A web site that provides, structural, design, content, functional and technological solutions for users, supported by a tailored information system, leaves users a positive impression of professionalism of the company and guarantees continued usability of the site.
It is very important to place emphasis on the conceptual and functional structure planning stage. A natural process in ramifying information sites is expansion and addition of contents and applications. A degree of flexibility is to be provided for from the site structure planning stage so that it is supported by the content management system. Thinking of these options while in the planning stage will save substantial and expensive changes during the development and after the site is launched.
Break it down into halls and rooms
For example, considering the client is a large high-tech company, you will need to maintain the powerful image of that company and its product range and actions in a large, high-tech website, while dividing out its branches for ease of use of the site in the form of a portal. You may effectively equate the site to halls and rooms, i.e.:
Imagine entering a main hall that constitutes the homepage, from which one may enter secondary halls that constitutes the field centers, each hall secondary to a field having a background that subsequently provides details on the field, from which one may proceed to rooms that constitute the inner pages.
Divide the new website into specific information centers
The new company website will be composed of specific information centers, which incorporate information, with the aim of giving an answer to fulfilling various needs and major fields of interest for the various target audiences. The use of informative concentration and graphic elements will give the feeling that these are extensive and decent sectors, in the respect of information and image.
For example, a functional support can be achieved by providing glossary, which will accompany each part in the site, compartmentalized areas, creating databases by interactive communication with users, surveys, forums, virtual tours, etc.
A design support will be conveyed by using original icons, dynamic parts, Flash objects in headings with pictures, visual elements, graphic, dynamic drawings, etc.
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