Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Update

Plan of Action as at August 6, 2009
(also everything in brackets are the resources required for each)


Milestones:
11 September – Finish website / Final brief written up
18 September – Upload website, hand over to client with instructions on how to make changes as necessary


Week ending 7 August
- Arrange meeting with client for early next week
- Get website backwards compatible with IE7 and Firefox 2.0 (Computer / Internet / SSH-FTP client(winscp/putty))
- Finish Justification of changes

Week ending 14 August
- Fix problem with backwards compatibility with CSS on site
- Continue working on fixing work that needs doing in project.(computer / IDE / Internet)
- Meet with client, talk to her about progress of the site, when she can expect it to be finished by and the options available to her hosting wise.
- Start hosting research (Computer / Word processor / Internet)

Week ending 21 August
- Continue completing paperwork. (computer / Word Processor)
- Continue coding website (Computer / IDE / Internet)
- Continue hosting research (Computer / Word processor / Internet)
- Fix image size issue on site (Computer)

Week ending 28 August
- Continue / Finish website code (computer / IDE )
- Arrange meeting with client
- Make sure website documentation is up to date
- Write up changes (Word processor)

Week ending 4 September
- Continue / Finish website code (computer / IDE )
- Make finishing touches on site (Computer / IDE)
- Get feedback from client on site
- Make changes based on feedback
Week ending 11 September
- Finish Site
- Meet with client, show her options regarding hosting, give to her and let her decide what she wants
Week Ending 18 September
- Upload Site


Justification for changes

22/3/09
Changed dates on plan of action as more information had come to light and documents had taken longer then anticipated completing. For example, drawing up initial designs, I thought I would be finishing them off in the week ending 27 march, but because I hadn’t had time to start them the week before I had to start them in that week. Also I thought that I would have a meeting with my client in the week ending 27 march but that never happened so taking designs and survey to client was delayed a week. Which also pushed back most of the site a week. I also realised my site would take longer then I had previously thought to code so that is also why the final date is 3 weeks later in the second plan of action.

25/5/09
Significant Changes to dates have again happened as I have realised that the ones that were included in the plan of action on 22 March will not be achievable and have already passed for some of them. The 26 June is now the end date as I have realised that the coding will take longer then I anticipated. At this point I have still not got back my survey results which I had expected back earlier. As a result of this the dates for everything have had to be put back a while as the survey impacts the key factors, and what I decide to prioritise in my project.

29/7/09
Changed the border on the website from a solid white border to one that fades from a light grey to black. Reason for doing this is I had initially stated to the client I was going to make the border look similar to this, with rounded edges and such. Another reason for this is I feel it looks better and makes the site look more professional overall.

6/8/09
Changed dates again as they were unrealistic.
Completion date is now 11 September, with site being uploaded a week later on the 18th. This change has arisen from me taking longer then expected to do things, as holidays have come and other projects have impeded on the time I spend on this project. Also the school production in the first week of term meant that I didn’t have much time that week to work on it. Exams are coming up so I have included time for that, as I expect I wont be doing much work during this time.

Problem

I will continue to work on fixing up work i have missed.
This is just an update on the site as it is to date. I have found that the CSS i am using, although fully complient with web standards, is very current and will therefore not show up on older browsers such as IE7 and Firefox 2. The problem is the border i have implemented doesn't show and the page then just looks very bland and outdated. Also the font Calabri doesn't seem to show on a few computers, will need to think of a fallback one.
I am working to fix this and will hopefully have a solution within the week.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

AS 3.2 - the one-off solution

It is cool to work towards the final solution as you are, but remember the division between AS3.1 and AS3.2 in the video. Once the brief and final concept are finsihed/evaluted etc, the stakeholders, keyfactors and brief change for AS3.2 and another Technology project worth another 8 credits at Level 3 gets underway.

You need to get your final concept evalutated etc. I've copied my 'comprehensive' feedback regarding AS3.1 etc into the comment below.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Gantt Chart

Progress

The website is nearly finished, all that is now required is a re work of the header and more images throughout the site as well as changing the ones on the front page.

