How Chaz Created This Site

This site was created over several weeks primarily on an Apple Macbook Pro using Adobe Creative Suite for design and CSS/HTML, PHP, and Actionscript for development.

1. Strategy and Research
   1. Informal Competitive Analysis
      Expectations of a creative professional's website
   2. Informal Best Practices Review
      Identifying most effective implementations and identifying areas for improvement
   3. Usability Best Practices Review
      How will visitors best find and access content
   4. Requirements
      Goals and deadlines
2. Design
   1. Logo and Palette
   2. Navigation
   3. Informal Information Architecture
      
   4. Informal Wireframes
   5. Homepage
   6. Interior Page Template
   7. Assets
      1. Buttons
      2. Mini-Buttons
      3. Large Content Images
      4. Small Content Images
      5. Photo Portrait
      6. Photo Landscape
3. Development
   1. Homepage
   2. Interior Pages
   3. Portfolio
   4. Includes
   5. Blog (ongoing)
4. Supplemental Asset Creation
   1. Downloads
      1. Resume PDF
      2. Portfolio PDF
   2. Flash Carousel
5. Quality Assurance Testing
   1. WC3 Compliance
   2. Spelling
   3. ALT Image and Meta Data Tags
   4. Safari and Firefox on Mac
   5. Firefox and IE 6-8 on PC
   6. HTML and CSS Revisions
6. Deployment
   1. Feedback Gathered
   2. Feedback-based Revisions
7. Continued Updates and Maintenance
   1. Additional Content
   2. Additional Imagery
   3. Static Content replaced with Dynamic Content (ongoing)