Design specification for website

Purpose of the website

The website is a web design portfolio to showcase my work under the name 'Dolltronic Designs'. The website is to contain:

• Introduction to the website
• Details and examples of past projects
• About myself, my experience, skills and education
• Different ways of contacting me

Who is the website aimed at?

The website is mainly aimed at businesses who are thinking of having a website to promote. However a small number of clients may request a personal site.
I chose my colourful design to attract creative businesses rather than corporate because I enjoy making colourful and interesting sites.

Points to consider

• Text needs to be clear, to the point and a reasonable size
• Website needs a clean, simple but not boring layout. The website needs to easy to navigate but not boring to the eye.
• Website needs to showcase my work in the best light

Software tools

• Notepad for writing HTML and CSS
• Corel Paint Shop Pro 9 and Adobe Photoshop CS4 for image editing
• Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers to test layout

Testing website in various browsers ensures that all types of potential clientèle can see the website properly. It is also a good idea to test the layout in various screen resolutions. I will be doing a liquid layout to combat resolution problems.

Navigation

Will be tabs to the left and vertical. Appropriate colours on hover. They will have a raised appearance on mouseover.

Colour scheme

The layout won't be too graphics intensive to increase performance. Each page will have a header image that changes colour on each page. The home page will be hot pink, the web design page will be violet, the about me page will be turquoise and the contact page will be lime green.

The header image will consist of the logo I designed as shown in a previous blog entry and a background of cherry blossom flowers with a circuitry design.