The site is now available, and will be for the short term at
http://shephard.is-a-geek.net

Documentation wise i am finishing the gantt chart and am going to try put it all in a folder.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Alteration

I am now going to use lightbox instead of minishowcase for the gallery page on my webiste.
This is because, what i didn't find out in research was the lack of integration available with an existing site. Minishowcase doesn't easily allow you to put your own page and use their gallery script. You have to use their gallery page which is not what i am looking for.
Lightbox is the next best gallery so i will be using this instead.
Will post progress on how this goes

Key Milestones

These are the key milestones - past and future.
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Past Milestones:

Project Commencement - 23 February

First Meeting - 2 March

Initial POA / Brief finished - 10 March

Sketches Drawn up and shown to client - 18 March

Survey Handed out to customers - 22 March

General Research on Costume hire sites finished - 23 March

Website Code Started - 27 March

Website Version 0.1 finished - 22 April

Survey Collated - June 7

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Future Milestones:

Website Content all included in site, including galleries (without design being finished) - 22 June

Final Brief Done - 29 June

Hosting research finished - 24 July

Website Finished, final modifications Done - 31 July

Website Handed Over to client - 7 August

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Feedback given on assessment schedules

Just recording that we discussed your overall progress today with written feedback given on a printout of blogs. Generally looking good - you appear to be on track for Achieved but have a way to go to complete your concept. More detailed analysis and discussions needed for Merit and Excellence, but still do-able :-).

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Survey results

Survey Results for Indisguise concerning the website

First Question: How long have you been a customer of indisguise?
Most people had been a customer for 6 – 12 months which indicates it hasn’t been a one off and they do come back.
Second Question: Have you been a customer of any other costume hire place in the last 2 years?
No one answered this.
Third Question: On Average how frequently do you hire costumes?
A few times a year was the usual answer, so having the site would benefit these customers as they could see before they came if there was a costume they liked, it could save them time if they planned on buying one too.
The next few questions asked the customer to rank questions in order of importance. 1 is not important at all and 4 is extremely important.
The answers are averages of the 9 surveys and are rounded to 2dp
Website reliability, so can you always access it?
2.67
Being up to date
3.56
Aesthetics
3.22
Relevant information
3.39
Assurance of product, are you going to get what you see on the site?
3.56
Are the costumes going to be the right size?
3.44
Ease of use
3.28
Awareness of site, so how easy is it to get to, from say Google?
3
The site keeps up to web standards
2.83
Is the site as good as competition websites?
2.67
So important factors that I need to consider when making the website are:
- Website being up to date, so making sure that if news is kept on the site then it must updated regularly and old content must be removed
- Making sure that what you are seeing is what you are going to get. So making sure the pictures used are an accurate representation of the costumes. Also making sure any size indications are relatively accurate so the customer doesn’t have to take the costume back.
- All information is relevant to what the customer is looking for and old content isn’t kept up so links in with the website being up to date. But also making sure that there isn’t too much information available, overwhelming the customer.

research on galleries to use on site

Research on how to display photos in the gallery:

There are a few ways I could display the photos of costumes on my site:
 plain html, when thumbnails are clicked just link to another page with that picture on it
 javascript, a popular one, plenty of websites use this and it seems to work well as long as they don't have a script blocker running. Will display a mini window with back and forward buttons to go between photos when thumbnails are clicked
 AJAX (asynchronous java and xml) this is also a popular option and will output in a similar way to java in terms of when thumbnails are clicked.


Lightbox http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/

Very popular, easy to set up script (AJAX) that works on all browsers. Popular as it is so unobtrusive and easy to use and looks clean. Does what I need it to, and there is plenty of support out there for it! Only lacks the ability to go between photos from the enlarged picture.


Minishowcase http://minishowcase.net/

This is a very nice AJAX script that is easy enough to set up and looks professional. Does take a little longer to load but works well and is easy to use for the end user. Does absolutely everything I need it to as well as being very pleasing asthetically.




http://www.zenphoto.org/zenphoto/

zenphoto is a very basic script again, written in ajax. Too simple for my liking as it takes you away from the gallery and its not quick enough to get back to the thumbnails. Simple and easy to use but doesn't have the look and functionality of the other ones.



http://www.couloir.org/js_slideshow/#2

This is a gallery written purely in CSS, it does not have thumbnails though. But it does have picture animations and is rather asthetically pleasing and very lightweight as seems to be the theme.




