Initial Bids for Web Projects

Special Thanks to Albert Shanto from 8324 for sharing their Legal Aid of Sonoma County Website.

Comments about testing
The testing was very informative and a learning experience in respect to site design, specifically how users use drop-down navigation.

Special Thanks to Stephen Rodier from 8325 for sharing their American Philharmonic Sonoma County Website.

Comments about testing
I sent the questionnaire to 10 members of the American Philharmonic and I received 1 response. They were all busy preparing for their tenth anniversary Concert and Gala. Since they are all volunteers and have regular jobs I was lucky to get the one response, and it was very thorough.

Special Thanks to Randy Jaillet from 8325 for sharing their FANHS Website.

Comments about testing
The client testing went well. Noemi Issel's responses were especially helpful and thorough and I implemented much of what she mentioned.

Special Thanks to Grant Brott from 8324 for sharing their Women's Global Leadership Initiative Website.

Comments about testing
Always plan to give the client extra time, padding for time has been a big topic of learning for me in this project.

Special Thanks to Rebecca F from 8325 for sharing their The Sonoma County Folk Society Website.

Comments about testing
I found the testing assignment to be challenging in trying to get my client(s) to respond. I thought my group would be one of the most interested to test the site so this was surprising to me. I tried to act on all of the testing data (mine and that of my teammates) as it arose. It is a wonderful opportunity so have some new eyes on the pages. There were some very valid points and some that were simply stylistic opinions. It is important to keep an open mind on all responses and to particularly take note when a comment is stated by more than one tester. Overall this is a good experience and I somehow wish that there could even be a beta test that comes a bit earlier to be done by my classmates just to look at overall structure/issues regardless of unfinished work. -I know, like we don't have enough to do already ;)

Special Thanks to Jessica Bobier from 8325 for sharing their Saturday Afternoon Club Website.

Comments about testing
Our client didn't really answer the questions we sent her. I think she just didn't understand. I spoke to her on the phone about it three times, and this is all we got back. They did give us feedback, but also mostly just gave us a list of things they want changed. I let her know that we would definately make the small changes, but changes to the content we will only make if time permits as that was all laid out in the contract.

Special Thanks to Susan Bergna from 8324 for sharing their PFSP Website.

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Didn't get much useful feedback from the client but we are finished and I hope they like the site.

Special Thanks to Anna-Maria (Anni) Wernicke from 8324 for sharing their UASA Website.

Comments about testing
I was not sure if we were supposed to each do a separate testing form, so the one above has only client info. The one Rose created is at http://student.santarosa.edu/~rcarlso1/UASA/testingsurvey.html Communication is a major part of web design. It was much more time consuming and complex than I had anticipated. It was very useful to have a real world experience. While it was extra work to learn how to use Wordpress, it is a useful skill, and I am glad I had the opportunity to experiment with it. Thank you, Linda!