CP202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Shopping Cart
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There are two basic categories of website design: Ad-hoc: no planning, i. e. a website you slap together about kittens. Planned: what you are doing, why you are doing it, you are either being paid, paying someone, or doing it as part of your job. **midterm exam name 4 elements that make a good website** What do you want to say: this can be whatever you want skateboard, cats. Who do you want say it to: target audience is key. What your content is and how you want to say it. You can ruin good content with bad style. There are many differing opinions on how to structure your site. Audience: pages/links are aimed at audiences (groups of people, this link is designed for novices at skateboarding, experts at skateboarding, parents of skateboarders, look at legacy wlu site side menu. Metaphor: shopping cart, you"re attempting to mirror a real world activity in a way that is familiar and useful.