Cross Browser Multi-Page Photograph Gallery
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menu/lightbox.html#flower8

This is a very nice looking gallery thing that is written in CSS and just uses the hover line. This is a very affective implementation, but I think that the pictures don't get big enough and I need to be able to include text below the image, will have to look to see if I can change this, but I am considering this one.



http://www.jasons-toolbox.com/SlightlyThickerBox/#
slightly thickerbox 1.7

This is what I’m looking for in terms of functionality but does no look aesthetically pleasing at all and I don't really have the skill sets required to change this. Also is very slow to load which is not good for the end user, as they don’t like to wait.



What I need from the gallery:
- Ease of use
- Ability to include text above or below the picture.
- Overlays the screen, keeps the thumbnails in the background. Reason for this being, it is the easiest way to get back to gallery.
- Has to look aesthetically pleasing / Professional
- Has to be able to have back / forward function between images

The gallery I will try first is minishowcase and based on how easy that is to use and if I can get it set up right, I will try lightbox. Minishowcase is the only one that does everything I want it to and looks the part, lightbox comes close but lacks the ability to go between photos from the enlarged picture.

The copy with screenshots is included in my visual diary

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

POA

Plan of Action as at 25 May 2009
(also everything in brackets are the resources required for each)


Week ending 29 May
Continue to code website (Computer / IDE / internet)
Collect in survey results from owner and collate them (Computer)
Do research on ajax photo gallery viewer for site (Computer / Internet)
Make sure documentation is up to date and make changes as neccessary

Week ending 05 June
continue website (Computer / IDE / Internet)
do research on where to host site (computer / Internet)

Week ending 12 June
continue / finish site (Computer / IDE / Internet)
take to client, get feedback make necessary changes

Week ending 19 June
finish site if it hasn't been finished already (Computer / IDE / Internet)
Conlclude research on website hosting, talk to client about what she wants in regard to this (Computer / internet)
Write up documentation on how to make changes to site

Week ending 26 June
Upload website
'hand over' to client, give instructions on how to modify


Milestones:
12 June – Finish website / Final brief written up
26 June – Upload website, hand over to client with instructions on how to make changes as neccessary

Sunday, May 24, 2009

progress 25 May

Website is still in the progress of being coded, not too far away from being done,
content has still not come from client, need to get onto that, i plan to pick it up this week as she obviously isn't going to send it otherwise she would have already.

This has set me back and i will upload an updated plan of action accordingly

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

progress report

Project is going well and is following the timeline planned. All initial documentation has been completed and i have updated the plan of action 3 times so far, the brief once and the designs have just had a minor modification done to them.

The client is happy with the progress so far and is still getting back to me with survey results.

As far as making the site is going. I have a barebones working model, with all the pages in place and links all working. From then i can start on the design work.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Updated plan of action / brief

Plan of Action as at 05 May 2009
(also everything in brackets are the resources required for each)


Week ending 8 May
 take drawings to client, see what she likes best, and based on that start working on a bare-bones site (Computer / IDE / internet)
 Collect in survey and collate results

Week ending 15 May
 Continue to code website (Computer / IDE / internet)
 talk to owner about where her current website is hosted, if she wants to change do research on that for her (computer / internet)

Week ending 22 May
 continue / finish website (Computer / IDE / Internet)
 show owner and make changes as necessary

Week ending 29 May
 upload website (Computer / Internet)
 write evaluation (Computer)
 write up details of how to maintain the site, show owner how to as well.(Computer)

I have update the brief to include the following:

The font i will be using in the linkbar will be 'jokestar' if possible as it matches the logo.

The pictures will come from the costume company leg-avenue and i have permission from them to use the pictures as i please.

content

Content for Website (03/05/09):

Opening Page:
Pictures: Will include pictures of costumes on people at events. Need to get these from client.

Actual Content: Hello and welcome to InDisguise. We are a costume hire / sales shop that caters for everyone from individuals to large groups.

We hope you enjoy the site and if you have any queries go to the contact us page and feel free to send us an email.

Disclaimer: we do not hire out costumes on this site only sell them. If you want to hire a costume look at the list and then come in and see us.

