Next week is going to be a test of using web standards to rapidly produce a website in a drastically different manner than traditional web design practices. Here's the situation. I have the basic information design, information architecture, the target audience and even the copy (in Dutch, to be translated into French for the bi-lingual site). What I don't have is the art from the print marketing campaign that will be driving traffic to the site. So, given the order in which I have received the materials and the impossible deadline (they won't even have the domain name in time), I have been left no choice but to use a web standards based method of production:
- HTML production, build all the pages in symantic HTML with minimal div's and id's. Link them to empty stylesheets and javascript files.
- Build forms and send them the back end programmer.
- Let copy editors and legal review do their thing.
The following can now be in parallel with steps 2 and 3:
- Build the basic layout stylesheet before above mentioned people completely freak out.
- Code the DOM scripted expanding/collapsing navigation.
- Now, finally open Photoshop/Fireworks and call in the other front end guy to help design the site and logo based on the print design that has hopefully arrived by mid-week (it was due Friday last).
- Use CSS to integrate the new logo and graphical design of the site.
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