Critical Role

Graphic Designer
1) Create Balanced Color Schemes
2) Create Backgrounds With Focal Point
3) Create Images That Correspond With the Text

Information Architect
1) Site map
2) Design easy way to navigate
3) Organize information

Content Manager
1) Analyze the audience
2) Write the text
3) Formatting

Characteristics of a Content Manager

The Content manager has to:

Analyze the audience.
- Put information out, if you don't think it is relevant
for the audience.
- Create an atmosphere with your writing style to
keep the reader reading.

Write the text.
- Create a interesting text, without misspelling.
- Use the words, the user would use.
- Keep sentences short.

Write clearly.
- Put the main message first.
- Pick unimportant information out and summarize.

Organize the text.
- Divide the text into small logical units.
- He has to create a hierarchy between the different text units.
- He has to structure the text parts after their relationship.
- Put in many headings structuring the text.

Write visually.
- The usage of bullet lists.
- He can use tables to organize data for the user.
- Include pictures or graphics just if needed.
- Use blank space effectively.

Formatting.
- Choose right text size.
- Choose text and background colors.


http://www.usability.gov/design/writing4web.html

http://www.webstyleguide.com/site/organize.html

http://www.studygs.net/writingcontent.htm

Color Schemes

Complementary colors are opposite colors on
the color wheel. They create a contrast in between
them. A football team which uses complementary
colors as a logo are for example the Denver broncos,
with blue and orange.
All colors are based on three ground colors.
Red, blue and yellow. For example red mixed with
yellow creates orange. Yellow and blue creates
green, and blue mixed with red creates purple.

In addition to the 12 basic colors on the
color wheel, you can add 100 more, if you regard
the different color values. White added with a color
creates a lighter color tone, also called tint. Black
added with a color creates a darker color tone,
named as shade. The more shader a color is, the more
it tends to be black. The more tinter a color is, the
more it tends to be white.
There are also neutral colors, which are considered,
to contain equal parts of the three basic colors. For
example black, white, gray and sometimes brown,
are neutral colors.

Color Schemes for websites:

Analogous colors are adjacent on the color wheel.
They are in between two of the three basic colors,
which are next to each other. It is used for example
at http://ard.de/

Complementary colors are opposite on the color
wheel. They complement each other with a
high contrast. An example is
http://www.denverbroncos.com/

Monochromatic colors are colors of the same kind,
just shaded or tinted. For example
http://www.msn.com/

On the cutting edge

Who is requesting this RFP?
The RFP is requested by CEO, a big and successful corporation, being interested
in having EyeSight creating a managed website for them.

Why has Chris called a meeting in the Zone?

Because he needs a list of every Team, that describes a perfect website.

How will your team prove that you are the best qualified team to take on this project?
My Team will choose and proof every single step for creating the best website.
We wont let any point out.

Summarize in a couple of sentences what your 1st step is to accomplish this task.
Our first step is to make a sketch of a perfect website, and figure out all
the single steps and put them in the right order. Every body will get his ideas
in the final script, so missing ideas and wrong parts will be figured out.

When describing a good website, Why are descriptive words like; cool, easy, fun, and awesome not good enough to satisfy the CEO of this company?
These words just describe how the single person would describe a website.
But we want to describe how the website looks like, so the readers can
form themselves an image of our ideas.

What does the CEO want and how will you achieve this?
They want a list of the perfect website and a design grid.

Lastly, Name the individual roles and tell me who on your team is assign to them.

Kai Backhaus: Texts; Andrew Hays: Graphics;
Will Simon: information architect

The Perfect Website

1. Organization
A. Menu bars in good place (visitor does not have to use back button)
B. Links, ordered
C. Composition of Text and Images is ordered.
D. Easy to browse.
E. Link names are not just the address, they have names that make sense.
F. Not to much animation.
G. Website is well structured.

2. Color and Contrast
A. Color scheme is harmonic
B. Important points are taken in front with color or contrasts.
C. Not to much different colors. Website has a color theme.
D. Background is chosen well, so it leads the readers center of view
to the main part of the page or text, and puts the text in the front.

3. Text
A. The text has a sense.
B. No misspellings or grammar problems.
C. The font is good and makes the visitor want to read.
D. Important part is centered in the field of view.
E. Good header.
F. Text is structured and not just thrown together.

4. Annoying thinks
A. No Pop-ups
B. No music you can't turn off
C. No videos you cant stop
D. No advertisement

5. Up to date

6. Internet
A. Website is loading fast
B. Homepage has an easy http address.