Contact Us:
Pictures: Same sort of photos on home page

Content: Contact:

Jane Craig : (04) 237 9045
Mobile : 027 473 8830
Email : jane.craig@indisguise.co.nz

Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Friday : 12 till 6 p.m.
Thursday 12 till 9 p.m.
Saturday 9 till 3 p.m.
Closed Sunday and Tuesday

Location
Upstairs, next door to mall entrance under the canopies.
11 Trentham place.

Also include an embedded map from google maps showing the location. This map is going to be located under the location text.

Costumes:

This is going to be gallery page with pictures provided by indisguise. These originally come from the costume company leg avenue and I have been given the O.K to use all the images as I like. I am going to use an ajax photo gallery script to display the photos. This gallery is open source so I am allowed to use it. All the photo's will include a serial number below and details of how to buy them

Themes:

This page will just have an alphabetical list of costumes with some pictures spread out around the page. This list is of all the costumes for hire and there will be a disclaimer at the top of the page about this.

How to order:

Details of this page are yet to be confirmed but will run along the lines of the following:

There are two ways to buy a costume:

Give us a call on the following number : ### ####
when making the call just reference the number of the costume and
we will organise details of when to pick up the costume and payment.

Give us an email at the following ####@#######
just email us your name and the reference number as well as when you
are going to pick the costume up and any other details your would
like us to know

Enjoy. Any queries? Don't hesitate to give us an email or call us

Thanks for visiting!!

FAQ:

I have been given these FAQ to be included and I will most likely just stay with this list as it is very comprehensive.

FAQ

1.Where are you located and how do I find you?

We are located on the first floor of 11 Hartham Place, Porirua.
This is directly next door to the mall entrance under the canopy. It is opposite T & T children wear. There is a blue flag outside.


2.What are your opening hours?

Monday 12 - 6pm
Tuesday closed
Wednesday 12 – 6pm
Thursday 12 – 8pm
Friday 12 – 6pm
Saturday 9 – 3pm
Sunday closed.

3. What is the hire period?
The hire period is 5 days. All costumes are returned the Monday. So a costume can be collected from the Wednesday onwards.

4.What is the cost?

Costume is $ 35 - $50
Boots $10
Shoes $ 5 - $ 10
Wigs with costume $ 5
Wigs without costume $10

5.Who cleans the costume?

We clean all costumes in order to avoid damage. All costumes are cleaned after every use.

6.Is there a bond?

Yes we take an imprint of an eftpos card or Visa. This is returned to you or destroyed when the costume is returned.

7.What if I damage the costume?

We assess the damage and will take care of minor or wear and tear repairs ourselves. If there has been malicious damage such as ripping, cigarette burns or lost items we will again see about replacements and ask you to pay.

8.Do you offer discounts?

Yes for a group of 10 or more we offer 15 % off the total cost of hire.

9.Do you have an after hours drop off. ?

This can be arranged if you mention at the time of hire. We can generally accommodate all requests.

10.Do you have a drop off in Wellington City itself?

Yes you can return costume on the Monday at

Tony’s workshop
Arthur Street
Wellington

This is located at the top of Cuba Street and runs alongside the new motorway extension to Taranaki Street. It is a large green building

11.Do you deliver?

We can bring a selection of costumes to you for a group of 10 or more hiring.

You can select your costume and we return a few days before your event to deliver the costumes and collect payment. We then return after the event on the Monday to collect. We will do this all over Wellington.

Meeting

I had another meeting with the client today. I showed her my designs and she was happy and no changes needed to be made apart from she wants the font to be "jokestar" in the linkbar and for it to be colourful. Appropriate changes were made the designs and the changes marked.

I will be sent the survey's as she did not have them when i went to see her. When i get them i will collaborate results and post them.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Gallery Page




These are two pictures of the gallery page as this will be the page that varies the most in terms of design from the home page.
What is drawn is the content inside the "main" section of the page.
The first picture is what the page will look like when you first go onto it and the second picture is what the page will look like when a thumbnail is clicked on.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

initial sketch


Included is an initial sketch i plan to show the client later this week /early next week.
Information not included in the sketch, but included in the page before is:
the width of the page will be 90% of the browser windows
all the fonts are in verdana.
This is subject to change though.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Research results

Final Conclusions from research.

