--group crit
(one group representative
shows the assignments of the
three to four people in the group)

--why and how to design an architecture map

Usability

Who are your audiences? The department, the School of Arts and Sciences, UB, alumni.

Go and do a quick survey of people in the department and school as to what information
they would want on a digital art publication

1.Why do you have to have such a web site?
2. What information will people look for on your site?
3. What kind of information do you want to provide your visitors?

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1 Consider what kind of information your Web site visitors will be seeking
and what information you want them to find. Then list the types of information
you plan to include on your Web site. Small Post-it Notes and a large posterboard
or index cards can be helpful for this process. Write one idea/topic per note.

2. Next, cluster similar types of information together.
Review the clusters and create a title for each "group" on a separate sticky note.

3. Reconsider the wording of each category. Use titles that clearly
and briefly describe what kind of information your visitors will expect to find
under these titles. Short titles allow visitors to scan them quickly.

Examples (downloads)

1 2

3

4

include a site map: list of all pages
(see mediastudy.buffalo.edu)

To be able to start this process we need to identify what people in the department/ school/
ub want from a digital arts publication. You'll go out and find out asking students/staff/ faculty.

Photoshop file format that are workable for the web

Here are guidelines for naming files for the Web:

Avoid spaces in file names

When naming files or images AVOID SPACES. You can use an underscore or dash to
break up words if necessary; i.e.: file_mgmt or file-mgmt.

Create simple file names

Consider naming HTML files the same as the title of the page. Users often try to decode the Web address
of pages to infer the structure of Web sites. Thus, file name and folders should contain descriptive
directory and file names that reflect the nature of the information space.

Avoid special characters

Characters make it hard for users to type the URL and, in some cases, pages will
not be visible in a Web browser if there is a character in a file name.
- Avoid using tilde (~) and special characters.
- Avoid any non a-z, AZ, or 0-9 characters.

Use lowercase file names

Users sometimes need to type the URL, so try to minimize the risk of typos
by using short names with all lower-case characters. This is a guideline and not a firm rule.

--find a plan template for each group in a shared
class web space-- I'll provide pswd and user ID in class