TeachNZ
Link: teachnz.govt.nz (site has since been redeveloped) - view screenshots
Size: 325 pages, 5MB
My professional status: contractor at Base Two
Website clients: Ministry of Education and Ogilvy & Mather
Dates: May - August 2000
Brief: to completely rebuild and restructure the existing TeachNZ website - with all-new content and with a double navigation structure utilising frames and popup navigation windows. The design of the site was then reflected in the printwork which followed.
My responsibilities included:
- Development of early navigation and architecture concepts with Base Two team
- Building site (graphics designed by another member of the Base Two team) - frames and pop-up window navigation systems, architecture, graphics, HTML, image maps, rollovers, JavaScript
- Liaison with programmer in order to fit training database into website
- Time management planning for the team, ensuring that the site would go live as scheduled, despite the very tight deadline
- Daily liaison with client during development process.
A challenge... We were facing a three-week deadline with graphics not signed off and no content yet provided. Consequently I built the skeleton initially with no graphics, which I added later. The architecture was changed by the client three times, and content was still arriving the day before the site went live.
The navigation system was very interesting - we designed a straightforward navigation (in frames) and also a "streamed" navigation system, accessible from the front page, to take target groups (eg teachers of te reo Māori, overseas-trained teachers etc) through every page on the site that was of relevance to them. This streamed system utilised popup windows adjacent to the main window, which served as a "roadmap" through the site.