Functions: Most of the sites didn't offer any kind of ordering system. Some of the ones that did used the same system that I have been asked to use, that is ordering over the phone. The other ones that offered completely online ordering were much larger and not appropriate for the size of this business. The lack of completely online ordering systems seemed to indicated people like a bit more human interaction when ordering costumes so calling over the phone should work well if executed right.

Relevance: A major problem with some of the costume hire sites, is the lack of updating that is happening, asthetically and content wise. If a site is out of date the user picks up on it quickly and as a result is offputting, making it less likely for them to order a costume from that company. The sites that were obviously current sometimes changed their page depending what holiday or event was coming up that people would hire costumes for. Eg St patricks day or halloween or something like that. I will talk to indisguise if they would consider doing something like that.

Content:The sites that were the most useful were the ones that had information that was relevant to what the user is looking for, ie costume prices, sizing, and where to pick them up from. Quite a few of the less maintained ones didn't have any information about what sizes were available and how much they were. The most useful sites also had an FAQ section which I will include in the indisguise site. I will also include all the information I can about costume hire and not ramble on about non-relavent information. Some sites gave a long history to the company on the front page which is really not inviting at all and can be offputting.

Asthetics: The most well presented sites were the ones that had lots of pictures, especially on the front page and used the same theme throughout. There were some sites that had no pictures apart from on the gallery, and they were pretty sad as well. Some sites had pictures of the costumes when they are on people at events and they looked really effective. This is a very good idea that I plan to use as it also gives the user a better idea of what the costumes look like in the real world on normal people. I found the easier to use sites had a link bar at the top, and it also looks cleaner too so I will adopt that for my site.

Quality: A few sites were obviously poorly maintaned as there were broken links to crucial pages and missing pictures. This is really offputting, as there was one site where this was the case, that also had an online ordering system. This puts doubts into my mind as i'm sure others as to how secure this service is, if the people can't even build a site properly. I will make sure that my site is rock solid in this respect so people have the upmost confidence in the company.

Monday, March 23, 2009

survey

I have just sent off this survey to indisguise, this is the final copy that will be handed out to customers.
I hope to collect this late next week so i can start on the final brief.

Survey: Indisguise website
Hi there, a new website is currently under construction for Indisguise and I would like to take a few minutes of your time to ask you a few questions about it and how you would like it to be so I can make it as good as possible.

How long have you been a customer of indisguise? (please tick a box)
Less than one month
1 to 6 months
6 to 12 months
1 to 3 years
More than 3 years

Have you been a customer of any other costume hire place in the last 2 years? If yes please indicate which place/places:


On average how frequently do you hire costumes? (please tick)
More than once a week
A few times a months
A few times a year
Less than once a year


Please indicate how important the following factors are when hiring / buying costumes on the internet (please tick the appropriate box)

Not important at all
Only marginal influence
Moderate importance
Extremely important

Website reliability, so can you always access it? From anywhere?





Being up to date





Asthetics (how the website looks)





Relavent information, so is what is presented on the site what you need to know in order to complete your task





Assurance of product, are you going to get what you see on the site









Are The costumes going to be the right size?





Ease of use, how easy is it to get done what you need to?





Awareness of site (how easy is it to get to from a search engine)





The site keeps up to web standards, (will it look the same on your computer as it does on other computers?)





Competition websites, does the site do the same and look just as good as competitor websites?





(sorry about the formatting)

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Stakeholder Feedback - Survey


Survey / Updated plan of action

Here is the survey for the clients that the owner will hand out.
Just getting teacher to check before but here is how it stands now:

Survey: Indisguise website
Hi there, a new website is currently under construction for Indisguise and I would like to take a few minutes of your time to ask you a few questions about it and how you would like it to be so I can make it as good as possible.

