Assignment #3 - Building a Web Site

For this assignment you will be doing all the steps needed to build a web site for your photo business or to have a portfolio online which will benefit you greatly if/when you interview for jobs in photography.

You will complete the following numbered steps in order:

1. Determine who the audience will be for your web site.  In some cases there will be multiple audiences, if so please indicate all audiences. 
2. Show me what image(s) will you display on your home page/at the top of the page and why.  What will the layout look like.
3. What will your navigation bar look like and what buttons will you include.  Describe the pull downs (if any) and provide me with a site map. 
4. Include the Bio and Image you will use for your "About" section.
5. Give me the all the copy you will include for your contact section.
6. Find a domain name that is available for your business.  (if you do not have your name then you should seriously consider buying it.)  If you have a domain already then list that and where you bought it. 
7. How will you accomplish putting together the design and pages for your web site.  I need to know what web site builder, theme or CMS (content management system) you will be using, why you chose this one. 
8. Costs: How much will/does your domain name, hosting, theme/CMS cost you both to initiate and annually.

For this assignment All web sites must have the following content:

• Contact Info
• About 
• Portfolio (I'm not requiring you to have all your Portfolio images ready-just a button for them)
• Social Media Links (which social media do you plan to link to and why)
• Logo (what might this look like)
• URL - a Domain that is yours - no sub domains  

Turn in TYPED responses for all the items listed above.  In some cases you will need to create something in Photoshop or neatly drawn diagrams so that I can see what you are envisioning for your site.  If you create something digitally and post it on the web, then I will need a link to that page. For all images (like in the "About" section, please include a printed copy of that image)

You will be graded on the following:
1.  Is your web site well thought out and easy to navigate.
2.  Did you consider your target market / potential clients
3.  Is what you've submitted to me neat and easy to understand
4.  Is the roadmap you've created complete and did you fill all the requirements.

Web site assignment will be worth 300 points and it will be due on October 2.