Comments on: Developing Your Design Process

By: Original_Leslie

Original_Leslie — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:50:10 +0000

I prefer to use an application to layout my pages when I am designing a website. I do not have anything against drawing/writing it out; I just can’t get my creative juices flowing that way. It all comes to the same thing though… preparation.

By: jennyrusks

jennyrusks — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:40:22 +0000

Hi Chris, excellent point. I’ve been stung there myself, so if you can tie things down at that stage it’s really helpful.

By: Visio Guy

Visio Guy — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:56:40 +0000

Visio is great for creating many variations of wireframes, or for conceptualizing several page types. It is easy to copy a design, then tweak a few elements to quickly generate several ideas. For your readers that are interested in using Visio to do wireframes, our site has a few articles with free downloads that might be interesting and helpful: - Design Web Pages With This Visio Breadcrumbs Shape - Pixel Unit Dimension Line Shape - Lorem Ipsum – Visio IA Text Placeholder Shape We will be adding more over time, as well as publishing a round-up of Visio wireframe resources soon, so you can also periodically check our Wireframes & IA category-link. Cheers, Chris (aka: Visio Guy)

By: peach

peach — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:16:34 +0000

nice wireframe, except I would never draw on lined or squared paper. Blank paper doesn’t limit your creativity as much as lined paper :)

I also prefer to use colored soft-tip pens because pencil or ballpoint limits you in drawing attention and adding life to parts of the site, though I like how the pencil can be used to make drop shadows .

By: Chris Hill

Chris Hill — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:33:48 +0000

If producing a site for someone else, between points 3 and 4 I’d add ‘Client Sign-off’.

Get them to commit to the wireframe in terms of site structure and write in a clause for additional cost if changes to the structure are made after the build begins.