How long have you been a customer of indisguise? (please tick a box)
Less than one month
1 to 6 months
6 to 12 months
1 to 3 years
More than 3 years

Have you been a customer of any other costume hire place?:


On average how frequently do you hire costumes? (please tick)
More than once a week
Once a week
A few times a months
A few times a year
Less than once a year


Please indicate how important the following factors are when hireing / buying costumes (please tick the appropriate box)

Not important at all
Only marginal influence
Moderate importance
Extremely important

Website reliability





Being up to date





Asthetics (how it looks)





Relavent information





Assurance of product





Ease of use





Awareness of site (how easy is it to get to)





The site keeps up to web standards





Competition websites

(sorry about formatting, but you get the idea)






and here is my updated plan of action:

Plan of Action as at 22 March 2009
(note this is just an initial POA and will be updated as needed)
(also everything in brackets are the resources required for each)

Week ending 27 March
Give survey to client
wait for survey results
draw up initial designs (visual diary)

Week ending 3 April
Get survey results back
collate results (computer)
write up brief for client (computer)

Week ending 9 April (beginning of holidays)
Talk to client about brief
Discuss anything she wants changed
Start research on other competition websites (Computer / Internet)
inform owner of my 2 week absence on holiday

Week ending 1 May
based on research draw up final designs (visual diary)
do research on best coding methods for websites (computer/ Internet)
do research on the best way to display many photo's on a website (computer / Internet)
collect all necessary material for site off the owner


Week ending 8 May
take drawings to client, see what she likes best, and based on that start working on a bare-bones site (Computer / IDE / internet)
collate research and write up reports based on each (computer)


Week ending 15 May
Continue to code website (Computer / IDE / internet)
talk to owner about where her current website is hosted, if she wants to change do research on that for her (computer / internet)

Week ending 22 May
continue / finish website (Computer / IDE / Internet
show owner and make changes as necessary

Week ending 29 May
upload website (Computer / Internet)
write evaluation (Computer)
write up details of how to maintain the site, show owner how to as well.(Computer)

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Meeting

I had my second meeting with the client yesterday,
i showed her what i had done in terms of brief and plan of action and when i planned to have the website done by.
I discussed giving out a survey and she was fine with that, i will get that out to her in the next few days. I will collect the survey in 2 weeks and collect the results and use them to write a final brief from.



here is the brief as it stands now:
Brief for website of the costume hire shop Indisguise.
(13-03-09)

Issue:
Indisguise is a costume hire company that wishes to expand to selling costumes online. They have a website already but this does not show what costumes are available for sale and is not aesthetically pleasing. The owner wishes to change this in a bid to boost costume sales and raise awareness of the business.

Purpose:
The purpose of this website is to sell costumes to customers, through effectively showing them what is on offer to increase sales. This is to be done in a very easy to use and aesthetically pleasing way to encourage repeat business.

Audience:
The intended audience of the site will be costumers, potential and regular. Also competition and members of the public who want to contact the owner for whatever reason

Text Formatting:
The text will be formatted in the following way,
The heading will be size 14pt and will be the colour black and in the font Veranda
The body text will be the size 10pt and will also be the colour black in in Veranda

Graphics to be included in the website include:
 The indisguise logo
 Pictures of costumes for hire, initially about 80 but in time will grow
 border around each page, which will be of curtain / drape design

Content to be included in the site:
 introduction to the costume company, stating what the site is for and giving a greeting
 information on how to buy costumes and where to pick them up from / how much shipping will be
 pictures / descriptions for each costume
 theme ideas for costumes
 information about hiring out costumes, also telling them this can only be done in house, you cannot do it online
 contact information

Page Layout
The page layout will be included in a separate document

Constraints:
 The website has to load relatively quickly, even on a 56k connection
 the website must be fully functional with no dead links
 the website must be easy to navigate and understand
 the content must be current
 the site must be consistent throughout in terms of colour schemes, so it looks professional and like it is regularly updated.

Completion Date:
The planned completion date of the site is the week of the 8th of May, will update this as necessary

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Brief

The brief has been completed, and includes information on the fonts, the content, the constraints, completion date, graphics included.

