Over the next few posts I’m going to be sharing with you a project planning and research document, written around 6 months ago, the information and lessons learnt are still useful and will be applicable for many years to come.

Aim

“The aim of this research is to establish the best methodology for implementing E-commerce into an interactive website design”.

This document was written inline with my final year of study at Leeds Metropolitan University, where I studied a MultiMedia Technology BSc (Hons) degree. Please feel free to use the information contained here in your studies, however always reference source material, plagiarism is a serious offence and can be so easily avoided. I’ll include a complete and concise bibliography to go with this run of posts at the end of the series but you can find on page references throughout the posts.

The key objectives of this document research were,

Objectives

1.To identify exactly what an Open Source Licensed E-Commerce application is.

2. To develop a clear understanding of Open Source CMS application code.

3.To evaluate the importance of design patterns.

4.To conduct tests to gain understanding of human response to button size, text and colour in Web design.

5.To assess the theory of U&G in relation to consumer habits of online shopping.

Abstract

“Retailers are quickly realising the potential for E-Commerce while programmers are constantly driving new ideas methods and implementation scripts to increase the efficiency of administration tasks. Dynamic Web pages, incorporating good design increase the likelihood of keeping customers engaged and help turn a customer into a repeat buyer. With the sheer scale of readily available CMS programs on the market, developers have a tough decision to make in choosing which is best for their project. Open Source and Proprietary software can have advantages however Open Source gives access to the original author code and can be modified by developers to suit his/hers requirements. “

I’ll post each of the obectives research findings over the next series of posts, I hope you find them useful!

VISCHECK!

Deuteranope – http://vischeck.homeip.net/uploads/133525506417089/
Protanope – http://vischeck.homeip.net/uploads/133525521417499/
Tritanope – http://vischeck.homeip.net/uploads/133525545418305/

WAVE

http://wave.webaim.org/report?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.juniorf.co.uk&js=2

Cheers,

So, I created a Survey Monkey about my portfolio with a few light questions, sent it out to as many people as I could and here are the results…

1. How easy is it to navigate my portfolio?
	answered question		8
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Extremely easy		50.0%	4
Very easy		50.0%	4
Moderately easy		0.0%	0
Slightly easy		0.0%	0
Not at all easy		0.0%	0

2. How clear is the information available on my portfolio?
	answered question		8
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Extremely clear		37.5%	3
Very clear		50.0%	4
Moderately clear		12.5%	1
Slightly clear		0.0%	0
Not at all clear		0.0%	0

3. How visually appealing is the layout?
	answered question		8
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Extremely appealing		75.0%	6
Very appealing		12.5%	1
Moderately appealing		12.5%	1
Slightly appealing		0.0%	0
Not at all appealing		0.0%	0

4. How up-to-date is the content on my portfolio?
	answered question		8
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Extremely up-to-date		37.5%	3
Very up-to-date		62.5%	5
Moderately up-to-date		0.0%	0
Slightly up-to-date		0.0%	0
Not at all up-to-date		0.0%	0

5. Overall, are you satisfied with my portfolio, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied it, or dissatisfied with it?
	answered question		8
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Extremely satisfied		75.0%	6
Moderately satisfied		25.0%	2
Slightly satisfied		0.0%	0
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied		0.0%	0
Slightly dissatisfied		0.0%	0
Moderately dissatisfied		0.0%	0
Extremely dissatisfied		0.0%	0