2.Planning

=**﻿ Planning **=

//Identify and outline the characteristics that will need to be addressed in the development of the website (4 marks)//
** ﻿ ﻿ In order to ensure that the website is user-friendly, it must address the following characteristics; **

® **Content: ** · The content must be: * Informative and provide accurate information for users. * Updated regularly. * Clear and concise. * Organised using headings, bullet points and paragraphs to make it easy to read. * Appropriate to the audience. * Correct spelling and grammar.

® **Appearance: ** · It must have a unique design that attracts users. · Good use of colours: * Use of the school colours; blue and white. * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Contrast of colours. * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Should create the mood for the website. · <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Text must be easy to read, using an appropriate font and size. · <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Use high quality images that are relevant to the purpose of the website. · <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Provide adequate white space to avoid clutter. · <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Use a consistent layout.

® **<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">Functionality: ** · <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">The website should work quickly and correctly. · <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">It must be easy to navigate using a limited number of links. · <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif';">The pages must upload in less than 20 seconds.

//**Conduct a Feasibility Study of the proposed solution. (6 marks)**//
<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">There are no costs involved in the development of the website as Wix.com is an online application that allows participants to create a website free of charge. However, there are costs that apply if the website is to be uploaded onto the web and intended to be viewed by people all around the world. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">These are shown below;


 * ==//Technical Feasibility//==


 * **<span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Personal Computer **

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> || **<span style="color: #166abe; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|Toshiba Satellite C650/03R Notebook] **

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The Satellite C650 is a value notebook for people on a budget. This 15.6" notebook gives you the features and performance you need for everyday tasks like homework, email or browsing the internet without any of the frills. Its widescreen LED-backlit display gives you plenty of workspace, while the 10-digit numeric keypad helps make input easier. Wireless capability, a webcam and a DVD SuperMulti Drive make it equally at home at home or in a café.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Features include: ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Cost- **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> $599 <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">DVD SuperMultiDrive **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> – The DVD SuperMulti Drive reads and writes most popular disk formats, whether you're saving family photos or playing movies <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Web Camera **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">– The integrated Web Camera is handy for video chat or quick snapshots. <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Numeric Keyboard **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> – The integrated numeric keyboard makes it easy to punch in numbers when you're studying or doing your budget. <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Usability **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> – Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium makes operating your notebook simple and easy. <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Widescreen **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;"> – Enjoy working on the 15.6" High Definition widescreen. <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 0cm;">(Dick Smith, 2010) || <span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> || __** Software Suite: Microsoft Office, Home and Student (2010) **__
 * **<span style="color: #31849b; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Application Software **

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Success starts at home with programs that work together smoothly. Easy-to-use tools help you express your ideas, solve problems, and simplify everyday projects-from creating schoolwork that stands out to managing home finances-with convenient ways to post and then access documents from virtually any PC. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Word 2010 ** <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Write, edit, and organise your documents more efficiently with improved document-formatting tools. <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Post your documents online and then access, view, and edit them from almost any computer* or your Windows phone <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Apply formatting effects such as shadow, bevel, glow, and reflection to text and images. <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Transform basic, bullet-point text into compelling visuals that better illustrate your ideas. <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Add special picture effects without additional photo-editing software. <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Recover draft versions of recently edited files easily, even if you never saved the document. <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">Browse, sort, and find what you need quickly with the new and improved Find experience. <span style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin: 0.75pt 15pt 0pt 57pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt;">With co-authoring, you can edit papers and share ideas with others at the same time.*

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">(Dick Smith, 2010) ||

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Hardware Components //


**<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Identify any problems/ concerns which may arise. (3 marks) ** · <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">If there is no Internet Connection then the website will fail to load.

· <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Image sizes are too big and can cause delay when opening the website.

· <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Restricted Accessibility as it is Flash.

· <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Additional Links may fail.

· <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Not providing language translation options.

· <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Irregular maintenance may cause the website to be out dated.

· <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">The website may crash.

· <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">The website may not be completed in the time frame allocated.

· <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 150%;">The costs of the website may exceed the school budget.