:: WEBSITE PROPOSAL
Have you worked for businesses like ours? Have you produced other sites using the type of features we've described? Do you have ideas on how our brief could be improved? What will you do to improve our ranking when we register with search engines? Are you prepared to sign an agreement to sign over copyright to us? Please provide a proposal to incorporate costing and ideas for hosting, design and development. Please provide timescales.		Do you have ideas on how our brief could be improved? Usability Experience Prominent, simple navigation structure, usability experience across the site and clear representation of the home page works well. The user should be able to see what the site can do for them at a glance. "Quick Tips" for accessible web sites: Images & animations. Use the alt attribute to describe the function of each visual Image maps. Use client-side MAP and text for hotspots. Multimedia. Provide captioning and transcripts of audio, and descriptions of video Hypertext links. Use text that makes sense when read out of context. For example, avoid "click here." Page organization. Use headings, lists, and consistent structure. Use CSS for layout and style where possible. Graphs & charts. Summarize or use the longdesc attribute. Scripts, applets, & plug-ins. Provide alternative content in case active features are inaccessible or unsupported. Frames. Use NOFRAMES and meaningful titles. Tables. Make line by line reading sensible. Summarize. Check your work. Validate. Use the tools, checklist, and guidelines at www.w3.org/TR/WCAG. Pop-up Menus Your brief has a long list of content you want included in the website. We have been structuring the content into suitable sections - by using Pop-up menus. Also check out the Pop-up function by clicking on the word "WEBSITE PROPOSAL" in the top left hand corner of this page. Simple navigation that takes the user through a logical sequence leading naturally to application gives the best effectiveness. Quick Links We are also suggesting using a lot of "quick links" to direct the visitor around the site. These can be placed on the right hand column of the site and also next to a paragraph for more info. Look at your Stat Reports and find out what the most requested pages are. Have links coming out from these and lead your visitor through to other pages. Contact details - check if people go to that page, if it's on every page it's difficult to measure. Colour Coding Sections Colour coding can be helpful and continuity is important to avoid confusing the user when entering a new section. We suggest choosing one colour for each section on headers and strap lines from your colour scheme. See Sitemap & Colours to see how it's used. By having a introductory page on each section the visitor can quicly see what information is to be found here, and then drill down to access more. Change the content Encourage the visitors and change the content to grab them. The big graphic at the top can animate, change with different sections and can also include various strap-lines/quotes to work with the content. Are you planning to built Online Communities/Message boards/ Chat Forums in the future?