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3: Creating your core web content items<br />

You will now use your design document to create the items that will form the foundation of your<br />

website.<br />

Time needed<br />

It will take approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes to complete th<strong>is</strong> lesson.<br />

Learning objectives<br />

When you have completed th<strong>is</strong> lesson, you should be able to work with a design document to create a<br />

set of web content items that will form the bas<strong>is</strong> of your website:<br />

v A site framework that compr<strong>is</strong>es site areas<br />

v Authoring templates<br />

v Default content items<br />

v Presentation templates<br />

Lab 3.1: Creating a site framework<br />

In th<strong>is</strong> exerc<strong>is</strong>e you will create a site framework based on the information architecture defined in the<br />

website design document.<br />

Time needed<br />

It will take approximately 45 minutes to complete th<strong>is</strong> lesson.<br />

Lesson 3.1.1: Site frameworks<br />

You use site areas to build the site framework within which you group content items. It forms part of the<br />

contextual layer of the website and <strong>is</strong> used to define the navigational framework of a site. <strong>The</strong> site areas<br />

that compr<strong>is</strong>e the site framework can be classified into ancestors, descendants and siblings. <strong>The</strong> vertical<br />

hierarchy of a site framework <strong>is</strong> split into ancestors and descendants. Depending on where you are<br />

within your site framework, site areas can act as both ancestors and descendants. Site Areas that share<br />

the same ancestor are known as siblings.<br />

Accompanying guide for SPVC - not for d<strong>is</strong>tribution<br />

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