths you want your visitor to follow through the site. You should also consider the "IF" in the paths. For example, "IF" the visitor goes to the services page then you need to guide them to the contact page (for example). One thing I used in storyboarding in the film industry, that I still use now, is color coding. This is extra help in the direction (beside arrows) of the path you would like your visitor to follow.

Some Basics

• Envision a color theme, graphic(s) and general layout to be used on each page
• Name each page so it reflects what you will be presenting to your visitor
• Break up your content into main headings, subheadings, etc.
• Consider, and include, links to other pages or outside areas (for example a shopping cart)
  

** If you are not designing your own web site, storyboarding is still very helpful in organizing your thoughts, vision and content. Then once you start working with a web designer there will be less room for errors and confusion.

Stay tuned for Part 3.

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