I plan to update this as new information comes to light, and will make a record as such in my visual diary

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Plan of Action

Plan of Action as at 11 March 2009
(note this is just an initial POA and will be updated as needed)

Milestones to have been finished week ending 13 March
- Plan of action
- Initial Brief
- Second meeting with client if possible
- research other sites with similar functions and see what works well with theirs and also review their weaknesses

Week ending 20 March
- Second meeting with client if not already done
- Survey
- Final Brief
- Start initial designs

Week ending 27 March
- finish initial designs
- take designs to client
- research what coding languages to use with the website / what the competition is using

Week ending 3 April
- Based on clients feedback start final design
- take design to client and if OK start website coding
- if not OK make modifications, get the go ahead and then start coding

Week ending 9 April (beginning of holidays)
- continue website coding
- do research on the best way to display many photo's on a website
- collect all necessary material for site off the owner
- inform owner I will be on holiday for next two weeks and will not be working on site during this time

Week ending 1 May
- Do final work on website, bring forward to client for approval
- talk to owner about where her current website is hosted, if she wants to change do research on that for her

Week ending 8 April
- Finish site
- Finish research / prepare to upload website

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Plan of action for week starting 9 March

This is just a brief plan of action for the week

Write up a brief summarising what the websites purpose is, what is needed in it and any constrainsts put on it

Finish doing research on competition sites, local and abroad

Write up a survey to hand out to customers regarding the site

Have another meeting with the business and show them the brief after it has been checked with teacher, and also give them the survey

Updated Stakeholders

After talking with my teacher i realised that my stakeholders were inadiquite.
Here is an updated list of them and why they are stakeholders in this project, and also the brief is still to come.

Owner of Business
- Site Reflects on business
- Site could increase/decrease business depending on quality
- Site directly relates to the day to day running of her business
Staff
- Will impact on their workload
Me
- Reflection on my website building ability
Competition
- Site could decrease their business
Police
- If the site has illegal content on it they will have to get involved
Costume Owners
- If pictures are used of theirs without permission
Members of the public
- Site could be offensive to them
Server Owner
- If illegal content is hosted on it they will have to pull it off
Customers
- Site will impact how they deal with the company

This is not the final list, but is very close to what it will look like.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Meeting

On Monday i had my initial meeting with the client.
Went well and i have confirmed that i am ifact doing it with the costume hire place "indisguise."
I am going to meet with my company every two weeks to discuss progress and they are also going to monitor my progress on this blog.

In the meeting we discussed the questions mentioned earlier on. The main points are i don't need to do any forms on the website and i can use all the images that she has.
She doesn't want to hire out from the website; just sell costumes.

I will write up a brief shortly and will post it when done

Monday, March 2, 2009

Meeting with client today

The grape vine indicates a successful meeting with the potential client this afternoon. I look forward to seeing a posting of the initial proposal ... then watching it develop ...

Friday, February 27, 2009

Initial Questions / Plan Of action

These are the questions i will be asking at our first meeting on saturday the 28th of February:

1)What do you want the site to do?

2)When would you like the site done by?
3)Can I use any existing images/logo's from the old website on the new website?
4)How often do you want to meet to discuss progress?
5)Do you have any specific requirements for the site?


Here is my Plan of Action:

- Have initial Meeing, Discuss details for website and what is needed. Figure out dates and how often meetings will take place

-After meeting Draw Up brief and send that to the company after checking it with Mr Olsen for approval

-After Brief has been done, initial designs for site can be made and details such as colour schemes and fonts will be discussed

-Bring foward 3 Designs for company and see which one they choose

-Start making website and planning how the code will work with structure diagrams and such

-Test the code on webserver at home and see how the order process will work

-Show company progress and give them regular updates on how i am doing

-Do RC1 website and see if the company likes it

-After RC1 iron out bugs and make changes as required

-Publish final website and hand over to company. Show the people required how to maintain the site and give contact details for support on it



Stakeholders / Key Factors

The Stakeholders in the website are as follows:
-The Owner
-The Staff
-The Clients
-Me

Below are images of the key factors concerning all of them. Apologies if it takes a while to load.




Monday, February 23, 2009

Preparation

Before your meeting you can come up with your first draft for:
· stakeholders
· key factors and
· a plan of action.
Each of these is expected to change as a) more information comes to light and b) you progress through your project. Do not delay your start!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

First contact

23 February 2009
I have confirmed that i will be making a website for costume hire company "in disguise"
I will have my first meeting on friday the 27th of Feb and in that meeting i will work out the following details:
- What will go in the website
- What style they want the website to be in
- How often we will have meetings
- What they want the website to do

They have a website already but i will not be using anything from it, apart from their logo.
the URL is http://www.indisguise.co.nz