Your aim is to design, implement and evaluate a dynamic database backed web site in a suitable area of your choice. It should be appropriate for its purpose, follow the basic accessibility guidelines, and use techniques for effective and useable design.
Possible topics include the following:-
An interactive, personalised Internet magazine / portal
Internal intranet site
A marketing / customer incentive site
## Deliverables
1. Produce a dynamic web application with **at least** the following (50%)
· 15 screens.
· A site that is valid to HTML and CSS standards
· The majority done by server side scripting using databases.
· A search engine showing various querying techniques.
· An element of personalisation or globalisation.
· An example of web site administration.
· A style that follows basic accessibility principles.
· A style that is consistent, appropriate and useable for the target audience applying techniques for the effective design of a web site
· An element of Innovation / Originality.
**This site CAN NOT be built in classic ASP**. Your site should run with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera.
2. A fully referenced report of approximately 2000 words plus appendices which includes the following (50%)
· An introduction on what your site is about, its perceived target audience, and the sites aims.
· An investigation into systems analysis and design methods and their appropriateness for database backed web sites.
· A design of your site and underlying database using your chosen appropriate method.
· A discussion of the reasons behind your choice of content and style for that target audience, and a critical evaluation of the usability of your site, having tested the usability of your site using 5 people and usability techniques.
The appendix should also include
* Details of your usability testing process and the results obtained.
Printouts of the screens and a printout of the compliancy to standards.
## Platform
Must run in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera.