design and development of a website for Cannon Tech Ltd and an evaluation report consisting of reflective commentary on task one.

Assignment Tasks

Your assignment consists of two parts: Part A is the design and development of a website for Cannon Tech Ltd (worth 60% of the total marks of the assignment), and part 2 is an evaluation report consisting of reflective commentary on task one (worth 40% of the total marks of the assignment). Both tasks are individual pieces of work. Part A will assess learning outcomes 2 & 3 whereas Part B will assess learning outcomes 1 & 4.

Part A

You are progressing well as a junior web designer for a leading communications firm known as Cannon Tech Ltd. An opportunity has arisen for you to work for a small client company known as Shoes4All. The company was established in 2014 with a view to expanding its unique designs of footwear (Men, Women, and Kids) in their home town only.  As a result of the booming sales made by Shoes4All, while offering a wide range of footwear products through offline distribution channels, the demand for unique footwear designs has increased. The customers have put forward several queries about their online portfolio of footwear designs. Initially, there was no plan to sell products online, but Shoes4All has proved to be one of the fastest-growing businesses and now needs an online presence. Shoes4All requires leading-edge innovation, technology development and cutting-edge marketing campaigns that will help them surpass all the other brands in the world, in terms of popularity and sales.

They have two objectives:

1. To promote their business through a website.
2. To promote awareness of the importance of green spaces and the protection of the environment.

The client (Shoes4All) will use the website to project their presence and the services they offer. The client will also use the website as a contact tool with their customers. The website should be simple to use and must take account of customer experience in its design and development.. You will design a front-end website using suitable design tools and technologies such as Adobe brackets or sublime text-2, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Deliverables

You should submit this assignment as a word document (500 words) via Moodle and must include the following:

• Design documentation: This should include annotated sketch diagrams/wire-frames; colour schemes and style patterns etc. Your report will show how you have addressed accessibility in your design e.g. checks on user input, and different colour patterns for the visually impaired.  
  
  
• Development: This should include screenshots of the website and the original code for the site in plain text with code comments.
• Testing and validation: Your work should include the following evidence for cross-browser compatibility: link checking, a HTML & CSS validation check and steps taken to remove errors;

1. Screenshots of the website running on at least two web browsers e.g. Internet Explorer or Google Chrome or any other browser for cross-browser compatibility
2. Screenshots of all websites with working links.

• Screenshots of HTML & CSS validation including steps taken to remove any errors. (Hint: you could use https://validator.w3.org/ for HTML validation and https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ for CSS validation).
• Deployment: Setting up a WAMP/XAMPP server or any free hosting to demonstrate an understanding of how to upload files on the internet. Screenshot evidence is required to demonstrate the successful installation of a WAMP/XAMPP server for web hosting.