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Template Website Guide & Consulting Process Process & Handoffs Even for a small website, the creation and launch process requires the contributions of a number of people in different areas at different times. Any breakdown of communication during the process slows the whole procession of efforts required to launch the site. This document and the supporting documents are intended to keep everyone on the same page throughout the process and give all contributors the necessary lead time. Where possible this document will indicate who’s responsible for each stage and who takes up the following stage. The “stage handler” will indicate on Yammer when the stage is finished so everyone will know. There are a number of additional supporting documents that will be referenced here as they enter into the process. Their initial reference in this guide will be marked with a document icon on the right side of the page. Kick Off Once you notify Loren Kielly (loren.kielly@du.edu) that you want a new site, then things get under way. To facilitate conversation and keep everyone up to date, we use Yammer. Loren or someone in University Communications (UComm) will create a Yammer group for the project and invite you to join. In addition to sharing conversations, Yammer is also used to post and share files throughout the process. As things progress, the Yammer group will contain site maps, content documents, images, style guides and checklists. The first document you’ll need is the Site Checklist. This checklist will inform all the following steps and get everyone on the same page regarding your website’s requirements. Please answer all the questions and feel free to ask about anything you’re unsure about. Once you’ve completed this step, post the Site Checklist to the Yammer group. You’re ready to move on to the Information Architecture and Content phase. NEW DOC Kick Off Steps 1. You Contact Loren at UComm regarding a new website. 2. Loren creates a Yammer group for the project. 3. Via Yammer, UComm provides this guide and the Site Checklist document. 4. You fill out the Site Checklist and post it to the Yammer group. NEW DOC Example Doc.pdf Site Checklist.doc 4
Template Website Guide & Consulting Process IA & Content Information architecture (IA) is the broad term for the organization and navigation choices in your website. In tandem with well-constructed content, it allows a visitor to your website to find information as quickly and easily as possible, especially if they’ve never visited your website before. Accessible content depends on good information architecture. Intuitively useful architecture depends on well-organized content. Typically, people find it easier to create a site map first and then develop content based on the architecture of the site map. As this is a big task, we provide several additional documents to help you out. The Site Map Example is a good model to follow when creating your site map. Use whatever software works for you when creating the site map diagram, but post it in a widely accessible format such as .ppt, .pdf, or .doc. The Content Questionnaire will help you consider your full content needs. Remember, content incorporates more than just text. The content phase may involve collecting existing photography and video or setting up shoots for new photos and video. The Content Style Guide helps maintain a consistent formatting style and language tone through all DU communications. Following the Content Style Guide will accelerate the content review process. The Content Template document gives you an easy model to consider all the components of your Web page. Typical components include the main body of content, page titles, metadata, keywords, banners and call outs for the right rail area. As you are compiling the content and organization of your website, it’s helpful to keep in mind the Web page formats available within the DU templates. Click on the images below to view the typical page formats in your Web browser. Template Page Types One Column Three Column Two Column Left Two Column Right IA & Content Steps 1. Look through the Site Map Example, Content Style Guide, and Content Template documents. 2. Assess the information that’s valuable to your users, categorize it by page, and organize it into a site map. 3. Fill out a Content Template for each page based on your site map. 4. Post your site map and content templates to Yammer for review by UComm. 5. UComm provides feedback via Yammer. 6. You make changes as necessary and repost. Repeat steps 4 - 6 until everyone is happy. 7. UComm notifies the Yammer Group that the IA & Content phase is complete. NEW DOC Site Map Example.doc NEW DOC Content Questionnaire. doc NEW DOC Content Style Guide.doc NEW DOC Content Template.doc 5
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