(Shelly Cashman Series) Gary B. Shelly, H. Albert Napier, Ollie N. Rivers-Web design_ introductory concepts and techniques -Cengage Learning (2008)

130 Chapter 4 Planning a Successful Web Site: Part 2
TEAM
APPROACH
Work collaboratively to reinforce the concepts in the chapter with the Team
Approach exercises.
1 Frames
Join with two other students to research the use of frames in Web site design. Review
books, print articles, and Web-based articles on the use of frames. How and when are
frames used as an appropriate design tool? What are the advantages and disadvantages
of using frames? How does the Web design community view the use of frames? Do
modern WYSIWYG editors support frames? What are the site navigation issues related
to frames? Explain whether you would consider using frames as a design tool. If yes,
why? If no, why not? Compile the team’s findings and examples in a report for your
instructor. Be prepared to present your report to the class.
2 User-based and User-controlled Navigation Systems
Join with another student to create a two-person research team. Then identify six Web
sites — two commercial, two topical, and two organizational sites — and review their
navigation systems. Create a presentation for the class in which you describe the
navigation system for each site. Use examples of each site’s navigation system elements
to illustrate whether the site’s navigation system is both user based and user controlled.
CASE
STUDY
Apply the chapter concepts to the ongoing development process in Web
design with the Case Study.
The Case Study is an ongoing development process using the concepts, techniques, and
Design Tips presented in each chapter.
Background Information
Continuing with the development of your Web site design plan that you began in
Chapter 3, complete Step 5: Design the look and feel of the site and Step 6: Specify
the site’s navigation system. Then use your design plan checklist to evaluate your
complete plan.
Chapter 4 Assignment
In this assignment, you will finalize your Web site’s design plan by completing the
remaining two steps discussed in this chapter: planning the look and feel of your site
and planning its navigation system.
1. Review the related chapter material on page length, content placement, and usability.
2. Define your site’s color scheme by using a WYSIWYG template or color matching
software.
3. Plan the page layout for your home page and underlying pages. Explain how you
will control page layout with tables or CSS.
4. Review the guidelines for user-based and user-controlled navigation systems, and
then specify the individual elements of a user-based and user-controlled navigation
system for your site.
5. After completing the final two steps of your design plan, review your design plan
using the design plan checklist. After your review, make any necessary additions or
edits to your design plan.
6. If time permits, meet with three classmates to compare and evaluate each other’s
design plans and offer constructive suggestions as applicable.