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Site Development Outline

Develop guidelines for your site, outlining the goals and objectives you will set for yourself

Useability

• Ease of adding new content, editing existing content and removing expired content
• Content editor should be WYSIWYG on all computers for contributors
• Page loads should be quick
• Top 3 user groups identified as church members, church staff, local community

• Technology group will oversee site platform and functionality
• Staff will provide and maintain content
• Staff will review any content submitted by other users

• Technology group will develop processes for preserving web site structure and content, with regular backups of data and pages
• Technology group will assist in developing documentation for the creation and maintenance of the site content by the staff
• Technology group will develop security measures to protect contents, copyrights, privacy, etc.

• Current modules will be updated to provide needed functionality or improve performance and security of the website
• New modules will be evaluated and added to provide functionality not present in existing modules

• Focus on the information being sought on the website, and the user groups visiting the site
• Evaluate usage by each group to determine effectiveness of design

• Present relevant content to each user group on a timely basis
• We will provide content categories appropriate for each user group
• Keep the content fresh
• Items submitted for inclusion may be edited for length and style
• We will respect the privacy of those represented on our site
• We will provide a secure environment on our website, and not expose our visitors to unnecessary risk
• We will observe all copyrights and trademarks

• This is the aesthetic component of our website
• We recognize our visitors will be viewing our pages in a variety of ways - we will work to keep our pages readible for many age groups and on many viewing platforms
• We will work to match the look of the website with the look of our printed materials, maintaining a consistent identity

Last modified on 2007/7/10 by System