• Design – specifying different features of the site that will fulfill the requirements of the users and the business.. identified during analysis.[r]
Trang 1Creating & Building the Web
Site
Week 8
Trang 2• Planning web site development
• Initiation of the project
• Analysis for web site development
• Designing web site content
• Site promotion
• Success factors in developing web sites
Trang 3Summary of Process of Web Site
Development
Register
domain name
Select ISP Analyze and
design content Develop content
Test, review and revise content
Publish
Maintain site
Trang 4Planning Web Site Development
• Forward planning
• Design of a site must occur before creation
of web pages
• Work the design around the needs of users
• Structured plan is a must
Trang 5Web Site Prototyping
• Analysis – understanding the requirements of the audience
of the site and the requirements of the business, defined by business and marketing strategy
• Design – specifying different features of the site that will fulfill the requirements of the users and the business
identified during analysis
• Development – creation of the web pages and the dynamic content of the web site
• Testing and review – structured checks are conducted to ensure that different aspects of the site meet the original
Trang 6Four Stages of Web Site
Trang 7• The iterative approach is intended to be rapid, and
a site can be produced in a period of months or
weeks
Trang 8Initiation of the Web Site Project
• Aims and objectives of the web site are reviewed to
ensure:
– There is management and staff commitment to the project
– Objectives are clearly defined
– The costs and benefits are reviewed in order that the
appropriate amount of investment in the site occurs
– The project will follow a structured path, with clearly
identified responsibilities for different aspects such as project management, analysis, promotion and maintenance
– The implementation phase will ensure that important aspects
of the project such as testing and promotion are not skimped
Trang 9Domain Name Registration
• Register the domain name as early as possible
• Register multiple domain names
• Use the potential of non-company brand names to help promote a product
• Avoid sitting your site on an ISP server that uses the name of the ISP such as:
www.<isp_name>.com.lb/>company_name >
Trang 10Who is Involved in a Web site
Trang 11Analysis for Web Site
Development
• What are the key audiences for the site
• What should the content of site be
• Which customer service capabilities will we provide for customers
• How will the site be structured
• How will navigation around the site occur
Trang 12Methods of Finding Customer
Trang 13Ten Key reasons for Returning to Site
Reason to return Percentage of respondents
1 High quality content 75
Trang 14Designing Web Site Content
Information
Personalized Relevant
Trang 15Developing Customer Oriented
Content
• Familiarity of the customer with a
product/company
• Familiarity of the customer with the Internet
• Familiarity of a customer with a company web site
• Stage of the customer in the buying process
• Type of customer
Trang 16Information Cues
• Performance (what does the product do?)
• Components/content (what is the product made up of?)
Trang 17Site Structure
• Decided early in the development stage
• Storyboarding used to develop site structure
• Map or diagram site structure
• Links should be available to move from one branch to another
• Ease of moving is dependent on the menu options available
Trang 18Web Site Map
Trang 19Site Navigation
• Navigation describes how easy it is to find move between different information on a web site It is governed by menu
arrangements, site structure and the layout
of individual pages
• Flow describes how easy it is for users of a site to move between the different pages of
Trang 20Navigation Aspects
• Consistency – one consistent user interface
• Simplicity – limited number of options
(max three levels of menu)
• Context – use of signposts to indicate to users where they located within the site
(reassuring users that they are not lost)
Trang 22Graphic Design – Constraints
• The speed of downloading graphics
• The screen resolutions of the computer
• The number of colors on screen
• The type of web browser used
Trang 23Furthermore the site should be consistent
with offline brand of web site and
appropriate to different audiences in
different countries – Brand identity and
Localization are very important
Trang 24Measuring Service Quality
• Reliability – the ability to perform the service
dependably and accurately
• Responsiveness – a willingness to help customers and provide prompt service
• Assurance – the knowledge and courtesy of employees and their ability to convey trust and confidence
• Tangibles – the physical appearance of facilities and communications
• Empathy – providing caring, individualized attention
Trang 26Success Factors in Developing
Web Sites
• Management support necessary to promote project across company
• Clearly defined strategy and objectives
• Strong project management to ensure targets are achieved through effective planning and resourcing of the project
• Good skills and experience amongst developers of the
project
• Co-operation amongst different parts of the business
involved in the project and integration of information
systems from different areas.
Trang 27Reasons for failure
• Lack of real executive support
• A failure to identify the business goals of systems
• A lack of communication between marketing and
IT departments
• Limited technical knowledge of developers of the system, either in-house or third-party companies
• Lack of integration between the e-commerce
system and other systems