One of the ancillary products that we have to create is a website homepage for the trailer. This will be what a user will see upon entering the website. I feel that this is going to be the part of the project that I’m going to enjoy the most.
There are a few steps that one has to undertake when creating a website. The first of these steps is Wireframing. This is where you plan out the layout of the website on paper (and remake it on Photoshop if it’s too messy) to get a sense of where everything is going to be positioned on the page.
Then the next step is to create mock-ups of the site using Adobe Photoshop or a similar product to see exactly what the website it going to look like once it has been built. Some changes may occur from the original Wireframe, or even from the finished product.
After this, you actually have to build the website using Adobe Dreamweaver or another product. Personally I prefer Notepad++ because it is simple and easy to use, and to be honest, Dreamweaver is a bit over-kill for what we need.
In these posts, I will be detailing how I have made the website, from the designs on paper, to the mock-ups then finally onto building the website. So, please use the Contents section at the top of this post to be taken to the respective posts.
Sam Stroud 